It&#x27;s too bad the data is &quot;off&quot; because the map is quite stunning.<p>To call friendly fire incidents, riots and explosions and such &quot;battles&quot; seems a little suspect. A &quot;battle&quot; should involve one or more belligerents of significant force (i.e., &gt; 100) in an organized campaign. Smaller battles are routinely called &quot;skirmishes&quot; and shouldn&#x27;t really even be recorded in this sense. Unorganized violence is simply unrest or rioting. And accidents are exactly that.<p>Also, I highly doubt China is a relative haven for peace given their history and population. There&#x27;s clearly a lack of data there (or rather, they don&#x27;t bother recording all of the other things that the creator has decided to add as &quot;battles&quot;).<p>I question the overall motives of this. It&#x27;s almost as if the creator wants the west to seem more violent than the rest of the planet. I don&#x27;t think that&#x27;s the reality. We&#x27;re all just as bad.