Data Visualizations: The Rise of Global Terrorism

A message that reads: In the name of what? and a rose is placed through a bullet hole in a window at the restaurant on Rue de Charonne, Paris, where terrorist attacks took place last Friday. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
A message that reads: In the name of what? and a rose is placed through a bullet hole in a window at the restaurant on Rue de Charonne, Paris, where terrorist attacks took place last Friday. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

The recently released Global Terrorism Index, a product of the Institute for Economics and Peace, shows that terrorism is on the rise. In addition, the study also reveals that a majority of the deaths are concentrated in a few countries.

Below are two visualizations that illustrate the rise in global terrorism, as well as the impact that terrorism has on each nation.