The profile of worldwide protests

Data show that the number of public protests around the world has increased over the last decade, with exception of the time period during the pandemic. The World’s Marco Werman interviews political scientist David Clark who built the Mass Mobilization Project dataset to quantify and understand protests around the globe.

Will you support The World with a monthly donation?

Every day, reporters and producers at The World are hard at work bringing you human-centered news from across the globe. But we can’t do it without you. We need your support to ensure we can continue this work for another year.

Make a gift today, and you’ll help us unlock a matching gift of $67,000!