In August 2025, Action on Armed Violence recorded 3,599 deaths and injuries from 683 incidents of explosive violence around the world, as reported in English-language media. Civilians accounted for 89% (3,191) of the deaths and injuries recorded.

Action on Armed Violence (AOAV) echoes the urgent call of Human Rights Watch, condemning the Myanmar military’s use of “thermobaric” munitions in an attack on a civilian-populated area, an act that is potentially a war crime and resulted in the tragic loss of over 160 lives.