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The new documentary, Pray the Devil Back to Hell, tells the story of a group of women who ended Liberia's second civil war. NPR's Tony Cox talks with Leymah Gbowee, one of the women featured in the film, about how she mobilized a coalition of Christian and Muslim women to stand up to Liberia's violent warlords. News & Notes, November 25, 2008. Photo courtesy of Eastern Mennonite University

Population At War Map

Territory size shows the proportion of people worldwide living in territories not free of war, for the years 1945 to 2004.

"The majority of the population in each territory [where was has taken place] has had very little influence on decisions to go to war."

Quote and map courtesy of WorldMapper.org