Data Sources

World Press Freedom Index. 87 qualitative and quantitative indicators measuring political context, legal framework, economic context, sociocultural context, and safety of journalists.

Corruption Perceptions Index. Composite index from 13 data sources and 12 institutions. Measures perceived levels of public sector corruption.

Democracy Index. 60 indicators across 5 categories: electoral process, government functioning, political participation, political culture, civil liberties.

12 conflict risk indicators covering cohesion, economic, political, and social dimensions. The most comprehensive state fragility assessment available.

Human Development Index. Composite of life expectancy, education (mean + expected years of schooling), and GNI per capita.

Comprehensive measure of terrorism impact. Factors: incidents, fatalities, injuries, property damage over 5 years. Inverted: 100 = no terrorism.

60+ factors including manpower, equipment, finances, logistics, geography. Provides relative military power index for comparison.

1,400+ development indicators. GDP, GDP per capita, population, trade statistics, and more. The most comprehensive free economic database.

International merchandise trade statistics. Bilateral trade flows between all countries with commodity-level detail.

Monitors broadcast, print, and web news from nearly every country in 100+ languages. 15-minute updates. Tone analysis for sentiment detection. The backbone of Nyx real-time intelligence.

Disaggregated conflict data. Geo-coded events: battles, violence against civilians, protests, riots, explosions. Gold standard for conflict research.

Armed conflict dataset from Uppsala University. Battle-related deaths, conflict classifications, actor information. Academic gold standard.

Community-based ADS-B receiver network providing real-time global flight tracking. Aircraft positions, altitude, velocity, heading, callsigns.

Public domain map dataset. Country boundaries, coastlines, terrain at multiple resolutions. Used by governments and NGOs worldwide.

Collaborative world map. CartoDB Dark Matter tiles provide the dark basemap when zoomed in to street level.

Country information: capitals, regions, populations, flags, languages, currencies. Aggregated from CIA Factbook and other sources.

Refugee and displacement statistics. Tracks forced displacement worldwide including refugees, asylum seekers, internally displaced persons.

Humanitarian data exchange. Crises, needs assessments, funding tracking. ReliefWeb news and situation reports.

ESA's open-access Earth observation program. Sentinel-2: 10m optical imagery, 5-day revisit. Sentinel-1: SAR (all-weather, night vision). Free for all users.

Real-time news aggregation via Google News RSS feeds. Country-specific queries for 48 countries. Only articles from whitelisted trusted sources (50+ verified outlets) are ingested.

Tier 1 wire agency. World's largest international news organization. Articles ingested via Google News and RSS. Primary source for strike confirmation.

Tier 1 wire agency. Non-profit cooperative supplying news to thousands of outlets. Critical for event verification.

Tier 1 global broadcaster. Extensive network of correspondents. RSS feed ingested for world news and regional coverage.

Tier 1 broadcaster. Strongest coverage of Middle East, Gulf, and developing world. Critical source for conflict zones.

French international broadcaster. Strong coverage of Francophone Africa, Middle East, and European affairs.

Stockholm International Peace Research Institute military expenditure data. Accessed via World Bank API (indicator MS.MIL.XPND.CD). Arms transfer data via MS.MIL.MPRT.KD/XPRT.KD.

US government agency that publishes all major arms sales notifications. RSS feed monitored for new defense deals.

Real-time data on political violence and conflict events worldwide. GPS coordinates, actors, fatalities for every event. Gold standard for conflict data.

United Nations international trade statistics database. Bilateral merchandise trade data for all UN member states.

National-level trade aggregates: total exports, imports, trade balance. Updated weekly from World Development Indicators.

Free API providing latest exchange rates for 160+ currencies against USD. Economic stability indicator.

Six dimensions of governance: voice & accountability, political stability, government effectiveness, regulatory quality, rule of law, control of corruption. 215 countries since 1996.

Open database of sanctions lists, watchlists, and politically exposed persons from 70+ data sources. Updated daily.

High-resolution (1:10m scale) vector data for country boundaries, coastlines, and administrative borders. Gold standard for cartographic precision.

Dark-themed map tiles based on OpenStreetMap data. Used as background when zoomed in for detailed street-level context.