In 2025, political issues dominate protest activity globally, with numbers rising steadily from ** events in 2017 to a peak of *** protests in 2023, before declining to ** in 2025.
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Carnegie. (July 31, 2025). Number of protest movements worldwide from 2017 to 2025, by motivation [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 29, 2026, from /statistics/1621860/number-of-protests-worldwide-by-motivation/
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