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Across the world's worst crises, humanitarians keep delivering aid, even as the dangers grow. 2024 was the deadliest year on record, with 383 killed and hundreds more wounded, kidnapped and detained. Early figures for 2025 show no reversal of this trend.
Most were local staff, working inside their own communities — the first to respond, the last to leave, and the least visible.
Rising violence against humanitarians is a breach of international humanitarian law and a direct threat to humanitarian operations. When humanitarians are attacked, they can no longer deliver the help that communities depend on.
Aid worker victims of major violence
816
Total
- Kidnapped
- 125
- Wounded
- 308
- Killed
- 383
Kidnapped
Wounded
Killed
Source: Aid Worker Security Report 2025, Humanitarian Outcomes, August 2025
Meet the humanitarians and their families
Meet the humanitarians attacked while providing aid to the most vulnerable, and the families who stand alongside them — their lives drastically changed.
383
Humanitarians
383 humanitarians killed in violent incidents in 2024. Most fatalities occurred in Gaza, followed by Sudan, Lebanon, Ethiopia, and Syria.
They protect others. Help us protect them.