Although oil reserves will run out eventually, and sustainable energy sources are on the rise, this black substance will be with us for some time to come, driving our economies as well as driving conflict, geopolitics and, lest we forget, natural disasters.

The conflict in the Middle East is driving up the price of oil.

Conflicts around the world cost the lives of thousands and wounding many more, while the lives thousands and thousands more are disrupted by violence. A collection of cartoons that visualizes the true cost of war.