Media archive
Openly licensed images we host, each tied to the events or statements it shows, with its licence, credit, who released it, and the date and place its source states. An image is a claim by whoever released it, never evidence. Each image keeps its own licence, given in its row; the rows themselves are CC BY 4.0.
0 records · CSV · JSONL · JSON · JSON Schema · checksums
Cite it
The War Record, "Media archive" (dataset), 2026-11-03. https://thewarrecord.com/data/media/. Licence CC BY 4.0.
Free to reuse under CC BY 4.0, with credit and a link. Figures from third parties keep their own source, named in each record.
The CSV columns.
The JSON and JSONL files carry the full records, as described by the JSON Schema.
| Column | Meaning |
|---|---|
| id | Permanent id. Never reused. |
| kind | photo, video_still or satellite. |
| file_url | Our hosted copy. |
| sha256 | Checksum of the hosted file. |
| source_url | Where the source published it. |
| released_by | The body that published it, labelled the same way for every party. |
| licence | The exact licence name and version. |
| credit | The credit as the licence requires it. |
| taken_on | Date taken, only when the source states it. |
| place | Place id, only when the source states it. |
| depicts | The event or statement ids it shows (semicolon separated). |
| warning | true: shown only behind a warning the reader opens. |
| revision | Goes up each time a graded field changes. |
| record_state | active, merged or withdrawn. |
| published_at | When it entered the public record. |