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It's hard to understand why conflicts plague our world year after year — but through it all, art can be a unifying force and a grounding reminder of our shared humanity. Here are three incredible projects that showcase the triumphs of the human spirit in the face of war.

New Seymour Chwast Book Protests 5,000 Years of War

By Designers & Books

Seymour Chwast, a pioneering graphic designer, visualizes 5,000 years of global conflicts in his new book, At War with War. Illustrated in his stark, distinctive style, this new work bravely confronts the horrors and contradictions of conflict.

Hidden histories of a million wartime women

By Royal Voluntary Service

When Britain was under siege during World War II, a million resourceful British women held things down on the home front, feeding refugees, working in factories, and even making sweaters out of dog fur. This project will tell the stories of these behind-the-scenes heroes for the first time.

WARonWALL - A new exhibit on the Berlin Wall

By Neil Burgess Pictures / Kai Wiedenhoefer

German photographer Kai Wiedenhöefer has been photographing the war in Syria since 2012. With this striking new exhibition mounted on the structural remains of another war — the Berlin Wall — he aims to use art as a tool to raise awareness of the Syrian conflict.