Conflict in the Middle East, terrorism in the West, gang violence throughout Latin America -- from everything we read, see and hear from the news, it's easy to conclude that the entire world is a dangerous place. Is it? Counter to what we might see and hear, a majority of people on the planet feel pretty safe. According to Gallup's 2018 Global Law and Order Report , 68% of the world feels safe walking alone at night in their communities. In fact, in places like Singapore and Norway, more than 90% of people feel safe. But that doesn't mean we can ignore that this isn't the reality for the third of the world -- or about 1.6 billion people -- who live with fear. That's nearly equal to the entire populations of North America, South America and Europe combined. The results come from the Gallup World Poll -- an ongoing project that informs global leaders on how people's lives are going. The Law and Order Index quantifies safety in over 140 countries. It measu