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12,107 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.

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Most of the day's attention went to violence in Tehran, heavy rain in Nepal and protests in Islamabad (Pakistan). Iran's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were much harsher than usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and the UK →
Part of lifeDisasters & accidents 23 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostNepal 77 in 100 of its 159 stories, usually 24
RegionCentral Asia 22 in 100 of its stories, usually 11
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Conflict & violence

Iran

136 of its 253 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Tehran accounted for 59 of Iran's 136 stories about harm, carried by 105 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Natural hazards were named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Disasters & accidents

Nepal

123 of its 159 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Kathmandu accounted for 114 of Nepal's 123 stories about harm, carried by 317 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (51 stories). Heavy rain was named in 56 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with power cuts.

Nepal over 30 days → its stories → Kathmandu stories →
Protests & strikes

Pakistan

237 of its 641 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. 47 of Islamabad's 89 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (54 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Pakistan over 30 days → its stories → Islamabad stories →
Rights & justice

South Africa

131 of its 329 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (87 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

South Africa over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

116 of its 195 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Kulgam accounted for 53 of Kashmir's 116 stories about harm, carried by 39 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (44 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's.

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Health

Belgium

37 of its 108 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Brussels accounted for 33 of Belgium's 37 stories about harm, carried by 121 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (25 stories).

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Rights & justice

Saudi Arabia

21 of its 74 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Ukraine

117 of its 281 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Ghana

77 of its 269 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 17 of Accra's 28 stories were about protests or strikes.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Ireland

158 of its 662 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Heavy rain was named in 29 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with storms.

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Also named far more than usual: hurricane in US (1012 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heavy rain in Ireland (29 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in Russia (10 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); poisoning in India (25 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 28 Sep. The big dot is this day; the shaded band is a normal day (the 30 days before it). Click a day to open it. Based on 12,107 stories about harm among 58,520 counted on 28 Sep.

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The share of stories about people being harmed was the highest since 14 July 2024. 21 in every 100 of the day's 58,520 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 18. People falling ill were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and the UK. Nepal's news mentioned heavy rain about 5 times as often as usual. On 29 September 2023, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, against 21 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Nepal77 in 100 of its 159 stories · usually 24 · mostly disasters & accidents Lebanon70 in 100 of its 738 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Israel70 in 100 of its 1,187 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir59 in 100 of its 195 stories · usually 30 · mostly conflict & violence Iran54 in 100 of its 253 stories · usually 42 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Beirut Lebanon63 stories about protests or strikes, of its 488 Islamabad Pakistan47 stories about protests or strikes, of its 89 Washington US43 stories about protests or strikes, of its 259 London UK37 stories about protests or strikes, of its 205 Tel Aviv Israel21 stories about protests or strikes, of its 90

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessYemen: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: too little coverage to readUnited States: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited Arab Emirates: about as warm as its own usual or lessUkraine: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: about as warm as its own usual or lessSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri Lanka: about as warm as its own usual or lessSpain: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Africa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomalia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: about as warm as its own usual or lessSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: about as warm as its own usual or lessQatar: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: about as warm as its own usual or lessPoland: about as warm as its own usual or lessPhilippines: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessNigeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiger: too little coverage to readNicaragua: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: about as warm as its own usual or lessLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJapan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessItaly: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndonesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: about as warm as its own usual or lessHungary: about as warm as its own usual or lessHonduras: about as warm as its own usual or lessHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFiji: about as warm as its own usual or lessEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: about as warm as its own usual or lessCzech Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR Congo: too little coverage to readCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or lessChile: about as warm as its own usual or lessChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: about as warm as its own usual or lessCambodia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: about as warm as its own usual or lessBangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustralia: about as warm as its own usual or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: too little coverage to readAksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: too little coverage to readBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: warmth about its own usualVietnam: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualAustria: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualVienna, Austria -- health: 13 stories, carried by 16 outletsEdinburgh, UK -- health: 16 stories, carried by 11 outletsKulgam, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 53 stories, carried by 39 outletsOhio, US -- health: 12 stories, carried by 14 outletsMaine, US -- health: 10 stories, carried by 12 outletsJammu, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 45 stories, carried by 32 outletsHaryana, India -- conflict & violence: 17 stories, carried by 16 outletsVancouver, Canada -- health: 26 stories, carried by 48 outlets
Warmer than its own usual The warmest eventsAbout as warm or lessToo little news

Each country shaded by the warmth in its news — care, help, gratitude — against its own last 30 days. Stronger colour: further above. Dots: the events whose coverage carried the most warmth, even where the event itself began as harm. Warm words, not good outcomes. Click a country or a dot.

Warmest news

● Palestine warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Vienna Austria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● Edinburgh UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 16 stories ● Kulgam Kashmir about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 53 stories ● Ohio US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Maine US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Disasters & accidents23% 2,714 stories · much more than usual (usually 17%) Health23% 2,682 stories · much less than usual (usually 28%) Conflict & violence20% 2,363 stories · much more than usual (usually 14%) Rights & justice20% 2,337 stories · much less than usual (usually 25%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 589 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 584 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 352 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 279 stories · about as usual

Of the stories about people being harmed, what part of life each was about. The mark is usual.

Harm reported 30 days →

Stories reporting people killed3,612 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people affected1,591 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people injured1,204 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting arrests1,008 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations250 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people displaced213 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions186 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting refugees117 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill38 at about three times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

Stories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.

How it felt 30 days →

harshwarm

The words in the day's stories were much harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little more than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more than usual
● Fearabout as usual

From the words reporters used across the whole day, never one story. Fear is the weakest of the four measures. How?

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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.