← 25 Feb Wednesday 26 February 2025 · to 23:59 UTC 27 Feb →
What the world's news said happened to people.
Counts of coverage, not of suffering
16,781 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.

How to read these numbers →

The news turned to violence in Khojaly, power cuts in Chile and people killed in Belize. Azerbaijan's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and the DR Congo →
Part of lifeHealth 32 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostAzerbaijan 58 in 100 of its 164 stories, usually 17
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 26 in 100 of its stories, usually 22
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Conflict & violence

Azerbaijan

95 of its 164 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Khojaly accounted for 80 of Azerbaijan's 95 stories about harm, carried by 13 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 9 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Azerbaijan over 30 days → its stories → Khojaly stories →
Shelter & services

Chile

71 of its 135 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Santiago accounted for 57 of Chile's 71 stories about harm, carried by 92 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (22 stories). Power cuts were named in 39 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Chile over 30 days → its stories → Santiago stories →
Health

Belize

34 of its 90 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Belize over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Thailand

88 of its 272 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (34 stories). Road crashes were named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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

Sudan

99 of its 131 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Khartoum accounted for 70 of Sudan's 99 stories about harm, carried by 124 outlets. Plane crash was named in 28 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with power cuts. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Romania

56 of its 256 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. 17 of Bucharest's 30 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories).

its stories →
Health

Congo

53 of its 69 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Outbreaks were named in 35 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with malaria, ebola and haemorrhagic fever. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Argentina

55 of its 152 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Somalia

26 of its 39 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Hunger was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Palestine

Gaza accounted for 115 of Palestine's 163 stories about harm, carried by 112 outlets. Extreme cold was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Congo (35 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); outbreaks in DR Congo (15 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); covid in South Korea (25 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); plane crash in Sudan (28 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Afghanistan (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

17 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 18; 17 the day before
20 in 10016 in 10028 Jan4 Feb11 Feb18 Feb26 Feb28 Jan: 19 in 10029 Jan: 19 in 10030 Jan: 20 in 10031 Jan: 19 in 1001 Feb: 20 in 1002 Feb: 18 in 1003 Feb: 17 in 1004 Feb: 18 in 1005 Feb: 18 in 1006 Feb: 18 in 1007 Feb: 17 in 1008 Feb: 18 in 1009 Feb: 18 in 10010 Feb: 16 in 10011 Feb: 17 in 10012 Feb: 17 in 10013 Feb: 18 in 10014 Feb: 17 in 10015 Feb: 19 in 10016 Feb: 20 in 10017 Feb: 19 in 10018 Feb: 19 in 10019 Feb: 18 in 10020 Feb: 17 in 10021 Feb: 18 in 10022 Feb: 18 in 10023 Feb: 18 in 10024 Feb: 17 in 10025 Feb: 17 in 10026 Feb: 17 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 26 Feb. 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 16,781 stories about harm among 101,469 counted on 26 Feb.

Read the day's briefing

Azerbaijan's news was 58% about people being harmed, against a usual 17%. People falling ill were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and the DR Congo. A year earlier, on 27 February 2024, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 17 today. 17 in every 100 of the day's 101,469 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 18.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Congo77 in 100 of its 69 stories · usually 66 · mostly health Sudan76 in 100 of its 131 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Israel66 in 100 of its 874 stories · usually 63 · mostly rights & justice Haiti64 in 100 of its 53 stories · usually 45 · mostly shelter & services Azerbaijan58 in 100 of its 164 stories · usually 17 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US118 stories about protests or strikes, of its 656 Jerusalem Israel62 stories about protests or strikes, of its 220 New York US30 stories about protests or strikes, of its 253 Hollywood US24 stories about protests or strikes, of its 254 Gaza Palestine20 stories about protests or strikes, of its 115

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sYemen: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: feelings about like the world'sUnited States: feelings about like the world'sSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: feelings about like the world'sCayman Islands: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: too little coverage to readSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: too little coverage to readNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIraq: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sSt 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 readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: too little coverage to readComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: too little coverage to readBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern 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 readBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk 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: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sVietnam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSlovakia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSt Vincent: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPeru: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMali: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGuinea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGermany: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGambia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCroatia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDR Congo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBosnia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBelize: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sArgentina: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAngola: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sBermuda: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world's
AngerGriefFearWarmth Like the world'sToo little news

Each country in the colour of the feeling its news carried most, against the world's news that day. Stronger colour: further above the world. Click a country.

Strongest feelings

● Kashmir few stories about three times as fearful as the world's · 42 stories about harm ● Azerbaijan about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 95 stories about harm ● Sudan about twice as angry as the world's · 99 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 575 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 152 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 73 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health32% 5,186 stories · more than usual (usually 28%) Rights & justice27% 4,402 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents17% 2,735 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Conflict & violence10% 1,694 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 831 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 713 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 455 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 347 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 killed3,833 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,045 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,042 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured868 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions473 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced219 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees154 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting evacuations76 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people falling ill72 at about three times the usual rate · most about the US and the DR Congo

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 about as usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as 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?

The weekly briefing · 18 Oct – 24 Oct

The week in human impact

Read the week →

Unlock a year of trends, free. Follow up to 5 countries, with a bell when their news changes, and 👍 vote for Pro — ten years of the archive, any period, daily alerts.

Create a free account

Sign in · a username, an email and a password.

How to read these numbers →

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