← 18 Jul Saturday 19 July 2025 · to 23:59 UTC 20 Jul →
What the world's news said happened to people.
Counts of coverage, not of suffering
10,116 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 day's news pointed at protests in Caracas (Venezuela), storms in Vietnam and violence in Sweida. Syria's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 25 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostVietnam 60 in 100 of its 192 stories, usually 13
RegionSoutheast Asia 31 in 100 of its stories, usually 19
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 →
Protests & strikes

Venezuela

74 of its 92 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Caracas accounted for 41 of Venezuela's 74 stories about harm, carried by 205 outlets. 29 of Caracas' 41 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 7 times the usual rate (7 stories). Covid was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.

Venezuela over 30 days → its stories → Caracas stories →
Disasters & accidents

Vietnam

115 of its 192 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Hanoi accounted for 56 of Vietnam's 115 stories about harm, carried by 360 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (89 stories). Storms were named in 68 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tropical storm.

Vietnam over 30 days → its stories → Hanoi stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

198 of its 309 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Sweida accounted for 145 of Syria's 198 stories about harm, carried by 229 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Syria over 30 days → its stories → Sweida stories →
Rights & justice

Niger

19 of its 20 stories (95%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Niger over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

South Korea

46 of its 163 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 9 times the usual rate (7 stories). Landslides were named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Congo

28 of its 42 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 9 times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Qatar

15 of its 51 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Philippines

86 of its 291 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories). Tropical storm was named in 30 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Palestine

89 of its 131 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Gaza accounted for 74 of Palestine's 89 stories about harm, carried by 84 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Ukraine

Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (27 stories). Power cuts were named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: tropical storm in Philippines (30 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Saudi Arabia (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in South Korea (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Ukraine (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in China (12 of its stories, about 10 times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 19; 18 the day before
21 in 10018 in 1002 Jun9 Jun4 Jul11 Jul19 Jul2 Jun: 19 in 1003 Jun: 19 in 1004 Jun: 18 in 1005 Jun: 18 in 1006 Jun: 18 in 1007 Jun: 19 in 1008 Jun: 19 in 1009 Jun: 19 in 10010 Jun: 19 in 10011 Jun: 19 in 10012 Jun: 19 in 10013 Jun: 19 in 1002 Jul: 18 in 1003 Jul: 19 in 1004 Jul: 18 in 1005 Jul: 20 in 1006 Jul: 21 in 1007 Jul: 20 in 1008 Jul: 19 in 1009 Jul: 19 in 10010 Jul: 19 in 10011 Jul: 19 in 10012 Jul: 20 in 10013 Jul: 20 in 10014 Jul: 19 in 10015 Jul: 18 in 10016 Jul: 18 in 10017 Jul: 19 in 10018 Jul: 18 in 10019 Jul: 20 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 19 Jul. 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 10,116 stories about harm among 50,850 counted on 19 Jul.

Read the day's briefing

The news turned to Venezuela for the third day running. 20 in every 100 of the day's 50,850 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Venezuela, 80% of the news was about people being harmed, where 27% is usual. Vietnam's news mentioned storms more than ten times as often as usual. On 19 July 2024, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, against 20 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Venezuela80 in 100 of its 92 stories · usually 27 · mostly rights & justice Palestine68 in 100 of its 131 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Israel64 in 100 of its 407 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Syria64 in 100 of its 309 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence Vietnam60 in 100 of its 192 stories · usually 13 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US58 stories about protests or strikes, of its 346 London UK43 stories about protests or strikes, of its 166 Caracas Venezuela29 stories about protests or strikes, of its 41 Dhaka Bangladesh23 stories about protests or strikes, of its 48 Gaza Palestine18 stories about protests or strikes, of its 74

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: too little coverage to readYemen: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: too little coverage to readUnited States: feelings about like the world'sSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: 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'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: too little coverage to readHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: too little coverage to readGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: too little coverage to readDominican 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 readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: 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: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: too little coverage to readBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: feelings about like the world'sAlgeria: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sBritish 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: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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 about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUzbekistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sPortugal: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNepal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKenya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelize: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArgentina: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice 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

● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 220 stories about harm ● Israel about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 261 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 81 stories about harm ● Congo few stories about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 28 stories about harm ● Kashmir few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 41 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 89 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice25% 2,514 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents24% 2,357 stories · about as usual Health21% 2,105 stories · less than usual (usually 24%) Conflict & violence15% 1,478 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 619 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 398 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 243 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 238 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 killed2,658 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,278 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,172 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured909 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people displaced182 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Syria and Israel Stories reporting abductions170 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations112 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees84 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill12 at about the usual rate

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.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout as 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.