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15,725 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to violence in Bangkok, wildfires in Cyprus and protests in Kyiv (Ukraine). Thailand's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostThailand 51 in 100 of its 497 stories, usually 23
RegionSoutheast Asia 33 in 100 of its stories, usually 21
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Thailand

255 of its 497 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Bangkok accounted for 111 of Thailand's 255 stories about harm, carried by 168 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Thailand over 30 days → its stories → Bangkok stories →
Disasters & accidents

Cyprus

32 of its 51 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Limassol accounted for 30 of Cyprus' 32 stories about harm, carried by 17 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (13 stories). Wildfires were named in 20 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

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

Cambodia

89 of its 171 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Phnom Penh accounted for 50 of Cambodia's 89 stories about harm, carried by 87 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Samoa

13 of its 23 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Earthquake was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tsunami.

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Disasters & accidents

Philippines

152 of its 487 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories). Typhoon was named in 42 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Israel

711 of its 1,047 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Hunger was named in 360 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Syria

106 of its 157 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Damascus accounted for 43 of Syria's 106 stories about harm, carried by 108 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Lebanon

30 of its 64 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Beirut accounted for 21 of Lebanon's 30 stories about harm, carried by 56 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: hunger in Israel (360 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hunger in Palestine (110 of its stories, about three times its usual); typhoon in Philippines (42 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); wildfires in Türkiye (19 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); earthquake in Samoa (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 19; 18 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 25 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 15,725 stories about harm among 86,791 counted on 25 Jul.

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The share of stories about people being harmed was the lowest since 6 June 2025. 18 in every 100 of the day's 86,791 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 19. For the second day running, the news turned to Thailand. Thailand stood out: 51% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 23%. Mentions of the hunger ran about 4 times their usual in Israel's news.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan68 in 100 of its 50 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Israel68 in 100 of its 1,047 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Syria68 in 100 of its 157 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Cyprus63 in 100 of its 51 stories · usually 19 · mostly disasters & accidents Cambodia52 in 100 of its 171 stories · usually 28 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US74 stories about protests or strikes, of its 489 London UK60 stories about protests or strikes, of its 258 Jerusalem Israel49 stories about protests or strikes, of its 189 Gaza Palestine32 stories about protests or strikes, of its 213 Manhattan US30 stories about protests or strikes, of its 109

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or lessZambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessYemen: about as warm as its own usual or lessVietnam: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: too little coverage to readPuerto Rico: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsle 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: 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: too little coverage to readSuriname: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSaudi 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNicaragua: too little coverage to readNiue: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: 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: too little coverage to readLithuania: 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: too little coverage to readLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: too little coverage to readKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: 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 lessIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: 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: too little coverage to readHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: too little coverage to readGhana: 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: too little coverage to readFiji: 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: too little coverage to readEquatorial 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: too little coverage to readDjibouti: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: too little coverage to readChina: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape 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: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: too little coverage to readBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJammu & Kashmir: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai 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 readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSiachen Glacier: about as warm as its own usual or lessCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAmerican Samoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish 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: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readSpain: warmth about its own usualNew Zealand: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualAustria: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMaldives: warmth about its own usualVirginia, US -- disasters & accidents: 17 stories, carried by 16 outletsYorkshire, UK -- health: 13 stories, carried by 12 outletsWellington, New Zealand -- health: 23 stories, carried by 10 outletsIowa City, US -- health: 14 stories, carried by 63 outletsShanghai, China -- health: 11 stories, carried by 15 outletsHiroshima, Japan -- conflict & violence: 10 stories, carried by 11 outletsAccra, Ghana -- health: 23 stories, carried by 16 outletsBeijing, China -- disasters & accidents: 62 stories, carried by 113 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

● Virginia US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 17 stories ● Yorkshire UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● Wellington New Zealand about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 23 stories ● Iowa City US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 14 stories ● Shanghai China about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health27% 4,082 stories · more than usual (usually 24%) Rights & justice26% 3,934 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents19% 2,985 stories · less than usual (usually 23%) Conflict & violence13% 1,960 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 865 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 661 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 473 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 441 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 killed3,958 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,847 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,796 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,019 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations254 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Thailand and the US Stories reporting abductions248 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced214 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees147 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill25 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Canada and the US

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 softer 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?

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