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9,685 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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Violence in Bangkok, protests in Zahedan (Iran) and a disaster in Athens drew the news. Iran's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were much harsher than usual.

Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 24 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostThailand 58 in 100 of its 258 stories, usually 25
RegionSoutheast Asia 37 in 100 of its stories, usually 22
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

Thailand

150 of its 258 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Bangkok accounted for 53 of Thailand's 150 stories about harm, carried by 229 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Thailand over 30 days → its stories → Bangkok stories →
Protests & strikes

Iran

118 of its 190 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. 22 of Zahedan's 41 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (70 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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

Greece

101 of its 201 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Athens accounted for 43 of Greece's 101 stories about harm, carried by 203 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (24 stories).

Greece over 30 days → its stories → Athens stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Peru

23 of its 43 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Cambodia

117 of its 188 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 9 times the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Cyprus

15 of its 25 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Limassol accounted for 13 of Cyprus' 15 stories about harm, carried by 6 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Philippines

99 of its 280 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Cyclone was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Israel

464 of its 671 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Hunger was named in 262 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Hong Kong

32 of its 88 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (22 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Laos

10 of its 18 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: hunger in Israel (262 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); tsunami in Indonesia (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); cyclone in Philippines (17 of its stories, about three times its usual); plane crash in UK (14 of its stories, about three times its usual); building collapse in India (17 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 26 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 9,685 stories about harm among 51,168 counted on 26 Jul.

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It was the third day running that the news turned to Thailand. of the day's 51,168 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of peace efforts, a sign of help, ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Thailand's news was 58% about people being harmed, against a usual 25%. A year earlier, on 26 July 2024, 17 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria73 in 100 of its 70 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Israel69 in 100 of its 671 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Cambodia62 in 100 of its 188 stories · usually 30 · mostly conflict & violence Iran62 in 100 of its 190 stories · usually 33 · mostly conflict & violence Thailand58 in 100 of its 258 stories · usually 25 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US44 stories about protests or strikes, of its 270 Jerusalem Israel37 stories about protests or strikes, of its 102 London UK25 stories about protests or strikes, of its 139 Zahedan Iran22 stories about protests or strikes, of its 41 Glasgow UK21 stories about protests or strikes, of its 47

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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 readTrinidad & 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'sTaiwan: 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'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: 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: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua 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'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: 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: too little coverage to readMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMali: 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'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 readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: 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'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: too little coverage to readGabon: too little coverage to readSt 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: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: 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: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: 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: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: 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'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall 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: feelings about like the world'sTurks & 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: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: feelings about like the world'sWallis & 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sYemen: coverage a little angrier than the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUruguay: 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'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSpain: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPeru: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNepal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalta: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIreland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIran: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCosta Rica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCambodia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer 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 a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMaldives: coverage a little warmer than 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

● Iran about three times as angry as the world's · 118 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 245 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 464 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 130 stories about harm ● Australia about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 141 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 90 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice24% 2,310 stories · about as usual Health24% 2,306 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents20% 1,925 stories · less than usual (usually 23%) Conflict & violence16% 1,517 stories · more than usual (usually 13%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 541 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 344 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 321 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 250 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 killed2,789 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,162 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,122 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured867 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Thailand Stories reporting evacuations199 at about twice the usual rate · most about Thailand and the US Stories reporting people displaced188 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Cambodia and Israel Stories reporting abductions173 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees79 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill13 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
● 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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