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16,845 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Road crashes in Kashmir, violence in Beirut and rights and justice in Aung Hlaing drew the news. Lebanon's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostGhana 43 in 100 of its 541 stories, usually 17
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 27 in 100 of its stories, usually 23
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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Disasters & accidents

Kashmir

74 of its 137 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Jammu accounted for 43 of Kashmir's 74 stories about harm, carried by 32 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (39 stories). Road crashes were named in 26 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Kashmir over 30 days → its stories → Jammu stories →
Conflict & violence

Lebanon

76 of its 123 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Beirut accounted for 47 of Lebanon's 76 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Lebanon over 30 days → its stories → Beirut stories →
Rights & justice

Myanmar

25 of its 35 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Aung Hlaing accounted for 13 of Myanmar's 25 stories about harm, carried by 28 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories). Illness was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

Myanmar over 30 days → its stories → Aung Hlaing stories →
Health

Iceland

17 of its 36 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Drownings were named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with covid and flu.

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

Ghana

234 of its 541 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about 9 times the usual rate (202 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 190 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

France

181 of its 699 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (42 stories). Wildfires were named in 72 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with drought, storms and heatwave.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

Gaza accounted for 140 of Palestine's 170 stories about harm, carried by 208 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Sri Lanka

40 of its 103 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Health

Denmark

35 of its 118 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Sudan

Darfur accounted for 29 of Sudan's 54 stories about harm, carried by 61 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: helicopter crash in Ghana (190 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in France (72 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); chikungunya in China (41 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); storms in New Zealand (15 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); earthquake in Thailand (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 Aug. 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 16,845 stories about harm among 93,026 counted on 7 Aug.

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It was the lowest share of stories about people being harmed since 6 June 2025. of the day's 93,026 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Kashmir stood out: 54% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 41%. On 7 August 2024, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, against 18 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan74 in 100 of its 73 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Israel63 in 100 of its 1,038 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Lebanon62 in 100 of its 123 stories · usually 39 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine58 in 100 of its 295 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir54 in 100 of its 137 stories · usually 41 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US131 stories about protests or strikes, of its 592 Gaza Palestine46 stories about protests or strikes, of its 140 Jerusalem Israel43 stories about protests or strikes, of its 107 Tel Aviv Israel36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 82 Abuja Nigeria36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 83

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: too little coverage to readYemen: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: 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: too little coverage to readTogo: 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 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 lessSpain: too little coverage to readSouth Korea: too little coverage to readSouth 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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: 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: too little coverage to readPhilippines: 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: too little coverage to readNorway: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: 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: 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 lessLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: 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 readKenya: 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 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 lessPalestine: 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: too little coverage to readHonduras: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: 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: too little coverage to readEritrea: 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: too little coverage to readFaroe 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: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta 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 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: 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 lessAustria: too little coverage to readAustralia: about as warm as its own usual or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: 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 lessGaza: about as warm as its own usual or lessWest Bank: 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 lessEast Jerusalem: 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: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: about as warm as its own usual or lessAnguilla: 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: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readSyria: warmth about its own usualLesotho: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualCambodia: warmth about its own usualArmenia: warmth about its own usualPhnom Penh, Cambodia -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 37 outletsKaduna, Nigeria -- displacement: 11 stories, carried by 10 outletsSussex, UK -- health: 13 stories, carried by 14 outletsNew Jersey, US -- health: 13 stories, carried by 19 outletsHarare, Zimbabwe -- rights & justice: 12 stories, carried by 11 outletsCarlow, Ireland -- disasters & accidents: 18 stories, carried by 22 outletsPennsylvania, US -- health: 14 stories, carried by 66 outletsShanghai, China -- health: 12 stories, carried by 23 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

No country's news was much warmer than its usual (a quarter or more).

Warmest events

● Phnom Penh Cambodia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 13 stories ● Kaduna Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · displacement · 11 stories ● Sussex UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● New Jersey US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● Harare Zimbabwe about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 12 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health27% 4,375 stories · about as usual Rights & justice25% 4,154 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents21% 3,485 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence13% 2,150 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 717 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 588 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 554 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 417 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 killed4,055 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,059 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,887 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,109 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions336 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced219 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations203 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees136 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill37 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Canada

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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