← 17 Aug Monday 18 August 2025 · to 23:59 UTC 19 Aug →
What the world's news said happened to people.
Counts of coverage, not of suffering
14,874 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 →

Most of the day's attention went to rights and justice in Dakar, illness in Vang Vieng and landslides in Kashmir. Israel's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were softer than usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Canada →
Part of lifeHealth 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostBahamas 56 in 100 of its 136 stories, usually 21
RegionEvery region about as usual
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Rights & justice

Senegal

21 of its 30 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Dakar accounted for 20 of Senegal's 21 stories about harm, carried by 21 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 8 times the usual rate (5 stories). HIV was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Senegal over 30 days → its stories → Dakar stories →
Health

Laos

13 of its 22 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Vang Vieng accounted for 11 of Laos' 13 stories about harm, carried by 21 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (11 stories). Poisoning was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Laos over 30 days → its stories → Vang Vieng stories →
Disasters & accidents

Kashmir

82 of its 139 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Jammu accounted for 25 of Kashmir's 82 stories about harm, carried by 18 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (25 stories). Landslides were named in 31 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with heavy rain.

Kashmir over 30 days → its stories → Jammu stories →
Protests & strikes

Israel

Tel Aviv accounted for 129 of Israel's 539 stories about harm, carried by 239 outlets. 79 of Tel Aviv's 129 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Pakistan

358 of its 728 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (120 stories). Flooding was named in 180 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Bahamas

76 of its 136 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Storms were named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with drownings.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Spain

154 of its 400 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (19 stories). Drought was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with road crashes.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Chad

12 of its 19 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 5 of Ndjamena's 9 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Palestine

216 of its 320 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Gaza accounted for 172 of Palestine's 216 stories about harm, carried by 387 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Nigeria

Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (95 stories). Drownings were named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: flooding in Pakistan (180 of its stories, about three times its usual); illness in France (29 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in Puerto Rico (18 of its stories, about three times its usual); storms in Bahamas (21 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); illness in Russia (23 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 19; 20 the day before
21 in 10018 in 10020 Jul27 Jul3 Aug10 Aug18 Aug20 Jul: 21 in 10021 Jul: 19 in 10022 Jul: 19 in 10023 Jul: 19 in 10024 Jul: 18 in 10025 Jul: 18 in 10026 Jul: 19 in 10027 Jul: 19 in 10028 Jul: 19 in 10029 Jul: 19 in 10030 Jul: 20 in 10031 Jul: 19 in 1001 Aug: 19 in 1002 Aug: 19 in 1003 Aug: 21 in 1004 Aug: 19 in 1005 Aug: 19 in 1006 Aug: 19 in 1007 Aug: 18 in 1008 Aug: 19 in 1009 Aug: 20 in 10010 Aug: 20 in 10011 Aug: 19 in 10012 Aug: 19 in 10013 Aug: 19 in 10014 Aug: 19 in 10015 Aug: 18 in 10016 Aug: 19 in 10017 Aug: 20 in 10018 Aug: 19 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 18 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 14,874 stories about harm among 78,968 counted on 18 Aug.

Read the day's briefing

Senegal stood out: 70% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 13%. 19 in every 100 of the day's 78,968 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. People falling ill were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Canada. Pakistan's news mentioned flooding about three times as often as usual. On 18 August 2024, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Israel69 in 100 of its 786 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine68 in 100 of its 320 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir59 in 100 of its 139 stories · usually 47 · mostly disasters & accidents Bahamas56 in 100 of its 136 stories · usually 21 · mostly disasters & accidents Lebanon53 in 100 of its 79 stories · usually 42 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US156 stories about protests or strikes, of its 546 Tel Aviv Israel79 stories about protests or strikes, of its 129 Gaza Palestine52 stories about protests or strikes, of its 172 Toronto Canada37 stories about protests or strikes, of its 64 London UK37 stories about protests or strikes, of its 248

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
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: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: too little coverage to readUnited 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: 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: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: too little coverage to readTanzania: 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 lessSri Lanka: about as warm as its own usual or lessSpain: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: too little coverage to readNigeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiger: too little coverage to readNicaragua: too little coverage to readNew 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: too little coverage to readMongolia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: too little coverage to readMalaysia: 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: 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 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 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 lessIndonesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: too little coverage to readIceland: about as warm as its own usual or lessHungary: about as warm as its own usual or lessHonduras: 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: too little coverage to readGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: 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: too little coverage to readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessChile: too little coverage to readChad: 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: too little coverage to readMyanmar: 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: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: too little coverage to readBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: too little coverage to readBarbados: 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: 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: 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan 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: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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 readUnited Arab Emirates: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSudan: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualRomania: warmth about its own usualHong Kong: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIndiana, US -- health: 11 stories, carried by 12 outletsDubai, United Arab Emirates -- rights & justice: 18 stories, carried by 20 outletsMamuda, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 13 outletsAnambra, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 12 stories, carried by 10 outletsLuhansk, Ukraine -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 17 outletsKyiv, Ukraine -- conflict & violence: 112 stories, carried by 151 outletsHawaii, US -- health: 14 stories, carried by 16 outletsDakar, Senegal -- rights & justice: 20 stories, carried by 21 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

● Ukraine warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Indiana US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Dubai United Arab Emirates about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 18 stories ● Mamuda Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 13 stories ● Anambra Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 12 stories ● Luhansk Ukraine about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 13 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health26% 3,709 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents23% 3,410 stories · about as usual Rights & justice23% 3,403 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence13% 1,948 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 734 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 498 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 492 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 351 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 killed3,730 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,838 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,704 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,283 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting abductions362 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people displaced205 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations190 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees109 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill66 at about three times 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?

The weekly briefing · 19 Oct – 25 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.