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14,088 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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Most of the day's attention went to a disaster in Caracas, violence in Doha and protests in Kathmandu (Nepal). Qatar's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were much softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostVenezuela 62 in 100 of its 131 stories, usually 43
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 27 in 100 of its stories, usually 23
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Venezuela

81 of its 131 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Caracas accounted for 26 of Venezuela's 81 stories about harm, carried by 32 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (70 stories). Poisoning was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Venezuela over 30 days → its stories → Caracas stories →
Conflict & violence

Qatar

116 of its 313 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Doha accounted for 108 of Qatar's 116 stories about harm, carried by 118 outlets. Hunger was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Qatar over 30 days → its stories → Doha stories →
Protests & strikes

Nepal

Kathmandu accounted for 87 of Nepal's 128 stories about harm, carried by 204 outlets. 73 of Kathmandu's 87 stories were about protests or strikes. Earthquake was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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

Malaysia

88 of its 275 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories). Landslides were named in 35 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with flooding and heavy rain.

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Health

Sweden

30 of its 121 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Lesotho

8 of its 14 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 3 of Maseru's 4 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Guyana

13 of its 45 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories).

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Health

Denmark

34 of its 107 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).

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Rights & justice

Poland

32 of its 125 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (16 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: landslides in Malaysia (35 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); covid in China (43 of its stories, about three times its usual); illness in Mexico (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heatwave in Australia (44 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); train derailment in Russia (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

17 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 15 Sep. 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 14,088 stories about harm among 80,627 counted on 15 Sep.

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It was the lowest share of stories about people being harmed since 15 May 2025. of the day's 80,627 news stories, 17 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 19. the news turned to Venezuela for the second day running. Venezuela's news was 62% about people being harmed, against a usual 43%. On 15 September 2024, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, against 17 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Venezuela62 in 100 of its 131 stories · usually 43 · mostly disasters & accidents Israel58 in 100 of its 954 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Nepal54 in 100 of its 237 stories · usually 55 · mostly rights & justice Palestine53 in 100 of its 304 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan44 in 100 of its 61 stories · usually 67 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US205 stories about protests or strikes, of its 526 London UK120 stories about protests or strikes, of its 317 Utah County US112 stories about protests or strikes, of its 149 Kathmandu Nepal73 stories about protests or strikes, of its 87 Utah US51 stories about protests or strikes, of its 95

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: 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: feelings about like the world'sUnited States: feelings about like the world'sSouth 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 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: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: 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 readSudan: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: 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: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: 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: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMali: 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'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: 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'sIreland: 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'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: too little coverage to readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: feelings about like the world'sColombia: 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: too little coverage to readCambodia: 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 readBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia 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: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: 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: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: 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: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican 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: 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 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: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk 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 readZambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sVenezuela: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUzbekistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTanzania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSyria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRussia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sQatar: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times 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 about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMalta: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalaysia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sItaly: 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'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuyana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEcuador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCosta Rica: coverage a little warmer than the world'sDR Congo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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 about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times 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

● Qatar about twice as angry as the world's · 116 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 160 stories about harm ● Pakistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 208 stories about harm ● Australia about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 348 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 549 stories about harm ● Venezuela about twice as angry as the world's · 81 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice27% 3,777 stories · about as usual Health27% 3,712 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents17% 2,328 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Conflict & violence15% 2,047 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 669 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 510 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 485 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 282 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 killed3,306 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,608 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,321 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured847 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting abductions245 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced155 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations94 at about half the usual rate · most about India and Malaysia Stories reporting refugees91 at about half the usual rate · most about the UK and Germany Stories reporting people falling ill12 at about half 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 much 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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