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7,767 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 flooding in Indonesia, violence in Kyiv and protests in Yerevan (Armenia). Indonesia's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was harsher than usual.

Part of lifeDisasters & accidents 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostSri Lanka 83 in 100 of its 197 stories, usually 28
RegionCentral Asia 21 in 100 of its stories, usually 9
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

136 of its 187 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Sumatra accounted for 57 of Indonesia's 136 stories about harm, carried by 74 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 9 times the usual rate (18 stories). Flooding was named in 106 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with heavy rain, tropical storm and typhoon. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Indonesia over 30 days → its stories → Sumatra stories →
Conflict & violence

Ukraine

137 of its 327 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Kyiv accounted for 105 of Ukraine's 137 stories about harm, carried by 336 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (88 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Ukraine over 30 days → its stories → Kyiv stories →
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Disasters & accidents

Sri Lanka

163 of its 197 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Colombo accounted for 101 of Sri Lanka's 163 stories about harm, carried by 107 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (28 stories). Tsunami was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with power cuts.

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Conflict & violence

Venezuela

102 of its 187 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Caracas accounted for 55 of Venezuela's 102 stories about harm, carried by 109 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Hong Kong

125 of its 167 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (78 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

100 of its 164 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Gaza accounted for 62 of Palestine's 100 stories about harm, carried by 52 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Nigeria

282 of its 687 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. HIV was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Lebanon

59 of its 97 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Beirut accounted for 55 of Lebanon's 59 stories about harm, carried by 122 outlets.

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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Japan (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); snowstorms in US (132 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); storms in Canada (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); tsunami in Sri Lanka (10 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); storms in India (34 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 16; 19 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 30 Nov. 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 7,767 stories about harm among 40,730 counted on 30 Nov.

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No day had a higher share of stories about people being harmed since 12 October 2025. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 40,730 stories, above the usual 16. It was the third day running that the news turned to Indonesia. In Indonesia, 73% of the news was about people being harmed, where 31% is usual. Indonesia's news mentioned flooding about three times as often as usual. This week the news turned most often to Nigeria, on 3 of 7 days.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sri Lanka83 in 100 of its 197 stories · usually 28 · mostly disasters & accidents Hong Kong75 in 100 of its 167 stories · usually 38 · mostly disasters & accidents Indonesia73 in 100 of its 187 stories · usually 31 · mostly disasters & accidents Palestine61 in 100 of its 164 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence Lebanon61 in 100 of its 97 stories · usually 41 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Kyiv Ukraine39 stories about protests or strikes, of its 105 Washington US30 stories about protests or strikes, of its 264 Manila Philippines23 stories about protests or strikes, of its 34 New York US18 stories about protests or strikes, of its 63 Delhi India16 stories about protests or strikes, of its 131

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sYemen: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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 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: too little coverage to readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: too little coverage to readSeychelles: 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: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: 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'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: 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'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: too little coverage to readLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: too little coverage to readKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: 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'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: too little coverage to readHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: 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: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: too little coverage to readBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: 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: too little coverage to readBenin: 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'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: 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'sJammu & Kashmir: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sSiachen Glacier: feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall 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: 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 readMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readZambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sThailand: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPortugal: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNigeria: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKenya: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIran: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIndonesia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFiji: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCuba: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCroatia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHong Kong: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: 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

● Nigeria about twice as fearful as the world's · 282 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 181 stories about harm ● Hong Kong about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 125 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 137 stories about harm ● Palestine about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 100 stories about harm ● Indonesia about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 136 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Disasters & accidents26% 1,995 stories · much more than usual (usually 18%) Health21% 1,592 stories · much less than usual (usually 27%) Rights & justice20% 1,552 stories · less than usual (usually 25%) Conflict & violence17% 1,300 stories · more than usual (usually 14%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 473 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 253 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 220 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 219 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 killed2,384 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people affected1,126 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Sri Lanka Stories reporting arrests899 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured792 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting abductions171 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Nigeria and Israel Stories reporting people displaced131 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Sri Lanka and the US Stories reporting evacuations110 at about twice the usual rate · most about Indonesia and Sri Lanka Stories reporting refugees101 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people falling ill9 at about two-thirds of 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 harsher 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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