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15,297 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 extreme cold in Ukraine, protests in Oskemen (Kazakhstan) and rights and justice in Kampala. Ukraine's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 33 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostUganda 48 in 100 of its 157 stories, usually 25
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 49 in 100 of its stories, usually 36
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Ukraine

130 of its 267 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Kyiv accounted for 65 of Ukraine's 130 stories about harm, carried by 104 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (7 stories). Extreme cold was named in 22 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Ukraine over 30 days → its stories → Kyiv stories →
Protests & strikes

Kazakhstan

22 of its 71 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. 5 of Oskemen's 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories). Road crashes were named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Kazakhstan over 30 days → its stories → Oskemen stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Iran

1,207 of its 1,802 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Tehran accounted for 788 of Iran's 1,207 stories about harm, carried by 1,037 outlets. 733 of Tehran's 788 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

Gaza accounted for 65 of Palestine's 96 stories about harm, carried by 81 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Storms were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with hypothermia. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Syria

54 of its 77 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Aleppo accounted for 40 of Syria's 54 stories about harm, carried by 38 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (15 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Gambia

20 of its 29 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Jordan

18 of its 69 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Egypt

31 of its 153 stories (20%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: illness in Switzerland (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); wildfires in Australia (61 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); natural hazards in Somalia (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in Palestine (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); storms in Israel (18 of its stories, about 5 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 13 Jan. 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 15,297 stories about harm among 85,139 counted on 13 Jan.

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Mentions of road crashes ran more than ten times their usual in Kazakhstan's news. of the day's 85,139 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Ukraine stood out: 49% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 30%. A year earlier, on 13 January 2025, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan74 in 100 of its 54 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Syria70 in 100 of its 77 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Iran67 in 100 of its 1,802 stories · usually 59 · mostly rights & justice Palestine62 in 100 of its 156 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Israel50 in 100 of its 436 stories · usually 48 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Tehran Iran733 stories about protests or strikes, of its 788 Washington US187 stories about protests or strikes, of its 663 Minneapolis US89 stories about protests or strikes, of its 126 Minnesota US67 stories about protests or strikes, of its 116 Ekpoma Nigeria52 stories about protests or strikes, of its 61

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessVietnam: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: 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: too little coverage to readTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: too little coverage to readTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: too little coverage to readSyria: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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: too little coverage to readSaudi 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: 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: too little coverage to readPoland: about as warm as its own usual or lessPhilippines: too little coverage to readPeru: too little coverage to readParaguay: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: too little coverage to readLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: 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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readCosta 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 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 lessCambodia: 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: too little coverage to readBulgaria: 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: too little coverage to readBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: 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: too little coverage to readBahamas: 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 readArmenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: too little coverage to readBritish 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: warmth about its own usualVenezuela: warmth about its own usualLebanon: warmth about its own usualCalgary, Canada -- shelter & services: 14 stories, carried by 10 outletsAbuja, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 31 stories, carried by 19 outletsBannu, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsMountain View, US -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 10 stories, carried by 18 outletsPerth, Australia -- health: 13 stories, carried by 21 outletsAlabama, US -- health: 13 stories, carried by 17 outletsKampala, Uganda -- rights & justice: 42 stories, carried by 47 outletsManipur, India -- conflict & violence: 19 stories, carried by 18 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

● Calgary Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · shelter & services · 14 stories ● Abuja Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 31 stories ● Bannu Pakistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 10 stories ● Mountain View US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 10 stories ● Perth Australia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice33% 4,868 stories · much more than usual (usually 25%) Health25% 3,734 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents17% 2,524 stories · less than usual (usually 21%) Conflict & violence12% 1,735 stories · less than usual (usually 16%) Shelter & services4% 659 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 631 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 585 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 238 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 killed4,061 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,089 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,428 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured642 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting abductions182 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced142 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Sudan and Syria Stories reporting refugees88 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations85 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting people falling ill9 at about half the usual rate · most about Colombia and the US

Stories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.

How it felt 30 days →

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The words in the day's stories were about as 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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