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14,870 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 Barcelona, protests in Yanouh (Lebanon) and violence in Damascus. Spain's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran much softer than usual.

Part of lifeDisasters & accidents 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostSpain 40 in 100 of its 629 stories, usually 21
RegionEvery region about as usual
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

Spain

253 of its 629 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Barcelona accounted for 106 of Spain's 253 stories about harm, carried by 224 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (157 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Tunisia

10 of its 15 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Tunis accounted for 10 of Tunisia's 10 stories about harm, carried by 9 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Iran

Tehran accounted for 166 of Iran's 265 stories about harm, carried by 380 outlets. 146 of Tehran's 166 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Poland

23 of its 65 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Chile

37 of its 88 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Greece

Snowstorms were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

New Zealand

Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (8 stories). Covid was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with cyclone.

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Also named far more than usual: snowstorms in US (615 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); snowstorms in Greece (10 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); covid in New Zealand (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); natural hazards in Japan (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); dengue in India (19 of its stories, about 10 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 21 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 14,870 stories about harm among 87,316 counted on 21 Jan.

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The share of stories about people being harmed was the lowest since 11 December 2025. 17 in every 100 of the day's 87,316 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 18. For the third day running, the news turned to Spain. the US's news mentioned snowstorms about 6 times as often as usual. Spain's news was 40% about people being harmed, against a usual 21%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria61 in 100 of its 230 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Iran60 in 100 of its 440 stories · usually 63 · mostly rights & justice Israel44 in 100 of its 605 stories · usually 47 · mostly conflict & violence Chile42 in 100 of its 88 stories · usually 27 · mostly disasters & accidents Spain40 in 100 of its 629 stories · usually 21 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US148 stories about protests or strikes, of its 552 Tehran Iran146 stories about protests or strikes, of its 166 Minneapolis US83 stories about protests or strikes, of its 115 Minnesota US74 stories about protests or strikes, of its 121 Albuquerque US27 stories about protests or strikes, of its 71

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Sudan: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSaudi 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'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 readNorth 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 readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: 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'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: 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: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readIndonesia: 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'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: 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'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sFaroe 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'sCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: too little coverage to readCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: 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 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: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBotswana: 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: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: too little coverage to readBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: 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'sAksai Chin: 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: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos 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: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: 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: 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 fearful than the world'sYemen: coverage a little warmer than the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little angrier 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'sUganda: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSpain: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSenegal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sOman: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMauritius: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJapan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more fearful 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 one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIreland: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuinea-Bissau: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuinea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGhana: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEcuador: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGreenland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCuba: coverage a little angrier than the world'sChile: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times 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 one and a half times 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

● Iran about three times as angry as the world's · 265 stories about harm ● Afghanistan few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 31 stories about harm ● Nigeria about twice as fearful as the world's · 277 stories about harm ● Spain about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 253 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 265 stories about harm ● Pakistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 148 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Disasters & accidents26% 3,732 stories · more than usual (usually 21%) Rights & justice25% 3,682 stories · about as usual Health24% 3,502 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence11% 1,593 stories · less than usual (usually 14%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 686 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 668 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 443 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 265 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 killed3,094 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting arrests1,720 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,467 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured760 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Spain and the US Stories reporting abductions214 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced139 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting evacuations103 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees93 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill26 at about the usual rate

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
● Griefa little less than 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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