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15,176 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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The day's news pointed at violence in Tripoli, a disaster in Chios and protests in Tehran (Iran). Libya's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostLibya 59 in 100 of its 173 stories, usually 21
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 27 in 100 of its stories, usually 25
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

Libya

102 of its 173 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Tripoli accounted for 78 of Libya's 102 stories about harm, carried by 90 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (61 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Libya over 30 days → its stories → Tripoli stories →
Disasters & accidents

Greece

123 of its 348 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Chios accounted for 72 of Greece's 123 stories about harm, carried by 108 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Greece over 30 days → its stories → Chios stories →
Protests & strikes

Iran

Tehran accounted for 149 of Iran's 219 stories about harm, carried by 404 outlets. 104 of Tehran's 149 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Palestine

115 of its 187 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Gaza accounted for 88 of Palestine's 115 stories about harm, carried by 142 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Kashmir

73 of its 152 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (31 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Sudan

62 of its 85 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Cholera was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Japan

Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Snowstorms were named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Morocco

25 of its 86 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 8%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Israel

303 of its 536 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: flooding in Spain (26 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in South Africa (31 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); covid in South Korea (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); snowstorms in Japan (16 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); cholera in Sudan (11 of its stories, about 4 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 4 Feb. 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 15,176 stories about harm among 88,196 counted on 4 Feb.

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In Libya, 59% of the news was about people being harmed, where 21% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 17 in every 100 of the day's 88,196 stories, below the usual 18. Mentions of flooding ran more than ten times their usual in Spain's news. A year earlier, on 4 February 2025, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 17 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan73 in 100 of its 85 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine61 in 100 of its 187 stories · usually 49 · mostly conflict & violence Libya59 in 100 of its 173 stories · usually 21 · mostly conflict & violence Israel57 in 100 of its 536 stories · usually 46 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir48 in 100 of its 152 stories · usually 35 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US190 stories about protests or strikes, of its 579 Tehran Iran104 stories about protests or strikes, of its 149 Minnesota US83 stories about protests or strikes, of its 141 Minneapolis US80 stories about protests or strikes, of its 105 Hollywood US32 stories about protests or strikes, of its 180

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: 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 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: 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: too little coverage to readSt. 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: 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 readOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessNigeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiger: about as warm as its own usual or lessNicaragua: 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: too little coverage to readMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: 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: too little coverage to readLibya: 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: 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: too little coverage to readHungary: about as warm as its own usual or lessHonduras: too little coverage to readHaiti: 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: too little coverage to readSt 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial 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: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessN. 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readCambodia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: too little coverage to readAlbania: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJammu & Kashmir: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: 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: 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 readZimbabwe: warmth about its own usualThailand: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualNamibia: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualGlasgow, UK -- health: 30 stories, carried by 62 outletsBalochistan, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 20 stories, carried by 21 outletsQuetta, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 33 stories, carried by 140 outletsCalgary, Canada -- health: 25 stories, carried by 22 outletsRiyadh, Saudi Arabia -- conflict & violence: 16 stories, carried by 26 outletsTennessee, US -- disasters & accidents: 10 stories, carried by 22 outletsRhode Island, US -- health: 11 stories, carried by 28 outletsOttawa, Canada -- rights & justice: 37 stories, carried by 52 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

● Thailand warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Glasgow UK about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 30 stories ● Balochistan Pakistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 20 stories ● Quetta Pakistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 33 stories ● Calgary Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 25 stories ● Riyadh Saudi Arabia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 16 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice27% 4,022 stories · about as usual Health27% 4,014 stories · more than usual (usually 23%) Disasters & accidents20% 2,913 stories · much less than usual (usually 25%) Conflict & violence12% 1,783 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 666 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 597 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 453 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 365 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 killed3,524 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,827 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,607 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured624 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting abductions160 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people displaced159 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees111 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations104 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill20 at about the usual rate

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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