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6,745 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 Kyiv, people displaced in Kordofan and protests in Tehran (Iran). Sudan's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostUkraine 53 in 100 of its 148 stories, usually 38
RegionCentral Asia 22 in 100 of its stories, usually 11
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Ukraine

78 of its 148 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Kyiv accounted for 54 of Ukraine's 78 stories about harm, carried by 89 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Iran

Tehran accounted for 102 of Iran's 150 stories about harm, carried by 326 outlets. 60 of Tehran's 102 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

Russia

112 of its 314 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Moscow accounted for 70 of Russia's 112 stories about harm, carried by 97 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (37 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Pakistan

181 of its 429 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Islamabad accounted for 91 of Pakistan's 181 stories about harm, carried by 75 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (39 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Switzerland

22 of its 81 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Portugal

22 of its 84 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (10 stories).

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Displacement

Lebanon

18 of its 35 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (12 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Australia

Cyclone was named in 28 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. 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: flooding in Syria (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); snowstorms in Japan (15 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); cyclone in Australia (28 of its stories, about three times its usual); tropical storm in Philippines (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); tsunami in India (17 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 8 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 6,745 stories about harm among 40,002 counted on 8 Feb.

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The share of stories about people being harmed was the lowest since 5 December 2025. 17 in every 100 of the day's 40,002 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 18. In Syria's news, mentions of flooding ran more than ten times their usual. Ukraine stood out: 53% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 38%. On 8 February 2025, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, against 17 today. This week the news turned most often to Iran, on 4 of 7 days.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Palestine54 in 100 of its 92 stories · usually 49 · mostly conflict & violence Ukraine53 in 100 of its 148 stories · usually 38 · mostly conflict & violence Iran44 in 100 of its 344 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Israel43 in 100 of its 329 stories · usually 47 · mostly conflict & violence Cuba43 in 100 of its 63 stories · usually 37 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US65 stories about protests or strikes, of its 230 Tehran Iran60 stories about protests or strikes, of its 102 Minneapolis US39 stories about protests or strikes, of its 44 Sydney Australia26 stories about protests or strikes, of its 54 Delhi India18 stories about protests or strikes, of its 119

Stories, not people.

Where harm was most of the news

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: near the world's share or lessVietnam: near the world's share or lessVanuatu: near the world's share or lessUzbekistan: near the world's share or lessUruguay: no storiesMicronesia: near the world's share or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessPuerto Rico: near the world's share or lessUnited States: near the world's share or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: no storiesFalkland Islands: no storiesCayman Islands: near the world's share or lessIsle of Man: no storiesUnited Kingdom: near the world's share or lessUnited Arab Emirates: near the world's share or lessTurkmenistan: near the world's share or lessTunisia: near the world's share or lessTrinidad & Tobago: near the world's share or lessTonga: near the world's share or lessTogo: near the world's share or lessTimor-Leste: no storiesThailand: near the world's share or lessTanzania: near the world's share or lessTaiwan: near the world's share or lessSweden: near the world's share or lessEswatini: no storiesSuriname: near the world's share or lessSri Lanka: near the world's share or lessSpain: near the world's share or lessSouth Korea: near the world's share or lessSomaliland: no storiesSolomon Islands: near the world's share or lessSlovakia: near the world's share or lessSlovenia: near the world's share or lessSingapore: near the world's share or lessSierra Leone: near the world's share or lessSeychelles: near the world's share or lessSerbia: no storiesSenegal: near the world's share or lessSaudi Arabia: near the world's share or lessSão Tomé: no storiesSamoa: near the world's share or lessSt Vincent: near the world's share or lessSt. Lucia: near the world's share or lessRwanda: near the world's share or lessRomania: near the world's share or lessQatar: near the world's share or lessPoland: near the world's share or lessPhilippines: near the world's share or lessPeru: near the world's share or lessParaguay: near the world's share or lessPapua New Guinea: near the world's share or lessPanama: near the world's share or lessPalau: near the world's share or lessOman: near the world's share or lessNorway: near the world's share or lessNorth Korea: near the world's share or lessNiger: near the world's share or lessNicaragua: near the world's share or lessNiue: near the world's share or lessNetherlands: near the world's share or lessCuraçao: no storiesNepal: near the world's share or lessNamibia: near the world's share or lessMozambique: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara: no storiesMontenegro: no storiesMongolia: near the world's share or lessMoldova: near the world's share or lessMexico: near the world's share or lessMauritius: near the world's share or lessMauritania: no storiesMalta: near the world's share or lessMali: near the world's share or lessMalaysia: near the world's share or lessMalawi: near the world's share or lessMadagascar: near the world's share or lessNorth Macedonia: near the world's share or lessLuxembourg: near the world's share or lessLithuania: near the world's share or lessLiberia: near the world's share or lessLesotho: no storiesLatvia: near the world's share or lessLaos: near the world's share or lessKyrgyzstan: near the world's share or lessKuwait: near the world's share or lessKosovo: no storiesKiribati: no storiesKazakhstan: near the world's share or lessJordan: near the world's share or lessJapan: near the world's share or lessItaly: near the world's share or lessIreland: near the world's share or lessIndia: near the world's share or lessIceland: near the world's share or lessHungary: near the world's share or lessHonduras: near the world's share or lessGuyana: near the world's share or lessGuinea-Bissau: near the world's share or lessGuinea: near the world's share or lessGuatemala: near the world's share or lessGrenada: near the world's share or lessGhana: near the world's share or lessGermany: near the world's share or lessGeorgia: near the world's share or lessGambia: near the world's share or lessGabon: near the world's share or lessFrance: near the world's share or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: no storiesFrench Polynesia: no storiesNew Caledonia: no storiesFrench Southern Territories: no storiesÅland Islands: no storiesFinland: near the world's share or lessFiji: near the world's share or lessEthiopia: near the world's share or lessEstonia: near the world's share or lessEquatorial Guinea: no storiesEl Salvador: near the world's share or lessEgypt: near the world's share or lessEcuador: near the world's share or lessDominican Republic: near the world's share or lessDominica: near the world's share or lessDjibouti: near the world's share or lessGreenland: near the world's share or lessFaroe Islands: no storiesDenmark: near the world's share or lessCzech Republic: near the world's share or lessN. Cyprus: no storiesCyprus: near the world's share or lessCroatia: near the world's share or lessCôte d'Ivoire: near the world's share or lessCosta Rica: near the world's share or lessDR Congo: near the world's share or lessCongo: near the world's share or lessComoros: no storiesChina: near the world's share or lessHong Kong: near the world's share or lessChile: near the world's share or lessChad: near the world's share or lessCentral African Republic: near the world's share or lessCape Verde: near the world's share or lessCanada: near the world's share or lessCameroon: near the world's share or lessCambodia: near the world's share or lessMyanmar: near the world's share or lessBurundi: near the world's share or lessBurkina Faso: near the world's share or lessBulgaria: near the world's share or lessBrunei: near the world's share or lessBrazil: near the world's share or lessBotswana: near the world's share or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: no storiesBolivia: near the world's share or lessBhutan: near the world's share or lessBenin: near the world's share or lessBelize: near the world's share or lessBelgium: near the world's share or lessBelarus: near the world's share or lessBarbados: near the world's share or lessBahrain: near the world's share or lessBahamas: near the world's share or lessAzerbaijan: near the world's share or lessAustria: near the world's share or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: no storiesArmenia: near the world's share or lessArgentina: near the world's share or lessAntigua & Barbuda: near the world's share or lessAngola: near the world's share or lessAndorra: near the world's share or lessAlgeria: near the world's share or lessAlbania: near the world's share or lessJammu & Kashmir: near the world's share or lessAksai Chin: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): no storiesWestern Sahara (Free Zone): no storiesAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: near the world's share or lessSiachen Glacier: near the world's share or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: near the world's share or lessVatican City: near the world's share or lessMarshall Islands: no storiesNorthern Mariana Islands: near the world's share or lessAmerican Samoa: no storiesChagos Islands: no storiesSt. Helena: no storiesPitcairn: no storiesAnguilla: no storiesBermuda: near the world's share or lessBritish Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: no storiesMontserrat: near the world's share or lessJersey: near the world's share or lessGuernsey: near the world's share or lessSan Marino: no storiesSt Kitts & Nevis: no storiesAruba: near the world's share or lessNauru: no storiesMonaco: near the world's share or lessMaldives: near the world's share or lessLiechtenstein: no storiesWallis & Futuna: no storiesSt. Martin: no storiesSt. Barthélemy: no storiesMacao: no storiesNorfolk Island: no storiesSint Maarten: no storiesChristmas Island: no storiesGibraltar: no storiesMayotte: no storiesZimbabwe: 28 in 100 of its 54 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Yemen: 53 in 100 of its 15 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Venezuela: 50 in 100 of its 46 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Guam: 38 in 100 of its 13 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Ukraine: 53 in 100 of its 148 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Uganda: 30 in 100 of its 27 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Türkiye: 26 in 100 of its 70 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Tajikistan: 67 in 100 of its 9 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Syria: 41 in 100 of its 81 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Switzerland: 27 in 100 of its 81 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)South Sudan: 50 in 100 of its 10 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Sudan: 73 in 100 of its 41 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)South Africa: 27 in 100 of its 234 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Somalia: 48 in 100 of its 29 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Russia: 36 in 100 of its 314 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Portugal: 26 in 100 of its 84 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Pakistan: 42 in 100 of its 429 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Nigeria: 30 in 100 of its 708 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)New Zealand: 23 in 100 of its 221 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Morocco: 30 in 100 of its 37 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Libya: 58 in 100 of its 12 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Lebanon: 51 in 100 of its 35 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Kenya: 27 in 100 of its 144 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Jamaica: 27 in 100 of its 60 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Israel: 43 in 100 of its 329 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Palestine: 54 in 100 of its 92 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Iraq: 32 in 100 of its 37 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Iran: 44 in 100 of its 344 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Indonesia: 29 in 100 of its 69 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Haiti: 61 in 100 of its 23 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Greece: 28 in 100 of its 110 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Eritrea: 71 in 100 of its 7 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Cuba: 43 in 100 of its 63 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Colombia: 50 in 100 of its 8 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Bangladesh: 26 in 100 of its 307 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Australia: 26 in 100 of its 820 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Afghanistan: 34 in 100 of its 68 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Palestine: 54 in 100 of its 92 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Palestine: 54 in 100 of its 92 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Ukraine: 53 in 100 of its 148 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Palestine: 54 in 100 of its 92 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Cook Islands: 80 in 100 of its 5 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)
A quarter or more above the world's share Near the world's or lessNo stories

Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 17 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.

Most of its news about harm

● Ukraine 53 in 100 of its 148 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Palestine 54 in 100 of its 92 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Iran 44 in 100 of its 344 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Pakistan 42 in 100 of its 429 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Israel 43 in 100 of its 329 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Russia 36 in 100 of its 314 stories · mostly conflict & violence

Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 stories.

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice26% 1,711 stories · about as usual Health24% 1,567 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents21% 1,380 stories · less than usual (usually 25%) Conflict & violence15% 970 stories · more than usual (usually 12%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 341 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 289 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 175 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 166 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 killed1,635 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests849 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected679 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured442 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting abductions88 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced80 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations54 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees37 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill17 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about India and Australia

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 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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