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8,941 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 illness in Kremlin, violence in Gaza and protests in Tehran (Iran). Russia's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostRussia 43 in 100 of its 437 stories, usually 25
RegionEvery region about as usual
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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Health

Russia

189 of its 437 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Kremlin accounted for 138 of Russia's 189 stories about harm, carried by 423 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (92 stories). Poisoning was named in 119 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Russia over 30 days → its stories → Kremlin stories →
Protests & strikes

Iran

Tehran accounted for 91 of Iran's 154 stories about harm, carried by 181 outlets. 60 of Tehran's 91 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

Israel

184 of its 309 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

New Zealand

76 of its 222 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (12 stories).

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Rights & justice

India

Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (80 stories). Natural hazards were named in 27 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Nigeria

15 of Kaduna's 27 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Health

Canada

Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (45 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Health

Australia

Covid was named in 11 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: covid in Australia (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); natural hazards in India (27 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); heavy rain in US (46 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 14 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 8,941 stories about harm among 51,258 counted on 14 Feb.

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Russia's news mentioned poisoning more than ten times as often as usual. 17 in every 100 of the day's 51,258 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Russia, 43% of the news was about people being harmed, where 25% is usual. A year earlier, on 14 February 2025, 17 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Palestine64 in 100 of its 103 stories · usually 47 · mostly conflict & violence Israel60 in 100 of its 309 stories · usually 46 · mostly conflict & violence Syria53 in 100 of its 75 stories · usually 50 · mostly conflict & violence Russia43 in 100 of its 437 stories · usually 25 · mostly health Ethiopia42 in 100 of its 76 stories · usually 28 · mostly shelter & services

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US83 stories about protests or strikes, of its 383 Tehran Iran60 stories about protests or strikes, of its 91 Minnesota US35 stories about protests or strikes, of its 68 Minneapolis US30 stories about protests or strikes, of its 45 Los Angeles US29 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 lessYemen: near the world's share or lessVietnam: near the world's share or lessUzbekistan: near the world's share or lessUruguay: near the world's share or lessMicronesia: no storiesU.S. Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessGuam: 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 lessUganda: near the world's share or lessTurkmenistan: near the world's share or lessTurkey: 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 storiesTanzania: near the world's share or lessTajikistan: near the world's share or lessTaiwan: near the world's share or lessSwitzerland: near the world's share or lessSweden: near the world's share or lessEswatini: near the world's share or lessSuriname: 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 lessSouth Africa: near the world's share or lessSomalia: near the world's share or lessSomaliland: no storiesSolomon Islands: near the world's share or lessSlovakia: no storiesSlovenia: 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: near the world's share or lessSamoa: 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 lessPortugal: near the world's share or lessPoland: near the world's share or lessPeru: near the world's share or lessParaguay: no storiesPapua 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 lessNicaragua: no storiesNiue: no storiesNetherlands: 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 lessMorocco: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara: no storiesMontenegro: near the world's share or lessMongolia: near the world's share or lessMoldova: no storiesMexico: near the world's share or lessMauritius: near the world's share or lessMauritania: near the world's share or lessMali: near the world's share or lessMalaysia: 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 lessLibya: 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: near the world's share or lessKenya: near the world's share or lessKazakhstan: near the world's share or lessJordan: near the world's share or lessJapan: near the world's share or lessJamaica: near the world's share or lessItaly: near the world's share or lessIreland: near the world's share or lessIndonesia: 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 lessHaiti: 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 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 lessEstonia: near the world's share or lessEritrea: near the world's share or lessEquatorial Guinea: near the world's share or lessEl Salvador: near the world's share or lessEgypt: near the world's share or lessEcuador: 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: near the world's share or lessDenmark: 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 lessComoros: no storiesColombia: near the world's share or lessChina: 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 lessCambodia: near the world's share or lessMyanmar: 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: near the world's share or lessBolivia: near the world's share or lessBhutan: no storiesBenin: 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 lessBangladesh: 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 lessAustralia: 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 lessAndorra: near the world's share or lessAlgeria: near the world's share or lessAlbania: near the world's share or lessAksai Chin: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): no storiesWestern Sahara (Free Zone): no storiesVatican City: near the world's share or lessMarshall Islands: near the world's share or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: no storiesAmerican Samoa: no storiesChagos Islands: no storiesSt. Helena: near the world's share or lessPitcairn: near the world's share or lessAnguilla: near the world's share or lessBermuda: near the world's share or lessBritish Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: no storiesMontserrat: no storiesJersey: near the world's share or lessSan Marino: no storiesSt Kitts & Nevis: near the world's share or lessCook Islands: 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: near the world's share or lessWallis & Futuna: no storiesSt. Martin: no storiesSt. Barthélemy: no storiesMacao: near the world's share or lessNorfolk Island: no storiesSint Maarten: no storiesChristmas Island: no storiesGibraltar: near the world's share or lessMayotte: no storiesZimbabwe: 28 in 100 of its 109 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Venezuela: 27 in 100 of its 129 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Vanuatu: 67 in 100 of its 12 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Ukraine: 29 in 100 of its 238 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Thailand: 26 in 100 of its 57 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Syria: 53 in 100 of its 75 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)South Sudan: 50 in 100 of its 12 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Sudan: 74 in 100 of its 38 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Russia: 43 in 100 of its 437 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Philippines: 25 in 100 of its 280 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Pakistan: 26 in 100 of its 393 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Nigeria: 31 in 100 of its 734 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Niger: 64 in 100 of its 11 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)New Zealand: 34 in 100 of its 222 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Malta: 29 in 100 of its 51 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Malawi: 48 in 100 of its 23 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Madagascar: 85 in 100 of its 13 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Lebanon: 36 in 100 of its 25 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Israel: 60 in 100 of its 309 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Palestine: 64 in 100 of its 103 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Iraq: 50 in 100 of its 24 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Iran: 38 in 100 of its 403 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Guatemala: 67 in 100 of its 6 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Greece: 27 in 100 of its 145 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Ethiopia: 42 in 100 of its 76 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Dominican Republic: 38 in 100 of its 16 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Cuba: 37 in 100 of its 104 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Congo: 67 in 100 of its 6 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Cameroon: 62 in 100 of its 8 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Burundi: 83 in 100 of its 6 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Angola: 67 in 100 of its 6 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Afghanistan: 34 in 100 of its 58 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Kashmir: 38 in 100 of its 100 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Palestine: 64 in 100 of its 103 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Palestine: 64 in 100 of its 103 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Kashmir: 38 in 100 of its 100 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Kashmir: 38 in 100 of its 100 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Ukraine: 29 in 100 of its 238 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Palestine: 64 in 100 of its 103 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Kashmir: 38 in 100 of its 100 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Guernsey: 100 in 100 of its 3 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

● Israel 60 in 100 of its 309 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Palestine 64 in 100 of its 103 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Russia 43 in 100 of its 437 stories · mostly health ● Syria 53 in 100 of its 75 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Iran 38 in 100 of its 403 stories · mostly rights & justice ● Ethiopia 42 in 100 of its 76 stories · mostly shelter & services

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

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 2,466 stories · about as usual Health25% 2,214 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents19% 1,672 stories · much less than usual (usually 24%) Conflict & violence13% 1,178 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 456 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 407 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 241 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 117 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 killed2,222 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,127 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected720 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people injured518 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions111 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced55 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Sudan Stories reporting evacuations39 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about New Zealand and the US Stories reporting refugees35 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people falling ill13 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 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.