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8,208 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 flooding in Kenya, people injured in Saudi Arabia and violence in Beirut. Lebanon's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeConflict & violence 25 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostSaudi Arabia 34 in 100 of its 165 stories, usually 12
RegionSoutheast Asia 28 in 100 of its stories, usually 19
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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Disasters & accidents

Kenya

71 of its 183 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Nairobi accounted for 52 of Kenya's 71 stories about harm, carried by 65 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (34 stories). Flooding was named in 35 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with heavy rain.

Kenya over 30 days → its stories → Nairobi stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Saudi Arabia

56 of its 165 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Indonesia

40 of its 86 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Jakarta accounted for 27 of Indonesia's 40 stories about harm, carried by 22 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (14 stories).

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Bahrain

15 of its 63 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Pakistan

136 of its 284 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Germany

46 of its 197 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. 7 of Berlin's 13 stories were about protests or strikes. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

30 of its 53 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Iran

Tehran accounted for 653 of Iran's 1,091 stories about harm, carried by 877 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (32 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Greece (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in New Zealand (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); storms in Canada (14 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); tornadoes in US (105 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); drought in Australia (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 18; 19 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 8 Mar. 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 8,208 stories about harm among 41,561 counted on 8 Mar.

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It was the second day running that the news turned to Kenya. In Kenya, 39% of the news was about people being harmed, where 26% is usual. On 8 March 2025, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, against 20 today. 20 in every 100 of the day's 41,561 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 18. This week the news turned most often to Lebanon, on 5 of 7 days; help rose on 2 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Lebanon77 in 100 of its 174 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine57 in 100 of its 53 stories · usually 46 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan49 in 100 of its 59 stories · usually 54 · mostly rights & justice Israel48 in 100 of its 417 stories · usually 40 · mostly conflict & violence Pakistan48 in 100 of its 284 stories · usually 38 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Tehran Iran196 stories about protests or strikes, of its 653 Gracie Mansion US75 stories about protests or strikes, of its 104 Washington US54 stories about protests or strikes, of its 195 San Francisco US23 stories about protests or strikes, of its 61 New York US21 stories about protests or strikes, of its 74

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sYemen: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.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: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: 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: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSyria: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: 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 readSenegal: 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: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRussia: 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: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth 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 readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMali: too little coverage to readMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: 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: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: 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'sEthiopia: 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'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: 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'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: too little coverage to readComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: too little coverage to readCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: too little coverage to readBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: 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: too little coverage to readAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAfghanistan: 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: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern 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: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: too little coverage to readBritish 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: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSaudi Arabia: 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 more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNepal: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalta: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKuwait: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sHungary: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little warmer than 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

● Pakistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 136 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as angry as the world's · 1,091 stories about harm ● Lebanon about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 134 stories about harm ● Nigeria about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 194 stories about harm ● Palestine few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 30 stories about harm ● Israel about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 200 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence25% 2,040 stories · much more than usual (usually 16%) Rights & justice23% 1,820 stories · less than usual (usually 26%) Health18% 1,485 stories · much less than usual (usually 24%) Disasters & accidents15% 1,248 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 425 stories · about as usual Displacement5% 369 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 338 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 330 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 killed2,651 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Iran and the US Stories reporting people affected941 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests830 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured762 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Iran and the US Stories reporting evacuations135 at about twice the usual rate · most about Iran and the US Stories reporting abductions116 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Nigeria and Iran Stories reporting people displaced109 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Iran and Lebanon Stories reporting refugees54 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 harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout one and a half times usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more 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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