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14,208 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 news turned to landslides in Indonesia, violence in Beirut and people killed in Qatar. Lebanon's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 23 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostSaudi Arabia 34 in 100 of its 299 stories, usually 13
RegionSoutheast Asia 23 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

Indonesia

87 of its 216 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Jakarta accounted for 55 of Indonesia's 87 stories about harm, carried by 59 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (44 stories). Landslides were named in 31 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with heavy rain and gas explosion. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Indonesia over 30 days → its stories → Jakarta stories →
Conflict & violence

Lebanon

134 of its 200 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Beirut accounted for 77 of Lebanon's 134 stories about harm, carried by 120 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (34 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Kenya

106 of its 305 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Nairobi accounted for 80 of Kenya's 106 stories about harm, carried by 73 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 9 times the usual rate (8 stories). Flooding was named in 53 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with heavy rain.

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Conflict & violence

Iran

Tehran accounted for 739 of Iran's 1,526 stories about harm, carried by 999 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (42 stories). Accidents were named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Haiti

29 of its 36 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (12 stories). Earthquake was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Saudi Arabia

101 of its 299 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people injured ran at about 10 times the usual rate (39 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Bahrain

36 of its 121 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

52 of its 81 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Gaza accounted for 22 of Palestine's 52 stories about harm, carried by 21 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: flooding in Kenya (53 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); earthquake in Haiti (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); tsunami in Japan (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); road crashes in Ireland (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); power cuts in Canada (23 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 9 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 14,208 stories about harm among 75,001 counted on 9 Mar.

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Of the day's 75,001 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. On 9 March 2025, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Lebanon67 in 100 of its 200 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine64 in 100 of its 81 stories · usually 46 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan57 in 100 of its 67 stories · usually 54 · mostly rights & justice Israel45 in 100 of its 605 stories · usually 40 · mostly conflict & violence Cuba44 in 100 of its 115 stories · usually 46 · mostly shelter & services

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Tehran Iran232 stories about protests or strikes, of its 739 Gracie Mansion US209 stories about protests or strikes, of its 257 Washington US72 stories about protests or strikes, of its 393 Los Angeles US68 stories about protests or strikes, of its 242 Chicago US39 stories about protests or strikes, of its 122

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'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: 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 readTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: 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: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: 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'sRomania: 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 readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: 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: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: 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'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: too little coverage to readGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: 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'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'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 readCuba: 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: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: 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: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: 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'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBelize: too little coverage to readBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: 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'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sJammu & Kashmir: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sSiachen Glacier: feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sVatican 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: feelings about like the world'sAnguilla: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: feelings about like the world'sMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan 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: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: feelings about like the world'sSt. 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 readVenezuela: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSyria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSweden: 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 fearful as the world'sSpain: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNiger: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNepal: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLiberia: 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 grief-stricken as the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIreland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIraq: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFiji: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCyprus: coverage a little angrier than the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBenin: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAustria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAngola: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChina: 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'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBermuda: coverage a little more fearful 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

● Iran about twice as angry as the world's · 1,526 stories about harm ● Pakistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 126 stories about harm ● Sudan few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 30 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 270 stories about harm ● Nigeria about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 285 stories about harm ● Lebanon about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 134 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice23% 3,206 stories · less than usual (usually 26%) Health21% 2,996 stories · less than usual (usually 24%) Conflict & violence20% 2,828 stories · more than usual (usually 17%) Disasters & accidents15% 2,157 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Food & livelihood8% 1,083 stories · more than usual (usually 4%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 728 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 488 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 487 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 killed3,781 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,556 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,468 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,040 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced222 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Iran and Lebanon Stories reporting evacuations188 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Lebanon and Iran Stories reporting abductions120 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting refugees69 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the UK and the US

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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