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13,724 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 protests in Caracas (Venezuela), a disaster in Dhaka and rights and justice in Finland. Bangladesh's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostVenezuela 44 in 100 of its 194 stories, usually 23
RegionCentral Asia 15 in 100 of its stories, usually 11
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Venezuela

86 of its 194 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Caracas accounted for 66 of Venezuela's 86 stories about harm, carried by 197 outlets. 39 of Caracas' 66 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (10 stories).

Venezuela over 30 days → its stories → Caracas stories →
Disasters & accidents

Bangladesh

96 of its 204 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Dhaka accounted for 53 of Bangladesh's 96 stories about harm, carried by 78 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (65 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Bangladesh over 30 days → its stories → Dhaka stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Nepal

Kathmandu accounted for 20 of Nepal's 28 stories about harm, carried by 26 outlets. 17 of Kathmandu's 20 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

United Arab Emirates

Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (31 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Israel

Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (33 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Kuwait

Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Health

Australia

Cyclone was named in 46 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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Conflict & violence

Lebanon

Beirut accounted for 39 of Lebanon's 72 stories about harm, carried by 52 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: flooding in New Zealand (25 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); cyclone in Australia (46 of its stories, about three times its usual); road crashes in India (44 of its stories, about three times its usual); road crashes in Nigeria (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); chikungunya in UK (10 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 26 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 13,724 stories about harm among 82,323 counted on 26 Mar.

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It was the lowest share of stories about people being harmed since 10 February 2026. In New Zealand's news, mentions of flooding ran about 5 times their usual. Venezuela stood out: 44% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 23%. 17 in every 100 of the day's 82,323 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 18.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Lebanon61 in 100 of its 118 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine52 in 100 of its 91 stories · usually 52 · mostly rights & justice Bangladesh47 in 100 of its 204 stories · usually 27 · mostly disasters & accidents Afghanistan47 in 100 of its 66 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Cuba45 in 100 of its 128 stories · usually 50 · mostly shelter & services

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Tehran Iran123 stories about protests or strikes, of its 463 Washington US94 stories about protests or strikes, of its 453 Caracas Venezuela39 stories about protests or strikes, of its 66 Los Angeles US33 stories about protests or strikes, of its 169 London UK25 stories about protests or strikes, of its 259

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: too little coverage to readVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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 readUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: 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'sSyria: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: too little coverage to readSeychelles: 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: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: 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: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: 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: 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'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew 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'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'sGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe 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: too little coverage to readCosta 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'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: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: 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: too little coverage to readBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: 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'sAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sVatican 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: too little coverage to readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish 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: too little coverage to readSan 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: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little angrier than the world'sYemen: coverage a little angrier than the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sOman: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorway: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNepal: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMalaysia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKuwait: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIreland: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuinea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFiji: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEstonia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDjibouti: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBahamas: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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 · 914 stories about harm ● Lebanon about twice as angry as the world's · 72 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 267 stories about harm ● Bangladesh about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 96 stories about harm ● Nigeria a little warmer than the world's · 259 stories about harm ● Kuwait few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 14 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice27% 3,561 stories · more than usual (usually 23%) Health25% 3,421 stories · more than usual (usually 23%) Disasters & accidents16% 2,163 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence15% 2,002 stories · much less than usual (usually 20%) Food & livelihood7% 907 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 608 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 495 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 271 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 killed2,972 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Iran Stories reporting arrests1,603 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,366 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people injured856 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Iran and the US Stories reporting people displaced189 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions113 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Iran Stories reporting evacuations91 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting refugees87 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Lebanon Stories reporting people falling ill7 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about India 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 softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little less than 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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