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12,611 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 violence in Tehran, a disaster in Elbow Cay and protests in Kikongo (Congo). Iran's coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was softer than usual.

Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 25 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostBahamas 37 in 100 of its 119 stories, usually 24
RegionEvery region about as usual
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Conflict & violence

Iran

Tehran accounted for 398 of Iran's 827 stories about harm, carried by 726 outlets. Covid was named in 24 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. 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

Cameroon

14 of its 32 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

New Zealand

121 of its 432 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Cyclone was named in 62 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with heavy rain, storms and power cuts.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Germany

83 of its 373 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (24 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Algeria

12 of its 34 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Nigeria

Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Venezuela

Caracas accounted for 18 of Venezuela's 20 stories about harm, carried by 46 outlets. 13 of Caracas' 18 stories were about protests or strikes.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: cyclone in New Zealand (62 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); hiv in Lesotho (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Canada (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hiv in UK (13 of its stories, about three 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 10 Apr. 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 12,611 stories about harm among 74,918 counted on 10 Apr.

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Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about twice the usual rate. of the day's 74,918 news stories, 17 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 10 April 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 →

Lebanon68 in 100 of its 398 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine52 in 100 of its 73 stories · usually 54 · mostly rights & justice Israel48 in 100 of its 690 stories · usually 46 · mostly conflict & violence Cuba39 in 100 of its 109 stories · usually 44 · mostly rights & justice Bahamas37 in 100 of its 119 stories · usually 24 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Tehran Iran113 stories about protests or strikes, of its 398 Washington US78 stories about protests or strikes, of its 407 Beirut Lebanon31 stories about protests or strikes, of its 196 New York US30 stories about protests or strikes, of its 116 Dublin Ireland28 stories about protests or strikes, of its 41

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sYemen: 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: too little coverage to readGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: too little coverage to readUnited 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 readTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: 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: too little coverage to readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sSyria: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRomania: 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: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: 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 readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: 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: too little coverage to readMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: too little coverage to readMali: too little coverage to readMalaysia: 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'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKosovo: 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'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: 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'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGhana: 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 readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl 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: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: too little coverage to readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: 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'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: 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'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: 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 readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: 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: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican 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: feelings about like the world'sSan 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: 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 readZimbabwe: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sThailand: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSamoa: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sLesotho: 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'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIraq: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHungary: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuinea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGreece: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDjibouti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCuba: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChile: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelize: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBahrain: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArmenia: 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 a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: 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

● Nigeria about twice as fearful as the world's · 368 stories about harm ● Lebanon about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 271 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 328 stories about harm ● Iran about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 827 stories about harm ● Lesotho few stories a little warmer than the world's · 12 stories about harm ● Pakistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 131 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice25% 3,053 stories · about as usual Health24% 2,966 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence17% 2,098 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 2,006 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood8% 938 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 556 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 425 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 292 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 killed3,022 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,471 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,413 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured716 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Lebanon Stories reporting people displaced202 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions120 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees83 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations65 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Pakistan Stories reporting people falling ill6 at about half the usual rate · most about Sudan and the DR Congo

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.

● 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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