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14,006 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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People displaced in Jakarta, violence in Vienna and the covid in North Korea drew the news. Austria's coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostAustria 59 in 100 of its 157 stories, usually 16
RegionCentral Asia 13 in 100 of its stories, usually 8
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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Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

137 of its 265 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Jakarta accounted for 120 of Indonesia's 137 stories about harm, carried by 196 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (88 stories). Accidents were named in 59 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Austria

92 of its 157 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Vienna accounted for 85 of Austria's 92 stories about harm, carried by 395 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (41 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

Austria over 30 days → its stories → Vienna stories →
Rights & justice

North Korea

16 of its 37 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Covid was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

North Korea over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Ghana

73 of its 244 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (24 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Ghana over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Mali

92 of its 104 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Bamako accounted for 37 of Mali's 92 stories about harm, carried by 61 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Greece

107 of its 349 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Athens accounted for 73 of Greece's 107 stories about harm, carried by 275 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (63 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

Belarus

12 of its 21 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

Sri Lanka

29 of its 79 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (18 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

Dominican Republic

10 of its 20 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (7 stories).

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Rights & justice

Uganda

37 of its 100 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (16 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Haiti (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); natural hazards in Italy (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hiv in New Zealand (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in India (66 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); oil spill in Russia (13 of its stories, about 5 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 28 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 14,006 stories about harm among 80,314 counted on 28 Apr.

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It was the second day running that the news turned to Indonesia. of the day's 80,314 news stories, 17 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Haiti's news mentioned the earthquake about 4 times as often as usual. Indonesia's news was 52% about people being harmed, against a usual 28%. A year earlier, on 28 April 2025, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 17 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Mali88 in 100 of its 104 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine60 in 100 of its 126 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Austria59 in 100 of its 157 stories · usually 16 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan57 in 100 of its 109 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Indonesia52 in 100 of its 265 stories · usually 28 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US223 stories about protests or strikes, of its 954 London UK35 stories about protests or strikes, of its 215 Tehran Iran31 stories about protests or strikes, of its 181 Delhi India24 stories about protests or strikes, of its 124 Hollywood US21 stories about protests or strikes, of its 115

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'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: 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: too little coverage to readIsle 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 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: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: 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'sSomalia: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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 readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNiger: too little coverage to readNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: feelings about like the world'sNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: 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'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: 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 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: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: 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 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 readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina 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: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & 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'sJammu & Kashmir: 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 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: feelings about like the world'sWallis & 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 readYemen: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTanzania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage a little more fearful than 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 twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as angry as 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 grief-stricken as the world'sRomania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPeru: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKenya: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJordan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sHonduras: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrench Polynesia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDominican Republic: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCyprus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChad: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCanada: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAustria: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: 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'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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'sAnguilla: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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

● Austria about three times as fearful as the world's · 92 stories about harm ● Mali about twice as angry as the world's · 92 stories about harm ● North Korea few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 16 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 216 stories about harm ● Sudan few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 30 stories about harm ● Indonesia about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 137 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice26% 3,547 stories · about as usual Health23% 3,207 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents17% 2,280 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence16% 2,228 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 745 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 721 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 576 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 410 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 killed3,142 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,742 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,417 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured952 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced163 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting evacuations141 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions131 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees68 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill17 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India

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
● Griefa little less 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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