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14,104 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 people killed in Germany, violence in Gaza and arrests in Belarus. Palestine's coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran softer than usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and India →
Part of lifeRights & justice 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostGermany 23 in 100 of its 648 stories, usually 15
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 →
Health

Germany

149 of its 648 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (52 stories). Flooding was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.

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

Ukraine

Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories). Poisoning was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Greece

78 of its 309 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (22 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Austria

24 of its 88 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Ghana

Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (15 stories). Power cuts were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

North Korea

Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Health

UK

Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (92 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Haiti (37 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in Kenya (13 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); power cuts in Ghana (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); poisoning in Ukraine (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); oil spill in Russia (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

17 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 17; 17 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 29 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 14,104 stories about harm among 82,180 counted on 29 Apr.

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People falling ill were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and India. Stories about people being harmed made up 17 in every 100 of the day's 82,180 stories, as usual. Germany's news was 23% about people being harmed, against a usual 15%. A year earlier, on 29 April 2025, 18 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 →

Mali73 in 100 of its 70 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan59 in 100 of its 51 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Haiti56 in 100 of its 103 stories · usually 52 · mostly disasters & accidents Palestine55 in 100 of its 139 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Israel50 in 100 of its 522 stories · usually 48 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US158 stories about protests or strikes, of its 765 London UK68 stories about protests or strikes, of its 434 Tehran Iran32 stories about protests or strikes, of its 152 Hollywood US29 stories about protests or strikes, of its 166 Chicago US26 stories about protests or strikes, of its 113

Stories, not people.

Where harm was most of the news

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: near the world's share or lessZambia: near the world's share or lessYemen: near the world's share or lessVietnam: near the world's share or lessVenezuela: near the world's share or lessVanuatu: near the world's share or lessUzbekistan: near the world's share or lessUruguay: near the world's share or lessMicronesia: near the world's share or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessGuam: near the world's share or lessPuerto Rico: near the world's share or lessUnited States: near the world's share or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: no storiesFalkland Islands: no storiesCayman Islands: near the world's share or lessIsle of Man: near the world's share or lessUnited Kingdom: near the world's share or lessUnited Arab Emirates: near the world's share or lessTurkmenistan: near the world's share or lessTurkey: near the world's share or lessTunisia: near the world's share or lessTrinidad & Tobago: near the world's share or lessTonga: near the world's share or lessTogo: near the world's share or lessTimor-Leste: near the world's share or lessTanzania: near the world's share or lessTajikistan: near the world's share or lessTaiwan: near the world's share or lessSwitzerland: near the world's share or lessEswatini: no storiesSuriname: near the world's share or lessSri Lanka: near the world's share or lessSpain: near the world's share or lessSouth Korea: near the world's share or lessSomaliland: no storiesSlovenia: near the world's share or lessSingapore: near the world's share or lessSierra Leone: near the world's share or lessSeychelles: near the world's share or lessSerbia: no storiesSenegal: near the world's share or lessSaudi Arabia: near the world's share or lessSão Tomé: no storiesSamoa: near the world's share or lessSt Vincent: near the world's share or lessSt. Lucia: near the world's share or lessRwanda: near the world's share or lessRomania: near the world's share or lessQatar: near the world's share or lessPortugal: near the world's share or lessPoland: near the world's share or lessPhilippines: near the world's share or lessPeru: near the world's share or lessParaguay: near the world's share or lessPapua New Guinea: near the world's share or lessPanama: near the world's share or lessPalau: near the world's share or lessOman: near the world's share or lessNorway: near the world's share or lessNorth Korea: near the world's share or lessNigeria: near the world's share or lessNiger: near the world's share or lessNicaragua: near the world's share or lessNew Zealand: near the world's share or lessNiue: near the world's share or lessNetherlands: near the world's share or lessCuraçao: no storiesNepal: near the world's share or lessNamibia: near the world's share or lessMozambique: near the world's share or lessMorocco: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara: no storiesMontenegro: near the world's share or lessMongolia: near the world's share or lessMoldova: near the world's share or lessMexico: near the world's share or lessMauritius: near the world's share or lessMauritania: near the world's share or lessMalta: near the world's share or lessMalaysia: near the world's share or lessMalawi: near the world's share or lessNorth Macedonia: near the world's share or lessLuxembourg: near the world's share or lessLithuania: near the world's share or lessLiberia: near the world's share or lessLesotho: near the world's share or lessLatvia: near the world's share or lessLaos: near the world's share or lessKyrgyzstan: near the world's share or lessKuwait: near the world's share or lessKosovo: no storiesKiribati: no storiesKenya: near the world's share or lessKazakhstan: near the world's share or lessJordan: near the world's share or lessJapan: near the world's share or lessJamaica: near the world's share or lessItaly: near the world's share or lessIreland: near the world's share or lessIraq: near the world's share or lessIndia: near the world's share or lessHungary: near the world's share or lessHonduras: near the world's share or lessGuyana: near the world's share or lessGuinea-Bissau: no storiesGuinea: near the world's share or lessGuatemala: near the world's share or lessGrenada: near the world's share or lessGhana: near the world's share or lessGeorgia: near the world's share or lessGambia: near the world's share or lessGabon: near the world's share or lessFrance: near the world's share or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: no storiesFrench Polynesia: near the world's share or lessNew Caledonia: near the world's share or lessFrench Southern Territories: no storiesÅland Islands: no storiesFinland: near the world's share or lessEstonia: near the world's share or lessEritrea: near the world's share or lessEquatorial Guinea: near the world's share or lessEl Salvador: near the world's share or lessEgypt: near the world's share or lessEcuador: near the world's share or lessDominica: near the world's share or lessFaroe Islands: no storiesCzech Republic: near the world's share or lessN. Cyprus: no storiesCyprus: near the world's share or lessCroatia: near the world's share or lessCôte d'Ivoire: near the world's share or lessCosta Rica: near the world's share or lessCongo: near the world's share or lessComoros: no storiesColombia: near the world's share or lessChina: near the world's share or lessHong Kong: near the world's share or lessChile: near the world's share or lessCentral African Republic: near the world's share or lessCape Verde: near the world's share or lessCanada: near the world's share or lessCameroon: near the world's share or lessBurkina Faso: near the world's share or lessBulgaria: near the world's share or lessBrunei: near the world's share or lessBrazil: near the world's share or lessBotswana: near the world's share or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: near the world's share or lessBolivia: near the world's share or lessBhutan: near the world's share or lessBenin: near the world's share or lessBelize: near the world's share or lessBelgium: near the world's share or lessBarbados: near the world's share or lessBahrain: near the world's share or lessBahamas: near the world's share or lessAzerbaijan: near the world's share or lessAustralia: near the world's share or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: no storiesArgentina: near the world's share or lessAntigua & Barbuda: near the world's share or lessAngola: near the world's share or lessAndorra: near the world's share or lessAlgeria: near the world's share or lessAlbania: near the world's share or lessJammu & Kashmir: near the world's share or lessAksai Chin: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): no storiesWestern Sahara (Free Zone): no storiesAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: near the world's share or lessSiachen Glacier: near the world's share or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: near the world's share or lessVatican City: near the world's share or lessMarshall Islands: near the world's share or lessAmerican Samoa: near the world's share or lessChagos Islands: near the world's share or lessSt. Helena: no storiesPitcairn: no storiesAnguilla: near the world's share or lessBermuda: near the world's share or lessBritish Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: near the world's share or lessMontserrat: near the world's share or lessJersey: near the world's share or lessGuernsey: near the world's share or lessSan Marino: near the world's share or lessSt Kitts & Nevis: near the world's share or lessCook Islands: near the world's share or lessAruba: near the world's share or lessNauru: near the world's share or lessMonaco: near the world's share or lessMaldives: near the world's share or lessLiechtenstein: near the world's share or lessWallis & Futuna: no storiesSt. Martin: no storiesSt. Barthélemy: no storiesMacao: near the world's share or lessNorfolk Island: no storiesSint Maarten: no storiesChristmas Island: no storiesGibraltar: near the world's share or lessMayotte: no storiesUkraine: 26 in 100 of its 334 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Uganda: 27 in 100 of its 136 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Thailand: 24 in 100 of its 173 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Syria: 36 in 100 of its 66 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Sweden: 24 in 100 of its 138 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)South Sudan: 46 in 100 of its 35 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Sudan: 59 in 100 of its 51 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)South Africa: 26 in 100 of its 591 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Somalia: 37 in 100 of its 38 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Solomon Islands: 33 in 100 of its 21 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Slovakia: 50 in 100 of its 8 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Russia: 27 in 100 of its 480 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Pakistan: 25 in 100 of its 422 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Mali: 73 in 100 of its 70 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Madagascar: 56 in 100 of its 9 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Libya: 33 in 100 of its 21 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Lebanon: 50 in 100 of its 123 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Israel: 50 in 100 of its 522 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Palestine: 55 in 100 of its 139 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Iran: 25 in 100 of its 1,844 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Indonesia: 30 in 100 of its 192 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Iceland: 41 in 100 of its 29 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Haiti: 56 in 100 of its 103 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Greece: 25 in 100 of its 309 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Germany: 23 in 100 of its 648 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Fiji: 30 in 100 of its 44 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Ethiopia: 29 in 100 of its 31 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Dominican Republic: 33 in 100 of its 21 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Djibouti: 32 in 100 of its 22 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Greenland: 46 in 100 of its 13 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Denmark: 25 in 100 of its 77 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Cuba: 40 in 100 of its 140 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)DR Congo: 58 in 100 of its 12 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Chad: 45 in 100 of its 11 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Cambodia: 31 in 100 of its 55 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Myanmar: 54 in 100 of its 13 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Burundi: 100 in 100 of its 3 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Belarus: 45 in 100 of its 22 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Bangladesh: 35 in 100 of its 179 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Austria: 27 in 100 of its 88 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Armenia: 29 in 100 of its 62 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Afghanistan: 48 in 100 of its 88 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Palestine: 55 in 100 of its 139 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Palestine: 55 in 100 of its 139 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Ukraine: 26 in 100 of its 334 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Palestine: 55 in 100 of its 139 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Northern Mariana Islands: 100 in 100 of its 6 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)
A quarter or more above the world's share Near the world's or lessNo stories

Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 17 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.

Most of its news about harm

● Mali 73 in 100 of its 70 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Israel 50 in 100 of its 522 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Palestine 55 in 100 of its 139 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Haiti 56 in 100 of its 103 stories · mostly disasters & accidents ● Lebanon 50 in 100 of its 123 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Sudan 59 in 100 of its 51 stories · mostly conflict & violence

Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 stories.

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice26% 3,642 stories · about as usual Health25% 3,423 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 2,168 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence15% 2,066 stories · less than usual (usually 17%) Food & livelihood7% 989 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 678 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 562 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 300 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 killed3,071 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,654 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,401 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured856 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced166 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Haiti Stories reporting abductions110 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting evacuations89 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting refugees63 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting people falling ill42 at about three 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 softer than 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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