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6,740 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 injured in Pakistan, illness in Tenerife and volcanic eruption in Indonesia drew the news. Pakistan's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was harsher than usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about Spain and the US → Help and hope: reports of aid and relief ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeHealth 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostSpain 56 in 100 of its 542 stories, usually 18
RegionCentral Asia 20 in 100 of its stories, usually 10
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Conflict & violence

Pakistan

183 of its 404 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (47 stories). Building collapse was named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Pakistan over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

65 of its 122 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (16 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 26 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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

Russia

Moscow accounted for 74 of Russia's 102 stories about harm, carried by 109 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Lebanon

Beirut accounted for 27 of Lebanon's 42 stories about harm, carried by 31 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Iran

Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (42 stories). Illness was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Argentina

22 of its 36 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Ushuaia accounted for 16 of Argentina's 22 stories about harm, carried by 29 outlets.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

North Korea

10 of its 17 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 4 of Pyongyang's 8 stories were about protests or strikes.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Cuba

66 of its 126 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Havana accounted for 33 of Cuba's 66 stories about harm, carried by 9 outlets.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Canada (15 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); outbreaks in UK (56 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); illness in Iran (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); wildfires in India (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); norovirus in US (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 17; 18 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 10 May. 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 6,740 stories about harm among 37,714 counted on 10 May.

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Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about Spain and the US. of the day's 37,714 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of aid and relief, a sign of help, ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Pakistan's news was 45% about people being harmed, against a usual 26%. A year earlier, on 10 May 2025, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today. This week the news turned most often to Lebanon, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 5 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Lebanon62 in 100 of its 68 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine56 in 100 of its 90 stories · usually 56 · mostly rights & justice Spain56 in 100 of its 542 stories · usually 18 · mostly health Indonesia53 in 100 of its 122 stories · usually 28 · mostly disasters & accidents Cuba52 in 100 of its 126 stories · usually 41 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Denver US37 stories about protests or strikes, of its 69 London UK31 stories about protests or strikes, of its 140 Washington US29 stories about protests or strikes, of its 146 Tehran Iran21 stories about protests or strikes, of its 129 Islamabad Pakistan16 stories about protests or strikes, of its 61

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or lessZambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessYemen: about as warm as its own usual or lessVietnam: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: too little coverage to readUnited States: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth 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 Kingdom: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited Arab Emirates: about as warm as its own usual or lessUkraine: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: about as warm as its own usual or lessSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri Lanka: about as warm as its own usual or lessSpain: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Africa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomalia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: too little coverage to readSierra Leone: too little coverage to readSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: about as warm as its own usual or lessSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: about as warm as its own usual or lessQatar: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: about as warm as its own usual or lessPoland: about as warm as its own usual or lessPhilippines: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessNigeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiger: about as warm as its own usual or lessNicaragua: too little coverage to readNew Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: too little coverage to readMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJapan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessItaly: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: about as warm as its own usual or lessIreland: too little coverage to readIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndonesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: too little coverage to readHungary: about as warm as its own usual or lessHonduras: too little coverage to readHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: too little coverage to readSt 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFiji: about as warm as its own usual or lessEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or lessChile: about as warm as its own usual or lessChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral African Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: about as warm as its own usual or lessCambodia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: too little coverage to readBelgium: too little coverage to readBelarus: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: about as warm as its own usual or lessBangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustralia: about as warm as its own usual or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: too little coverage to readAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJammu & Kashmir: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or lessGaza: about as warm as its own usual or lessWest Bank: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSiachen Glacier: about as warm as its own usual or lessCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: too little coverage to readBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: 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 readTürkiye: warmth about its own usualDenmark: warmth about its own usualBristol, UK -- disasters & accidents: 14 stories, carried by 14 outletsAbuja, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 22 stories, carried by 11 outletsDublin, Ireland -- health: 10 stories, carried by 20 outletsIslamabad, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 61 stories, carried by 65 outletsNew York, US -- health: 44 stories, carried by 68 outletsCambridge, UK -- health: 18 stories, carried by 12 outletsLagos, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 29 stories, carried by 14 outletsSydney, Australia -- rights & justice: 17 stories, carried by 17 outlets
Warmer than its own usual The warmest eventsAbout as warm or lessToo little news

Each country shaded by the warmth in its news — care, help, gratitude — against its own last 30 days. Stronger colour: further above. Dots: the events whose coverage carried the most warmth, even where the event itself began as harm. Warm words, not good outcomes. Click a country or a dot.

Warmest news

No country's news was much warmer than its usual (a quarter or more).

Warmest events

● Bristol UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 14 stories ● Abuja Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 22 stories ● Dublin Ireland about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Islamabad Pakistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 61 stories ● New York US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 44 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health30% 1,935 stories · more than usual (usually 25%) Rights & justice22% 1,467 stories · less than usual (usually 25%) Conflict & violence16% 1,042 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents15% 961 stories · less than usual (usually 17%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 361 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 273 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 262 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 256 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 killed1,811 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected872 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests770 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured511 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations204 at about three times the usual rate · most about Spain and the US Stories reporting abductions89 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people displaced63 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and Lebanon Stories reporting refugees39 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill16 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Spain

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 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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