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9,252 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 illness in Bundibugyo and Dhaka and train derailment in Pakistan. Uganda's coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 23 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostKashmir 54 in 100 of its 103 stories, usually 27
RegionSouth Asia 26 in 100 of its stories, usually 21
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Health

Uganda

102 of its 160 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Bundibugyo accounted for 67 of Uganda's 102 stories about harm, carried by 84 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 7 times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Uganda over 30 days → its stories → Bundibugyo stories →
Disasters & accidents

Bangladesh

75 of its 181 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Dhaka accounted for 37 of Bangladesh's 75 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Bangladesh over 30 days → its stories → Dhaka stories →
Conflict & violence

Pakistan

147 of its 403 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (11 stories). Train derailment was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Pakistan over 30 days → its stories →
Displacement

Kashmir

56 of its 103 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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

Ukraine

120 of its 223 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Kyiv accounted for 93 of Ukraine's 120 stories about harm, carried by 97 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Venezuela

20 of its 48 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 10 of Caracas' 13 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories).

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Rights & justice

United Arab Emirates

31 of its 121 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Dubai accounted for 31 of the United Arab Emirates' 31 stories about harm, carried by 21 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).

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Rights & justice

Nigeria

Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Ebola was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Cambodia

20 of its 39 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. 6 of Phnom Penh's 11 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Health

Congo

58 of its 67 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: building collapse in Philippines (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); gas explosion in China (23 of its stories, about three times its usual); heatwave in UK (71 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in France (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); ebola in Nigeria (20 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 25 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 9,252 stories about harm among 49,181 counted on 25 May.

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It was the tenth day running that the news turned to Uganda. of the day's 49,181 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 18. Uganda stood out: 64% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 48%. A year earlier, on 25 May 2025, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Congo87 in 100 of its 67 stories · usually 69 · mostly health Uganda64 in 100 of its 160 stories · usually 48 · mostly health Kashmir54 in 100 of its 103 stories · usually 27 · mostly displacement Ukraine54 in 100 of its 223 stories · usually 37 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan53 in 100 of its 77 stories · usually 45 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US73 stories about protests or strikes, of its 237 Jerusalem Israel38 stories about protests or strikes, of its 87 Kyiv Ukraine21 stories about protests or strikes, of its 93 Tehran Iran17 stories about protests or strikes, of its 171 Ankara Türkiye15 stories about protests or strikes, of its 17

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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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: too little coverage to readVenezuela: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsle 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: 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: 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 lessSomalia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. 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: too little coverage to readPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: too little coverage to readNorway: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: too little coverage to readNigeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiger: about as warm as its own usual or lessNicaragua: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: too little coverage to readMali: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: too little coverage to readLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndonesia: too little coverage to readIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: too little coverage to readHungary: too little coverage to readHonduras: about as warm as its own usual or lessHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: 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: too little coverage to readGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR 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: too little coverage to readCape 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: too little coverage to readMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: too little coverage to readBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: too little coverage to readBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: 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: too little coverage to readAustralia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: 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 readCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. 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 usualSouth Sudan: warmth about its own usualSouth Africa: warmth about its own usualNew Zealand: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualAnkara, Türkiye -- rights & justice: 17 stories, carried by 15 outletsManipur, India -- rights & justice: 15 stories, carried by 13 outletsAbuja, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 25 stories, carried by 17 outletsFlorida, US -- disasters & accidents: 14 stories, carried by 26 outletsRome, Italy -- rights & justice: 12 stories, carried by 10 outletsKwara, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 18 stories, carried by 12 outletsAtlantic Beach, US -- disasters & accidents: 15 stories, carried by 45 outletsWellington, New Zealand -- rights & justice: 20 stories, carried by 10 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

● Ankara Türkiye about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 17 stories ● Manipur India about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 15 stories ● Abuja Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 25 stories ● Florida US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 14 stories ● Rome Italy about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 12 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health23% 2,129 stories · less than usual (usually 26%) Rights & justice23% 2,048 stories · less than usual (usually 25%) Conflict & violence17% 1,517 stories · more than usual (usually 15%) Disasters & accidents17% 1,508 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood7% 606 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 456 stories · about as usual Displacement5% 418 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 379 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 killed2,415 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,098 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests962 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured697 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting evacuations218 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Lebanon Stories reporting abductions143 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people displaced130 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting refugees56 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Bangladesh and Israel Stories reporting people falling ill5 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Belgium

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
● Griefa little more 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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