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12,615 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Deaths in Buggenhout, illness in Bundibugyo and violence in Kyiv drew the news. Ukraine's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostBelgium 49 in 100 of its 153 stories, usually 15
RegionCentral Asia 19 in 100 of its stories, usually 10
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Belgium

75 of its 153 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Buggenhout accounted for 71 of Belgium's 75 stories about harm, carried by 258 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (31 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Belgium over 30 days → its stories → Buggenhout stories →
Health

Uganda

122 of its 218 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Bundibugyo accounted for 72 of Uganda's 122 stories about harm, carried by 160 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Uganda over 30 days → its stories → Bundibugyo stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Displacement

Kashmir

55 of its 134 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories).

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Czechia

10 of its 33 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 4 of Karlovy Vary's 4 stories were about protests or strikes.

its stories →
Health

DR Congo

Ituri accounted for 15 of the DR Congo's 23 stories about harm, carried by 16 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Health

UK

Heatwave was named in 184 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with flooding, storms and heatstroke. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

France

Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories). Heatwave was named in 22 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with drownings.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: heatwave in UK (184 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in France (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); ebola in Canada (14 of its stories, about three times its usual); accidents in US (16 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 26 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 12,615 stories about harm among 71,467 counted on 26 May.

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In Belgium, 49% of the news was about people being harmed, where 15% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 71,467 stories, as usual. A year earlier, on 26 May 2025, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Congo60 in 100 of its 87 stories · usually 71 · mostly health Lebanon57 in 100 of its 110 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Uganda56 in 100 of its 218 stories · usually 49 · mostly health Israel52 in 100 of its 597 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence Belgium49 in 100 of its 153 stories · usually 15 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US68 stories about protests or strikes, of its 460 Newark US36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 88 Tehran Iran32 stories about protests or strikes, of its 170 Gwangju South Korea23 stories about protests or strikes, of its 24 Delhi India21 stories about protests or strikes, of its 185

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: too little coverage to readYemen: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: feelings about like the world'sUnited 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: feelings about like the world'sTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: 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'sNicaragua: 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: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: too little coverage to readKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: 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'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. 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'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: 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'sBulgaria: 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: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: 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: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican 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: feelings about like the world'sPitcairn: 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: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little angrier than the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sNiger: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalawi: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLebanon: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKenya: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sGuyana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFrance: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDominican Republic: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCuba: coverage a little angrier than the world'sDR Congo: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChile: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little warmer 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

● Uganda about twice as fearful as the world's · 122 stories about harm ● Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 327 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 131 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 309 stories about harm ● Pakistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 119 stories about harm ● Lebanon about twice as angry as the world's · 63 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health27% 3,324 stories · about as usual Rights & justice23% 2,851 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents17% 2,129 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence13% 1,643 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 751 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 668 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 498 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 469 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 killed3,143 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,370 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,369 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured777 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations164 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions146 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced146 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees84 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about South Africa and the US Stories reporting people falling ill14 at about half 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
● 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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