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13,309 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 news turned to people injured in Kenya, violence in Vienna and rights and justice in Zurich. Kenya's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostKenya 52 in 100 of its 311 stories, usually 23
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 32 in 100 of its stories, usually 27
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

Kenya

163 of its 311 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (47 stories). Outbreaks were named in 31 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with ebola. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Kenya over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Austria

67 of its 135 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Vienna accounted for 63 of Austria's 67 stories about harm, carried by 250 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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

Switzerland

76 of its 195 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Zurich accounted for 53 of Switzerland's 76 stories about harm, carried by 126 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (46 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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

Iran

Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (29 stories). Ebola was named in 13 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 →
Rights & justice

United Arab Emirates

35 of its 118 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

Equatorial Guinea

8 of its 8 stories (100%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (8 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Namibia

13 of its 30 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Health

DR Congo

35 of its 36 stories (97%) were about people being harmed, usually 78%. Ituri accounted for 25 of the DR Congo's 35 stories about harm, carried by 28 outlets.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Laos

13 of its 39 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: hepatitis in Spain (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in UK (127 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); house fires in New Zealand (12 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); ebola in Iran (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in India (10 of its stories, about 4 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 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 13,309 stories about harm among 77,199 counted on 28 May.

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Kenya's news was 52% about people being harmed, against a usual 23%. of the day's 77,199 news stories, 17 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 28 May 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 →

Lebanon65 in 100 of its 129 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Congo63 in 100 of its 83 stories · usually 70 · mostly health Uganda61 in 100 of its 173 stories · usually 51 · mostly health Israel56 in 100 of its 682 stories · usually 52 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine56 in 100 of its 79 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US94 stories about protests or strikes, of its 510 Newark US56 stories about protests or strikes, of its 107 Tehran Iran36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 171 London UK25 stories about protests or strikes, of its 197 Jerusalem Israel23 stories about protests or strikes, of its 96

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: too little coverage to readVietnam: 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: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: too little coverage to readSeychelles: 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: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: 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: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: 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'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'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: too little coverage to readLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: 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'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndia: 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: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: 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 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: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: 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'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: 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: too little coverage to readBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: 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'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAfghanistan: 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 readVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall 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 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: feelings about like the world'sJersey: 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: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: 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 more fearful than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken 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 one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more fearful than 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'sOman: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNamibia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKuwait: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKenya: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIceland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEquatorial Guinea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCyprus: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCuba: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sDR Congo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sColombia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBolivia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustria: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAngola: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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 about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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 about one and a half times as fearful as 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 twice as fearful as the world's · 67 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 381 stories about harm ● Lebanon about twice as angry as the world's · 84 stories about harm ● Kenya about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 163 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 71 stories about harm ● South Sudan few stories about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 7 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health28% 3,692 stories · about as usual Rights & justice25% 3,284 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents17% 2,166 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence12% 1,552 stories · less than usual (usually 14%) Food & livelihood6% 783 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 673 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 561 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 340 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 killed3,173 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,629 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,405 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured815 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced157 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions137 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations123 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting refugees86 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill12 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Bangladesh

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
● 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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