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What the world's news said happened to people.
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13,154 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 violence in Vienna, illness in Nairobi and flooding in Syria. Austria's coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostRomania 49 in 100 of its 288 stories, usually 6
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 33 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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Conflict & violence

Austria

69 of its 120 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Vienna accounted for 60 of Austria's 69 stories about harm, carried by 157 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Austria over 30 days → its stories → Vienna stories →
Health

Kenya

156 of its 307 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Nairobi accounted for 83 of Kenya's 156 stories about harm, carried by 111 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (41 stories). Ebola was named in 61 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with outbreaks.

Kenya over 30 days → its stories → Nairobi stories →
Shelter & services

Syria

37 of its 59 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories). Flooding was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.

Syria over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Laos

17 of its 52 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories).

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

Russia

219 of its 574 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Moscow accounted for 141 of Russia's 219 stories about harm, carried by 159 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 8 times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Romania

141 of its 288 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 6%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (52 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

54 of its 86 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Gaza accounted for 41 of Palestine's 54 stories about harm, carried by 59 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

Uganda

107 of its 182 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Bundibugyo accounted for 72 of Uganda's 107 stories about harm, carried by 146 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Namibia

16 of its 39 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Brazil

48 of its 202 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: flooding in Philippines (14 of its stories, about three times its usual); outbreaks in Nigeria (39 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); storms in New Zealand (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); heatwave in UK (86 of its stories, about three times its usual); heatwave in France (10 of its stories, about 4 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 29 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 13,154 stories about harm among 74,760 counted on 29 May.

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In Austria, 58% of the news was about people being harmed, where 19% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 74,760 stories, as usual. It was the second day running that the news turned to Austria. In Kenya's news, mentions of Ebola ran about 7 times their usual. On 29 May 2025, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Congo76 in 100 of its 79 stories · usually 70 · mostly health Palestine63 in 100 of its 86 stories · usually 52 · mostly conflict & violence Syria63 in 100 of its 59 stories · usually 37 · mostly shelter & services Lebanon61 in 100 of its 118 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Uganda59 in 100 of its 182 stories · usually 52 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US116 stories about protests or strikes, of its 475 Newark US47 stories about protests or strikes, of its 98 London UK27 stories about protests or strikes, of its 215 Delhi India26 stories about protests or strikes, of its 168 Tehran Iran23 stories about protests or strikes, of its 137

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: too little coverage to readVietnam: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited Arab Emirates: too little coverage to readUkraine: 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 lessTurkey: 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: too little coverage to readTogo: 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: too little coverage to readSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSaudi 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: 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: too little coverage to readPoland: 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: too little coverage to readNicaragua: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: 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: too little coverage to readJapan: too little coverage to readJamaica: 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 lessIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIraq: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessHungary: about as warm as its own usual or lessHonduras: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrance: 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: too little coverage to readEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessDenmark: about as warm as its own usual or lessCzech 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: 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 lessComoros: about as warm as its own usual or lessColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: too little coverage to readChile: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: too little coverage to readBurundi: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: 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: too little coverage to readBarbados: 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 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: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: too little coverage to readAlbania: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: 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 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 lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAmerican Samoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: about as warm as its own usual or lessPitcairn: 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: too little coverage to readAruba: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: warmth about its own usualSouth Africa: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualCongo: warmth about its own usualAustralia: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualAbuja, Nigeria -- food & livelihood: 39 stories, carried by 23 outletsSydney, Australia -- health: 34 stories, carried by 20 outletsWisconsin, US -- rights & justice: 12 stories, carried by 12 outletsQuebec, Canada -- health: 12 stories, carried by 11 outletsAccra, Ghana -- rights & justice: 26 stories, carried by 14 outletsDelaware, US -- health: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsLagos, Nigeria -- health: 73 stories, carried by 25 outletsBrighton, UK -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 39 stories, carried by 73 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

● Abuja Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · food & livelihood · 39 stories ● Sydney Australia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 34 stories ● Wisconsin US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 12 stories ● Quebec Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Accra Ghana about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 26 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health27% 3,489 stories · about as usual Rights & justice25% 3,179 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents17% 2,198 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence12% 1,579 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood6% 753 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 706 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 570 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 368 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 killed3,211 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,555 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,524 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,045 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Romania Stories reporting evacuations219 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced162 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions140 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees71 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill16 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Australia

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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