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7,707 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 displaced in Laghman and Vientiane and people injured in Kenya drew the news. Afghanistan's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostLaos 82 in 100 of its 55 stories, usually 20
RegionSouth Asia 24 in 100 of its stories, usually 22
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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Displacement

Afghanistan

49 of its 69 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Laghman accounted for 21 of Afghanistan's 49 stories about harm, carried by 20 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (32 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Laghman stories →
Health

Kenya

58 of its 134 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories). Ebola was named in 24 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with outbreaks. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Kenya over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Laos

45 of its 55 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Vientiane accounted for 22 of Laos' 45 stories about harm, carried by 56 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories).

Laos over 30 days → its stories → Vientiane stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Displacement

Thailand

32 of its 95 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories). Flooding was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Bangladesh

12 of Dhaka's 23 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Uganda

Bundibugyo accounted for 27 of Uganda's 41 stories about harm, carried by 87 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Rights & justice

India

Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Dust storm was named in 22 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with building collapse.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Lebanon

Beirut accounted for 26 of Lebanon's 55 stories about harm, carried by 28 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Israel

Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: flooding in Thailand (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in UK (49 of its stories, about three times its usual); heavy rain in Canada (18 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); dust storm in India (22 of its stories, more than ten 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 30 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 7,707 stories about harm among 43,759 counted on 30 May.

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Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 43,759 stories, as usual. On 30 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 →

Laos82 in 100 of its 55 stories · usually 20 · mostly disasters & accidents Afghanistan71 in 100 of its 69 stories · usually 43 · mostly displacement Lebanon62 in 100 of its 89 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Uganda59 in 100 of its 69 stories · usually 53 · mostly health Israel54 in 100 of its 308 stories · usually 52 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US103 stories about protests or strikes, of its 340 Newark US45 stories about protests or strikes, of its 74 Chicago US26 stories about protests or strikes, of its 79 Tehran Iran18 stories about protests or strikes, of its 90 London UK15 stories about protests or strikes, of its 94

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sYemen: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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 Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: 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: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: 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'sRwanda: 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: too little coverage to readPanama: too little coverage to readPalau: too little coverage to readOman: too little coverage to readNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: too little coverage to readNew Zealand: 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: too little coverage to readMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMali: too little coverage to readMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: 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'sItaly: 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: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: too little coverage to readGabon: feelings about like the world'sFrance: 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 readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEcuador: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech 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: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: 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: too little coverage to readCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: too little coverage to readBarbados: 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 readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: too little coverage to readAlbania: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sVatican 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: 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: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readZambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage a little angrier than the world'sQatar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalta: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMalaysia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLithuania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJamaica: coverage a little warmer 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'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGreece: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFinland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBelize: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful 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 more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful 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

● Nigeria about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 206 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 165 stories about harm ● Lebanon about twice as angry as the world's · 55 stories about harm ● Afghanistan few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 49 stories about harm ● Russia about twice as angry as the world's · 103 stories about harm ● Palestine few stories about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's · 27 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health27% 2,003 stories · about as usual Rights & justice25% 1,851 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents18% 1,381 stories · more than usual (usually 16%) Conflict & violence12% 901 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 431 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 352 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 346 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 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 killed1,934 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests920 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected881 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured575 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations146 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting people displaced97 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions91 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees45 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill8 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 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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