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What the world's news said happened to people.
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13,804 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 injured in Nigeria, violence in Kuwait City and protests in Santiago (Chile) drew the news. Kuwait's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostNigeria 38 in 100 of its 1,229 stories, usually 25
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 33 in 100 of its stories, usually 29
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Rights & justice

Nigeria

462 of its 1,229 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (26 stories). Cholera was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Nigeria over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Kuwait

82 of its 243 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Kuwait City accounted for 61 of Kuwait's 82 stories about harm, carried by 60 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (56 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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

Iran

445 of its 1,390 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (24 stories). Illness was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

UK

Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (57 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 38 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

33 of its 54 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories).

its stories →
Health

Kenya

104 of its 295 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Ebola was named in 49 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

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Disasters & accidents

India

Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (251 stories). Building collapse was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Japan

Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (7 stories). Typhoon was named in 27 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with heavy rain, flooding and tropical storm.

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Also named far more than usual: ebola in Kenya (49 of its stories, about three times its usual); typhoon in Japan (27 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); flooding in Philippines (21 of its stories, about three times its usual); poisoning in Indonesia (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in Australia (14 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 3 Jun. 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 13,804 stories about harm among 78,858 counted on 3 Jun.

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Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. of the day's 78,858 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. the news turned to Nigeria for the second day running. Nigeria's news was 38% about people being harmed, against a usual 25%. A year earlier, on 3 June 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 →

Afghanistan61 in 100 of its 54 stories · usually 44 · mostly conflict & violence Lebanon55 in 100 of its 202 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Uganda53 in 100 of its 137 stories · usually 55 · mostly health Israel49 in 100 of its 632 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence Ukraine41 in 100 of its 280 stories · usually 40 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US132 stories about protests or strikes, of its 467 Hampshire UK74 stories about protests or strikes, of its 93 London UK63 stories about protests or strikes, of its 209 Tehran Iran51 stories about protests or strikes, of its 205 Newark US46 stories about protests or strikes, of its 98

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sYemen: 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: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: 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: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: 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: too little coverage to readLibya: 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 readKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIraq: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: feelings about like the world'sFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew 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 readEquatorial Guinea: 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: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sDenmark: 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: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: 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: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: 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: too little coverage to readBulgaria: 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'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: 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: feelings about like the world'sAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: too little coverage to readAlbania: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos 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: feelings about like the world'sNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sVietnam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: 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'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sThailand: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSpain: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer 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'sRomania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMauritius: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalaysia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKuwait: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sItaly: 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 fearful as the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuyana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFaroe Islands: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: 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 fearful as the world'sPalestine: 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'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 fearful 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

● Nigeria about twice as fearful as the world's · 462 stories about harm ● Kuwait about twice as angry as the world's · 82 stories about harm ● Bahrain few stories about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 14 stories about harm ● Kashmir few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 40 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as angry as the world's · 445 stories about harm ● Lebanon about twice as angry as the world's · 111 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice27% 3,682 stories · more than usual (usually 24%) Health25% 3,446 stories · less than usual (usually 28%) Disasters & accidents17% 2,282 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence13% 1,826 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 721 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 681 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 541 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 348 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 killed3,241 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,585 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,476 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,054 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions278 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people displaced173 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations117 at about half the usual rate · most about Canada and the US Stories reporting refugees70 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill15 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Uganda

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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