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12,770 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 the earthquake in Afghanistan, people killed in Niger and a disaster in Colombo. Afghanistan's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostTanzania 42 in 100 of its 79 stories, usually 14
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 36 in 100 of its stories, usually 30
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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Health

Afghanistan

43 of its 66 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Kabul accounted for 29 of Afghanistan's 43 stories about harm, carried by 64 outlets. Earthquake was named in 26 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with ebola and outbreaks. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Kabul stories →
Rights & justice

Niger

17 of its 21 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Niger over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Iran

311 of its 914 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (59 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories →
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Health

Tanzania

33 of its 79 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

Norway

25 of its 78 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Oslo accounted for 23 of Norway's 25 stories about harm, carried by 51 outlets. Illness was named in 22 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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Rights & justice

Nigeria

372 of its 1,109 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (88 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Albania

15 of its 51 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 7 of Tirana's 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Azerbaijan

35 of its 185 stories (19%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Lebanon

157 of its 236 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Beirut accounted for 50 of Lebanon's 157 stories about harm, carried by 74 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: illness in Norway (22 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hypothermia in Nepal (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Ghana (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hiv in South Africa (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); illness in Russia (15 of its stories, about three 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 5 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 12,770 stories about harm among 73,501 counted on 5 Jun.

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Afghanistan's news mentioned the earthquake more than ten times as often as usual. 17 in every 100 of the day's 73,501 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Afghanistan, 65% of the news was about people being harmed, where 44% is usual. On 5 June 2025, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, against 17 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Lebanon67 in 100 of its 236 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan65 in 100 of its 66 stories · usually 44 · mostly health Uganda51 in 100 of its 166 stories · usually 56 · mostly health Palestine48 in 100 of its 90 stories · usually 52 · mostly conflict & violence Israel48 in 100 of its 511 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US88 stories about protests or strikes, of its 440 London UK40 stories about protests or strikes, of its 188 Delhi India31 stories about protests or strikes, of its 206 Tehran Iran30 stories about protests or strikes, of its 125 Newark US25 stories about protests or strikes, of its 72

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: 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: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: 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 readUnited Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: 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: too little coverage to readTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSyria: 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'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: 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 readSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sQatar: too little coverage to readPortugal: 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: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew 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: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalaysia: 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'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLaos: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: 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'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'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: 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: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: too little coverage to readDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe 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'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: 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 readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sJammu & Kashmir: 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 readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sSiachen Glacier: feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sVatican 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: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: 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 readUnited 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'sTanzania: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSudan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSenegal: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSamoa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRomania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMalta: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sLatvia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKuwait: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJordan: coverage a little more fearful 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'sIraq: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDominican Republic: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDR Congo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChile: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAngola: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAlbania: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken 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'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBermuda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJersey: 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

● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 108 stories about harm ● Lebanon about twice as angry as the world's · 157 stories about harm ● Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 372 stories about harm ● Afghanistan few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 43 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 243 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 109 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice27% 3,338 stories · more than usual (usually 25%) Health27% 3,325 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 1,996 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence12% 1,481 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood6% 769 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 636 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 536 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 427 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 killed3,029 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,505 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,290 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured784 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions177 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations155 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced152 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees100 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people falling ill16 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Sri Lanka

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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