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6,545 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 earthquake in Greece, flooding in Ghana and rights and justice in Lima drew the news. Greece's coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeHealth 24 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostGreece 37 in 100 of its 153 stories, usually 18
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 36 in 100 of its stories, usually 31
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Conflict & violence

Greece

57 of its 153 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Athens accounted for 32 of Greece's 57 stories about harm, carried by 32 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (21 stories). Earthquake was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with landslides. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Greece over 30 days → its stories → Athens stories →
Disasters & accidents

Ghana

41 of its 135 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (10 stories). Flooding was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

Ghana over 30 days → its stories →
Health

US

Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (184 stories). Screwworm was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

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

Nigeria

297 of its 815 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Israel

Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (143 stories). Illness was named in 28 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

Gaza accounted for 23 of Palestine's 47 stories about harm, carried by 31 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Iran

Tehran accounted for 151 of Iran's 222 stories about harm, carried by 417 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (80 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

55 of its 118 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Jammu accounted for 26 of Kashmir's 55 stories about harm, carried by 17 outlets.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Armenia

48 of its 179 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (44 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: malaria in Congo (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Japan (10 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); illness in Israel (28 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 18; 18 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 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 6,545 stories about harm among 35,635 counted on 7 Jun.

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On the side of help, reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 35,635 stories, as usual. Mentions of the malaria ran more than ten times their usual in Congo's news. In Greece, 37% of the news was about people being harmed, where 18% is usual. A year earlier, on 7 June 2025, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today. This week the news turned most often to Nigeria, on 4 of 7 days; help rose on 2 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Lebanon65 in 100 of its 182 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine57 in 100 of its 82 stories · usually 52 · mostly conflict & violence Israel56 in 100 of its 581 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir47 in 100 of its 118 stories · usually 32 · mostly conflict & violence Uganda44 in 100 of its 52 stories · usually 57 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US38 stories about protests or strikes, of its 154 Delhi India35 stories about protests or strikes, of its 162 Tehran Iran34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 151 London UK28 stories about protests or strikes, of its 114 Beirut Lebanon20 stories about protests or strikes, of its 76

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: too little coverage to readZambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessYemen: about as warm as its own usual or lessVietnam: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: too little coverage to readUnited 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUkraine: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: 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: too little coverage to readTaiwan: 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: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: 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 lessSouth Africa: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSaudi 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: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: too little coverage to readRussia: 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: too little coverage to readNorth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiger: about as warm as its own usual or lessNicaragua: too little coverage to readNew 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: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: 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: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: 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: too little coverage to readJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJapan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: 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 lessPalestine: 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: too little coverage to readGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: 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: too little coverage to readGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: 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: too little coverage to readEl 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: too little coverage to readGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: about as warm as its own usual or lessCzech Republic: too little coverage to readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: too little coverage to readHong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or lessChile: about as warm as its own usual or lessChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral African Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: 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: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: 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: too little coverage to readAzerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustralia: about as warm as its own usual or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJammu & Kashmir: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: too little coverage to readGaza: about as warm as its own usual or lessWest Bank: 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 lessEast Jerusalem: 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: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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 readNigeria: warmth about its own usualArmenia: warmth about its own usualNgoshe, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 32 stories, carried by 23 outletsSaratoga, US -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 12 stories, carried by 15 outletsLagos, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 44 stories, carried by 20 outletsYerevan, Armenia -- rights & justice: 17 stories, carried by 126 outletsYorkshire, UK -- disasters & accidents: 11 stories, carried by 10 outletsParavur, India -- health: 13 stories, carried by 15 outletsRedditch, UK -- rights & justice: 14 stories, carried by 18 outletsOhio, US -- conflict & violence: 94 stories, carried by 359 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

● Ngoshe Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 32 stories ● Saratoga US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 12 stories ● Lagos Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 44 stories ● Yerevan Armenia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 17 stories ● Yorkshire UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 11 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health24% 1,532 stories · less than usual (usually 27%) Rights & justice23% 1,472 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence20% 1,295 stories · much more than usual (usually 14%) Disasters & accidents15% 989 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 359 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 291 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 265 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 191 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 killed1,748 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured790 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting arrests744 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected723 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions153 at about twice the usual rate · most about Nigeria and Israel Stories reporting people displaced110 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and Lebanon Stories reporting evacuations77 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees53 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Pakistan and the US Stories reporting people falling ill7 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India

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 much harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little more than 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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