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12,643 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 day's news pointed at illness in Bangkok, protests in the Gulf of Oman (Oman) and refugees in Nigeria. Nigeria's coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was much softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 25 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostThailand 59 in 100 of its 191 stories, usually 23
RegionSoutheast Asia 26 in 100 of its stories, usually 21
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Health

Thailand

113 of its 191 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Bangkok accounted for 85 of Thailand's 113 stories about harm, carried by 136 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (71 stories). Respiratory illness was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Thailand over 30 days → its stories → Bangkok stories →
Protests & strikes

Oman

37 of its 56 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. the Gulf of Oman accounted for 19 of Oman's 37 stories about harm, carried by 25 outlets. 13 of the Gulf of Oman's 19 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (34 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Oman over 30 days → its stories → Gulf of Oman stories →
Rights & justice

Nigeria

447 of its 1,224 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories). Drownings were named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Nigeria over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Hungary

21 of its 59 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people killed ran at about 9 times the usual rate (13 stories). 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.

Hungary over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Afghanistan

52 of its 82 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. 19 of Herat's 20 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (21 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Poland

16 of its 66 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. 3 of Warsaw's 6 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

Gaza accounted for 41 of Palestine's 65 stories about harm, carried by 36 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Central African Republic

18 of its 20 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Bangui accounted for 17 of the Central African Republic's 18 stories about harm, carried by 53 outlets.

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Rights & justice

Liberia

23 of its 56 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Fiji

20 of its 55 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (8 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: flooding in Belize (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); natural hazards in Philippines (17 of its stories, about three times its usual); plane crash in India (63 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); meningitis in UK (25 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heatstroke in US (29 of its stories, about 4 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 12 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 12,643 stories about harm among 72,662 counted on 12 Jun.

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Thailand's news was 59% about people being harmed, against a usual 23%. of the day's 72,662 news stories, 17 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Belize's news mentioned flooding more than ten times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 12 June 2025, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 17 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Oman66 in 100 of its 56 stories · usually 23 · mostly disasters & accidents Afghanistan63 in 100 of its 82 stories · usually 50 · mostly rights & justice Thailand59 in 100 of its 191 stories · usually 23 · mostly health Palestine57 in 100 of its 114 stories · usually 52 · mostly conflict & violence Lebanon53 in 100 of its 62 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Belfast UK68 stories about protests or strikes, of its 113 New Delhi India59 stories about protests or strikes, of its 243 Washington US57 stories about protests or strikes, of its 358 Tehran Iran40 stories about protests or strikes, of its 224 London UK36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 219

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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUkraine: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: too little coverage to readTunisia: 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 lessSwitzerland: about as warm as its own usual or lessSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: 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: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPoland: 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 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: too little coverage to readCuraçao: 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: too little coverage to readMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: too little coverage to readMali: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: 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: 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: too little coverage to readPalestine: 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 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: too little coverage to readHaiti: 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: 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: too little coverage to readGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: 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: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or lessChile: about as warm as its own usual or lessChad: too little coverage to readCentral 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: too little coverage to readBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: 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: too little coverage to readAustria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustralia: 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: too little coverage to readAntigua & 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or lessGaza: 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 readCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readUganda: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualSouth Africa: warmth about its own usualRwanda: warmth about its own usualNigeria: warmth about its own usualLebanon: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKaduna, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 21 stories, carried by 15 outletsKogi, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 15 stories, carried by 12 outletsKabul, Afghanistan -- health: 12 stories, carried by 24 outletsMiddlesbrough, UK -- rights & justice: 19 stories, carried by 11 outletsHarare, Zimbabwe -- rights & justice: 12 stories, carried by 10 outletsLouisiana, US -- rights & justice: 10 stories, carried by 13 outletsBerlin, Germany -- displacement: 15 stories, carried by 22 outletsCanary Islands, Spain -- rights & justice: 12 stories, carried by 72 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

● Afghanistan warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Kaduna Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 21 stories ● Kogi Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 15 stories ● Kabul Afghanistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Middlesbrough UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 19 stories ● Harare Zimbabwe about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 12 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health25% 3,147 stories · about as usual Rights & justice25% 3,120 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents18% 2,165 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence12% 1,540 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 721 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood6% 681 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 643 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 339 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 killed3,160 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,406 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,374 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured785 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions140 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and India Stories reporting people displaced133 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees121 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the UK and the US Stories reporting evacuations120 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill6 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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 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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