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13,546 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 violence in Kyiv, arrests in Monaco and people killed in Pitcairn. Iran's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read harsher than usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and China →
Part of lifeRights & justice 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostSyria 64 in 100 of its 256 stories, usually 42
RegionCentral Asia 16 in 100 of its stories, usually 9
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Conflict & violence

Ukraine

Kyiv accounted for 117 of Ukraine's 177 stories about harm, carried by 160 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (36 stories). Illness was named in 29 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Ukraine over 30 days → its stories → Kyiv stories →
Rights & justice

Monaco

17 of its 31 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Monaco over 30 days → its stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Pitcairn

11 of its 11 stories (100%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Pitcairn over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Iran

304 of its 853 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Syria

165 of its 256 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Damascus accounted for 151 of Syria's 165 stories about harm, carried by 269 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (115 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Morocco

25 of its 90 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

China

257 of its 1,441 stories (18%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (26 stories). Typhoon was named in 63 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tornadoes, storms and tropical storm.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Sudan

40 of its 53 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Kordofan accounted for 29 of Sudan's 40 stories about harm, carried by 24 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Sri Lanka

88 of its 195 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (35 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Bangladesh

67 of its 157 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (15 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: typhoon in China (63 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); food poisoning in US (62 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); meningitis in UK (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 Jul. 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 13,546 stories about harm among 71,905 counted on 7 Jul.

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Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and China. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 71,905 stories, as usual. It was the second day running that the news turned to Ukraine. On 7 July 2025, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 19 today. Ukraine stood out: 45% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 40%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan75 in 100 of its 53 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Venezuela68 in 100 of its 158 stories · usually 74 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria64 in 100 of its 256 stories · usually 42 · mostly conflict & violence Israel51 in 100 of its 505 stories · usually 48 · mostly conflict & violence Cuba51 in 100 of its 140 stories · usually 45 · mostly shelter & services

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US85 stories about protests or strikes, of its 378 Tehran Iran45 stories about protests or strikes, of its 199 Utah County US30 stories about protests or strikes, of its 43 Delhi India27 stories about protests or strikes, of its 153 Negombo Sri Lanka26 stories about protests or strikes, of its 55

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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 Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: 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: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSyria: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: too little coverage to readSierra 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: too little coverage to readRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: 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 readNorway: 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'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: 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 readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: too little coverage to readHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt 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 readEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: feelings about like the world'sDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: 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 readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBrunei: too little coverage to readBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: 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'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: 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: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAfghanistan: 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: feelings about like the world'sChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & 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: too little coverage to readNauru: 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sYemen: coverage a little angrier than the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little warmer than the world'sThailand: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sOman: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNiger: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMorocco: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMalawi: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLuxembourg: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKenya: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJordan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sItaly: 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'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFrance: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFinland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFiji: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDjibouti: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCyprus: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCuba: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCroatia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little angrier 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 a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChina: 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'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 twice 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'sPitcairn: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMonaco: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken 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

● Iran about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 304 stories about harm ● Morocco few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 25 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 177 stories about harm ● Nigeria about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 380 stories about harm ● Pakistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 168 stories about harm ● Sudan few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 40 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice26% 3,405 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents24% 3,139 stories · more than usual (usually 21%) Health21% 2,831 stories · less than usual (usually 24%) Conflict & violence12% 1,640 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 709 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 673 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 451 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 445 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 killed3,263 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,686 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,684 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,084 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations289 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and China Stories reporting people displaced183 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions149 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees103 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill30 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Chile

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 harsher 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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