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14,390 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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Most of the day's attention went to the earthquake in Japan, people killed in Brazil and violence in Beirut. Afghanistan's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 24 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostJapan 44 in 100 of its 836 stories, usually 12
RegionEast Asia 22 in 100 of its stories, usually 14
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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Disasters & accidents

Japan

366 of its 836 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (161 stories). Earthquake was named in 304 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tsunami, power cuts and train derailment. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Japan over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Brazil

36 of its 175 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories). HIV was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.

Brazil over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Afghanistan

Kabul accounted for 21 of Afghanistan's 34 stories about harm, carried by 45 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories). 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 →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Spain

140 of its 486 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Madrid accounted for 95 of Spain's 140 stories about harm, carried by 257 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 7 times the usual rate (8 stories). Drought was named in 28 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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Disasters & accidents

France

270 of its 796 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (56 stories). Drought was named in 53 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Haiti

30 of its 61 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Health

UK

Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Earthquake was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with hiv. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Guyana

21 of its 35 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Barima accounted for 16 of Guyana's 21 stories about harm, carried by 9 outlets.

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Disasters & accidents

Grenada

12 of its 35 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (11 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: road crashes in Kashmir (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in France (53 of its stories, about three times its usual); drought in Spain (28 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in South Africa (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hepatitis in India (21 of its stories, about 7 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 28 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 14,390 stories about harm among 73,951 counted on 28 Jul.

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In Japan, 44% of the news was about people being harmed, where 12% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 73,951 stories, as usual. Mentions of the earthquake ran more than ten times their usual in Japan's news. A year earlier, on 28 July 2025, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Palestine59 in 100 of its 144 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence Lebanon52 in 100 of its 92 stories · usually 42 · mostly conflict & violence Haiti49 in 100 of its 61 stories · usually 36 · mostly disasters & accidents Israel46 in 100 of its 514 stories · usually 47 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan46 in 100 of its 74 stories · usually 45 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Delhi India276 stories about protests or strikes, of its 409 Washington US69 stories about protests or strikes, of its 489 Bihar India61 stories about protests or strikes, of its 66 Tehran Iran31 stories about protests or strikes, of its 140 Jerusalem Israel27 stories about protests or strikes, of its 85

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: 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: 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: too little coverage to readTurkey: 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 readTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: 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 readNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: 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: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIraq: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: too little coverage to readGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: 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: 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 readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial 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: 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'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: 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: feelings about like the world'sCape 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: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: 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'sBahrain: 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: too little coverage to readJammu & Kashmir: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sAzad 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: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: feelings about like the world'sAnguilla: 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'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 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: 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'sVietnam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sThailand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTanzania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSyria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSolomon Islands: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPakistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sOman: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJapan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIndia: coverage a little angrier than 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'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCroatia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChile: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBolivia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBarbados: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGuernsey: 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

● Iran about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 274 stories about harm ● Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 382 stories about harm ● Afghanistan few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 34 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 131 stories about harm ● Saudi Arabia about twice as angry as the world's · 54 stories about harm ● Germany about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 103 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice24% 3,440 stories · about as usual Health24% 3,434 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents24% 3,334 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence11% 1,579 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 795 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 635 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 495 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 385 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 killed3,608 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,763 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,673 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,176 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations361 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about France and the US Stories reporting people displaced153 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees141 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Pakistan and the US Stories reporting abductions109 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about India and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill21 at about half 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 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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