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14,227 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 heatwave in Greece, protests in Dhaka (Bangladesh) and violence in Kyiv. Ukraine's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Language across the world's news ran much softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostYemen 68 in 100 of its 62 stories, usually 44
RegionEurope 22 in 100 of its stories, usually 20
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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Disasters & accidents

Greece

65 of its 195 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Athens accounted for 43 of Greece's 65 stories about harm, carried by 178 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (40 stories). Heatwave was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Greece over 30 days → its stories → Athens stories →
Protests & strikes

Bangladesh

122 of its 236 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Dhaka accounted for 75 of Bangladesh's 122 stories about harm, carried by 128 outlets. 45 of Dhaka's 75 stories were about protests or strikes. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Bangladesh over 30 days → its stories → Dhaka stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Guatemala

33 of its 39 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. el Porvenir accounted for 23 of Guatemala's 33 stories about harm, carried by 86 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (27 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 30 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Yemen

42 of its 62 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Sanaa accounted for 21 of Yemen's 42 stories about harm, carried by 21 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (33 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Lebanon

54 of its 98 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

United Arab Emirates

28 of its 144 stories (19%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (12 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Mexico

95 of its 311 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Malaysia

56 of its 233 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in Guatemala (30 of its stories, about three times its usual); drought in Romania (16 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hunger in Afghanistan (12 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); flooding in Sri Lanka (13 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); heatwave in South Korea (13 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 5 Aug. 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 14,227 stories about harm among 73,839 counted on 5 Aug.

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19 in every 100 of the day's 73,839 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 5 August 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 →

Yemen68 in 100 of its 62 stories · usually 44 · mostly disasters & accidents Lebanon55 in 100 of its 98 stories · usually 43 · mostly conflict & violence Ukraine55 in 100 of its 399 stories · usually 40 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine55 in 100 of its 137 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Bangladesh52 in 100 of its 236 stories · usually 38 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Delhi India77 stories about protests or strikes, of its 258 Washington US68 stories about protests or strikes, of its 457 Dhaka Bangladesh45 stories about protests or strikes, of its 75 Kyiv Ukraine27 stories about protests or strikes, of its 167 London UK26 stories about protests or strikes, of its 275

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: too little coverage to readVietnam: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: too little coverage to readVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: too little coverage to readPuerto 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsle 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-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: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: 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: too little coverage to readSaudi 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: 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: too little coverage to readParaguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua 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 lessNigeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiger: too little coverage to readNicaragua: too little coverage to readNew Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiue: about as warm as its own usual or lessNetherlands: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: too little coverage to readJamaica: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: about as warm as its own usual or lessCzech Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessN. 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: 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 lessHong 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: too little coverage to readCape 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: 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 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 readArmenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: 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 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessChagos 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualGhana: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualMinneapolis, US -- health: 10 stories, carried by 11 outletsLagos, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 49 stories, carried by 22 outletsAbuja, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 77 stories, carried by 36 outletsAnkara, Türkiye -- conflict & violence: 16 stories, carried by 13 outletsSanaa, Yemen -- conflict & violence: 21 stories, carried by 21 outletsCape Town, South Africa -- rights & justice: 13 stories, carried by 12 outletsSydney, Australia -- health: 64 stories, carried by 83 outletsMidlands, UK -- disasters & accidents: 20 stories, carried by 18 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

● Japan warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Minneapolis US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Lagos Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 49 stories ● Abuja Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 77 stories ● Ankara Türkiye about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 16 stories ● Sanaa Yemen about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 21 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health26% 3,653 stories · more than usual (usually 23%) Rights & justice24% 3,415 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents20% 2,792 stories · less than usual (usually 24%) Conflict & violence12% 1,728 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 729 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 660 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 647 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 326 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 killed3,428 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,646 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,622 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured861 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting evacuations242 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting abductions175 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced145 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees90 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill41 at about the usual rate

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
● Griefa little less than 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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