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13,830 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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Violence in Marib, protests in the Congo River (Congo) and people killed in Cameroon drew the news. Yemen's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was softer than usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Mexico → Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeHealth 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostYemen 80 in 100 of its 61 stories, usually 45
RegionCentral Asia 22 in 100 of its stories, usually 12
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Conflict & violence

Yemen

49 of its 61 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Marib accounted for 25 of Yemen's 49 stories about harm, carried by 26 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Yemen over 30 days → its stories → Marib stories →
Disasters & accidents

Cameroon

10 of its 29 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Cameroon over 30 days → its stories →
Shelter & services

Cuba

Havana accounted for 29 of Cuba's 49 stories about harm, carried by 14 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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

Palestine

77 of its 121 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Gaza accounted for 35 of Palestine's 77 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Ukraine

Kyiv accounted for 69 of Ukraine's 116 stories about harm, carried by 203 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Mexico

161 of its 414 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (22 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

South Korea

73 of its 312 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Lebanon

45 of its 77 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Albania

7 of its 12 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: drought in Romania (16 of its stories, about three times its usual); road crashes in France (25 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Italy (21 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); earthquake in Philippines (19 of its stories, about three times its usual); helicopter crash in Ghana (10 of its stories, more than ten 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 6 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 13,830 stories about harm among 72,915 counted on 6 Aug.

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On the side of help, reports of vaccination ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 72,915 stories, as usual. Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Mexico. In Yemen, 80% of the news was about people being harmed, where 45% is usual. A year earlier, on 6 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 →

Congo87 in 100 of its 52 stories · usually 67 · mostly health Yemen80 in 100 of its 61 stories · usually 45 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine64 in 100 of its 121 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Lebanon58 in 100 of its 77 stories · usually 43 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan48 in 100 of its 60 stories · usually 45 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US79 stories about protests or strikes, of its 552 Delhi India49 stories about protests or strikes, of its 179 Bombay India27 stories about protests or strikes, of its 147 Dhaka Bangladesh25 stories about protests or strikes, of its 49 Islamabad Pakistan25 stories about protests or strikes, of its 59

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: 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: 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 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: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPakistan: 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: too little coverage to readNigeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiger: about as warm as its own usual or lessNicaragua: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew 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: too little coverage to readMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth 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: 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: 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 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 lessIndonesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: too little coverage to readHungary: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Caledonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrench 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEgypt: 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: too little coverage to readBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzerbaijan: 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 lessAngola: 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 lessJammu & Kashmir: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall 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: 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: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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 readUganda: warmth about its own usualThailand: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualAntigua & Barbuda: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualKwara, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 15 stories, carried by 13 outletsSokoto, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 17 stories, carried by 12 outletsSydney, Australia -- health: 78 stories, carried by 143 outletsIndiana, US -- health: 12 stories, carried by 10 outletsBusan, South Korea -- disasters & accidents: 12 stories, carried by 21 outletsEdinburgh, UK -- health: 28 stories, carried by 92 outletsShanghai, China -- health: 16 stories, carried by 38 outletsPerugia, Italy -- rights & justice: 14 stories, carried by 34 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

● Kwara Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 15 stories ● Sokoto Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 17 stories ● Sydney Australia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 78 stories ● Indiana US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Busan South Korea about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 12 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health28% 3,814 stories · more than usual (usually 24%) Rights & justice24% 3,195 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents20% 2,752 stories · less than usual (usually 23%) Conflict & violence11% 1,557 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 746 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 592 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 506 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 386 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 killed3,388 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,548 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,516 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured930 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations202 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting abductions155 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced135 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill98 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Mexico Stories reporting refugees94 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 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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