← 7 Aug Saturday 8 August 2026 · to 23:59 UTC 9 Aug →
What the world's news said happened to people.
Counts of coverage, not of suffering
7,741 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.

How to read these numbers →

The news turned to violence in Bangkok, the avalanche in Nepal and people killed in the Czechia. Thailand's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 25 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostThailand 55 in 100 of its 176 stories, usually 35
RegionSoutheast Asia 27 in 100 of its stories, usually 22
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Conflict & violence

Thailand

97 of its 176 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Bangkok accounted for 83 of Thailand's 97 stories about harm, carried by 282 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (69 stories). Illness was named in 27 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Thailand over 30 days → its stories → Bangkok stories →
Disasters & accidents

Nepal

24 of its 53 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Avalanche was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Nepal over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

UK

Heavy rain was named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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

Colombia

34 of its 83 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. la Espriella accounted for 21 of Colombia's 34 stories about harm, carried by 30 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Ukraine

113 of its 207 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Kyiv accounted for 93 of Ukraine's 113 stories about harm, carried by 375 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Yemen

Marib accounted for 21 of Yemen's 27 stories about harm, carried by 54 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

South Korea

24 of its 111 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

China

Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (22 stories). Typhoon was named in 49 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with storms, heavy rain and landslides.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Palestine

Gaza accounted for 18 of Palestine's 38 stories about harm, carried by 18 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: typhoon in China (49 of its stories, about three times its usual); flu in Australia (24 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); dengue in India (19 of its stories, about three times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 20; 19 the day before
22 in 10019 in 10010 Jul17 Jul24 Jul31 Jul8 Aug10 Jul: 19 in 10011 Jul: 19 in 10012 Jul: 21 in 10013 Jul: 20 in 10014 Jul: 19 in 10015 Jul: 19 in 10016 Jul: 19 in 10017 Jul: 19 in 10018 Jul: 20 in 10019 Jul: 21 in 10020 Jul: 19 in 10021 Jul: 20 in 10022 Jul: 20 in 10023 Jul: 19 in 10024 Jul: 20 in 10025 Jul: 20 in 10026 Jul: 21 in 10027 Jul: 20 in 10028 Jul: 19 in 10029 Jul: 20 in 10030 Jul: 20 in 10031 Jul: 20 in 1001 Aug: 20 in 1002 Aug: 22 in 1003 Aug: 19 in 1004 Aug: 19 in 1005 Aug: 19 in 1006 Aug: 19 in 1007 Aug: 19 in 1008 Aug: 19 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 8 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 7,741 stories about harm among 39,706 counted on 8 Aug.

Read the day's briefing

It was the second day running that the news turned to Thailand. of the day's 39,706 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. China's news mentioned the typhoon about three times as often as usual. Thailand's news was 55% about people being harmed, against a usual 35%. A year earlier, on 8 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 →

Palestine58 in 100 of its 65 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Thailand55 in 100 of its 176 stories · usually 35 · mostly conflict & violence Cuba55 in 100 of its 84 stories · usually 50 · mostly shelter & services Ukraine55 in 100 of its 207 stories · usually 40 · mostly conflict & violence Lebanon48 in 100 of its 50 stories · usually 44 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US39 stories about protests or strikes, of its 271 Delhi India34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 160 Ranchi India19 stories about protests or strikes, of its 20 Newark US17 stories about protests or strikes, of its 49 Tehran Iran11 stories about protests or strikes, of its 85

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: too little coverage to readPuerto 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: 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: too little coverage to readTurkey: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: too little coverage to readNorth Korea: too little coverage to readNigeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiger: about as warm as its own usual or lessNicaragua: too little coverage to readNew 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: 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: too little coverage to readMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: too little coverage to readMalaysia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: 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 lessLebanon: 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: 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: too little coverage to readJordan: 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: 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: too little coverage to readIraq: 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: too little coverage to readGuatemala: 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: too little coverage to readGabon: 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: too little coverage to readEthiopia: 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: too little coverage to readGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: 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: 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 readChina: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: too little coverage to readBelarus: 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: 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: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: 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: too little coverage to readMarshall 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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 readSpain: warmth about its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualCzechia: warmth about its own usualColombia: warmth about its own usualMecca, Saudi Arabia -- conflict & violence: 24 stories, carried by 28 outletsEspriella, Colombia -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 16 outletsBenue, Nigeria -- displacement: 11 stories, carried by 10 outletsBrighton, UK -- health: 13 stories, carried by 12 outletsRiyadh, Saudi Arabia -- conflict & violence: 14 stories, carried by 14 outletsWoro, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 10 stories, carried by 39 outletsLa Espriella, Colombia -- conflict & violence: 21 stories, carried by 30 outletsMassachusetts, US -- health: 10 stories, carried by 10 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

● Saudi Arabia warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Mecca Saudi Arabia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 24 stories ● Espriella Colombia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 12 stories ● Benue Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · displacement · 11 stories ● Brighton UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● Riyadh Saudi Arabia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 14 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health25% 1,927 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents24% 1,789 stories · about as usual Rights & justice22% 1,635 stories · less than usual (usually 24%) Conflict & violence13% 989 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 471 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 333 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 225 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 214 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 killed2,044 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests881 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected836 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured702 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations155 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions92 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced78 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees43 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill13 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Mexico

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?

The weekly briefing · 19 Oct – 25 Oct

The week in human impact

Read the week →

Unlock a year of trends, free. Follow up to 5 countries, with a bell when their news changes, and 👍 vote for Pro — ten years of the archive, any period, daily alerts.

Create a free account

Sign in · a username, an email and a password.

How to read these numbers →

These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.