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6,624 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 heavy rain in the Philippines, deaths in Bangkok and violence in la Espriella. Thailand's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeDisasters & accidents 25 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostThailand 64 in 100 of its 67 stories, usually 37
RegionSoutheast Asia 32 in 100 of its stories, usually 22
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Philippines

99 of its 261 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Philippine accounted for 46 of the Philippines' 99 stories about harm, carried by 27 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (16 stories). Heavy rain was named in 43 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with cyclone.

Philippines over 30 days → its stories → Philippine stories →
Rights & justice

Ireland

108 of its 399 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Dublin accounted for 65 of Ireland's 108 stories about harm, carried by 217 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (12 stories).

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

China

146 of its 583 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (36 stories). Typhoon was named in 70 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with flooding, landslides and storms. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Taiwan

23 of its 75 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Taipei accounted for 17 of Taiwan's 23 stories about harm, carried by 15 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (6 stories). Typhoon was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Yemen

32 of its 45 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Niger

11 of its 15 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

45 of its 111 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Wildfires were named in 21 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Japan

81 of its 302 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: typhoon in China (70 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); wildfires in Indonesia (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); typhoon in Taiwan (16 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); earthquake in India (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); helicopter crash in US (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 9 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 6,624 stories about harm among 32,422 counted on 9 Aug.

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Of the day's 32,422 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 9 August 2025, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today. This week the news turned most often to Thailand, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 1 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Thailand64 in 100 of its 67 stories · usually 37 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given Cuba53 in 100 of its 64 stories · usually 50 · mostly shelter & services Ukraine49 in 100 of its 150 stories · usually 41 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine48 in 100 of its 83 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence Israel41 in 100 of its 423 stories · usually 48 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Delhi India48 stories about protests or strikes, of its 125 Kolkata India21 stories about protests or strikes, of its 40 Washington US20 stories about protests or strikes, of its 193 Johannesburg South Africa18 stories about protests or strikes, of its 30 Tehran Iran16 stories about protests or strikes, of its 78

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: too little coverage to readVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: too little coverage to readPuerto 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'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSyria: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth 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'sSomalia: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: too little coverage to readSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: 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'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: too little coverage to readNiue: 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: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: too little coverage to readLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: too little coverage to readJordan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: 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: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: 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 readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: too little coverage to readEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEgypt: 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 readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: 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 readHong 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: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: too little coverage to readMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: too little coverage to readBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: 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 readAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: 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: too little coverage to readNorthern 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 readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: 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'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan 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: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sThailand: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSudan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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'sPanama: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKuwait: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJapan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sGhana: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGermany: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sArgentina: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful 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 about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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 about one and a half times as fearful 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

● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 98 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 73 stories about harm ● Nigeria about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 280 stories about harm ● Kashmir few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 32 stories about harm ● Thailand few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 43 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as angry as the world's · 148 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Disasters & accidents25% 1,623 stories · about as usual Rights & justice23% 1,468 stories · about as usual Health22% 1,411 stories · less than usual (usually 24%) Conflict & violence14% 935 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 377 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 236 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 216 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 216 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 killed1,693 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected812 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests792 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured611 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting evacuations173 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about China and Canada Stories reporting abductions84 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced79 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting refugees52 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill14 at about two-thirds of 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 much 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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