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12,333 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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The earthquake in Colombia, violence in Mokha and illness in Sinaloa drew the news. Yemen's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeDisasters & accidents 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostColombia 86 in 100 of its 389 stories, usually 23
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 44 in 100 of its stories, usually 24
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

Colombia

333 of its 389 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Manizales accounted for 107 of Colombia's 333 stories about harm, carried by 305 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (34 stories). Earthquake was named in 315 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tsunami and building collapse. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Colombia over 30 days → its stories → Manizales stories →
Conflict & violence

Yemen

48 of its 58 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Mokha accounted for 19 of Yemen's 48 stories about harm, carried by 26 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (40 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Yemen over 30 days → its stories → Mokha stories →
Health

Mexico

90 of its 228 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Sinaloa accounted for 46 of Mexico's 90 stories about harm, carried by 186 outlets. Reports of people falling ill ran at about 9 times the usual rate (24 stories). Food poisoning was named in 54 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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

Philippines

153 of its 492 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (24 stories). Heavy rain was named in 63 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with flooding, landslides and cyclone.

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Health

Congo

25 of its 28 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Malaria was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Nigeria

Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). HIV was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Health

Norway

16 of its 51 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Russia

166 of its 397 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

60 of its 208 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Wildfires were named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: typhoon in China (109 of its stories, about three times its usual); heavy rain in Philippines (63 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); malaria in Congo (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Italy (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); snowstorms in South Africa (15 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 10 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 12,333 stories about harm among 62,523 counted on 10 Aug.

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Colombia stood out: 86% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 23%. 20 in every 100 of the day's 62,523 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Colombia's news, mentions of the earthquake ran more than ten times their usual. the news turned to Colombia for the second day running. A year earlier, on 10 August 2025, 20 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 →

Colombia86 in 100 of its 389 stories · usually 23 · mostly disasters & accidents Yemen83 in 100 of its 58 stories · usually 52 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine49 in 100 of its 90 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence Thailand45 in 100 of its 193 stories · usually 37 · mostly rights & justice Israel44 in 100 of its 512 stories · usually 48 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Ranchi India73 stories about protests or strikes, of its 78 Delhi India72 stories about protests or strikes, of its 188 Washington US60 stories about protests or strikes, of its 360 Tehran Iran47 stories about protests or strikes, of its 153 London UK24 stories about protests or strikes, of its 183

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: 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 readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: 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'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: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: too little coverage to readNew 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'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: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: too little coverage to readLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: 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'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: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGermany: 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: feelings about like the world'sNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readDominica: 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'sCuba: 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'sComoros: too little coverage to readChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: 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 readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall 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 readBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: feelings about like the world'sJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: 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: feelings about like the world'sNauru: 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: 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 readYemen: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little warmer than the world'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPanama: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNiger: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJapan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGreece: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFiji: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEcuador: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDominican Republic: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sColombia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than 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'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBermuda: 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

● Yemen few stories about three times as angry as the world's · 48 stories about harm ● Pakistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 117 stories about harm ● Russia about twice as angry as the world's · 166 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 240 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 74 stories about harm ● Nigeria about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 332 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Disasters & accidents26% 3,111 stories · more than usual (usually 23%) Health25% 2,995 stories · about as usual Rights & justice22% 2,668 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence11% 1,370 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 709 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 472 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 404 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 342 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 killed3,245 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,602 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,362 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured950 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations323 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting people displaced151 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions121 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees81 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill62 at about one and a half times 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?

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