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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.

Where the news was warmest

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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: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: 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 lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: too little coverage to readTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: too little coverage to readSyria: 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: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri Lanka: about as warm as its own usual or lessSpain: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: too little coverage to readRussia: 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: too little coverage to readNorway: 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: 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: too little coverage to readNamibia: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: too little coverage to readLiberia: 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: 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: too little coverage to readIsrael: 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 lessIran: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndonesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: too little coverage to readIceland: about as warm as its own usual or lessHungary: too little coverage to readHonduras: too little coverage to readHaiti: 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: 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 readFrance: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial 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 lessChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or lessChile: too little coverage to readChad: too little coverage to readCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: 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: too little coverage to readBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: too little coverage to readBelarus: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: too little coverage to readAlbania: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessJersey: 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: too little coverage to readAruba: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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: 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 readTürkiye: warmth about its own usualSudan: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualGuyana: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualOsun, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 19 stories, carried by 14 outletsSeattle, US -- disasters & accidents: 25 stories, carried by 22 outletsGeorgia, US -- health: 10 stories, carried by 61 outletsPretoria, South Africa -- rights & justice: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsGreat Yarmouth, UK -- disasters & accidents: 15 stories, carried by 10 outletsAbuja, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 39 stories, carried by 23 outletsEdinburgh, UK -- disasters & accidents: 36 stories, carried by 141 outletsTokyo, Japan -- disasters & accidents: 20 stories, carried by 68 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

● Osun Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 19 stories ● Seattle US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 25 stories ● Georgia US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Pretoria South Africa about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 11 stories ● Great Yarmouth UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 15 stories

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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