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14,024 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 day's news pointed at violence in Moscow, people injured in Colombia and rights and justice in Damascus. Syria's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeHealth 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostColombia 82 in 100 of its 512 stories, usually 38
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 38 in 100 of its stories, usually 25
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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Conflict & violence

Russia

223 of its 451 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Moscow accounted for 110 of Russia's 223 stories about harm, carried by 166 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (52 stories). Respiratory illness was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Russia over 30 days → its stories → Moscow stories →
Disasters & accidents

Colombia

422 of its 512 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (208 stories). Power cuts were named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Colombia over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Syria

157 of its 235 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Damascus accounted for 116 of Syria's 157 stories about harm, carried by 341 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (35 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Syria over 30 days → its stories → Damascus stories →
Health

Switzerland

56 of its 150 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (16 stories). Wildfires were named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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

Ukraine

118 of its 250 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Kyiv accounted for 78 of Ukraine's 118 stories about harm, carried by 161 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Power cuts were named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Yemen

75 of its 87 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Tihamah accounted for 29 of Yemen's 75 stories about harm, carried by 32 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (71 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.

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Health

Congo

52 of its 58 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (16 stories). Malaria was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Rights & justice

South Africa

206 of its 636 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (25 stories). Storms were named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with extreme cold and snowstorms.

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Conflict & violence

Libya

29 of its 65 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Tripoli accounted for 26 of Libya's 29 stories about harm, carried by 64 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Egypt

32 of its 107 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (7 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: heavy rain in Philippines (45 of its stories, about three times its usual); malaria in Congo (17 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); landslides in China (27 of its stories, about three times its usual); road crashes in Ireland (15 of its stories, about three times its usual); power cuts in Ukraine (13 of its stories, about 6 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 11 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 14,024 stories about harm among 70,039 counted on 11 Aug.

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Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about twice the usual rate. of the day's 70,039 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Russia stood out: 49% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 34%. A year earlier, on 11 August 2025, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Congo90 in 100 of its 58 stories · usually 67 · mostly health Yemen86 in 100 of its 87 stories · usually 54 · mostly disasters & accidents Colombia82 in 100 of its 512 stories · usually 38 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria67 in 100 of its 235 stories · usually 38 · mostly rights & justice Russia49 in 100 of its 451 stories · usually 34 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US87 stories about protests or strikes, of its 498 Delhi India76 stories about protests or strikes, of its 215 Tehran Iran66 stories about protests or strikes, of its 123 Ranchi India62 stories about protests or strikes, of its 63 Damascus Syria45 stories about protests or strikes, of its 116

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.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: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: 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: too little coverage to readTaiwan: 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'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: too little coverage to readSierra Leone: too little coverage to readSeychelles: 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: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: 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'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: 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 readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIraq: 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: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: 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'sGermany: 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 readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: 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: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: 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 readBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: 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 readArgentina: 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: too little coverage to readAksai Chin: 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: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: 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: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: 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 readZimbabwe: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little more fearful than 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 about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMalta: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLebanon: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJamaica: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIsrael: 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'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDjibouti: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCroatia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDR Congo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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'sBulgaria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBelize: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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 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 three times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBermuda: 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

● Syria about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 157 stories about harm ● Ukraine about three times as angry as the world's · 118 stories about harm ● Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 370 stories about harm ● Switzerland about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 56 stories about harm ● Yemen about twice as angry as the world's · 75 stories about harm ● Congo about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 52 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health26% 3,569 stories · more than usual (usually 24%) Disasters & accidents24% 3,312 stories · about as usual Rights & justice23% 3,172 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence11% 1,448 stories · less than usual (usually 13%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 733 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 679 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 475 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 364 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 killed3,644 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,741 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,546 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,000 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations262 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions141 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced132 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees80 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill29 at about two-thirds of 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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