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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

how these are picked →
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.

its stories →
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.

its stories →
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.

its stories →
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.

its stories →
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.

its stories →
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).

its stories →

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.

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 lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.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: 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 readTunisia: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSuriname: 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 lessSpain: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: too little coverage to readSeychelles: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: too little coverage to readMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: 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: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: 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: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: too little coverage to readIceland: about as warm as its own usual or lessHungary: about as warm as its own usual or lessHonduras: about as warm as its own usual or lessHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: 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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readDominican 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBahrain: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzerbaijan: 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: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: too little coverage to readAlbania: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: about as warm as its own usual or lessBermuda: 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: too little coverage to readGuernsey: 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: 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 readVietnam: warmth about its own usualTürkiye: warmth about its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about its own usualRomania: warmth about its own usualPapua New Guinea: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualEnugu, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 22 stories, carried by 13 outletsAnkara, Türkiye -- conflict & violence: 18 stories, carried by 17 outletsSpokane, US -- disasters & accidents: 15 stories, carried by 115 outletsOjai, US -- health: 15 stories, carried by 46 outletsAbuja, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 42 stories, carried by 18 outletsTiptree, UK -- health: 14 stories, carried by 12 outletsCalgary, Canada -- rights & justice: 17 stories, carried by 16 outletsWellington, New Zealand -- health: 18 stories, carried by 26 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

● Enugu Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 22 stories ● Ankara Türkiye about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 18 stories ● Spokane US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 15 stories ● Ojai US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 15 stories ● Abuja Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 42 stories

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