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6,479 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 landslides in Guinea, the tsunami in Ukraine and people injured in Sweden. Guinea'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 23 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostIndonesia 55 in 100 of its 88 stories, usually 34
RegionSoutheast Asia 27 in 100 of its stories, usually 24
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

Guinea

38 of its 40 stories (95%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Conakry accounted for 36 of Guinea's 38 stories about harm, carried by 120 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (20 stories). Landslides were named in 30 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Guinea over 30 days → its stories → Conakry stories →
Conflict & violence

Ukraine

Kyiv accounted for 53 of Ukraine's 83 stories about harm, carried by 154 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 7 times the usual rate (12 stories). Tsunami was named in 22 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Ukraine over 30 days → its stories → Kyiv stories →
Rights & justice

Sweden

18 of its 53 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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

Japan

104 of its 341 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Tokyo accounted for 68 of Japan's 104 stories about harm, carried by 87 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (53 stories). Tsunami was named in 52 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Latvia

11 of its 13 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Riga accounted for 11 of Latvia's 11 stories about harm, carried by 169 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (8 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

48 of its 88 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Wildfires were named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Tunisia

19 of its 25 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (19 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Oman

21 of its 69 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories).

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Rights & justice

New Zealand

67 of its 250 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (14 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: tsunami in Japan (52 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); wildfires in Indonesia (14 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); heavy rain in Canada (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); tropical storm in US (70 of its stories, about three times its usual); flu in India (23 of its stories, about 7 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 23 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 6,479 stories about harm among 32,622 counted on 23 Aug.

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Guinea's news was 95% about people being harmed, against a usual 19%. of the day's 32,622 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Guinea's news mentioned landslides more than ten times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 23 August 2025, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 today. This week the news turned most often to Ukraine, on 4 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 →

Cuba60 in 100 of its 83 stories · usually 46 · mostly shelter & services Palestine56 in 100 of its 94 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Indonesia55 in 100 of its 88 stories · usually 34 · mostly disasters & accidents Israel48 in 100 of its 381 stories · usually 48 · mostly conflict & violence Ukraine42 in 100 of its 198 stories · usually 44 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 172 Delhi India29 stories about protests or strikes, of its 130 Kyiv Ukraine24 stories about protests or strikes, of its 53 Tehran Iran21 stories about protests or strikes, of its 92 London UK14 stories about protests or strikes, of its 84

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited 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: too little coverage to readTurkey: too little coverage to readTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-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: 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: too little coverage to readSpain: 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: too little coverage to readSierra 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: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: 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: too little coverage to readPanama: too little coverage to readPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: too little coverage to readNorth 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNetherlands: 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: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: too little coverage to readMalaysia: 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: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: too little coverage to readLiberia: too little coverage to readLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: 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 lessIndonesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: 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 lessGuyana: too little coverage to readGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral African Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: 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: too little coverage to readBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: too little coverage to readBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: too little coverage to readBarbados: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustria: too little coverage to readAustralia: about as warm as its own usual or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: too little coverage to readArgentina: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: 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: 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: 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 readSyria: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualBedfordshire, UK -- health: 11 stories, carried by 14 outletsFlorida, US -- food & livelihood: 22 stories, carried by 29 outletsDamascus, Syria -- conflict & violence: 29 stories, carried by 26 outletsAlmaty, Kazakhstan -- rights & justice: 10 stories, carried by 51 outletsBeijing, China -- rights & justice: 17 stories, carried by 99 outletsMassachusetts, US -- health: 11 stories, carried by 33 outletsNew Forest, UK -- disasters & accidents: 14 stories, carried by 11 outletsWellington, New Zealand -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 22 stories, carried by 13 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

● Bedfordshire UK about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Florida US about twice as warm as the day's news · food & livelihood · 22 stories ● Damascus Syria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 29 stories ● Almaty Kazakhstan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 10 stories ● Beijing China about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 17 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Disasters & accidents23% 1,449 stories · about as usual Health22% 1,417 stories · less than usual (usually 25%) Rights & justice21% 1,328 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence14% 862 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given8% 492 stories · about as usual Shelter & services6% 364 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 211 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 194 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 killed1,680 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected873 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests678 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured574 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations123 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions97 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Nigeria and Israel Stories reporting people displaced61 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees47 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill9 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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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