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12,909 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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Most of the day's attention went to violence in Kenscoff, heavy rain in Bangladesh and protests in Kathmandu (Nepal). Haiti's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read much softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostHaiti 82 in 100 of its 65 stories, usually 42
RegionEvery region about as usual
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Haiti

53 of its 65 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Kenscoff accounted for 50 of Haiti's 53 stories about harm, carried by 79 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (36 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Haiti over 30 days → its stories → Kenscoff stories →
Rights & justice

Bangladesh

80 of its 203 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of refugees ran at about 10 times the usual rate (22 stories). Heavy rain was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

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

South Sudan

31 of its 44 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Jonglei accounted for 20 of South Sudan's 31 stories about harm, carried by 27 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Syria

83 of its 160 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Damascus accounted for 48 of Syria's 83 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Israel

Jerusalem accounted for 109 of Israel's 241 stories about harm, carried by 113 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

Unrwa accounted for 38 of Palestine's 83 stories about harm, carried by 27 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Armenia

23 of its 110 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (14 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Sudan

37 of its 50 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: tornadoes in France (49 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Afghanistan (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in Spain (13 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); heavy rain in UK (47 of its stories, about three times its usual); flu in India (41 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 20; 19 the day before
22 in 10018 in 10027 Jul3 Aug10 Aug17 Aug25 Aug27 Jul: 20 in 10028 Jul: 19 in 10029 Jul: 20 in 10030 Jul: 20 in 10031 Jul: 20 in 1001 Aug: 20 in 1002 Aug: 22 in 1003 Aug: 19 in 1004 Aug: 19 in 1005 Aug: 19 in 1006 Aug: 19 in 1007 Aug: 19 in 1008 Aug: 19 in 1009 Aug: 20 in 10010 Aug: 20 in 10011 Aug: 20 in 10012 Aug: 19 in 10013 Aug: 19 in 10014 Aug: 19 in 10015 Aug: 20 in 10016 Aug: 21 in 10017 Aug: 20 in 10018 Aug: 19 in 10019 Aug: 19 in 10020 Aug: 18 in 10021 Aug: 19 in 10022 Aug: 19 in 10023 Aug: 20 in 10024 Aug: 19 in 10025 Aug: 19 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 25 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 12,909 stories about harm among 69,138 counted on 25 Aug.

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France's news mentioned tornadoes more than ten times as often as usual. 19 in every 100 of the day's 69,138 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Haiti, 82% of the news was about people being harmed, where 42% is usual. A year earlier, on 25 August 2025, 19 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 →

Haiti82 in 100 of its 65 stories · usually 42 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan74 in 100 of its 50 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine55 in 100 of its 150 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Syria52 in 100 of its 160 stories · usually 43 · mostly conflict & violence Israel48 in 100 of its 502 stories · usually 48 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US66 stories about protests or strikes, of its 411 Delhi India37 stories about protests or strikes, of its 206 Jerusalem Israel28 stories about protests or strikes, of its 109 Tehran Iran26 stories about protests or strikes, of its 121 London UK25 stories about protests or strikes, of its 198

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto 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 lessUganda: too little coverage to readTurkmenistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: 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 readSwitzerland: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSudan: 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: too little coverage to readSomalia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: 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: too little coverage to readLebanon: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: 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: 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: 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 lessGreece: 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: too little coverage to readFiji: 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: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessDenmark: too little coverage to readCzech 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readChina: 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: too little coverage to readCape 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: too little coverage to readBrunei: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: too little coverage to readBahamas: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzerbaijan: too little coverage to readAustria: 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: too little coverage to readArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: 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 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: too little coverage to readJersey: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readUkraine: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about its own usualSouth Sudan: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualCongo: warmth about its own usualColombia: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualJonglei, South Sudan -- conflict & violence: 20 stories, carried by 27 outletsTennessee, US -- health: 83 stories, carried by 233 outletsNevada, US -- health: 11 stories, carried by 21 outletsAbuja, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 20 stories, carried by 12 outletsDarfur, Sudan -- conflict & violence: 14 stories, carried by 14 outletsIbadan, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 42 stories, carried by 15 outletsFonthill Bishop, UK -- disasters & accidents: 14 stories, carried by 10 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

● Jonglei South Sudan about three times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 20 stories ● Tennessee US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 83 stories ● Nevada US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Abuja Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 20 stories ● Darfur Sudan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 14 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health27% 3,406 stories · more than usual (usually 25%) Rights & justice25% 3,124 stories · more than usual (usually 23%) Disasters & accidents18% 2,314 stories · less than usual (usually 23%) Conflict & violence11% 1,343 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given8% 968 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 628 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 436 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 399 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 killed3,387 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,543 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,540 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured756 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and France Stories reporting evacuations174 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting refugees159 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Bangladesh Stories reporting abductions137 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced129 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill22 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India

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 softer 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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