← 25 Aug Wednesday 26 August 2026 · to 23:59 UTC 27 Aug →
What the world's news said happened to people.
Counts of coverage, not of suffering
14,107 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.

How to read these numbers →

Flooding in Nepal, rights and justice in Kenscoff and violence in Kabul drew the news. Haiti's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Language across the world's news ran much softer than usual.

Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeHealth 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostNepal 95 in 100 of its 587 stories, usually 33
RegionSouth Asia 33 in 100 of its stories, usually 24
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Disasters & accidents

Nepal

559 of its 587 stories (95%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Rasuwa accounted for 256 of Nepal's 559 stories about harm, carried by 358 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (416 stories). Flooding was named in 461 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with avalanche, storms and heatwave.

Nepal over 30 days → its stories → Rasuwa stories →
Rights & justice

Haiti

41 of its 56 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Kenscoff accounted for 37 of Haiti's 41 stories about harm, carried by 120 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 10 times the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

Pakistan

261 of its 466 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Islamabad accounted for 185 of Pakistan's 261 stories about harm, carried by 400 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Panama

15 of its 37 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Drought was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

China

Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (94 stories). Landslides were named in 60 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Armenia

25 of its 79 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (13 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

Tanzania

18 of its 64 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (10 stories).

its stories →
Health

UK

House fires were named in 47 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.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: landslides in China (60 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); wildfires in Indonesia (17 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); drought in Panama (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); outbreaks in Germany (15 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); flu in New Zealand (12 of its stories, about three times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 20; 19 the day before
22 in 10018 in 10028 Jul4 Aug11 Aug18 Aug26 Aug28 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 10026 Aug: 20 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 26 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 14,107 stories about harm among 71,603 counted on 26 Aug.

Read the day's briefing

Nepal's news was 95% about people being harmed, against a usual 33%. of the day's 71,603 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of vaccination, a sign of help, ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Mentions of flooding ran more than ten times their usual in Nepal's news. For the second day running, the news turned to Nepal.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Nepal95 in 100 of its 587 stories · usually 33 · mostly disasters & accidents Haiti73 in 100 of its 56 stories · usually 45 · mostly rights & justice Afghanistan60 in 100 of its 62 stories · usually 45 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine60 in 100 of its 126 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Pakistan56 in 100 of its 466 stories · usually 36 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US69 stories about protests or strikes, of its 404 Delhi India32 stories about protests or strikes, of its 185 Tehran Iran22 stories about protests or strikes, of its 98 Hollywood US20 stories about protests or strikes, of its 278 London UK19 stories about protests or strikes, of its 224

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: 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: too little coverage to readU.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'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: too little coverage to readSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: 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 readMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: 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'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: 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: too little coverage to readNew 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'sEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: 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'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: 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'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: 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: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: 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 readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: 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: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: feelings about like the world'sJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook 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: feelings about like the world'sSt. 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: feelings about like the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little angrier than the world'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSpain: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPeru: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPanama: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPakistan: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNiger: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNepal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalta: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKenya: coverage a little warmer than the world'sItaly: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIreland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sHonduras: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHaiti: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sGrenada: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken 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

● Pakistan about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 261 stories about harm ● Haiti few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 41 stories about harm ● Palestine about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 75 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 64 stories about harm ● Russia about twice as angry as the world's · 118 stories about harm ● Panama few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 15 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health28% 3,817 stories · more than usual (usually 25%) Disasters & accidents23% 3,230 stories · about as usual Rights & justice21% 2,881 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence10% 1,414 stories · less than usual (usually 12%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 996 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 612 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 518 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 354 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 killed4,636 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Nepal Stories reporting people affected1,982 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,424 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured702 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting evacuations151 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting abductions140 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced107 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Haiti and Israel Stories reporting refugees103 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill19 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Germany

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.

● Angera little less than 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?

The weekly briefing · 18 Oct – 24 Oct

The week in human impact

Read the week →

Unlock a year of trends, free. Follow up to 5 countries, with a bell when their news changes, and 👍 vote for Pro — ten years of the archive, any period, daily alerts.

Create a free account

Sign in · a username, an email and a password.

How to read these numbers →

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