← 26 Aug Thursday 27 August 2026 · to 23:59 UTC 28 Aug →
What the world's news said happened to people.
Counts of coverage, not of suffering
14,684 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 →

The day's news pointed at a disaster in Rasuwa, violence in Srebrenica and people killed in Samoa. Bosnia's coverage was about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was about as usual.

Part of lifeDisasters & accidents 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostNepal 94 in 100 of its 1,247 stories, usually 48
RegionSouth Asia 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 →
Disasters & accidents

Nepal

1,171 of its 1,247 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Rasuwa accounted for 340 of Nepal's 1,171 stories about harm, carried by 467 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (35 stories). Tsunami was named in 51 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with power cuts.

Nepal over 30 days → its stories → Rasuwa stories →
Conflict & violence

Bosnia

62 of its 75 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Srebrenica accounted for 46 of Bosnia's 62 stories about harm, carried by 73 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Bosnia over 30 days → its stories → Srebrenica stories →
Health

Samoa

12 of its 18 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories). Outbreaks were named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with measles.

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

Afghanistan

45 of its 64 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Kabul accounted for 27 of Afghanistan's 45 stories about harm, carried by 38 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (31 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Algeria

20 of its 34 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Bejaia accounted for 18 of Algeria's 20 stories about harm, carried by 32 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (19 stories). Wildfires were named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

China

350 of its 1,504 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (186 stories). Landslides were named in 104 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with earthquake.

its stories →
Health

Germany

132 of its 489 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Malaria was named in 24 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with outbreaks.

its stories →
Health

Norway

53 of its 118 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Oslo accounted for 46 of Norway's 53 stories about harm, carried by 65 outlets.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Haiti

20 of its 30 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: illness in Japan (59 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); landslides in China (104 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); wildfires in Algeria (16 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); drought in Jamaica (10 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); malaria in Germany (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 20; 20 the day before
22 in 10018 in 10029 Jul5 Aug12 Aug19 Aug27 Aug29 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 10027 Aug: 21 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 27 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 14,684 stories about harm among 70,353 counted on 27 Aug.

Read the day's briefing

For the third day running, the news turned to Nepal. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 70,353 stories, above the usual 20. Nepal's news was 94% about people being harmed, against a usual 48%. A year earlier, on 27 August 2025, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Nepal94 in 100 of its 1,247 stories · usually 48 · mostly disasters & accidents Bosnia83 in 100 of its 75 stories · usually 22 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan70 in 100 of its 64 stories · usually 46 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine60 in 100 of its 113 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence Colombia48 in 100 of its 60 stories · usually 62 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US52 stories about protests or strikes, of its 383 Tehran Iran32 stories about protests or strikes, of its 114 Delhi India23 stories about protests or strikes, of its 151 New York US23 stories about protests or strikes, of its 190 Tokyo Japan17 stories about protests or strikes, of its 86

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'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: too little coverage to readPuerto 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: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: 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'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: too little coverage to readSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSt 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'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: too little coverage to readNiue: 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: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: 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'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: 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'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: 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 readFiji: 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'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: 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'sCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: 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: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: 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: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai 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: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readMayotte: feelings about like the world'sYemen: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than 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 fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful 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'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSamoa: 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 grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKenya: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJapan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little warmer 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'sIraq: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBosnia: coverage about 5 times as grief-stricken as 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 about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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'sGibraltar: coverage a little more fearful than 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

● Bosnia about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 62 stories about harm ● Palestine about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 68 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 90 stories about harm ● Pakistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 145 stories about harm ● Nigeria about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 318 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 228 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Disasters & accidents28% 4,086 stories · much more than usual (usually 23%) Health25% 3,549 stories · about as usual Rights & justice20% 2,819 stories · less than usual (usually 23%) Conflict & violence10% 1,500 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 938 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 621 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 507 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 378 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 killed4,950 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Nepal Stories reporting people affected2,637 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Nepal and the US Stories reporting arrests1,477 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured712 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nepal Stories reporting evacuations167 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nepal and the US Stories reporting people displaced153 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions143 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees121 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill29 at about the usual rate

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.

● 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.