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What the world's news said happened to people.
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11,610 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 Aarau, a disaster in Kyrenia and people displaced in Denmark. Nigeria's coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeDisasters & accidents 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostCyprus 64 in 100 of its 97 stories, usually 23
RegionSouth Asia 30 in 100 of its stories, usually 26
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Switzerland

63 of its 171 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Aarau accounted for 46 of Switzerland's 63 stories about harm, carried by 75 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (21 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Switzerland over 30 days → its stories → Aarau stories →
Disasters & accidents

Cyprus

62 of its 97 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Kyrenia accounted for 55 of Cyprus' 62 stories about harm, carried by 58 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (52 stories).

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

Nepal

546 of its 596 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 77%. Kathmandu accounted for 140 of Nepal's 546 stories about harm, carried by 410 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Türkiye

40 of its 128 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (17 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Chile

14 of its 46 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Algeria

12 of its 26 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Wildfires were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Niger

Niamey accounted for 23 of Niger's 27 stories about harm, carried by 26 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Iran

Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: landslides in China (46 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); wildfires in Algeria (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); hurricane in Mexico (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Indonesia (14 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heavy rain in New Zealand (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 20; 21 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 31 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 11,610 stories about harm among 58,454 counted on 31 Aug.

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The news turned to Switzerland for the second day running. 20 in every 100 of the day's 58,454 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Switzerland, 37% of the news was about people being harmed, where 23% is usual. A year earlier, on 31 August 2025, 20 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 →

Nepal92 in 100 of its 596 stories · usually 77 · mostly disasters & accidents Cyprus64 in 100 of its 97 stories · usually 23 · mostly disasters & accidents Palestine57 in 100 of its 118 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan56 in 100 of its 55 stories · usually 46 · mostly conflict & violence Cuba56 in 100 of its 72 stories · usually 46 · mostly shelter & services

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US48 stories about protests or strikes, of its 294 Delhi India37 stories about protests or strikes, of its 213 Tehran Iran32 stories about protests or strikes, of its 91 Jerusalem Israel22 stories about protests or strikes, of its 71 Metropolitan Museum of Art US21 stories about protests or strikes, of its 84

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: 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: 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'sPoland: 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: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: 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 readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: 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'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: too little coverage to readJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: 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'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: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech 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: feelings about like the world'sCôte 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 readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: 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'sAfghanistan: feelings about like the world'sJammu & Kashmir: 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 readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sSiachen Glacier: feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: 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 readGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sYemen: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUzbekistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sThailand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSlovenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNepal: 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'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKuwait: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKenya: 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 angry as the world'sIraq: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sHonduras: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFiji: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBosnia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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

● Iran about twice as angry as the world's · 335 stories about harm ● Norway few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 33 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 85 stories about harm ● Nigeria about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 295 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 212 stories about harm ● Pakistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 130 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Disasters & accidents27% 3,027 stories · more than usual (usually 24%) Health22% 2,506 stories · less than usual (usually 25%) Rights & justice22% 2,467 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence12% 1,411 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 699 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 501 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 487 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 259 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 killed3,485 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,005 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Nepal Stories reporting arrests1,214 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured727 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations308 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Nepal Stories reporting people displaced134 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions106 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees56 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Pakistan Stories reporting people falling ill15 at about half 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 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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