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13,687 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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Protests in Valletta (Malta), people injured in Iran and people affected in Spain drew the news. Iran's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 24 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostMalta 51 in 100 of its 51 stories, usually 24
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 35 in 100 of its stories, usually 31
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Malta

26 of its 51 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 8 of Valletta's 15 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Malta over 30 days → its stories → Valletta stories →
Conflict & violence

Iran

379 of its 888 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (188 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Spain

118 of its 381 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (42 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Spain over 30 days → its stories →
Health

UK

Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Chikungunya was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with dengue and meningitis. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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

Lebanon

45 of its 85 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Beirut accounted for 26 of Lebanon's 45 stories about harm, carried by 43 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Palestine

Qusra accounted for 34 of Palestine's 82 stories about harm, carried by 37 outlets. 19 of Qusra's 34 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Displacement

Denmark

26 of its 68 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 7 times the usual rate (12 stories).

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Rights & justice

Hong Kong

28 of its 95 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories).

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Health

Portugal

15 of its 69 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Jamaica

24 of its 88 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: flooding in Canada (64 of its stories, about three times its usual); poisoning in Indonesia (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Switzerland (12 of its stories, about three times its usual); landslides in Pakistan (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); oil spill in Nigeria (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 3 Sep. 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 13,687 stories about harm among 71,516 counted on 3 Sep.

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Malta stood out: 51% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 24%. 19 in every 100 of the day's 71,516 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Canada's news, mentions of flooding ran about three times their usual. On 3 September 2025, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Nepal87 in 100 of its 414 stories · usually 82 · mostly disasters & accidents Sudan67 in 100 of its 51 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine63 in 100 of its 131 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Lebanon53 in 100 of its 85 stories · usually 44 · mostly conflict & violence Malta51 in 100 of its 51 stories · usually 24 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US80 stories about protests or strikes, of its 398 New York US80 stories about protests or strikes, of its 227 Tehran Iran34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 147 Delhi India30 stories about protests or strikes, of its 181 Moscow Russia28 stories about protests or strikes, of its 112

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.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: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsle 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: too little coverage to readTunisia: 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 lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSyria: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomalia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew 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 readNamibia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: about as warm as its own usual or lessLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: 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 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: too little coverage to readGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: too little coverage to readGeorgia: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: 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 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 lessAustria: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: 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: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAmerican 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: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: 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: 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 one and a half times its own usualThailand: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualAzerbaijan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSevierville, US -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 26 stories, carried by 105 outletsAyodhya, India -- rights & justice: 10 stories, carried by 11 outletsCalgary, Canada -- health: 10 stories, carried by 11 outletsKabul, Afghanistan -- rights & justice: 14 stories, carried by 21 outletsSussex, UK -- rights & justice: 22 stories, carried by 184 outletsBridgwater, UK -- health: 14 stories, carried by 15 outletsWisconsin, US -- health: 22 stories, carried by 25 outletsLagos, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 21 stories, carried by 11 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

● Azerbaijan warmth about one and a half times usual ● Ukraine warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Sevierville US about twice as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 26 stories ● Ayodhya India about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 10 stories ● Calgary Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Kabul Afghanistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 14 stories ● Sussex UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 22 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice24% 3,176 stories · about as usual Health24% 3,147 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents22% 2,928 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence13% 1,723 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 990 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 588 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 544 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 274 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 killed4,074 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,747 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,503 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured962 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced142 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions128 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations116 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Spain Stories reporting refugees63 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people falling ill34 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 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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