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6,927 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to volcanic eruption in Indonesia, people displaced in Arab Salim and building collapse in India. Lebanon's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeDisasters & accidents 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostIndonesia 78 in 100 of its 241 stories, usually 39
RegionSoutheast Asia 40 in 100 of its stories, usually 26
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

189 of its 241 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Jakarta accounted for 116 of Indonesia's 189 stories about harm, carried by 202 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (115 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 120 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Indonesia over 30 days → its stories → Jakarta stories →
Conflict & violence

Lebanon

63 of its 89 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Arab Salim accounted for 40 of Lebanon's 63 stories about harm, carried by 55 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (33 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Lebanon over 30 days → its stories → Arab Salim stories →
Rights & justice

India

944 of its 3,307 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Building collapse was named in 114 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with earthquake. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

India over 30 days → its stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Cape Verde

22 of its 27 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Cape Verde over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Rights & justice

Egypt

38 of its 94 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Iran

195 of its 508 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Outbreaks were named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Germany

100 of its 401 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Ukraine

Kyiv accounted for 86 of Ukraine's 98 stories about harm, carried by 365 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Rights & justice

Singapore

22 of its 72 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).

its stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Papua New Guinea

7 of its 19 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: landslides in China (63 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); outbreaks in Iran (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); plane crash in US (24 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 6 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 6,927 stories about harm among 33,528 counted on 6 Sep.

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The news turned to Indonesia for the second day running. 21 in every 100 of the day's 33,528 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 20. In Indonesia, 78% of the news was about people being harmed, where 39% is usual. A year earlier, on 6 September 2025, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 today. This week the news turned most often to Iran, on 4 of 7 days.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Nepal84 in 100 of its 187 stories · usually 83 · mostly disasters & accidents Indonesia78 in 100 of its 241 stories · usually 39 · mostly disasters & accidents Lebanon71 in 100 of its 89 stories · usually 43 · mostly conflict & violence Cuba53 in 100 of its 79 stories · usually 45 · mostly rights & justice Israel47 in 100 of its 354 stories · usually 47 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Delhi India62 stories about protests or strikes, of its 308 Dover UK22 stories about protests or strikes, of its 25 Washington US21 stories about protests or strikes, of its 128 Arab Salim Lebanon14 stories about protests or strikes, of its 40 Mumbai India13 stories about protests or strikes, of its 55

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: too little coverage to readVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: 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: too little coverage to readSudan: 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSaudi 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 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: too little coverage to readParaguay: 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 readNorway: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: too little coverage to readNigeria: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readMalaysia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth 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: too little coverage to readKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: too little coverage to readJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJapan: too little coverage to readJamaica: 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: too little coverage to readIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: too little coverage to readHungary: about as warm as its own usual or lessHonduras: too little coverage to readHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: 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 lessGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: too little coverage to readGabon: 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: too little coverage to readEritrea: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessColombia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: too little coverage to readCambodia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: too little coverage to readBrunei: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBangladesh: 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 lessAzerbaijan: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMarshall 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook 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: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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 usualSri Lanka: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualOman: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about one and a half times its own usualUkraine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNorth Waziristan, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 10 stories, carried by 11 outletsMagdeburg, Germany -- conflict & violence: 17 stories, carried by 36 outletsStoke-On-Trent, UK -- rights & justice: 12 stories, carried by 11 outletsNorthern Ireland, UK -- disasters & accidents: 24 stories, carried by 23 outletsNevada, US -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 10 stories, carried by 31 outletsSaxony, Germany -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 12 outletsTexas, US -- health: 23 stories, carried by 20 outletsKyiv, Ukraine -- conflict & violence: 86 stories, carried by 365 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

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

Warmest events

● North Waziristan Pakistan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 10 stories ● Magdeburg Germany about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 17 stories ● Stoke-On-Trent UK about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 12 stories ● Northern Ireland UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 24 stories ● Nevada US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 10 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Disasters & accidents27% 1,829 stories · more than usual (usually 24%) Health21% 1,419 stories · less than usual (usually 25%) Rights & justice20% 1,391 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence15% 1,023 stories · more than usual (usually 12%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 446 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 319 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 225 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 156 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 killed2,204 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,073 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests754 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured641 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people displaced86 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Ukraine and Sudan Stories reporting evacuations69 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about India and Israel Stories reporting abductions55 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees39 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill7 at about half the usual rate · most about India and the US

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 harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more than 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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