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10,161 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Volcanic eruption in Indonesia, violence in Arab Salim and people injured in Mexico drew the news. Lebanon's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeDisasters & accidents 24 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostIndonesia 70 in 100 of its 298 stories, usually 41
RegionSoutheast Asia 34 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

210 of its 298 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Jakarta accounted for 158 of Indonesia's 210 stories about harm, carried by 175 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (112 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 122 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

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

Lebanon

62 of its 77 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Arab Salim accounted for 46 of Lebanon's 62 stories about harm, carried by 44 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (41 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Lebanon over 30 days → its stories → Arab Salim stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Mexico

64 of its 164 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (42 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Mexico over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Cape Verde

12 of its 13 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Sierra Leone

16 of its 36 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Freetown accounted for 13 of Sierra Leone's 16 stories about harm, carried by 15 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Tanzania

23 of its 85 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Israel

305 of its 560 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Brazil

5 of Camocim's 5 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Iran

Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories). Accidents were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: building collapse in India (256 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in Spain (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); avalanche in Russia (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Japan (12 of its stories, about three times its usual); heavy rain in Canada (19 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 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 10,161 stories about harm among 51,501 counted on 7 Sep.

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It was the third day running that the news turned to Indonesia. of the day's 51,501 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Indonesia stood out: 70% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 41%. On 7 September 2025, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Lebanon81 in 100 of its 77 stories · usually 45 · mostly conflict & violence Nepal80 in 100 of its 202 stories · usually 84 · mostly disasters & accidents Yemen74 in 100 of its 57 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Indonesia70 in 100 of its 298 stories · usually 41 · mostly disasters & accidents Palestine62 in 100 of its 158 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Delhi India89 stories about protests or strikes, of its 492 Dover UK61 stories about protests or strikes, of its 64 Miami US38 stories about protests or strikes, of its 276 Washington US25 stories about protests or strikes, of its 185 Berlin Germany24 stories about protests or strikes, of its 66

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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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: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: 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 readUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: too little coverage to readTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: 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'sNorth Korea: 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 readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: 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'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: 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'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: 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 readFaroe 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'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: feelings about like the world'sColombia: 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: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: 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'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: too little coverage to readBarbados: 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: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: too little coverage to readAlbania: too little coverage to readJammu & 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSan Marino: feelings about like the world'sSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: too little coverage to readMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: feelings about like the world'sWallis & 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 readYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sThailand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTanzania: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSwitzerland: 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'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSingapore: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSenegal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSt Vincent: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPoland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNorway: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJapan: 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'sIraq: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sFrance: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDjibouti: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGreenland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCroatia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDR Congo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCape Verde: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBosnia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBolivia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: 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'sAfghanistan: 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'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMonaco: 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

● Lebanon about twice as angry as the world's · 62 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 305 stories about harm ● Tanzania few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 23 stories about harm ● Palestine about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 98 stories about harm ● Bosnia few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 11 stories about harm ● Yemen few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 42 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Disasters & accidents24% 2,429 stories · about as usual Rights & justice23% 2,278 stories · about as usual Health21% 2,092 stories · less than usual (usually 24%) Conflict & violence13% 1,314 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given8% 750 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 396 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 395 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 305 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 killed3,262 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,441 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,272 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured933 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting abductions118 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced106 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations104 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and India Stories reporting refugees98 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the UK and Sudan Stories reporting people falling ill16 at about two-thirds of 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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