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13,548 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to a disaster in Philippine, people displaced in Saudi Arabia and the earthquake in el Salvador. Saudi Arabia's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 24 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostSaudi Arabia 35 in 100 of its 268 stories, usually 18
RegionEvery region about as usual
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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Disasters & accidents

Philippines

147 of its 338 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Philippine accounted for 67 of the Philippines' 147 stories about harm, carried by 138 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (98 stories). Accidents were named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Philippines over 30 days → its stories → Philippine stories →
Conflict & violence

Saudi Arabia

95 of its 268 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Saudi Arabia over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

El Salvador

18 of its 39 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories). Earthquake was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

El Salvador over 30 days → its stories →
Health

DR Congo

Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Ecuador

25 of its 38 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Quito accounted for 14 of Ecuador's 25 stories about harm, carried by 36 outlets.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Sri Lanka

Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Congo

Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories). 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.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Jamaica

Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Ukraine

Kyiv accounted for 67 of Ukraine's 125 stories about harm, carried by 105 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Israel

Earthquake was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: heatwave in Spain (14 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flooding in France (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); diphtheria in Nigeria (19 of its stories, about three times its usual); earthquake in Israel (13 of its stories, about three times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 20; 19 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 10 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 13,548 stories about harm among 73,417 counted on 10 Sep.

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18 in every 100 of the day's 73,417 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 20. A year earlier, on 10 September 2025, 18 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 →

Nepal75 in 100 of its 147 stories · usually 85 · mostly disasters & accidents Yemen66 in 100 of its 131 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine51 in 100 of its 108 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Israel48 in 100 of its 540 stories · usually 47 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan44 in 100 of its 71 stories · usually 47 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US72 stories about protests or strikes, of its 448 Delhi India40 stories about protests or strikes, of its 233 Dallas US29 stories about protests or strikes, of its 151 New York US29 stories about protests or strikes, of its 193 Manhattan US25 stories about protests or strikes, of its 152

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: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: 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 readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: 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: 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'sSomalia: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: too little coverage to readSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: 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 readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalawi: 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: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: 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: too little coverage to readHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: 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'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEgypt: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: too little coverage to readN. 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: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: 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 readBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: 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'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: 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 readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: 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: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern 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: too little coverage to readSan 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: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: 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: feelings about like the world'sGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little more fearful than 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'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sThailand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sOman: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMalta: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMalaysia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFiji: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEcuador: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDjibouti: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sDR Congo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChile: coverage a little angrier than the world'sChad: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBosnia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAustria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: 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 grief-stricken 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

● Yemen about twice as angry as the world's · 87 stories about harm ● Saudi Arabia about twice as angry as the world's · 95 stories about harm ● Congo few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 28 stories about harm ● Singapore few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 29 stories about harm ● Afghanistan few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 31 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 125 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health24% 3,187 stories · about as usual Rights & justice24% 3,132 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents18% 2,428 stories · much less than usual (usually 24%) Conflict & violence16% 2,138 stories · more than usual (usually 12%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 846 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 672 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 515 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 296 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 killed3,963 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,696 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,514 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured844 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations158 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about China and the US Stories reporting abductions139 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced113 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees80 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill16 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Greece

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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