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11,225 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to people displaced in Saudi Arabia, people injured in South Africa and protests in Istanbul (Türkiye). Saudi Arabia's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were much softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 24 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostSaudi Arabia 39 in 100 of its 538 stories, usually 23
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 35 in 100 of its stories, usually 33
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Saudi Arabia

209 of its 538 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

South Africa

214 of its 628 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Yemen

78 of its 99 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Health

Vatican City

11 of its 21 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Covid was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Displacement

Jordan

25 of its 101 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Sudan

34 of its 47 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Iran

Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (36 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Israel

Jerusalem accounted for 68 of Israel's 217 stories about harm, carried by 61 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: covid in Vatican City (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Italy (14 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); natural hazards in Nepal (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); tsunami in Japan (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); covid in France (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 14 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 11,225 stories about harm among 61,728 counted on 14 Sep.

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No day had a lower share of stories about people being harmed since 4 July 2026. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 61,728 stories, below the usual 20. Mentions of Covid ran more than ten times their usual in Vatican City's news. In Saudi Arabia, 39% of the news was about people being harmed, where 23% is usual. On 14 September 2025, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, against 18 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen79 in 100 of its 99 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Nepal65 in 100 of its 120 stories · usually 85 · mostly disasters & accidents Israel49 in 100 of its 446 stories · usually 48 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine48 in 100 of its 183 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Indonesia48 in 100 of its 265 stories · usually 47 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US47 stories about protests or strikes, of its 273 London UK29 stories about protests or strikes, of its 187 Gaza Palestine26 stories about protests or strikes, of its 67 Delhi India26 stories about protests or strikes, of its 157 Moscow Russia22 stories about protests or strikes, of its 66

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: too little coverage to readZambia: too little coverage to readYemen: 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: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: 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: 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 lessUkraine: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: 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 lessThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: 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 lessEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth 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 lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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: 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: too little coverage to readRussia: 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 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: too little coverage to readNew Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: 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: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: too little coverage to readKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: 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 lessItaly: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: 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: 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 lessGermany: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: 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: too little coverage to readEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe 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 lessCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta 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: too little coverage to readCentral 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: too little coverage to readBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: 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: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: 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 lessAfghanistan: 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 lessCrimea: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessChagos 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readTürkiye: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualIreland: warmth about one and a half times its own usualCuba: warmth about its own usualAngola: warmth about its own usualOnitsha, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 13 stories, carried by 10 outletsSussex, UK -- health: 26 stories, carried by 85 outletsSwindon, UK -- health: 12 stories, carried by 23 outletsStockholm, Sweden -- rights & justice: 13 stories, carried by 37 outletsDublin, Ireland -- health: 40 stories, carried by 26 outletsNashville, US -- conflict & violence: 14 stories, carried by 15 outletsMaine, US -- health: 11 stories, carried by 14 outletsDoonbeg, Ireland -- conflict & violence: 17 stories, carried by 33 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

● Ireland warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Onitsha Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 13 stories ● Sussex UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 26 stories ● Swindon UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Stockholm Sweden about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 13 stories ● Dublin Ireland about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 40 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health24% 2,688 stories · about as usual Rights & justice21% 2,340 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents19% 2,062 stories · less than usual (usually 23%) Conflict & violence15% 1,640 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given8% 931 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 583 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 409 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 326 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 killed3,204 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,373 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,126 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured852 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced154 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Yemen and the US Stories reporting evacuations120 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting abductions96 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting refugees74 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill19 at about two-thirds of 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 much 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.