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Rights and justice in Johannesburg, violence in Tehran and protests in Gaza (Palestine) drew the news. Iran's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read much softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostSaudi Arabia 39 in 100 of its 553 stories, usually 25
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 38 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

how these are picked →
Rights & justice

South Africa

213 of its 640 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Johannesburg accounted for 100 of South Africa's 213 stories about harm, carried by 39 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

South Africa over 30 days → its stories → Johannesburg stories →
Conflict & violence

Iran

234 of its 594 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Tehran accounted for 78 of Iran's 234 stories about harm, carried by 146 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 9 times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Protests & strikes

Palestine

Gaza accounted for 148 of Palestine's 194 stories about harm, carried by 282 outlets. 84 of Gaza's 148 stories were about protests or strikes. Hunger was named in 36 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Palestine over 30 days → its stories → Gaza stories →
Disasters & accidents

Oman

28 of its 85 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (15 stories).

Oman over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Belarus

17 of its 31 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. 4 of Minsk's 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (10 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Saudi Arabia

215 of its 553 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (43 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Türkiye

42 of its 126 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 11 of Istanbul's 18 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (22 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Vanuatu

8 of its 10 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Cambodia

15 of its 35 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Yemen

Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: drought in Sudan (11 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); respiratory illness in US (89 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 15 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 12,650 stories about harm among 72,122 counted on 15 Sep.

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The share of stories about people being harmed was the lowest since 1 July 2026. 18 in every 100 of the day's 72,122 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 19. For the second day running, the news turned to South Africa. Palestine's news mentioned the hunger about 9 times as often as usual. South Africa's news was 33% about people being harmed, against a usual 24%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen70 in 100 of its 89 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan63 in 100 of its 54 stories · usually 62 · mostly displacement Nepal62 in 100 of its 85 stories · usually 85 · mostly disasters & accidents Palestine60 in 100 of its 323 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence Israel49 in 100 of its 491 stories · usually 47 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Gaza Palestine84 stories about protests or strikes, of its 148 Washington US61 stories about protests or strikes, of its 398 Delhi India40 stories about protests or strikes, of its 204 Moscow Russia29 stories about protests or strikes, of its 69 London UK21 stories about protests or strikes, of its 161

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 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: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: too little coverage to readUnited 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 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: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: 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 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 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readPalau: 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: too little coverage to readMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: too little coverage to readMali: 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: too little coverage to readLithuania: 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: too little coverage to readLebanon: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: 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 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 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: too little coverage to readGrenada: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: 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 readCuba: 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBangladesh: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: 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 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 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: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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 readYemen: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualHungary: warmth about its own usualCyprus: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualBahrain: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualOsaka, Japan -- health: 11 stories, carried by 12 outletsTennessee, US -- rights & justice: 18 stories, carried by 21 outletsDetroit, US -- health: 15 stories, carried by 13 outletsWellington, New Zealand -- health: 18 stories, carried by 15 outletsSussex, UK -- rights & justice: 25 stories, carried by 24 outletsSeoul, South Korea -- health: 23 stories, carried by 13 outletsEdinburgh, UK -- rights & justice: 17 stories, carried by 12 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

No country's news was much warmer than its usual (a quarter or more).

Warmest events

● Osaka Japan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Tennessee US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 18 stories ● Detroit US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 15 stories ● Wellington New Zealand about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 18 stories ● Sussex UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 25 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health27% 3,307 stories · more than usual (usually 24%) Rights & justice24% 2,956 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents15% 1,904 stories · much less than usual (usually 22%) Conflict & violence14% 1,784 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 890 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 673 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 558 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 297 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 killed3,348 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,475 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting arrests1,452 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured790 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced148 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations118 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Oman Stories reporting abductions116 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees101 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill11 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Indonesia

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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