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7,559 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.

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A disaster in Dhaka, protests in Paris (France) and arrests in Italy drew the news. France's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostBangladesh 55 in 100 of its 120 stories, usually 36
RegionSouth Asia 30 in 100 of its stories, usually 25
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Bangladesh

66 of its 120 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Dhaka accounted for 35 of Bangladesh's 66 stories about harm, carried by 30 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (19 stories). Outbreaks were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Bangladesh over 30 days → its stories → Dhaka stories →
Protests & strikes

France

145 of its 412 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Paris accounted for 121 of France's 145 stories about harm, carried by 501 outlets. 113 of Paris' 121 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (90 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

France over 30 days → its stories → Paris stories →
Health

Italy

52 of its 198 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (9 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Albania

21 of its 32 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Tirana accounted for 21 of Albania's 21 stories about harm, carried by 36 outlets. 20 of Tirana's 21 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Iran

105 of its 276 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Tehran accounted for 54 of Iran's 105 stories about harm, carried by 132 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 8 times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

India

1,048 of its 3,749 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 206 of Delhi's 299 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (153 stories). Poisoning was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with food poisoning.

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Disasters & accidents

Mexico

80 of its 173 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (18 stories). Typhoon was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Guam

24 of its 31 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Storms were named in 13 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Tunisia

10 of its 13 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. 8 of Tunis' 8 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Also named far more than usual: storms in Guam (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); typhoon in Mexico (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in India (17 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heatstroke in US (13 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 17 Oct. 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 7,559 stories about harm among 39,498 counted on 17 Oct.

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Of the day's 39,498 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. On 17 October 2025, a year earlier, the share was 17 in every 100, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen64 in 100 of its 53 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine59 in 100 of its 135 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence Bangladesh55 in 100 of its 120 stories · usually 36 · mostly disasters & accidents Israel54 in 100 of its 257 stories · usually 52 · mostly conflict & violence Cuba54 in 100 of its 71 stories · usually 43 · mostly shelter & services

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Delhi India206 stories about protests or strikes, of its 299 Paris France113 stories about protests or strikes, of its 121 Mumbai India29 stories about protests or strikes, of its 68 Washington US23 stories about protests or strikes, of its 177 Jerusalem Israel21 stories about protests or strikes, of its 37

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: 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: 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 readTurkey: too little coverage to readTunisia: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. 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: too little coverage to readPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: too little coverage to readNigeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiger: too little coverage to readNicaragua: too little coverage to readNew 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: too little coverage to readMorocco: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: 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: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: 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: too little coverage to readLesotho: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: 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: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: 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: too little coverage to readGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: too little coverage to readGhana: 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: 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: too little coverage to readFiji: about as warm as its own usual or lessEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: too little coverage to readN. 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: 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: too little coverage to readChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral 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: too little coverage to readMyanmar: 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: too little coverage to readBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: too little coverage to readBarbados: about as warm as its own usual or lessBangladesh: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readSan 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: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readThailand: warmth about its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualAbuja, Nigeria -- food & livelihood: 18 stories, carried by 12 outletsUpper Kurram, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 10 stories, carried by 11 outletsBangkok, Thailand -- food & livelihood: 24 stories, carried by 22 outletsHampden, UK -- rights & justice: 10 stories, carried by 12 outletsAtlanta, US -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 30 outletsFlorida, US -- disasters & accidents: 18 stories, carried by 119 outletsQuebec, Canada -- rights & justice: 10 stories, carried by 22 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

● Abuja Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · food & livelihood · 18 stories ● Upper Kurram Pakistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 10 stories ● Bangkok Thailand about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · food & livelihood · 24 stories ● Hampden UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 10 stories ● Atlanta US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 11 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice27% 1,990 stories · about as usual Health23% 1,687 stories · less than usual (usually 25%) Disasters & accidents17% 1,230 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence15% 1,114 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 541 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 349 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 315 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 181 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 killed2,007 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,065 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected751 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured751 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about India and the US Stories reporting evacuations76 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions74 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced64 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees38 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Palestine Stories reporting people falling ill8 at about the usual rate

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 harsher 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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