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People harmed in today's news.
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11,729 stories mentioning harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to homes and services in Kyiv, people killed in Malawi and rights and justice in Jakarta. Ukraine's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Language across the world's news ran much softer than usual.

Named far more than usualHiv, Uganda 11 of its stories, about 6 times its usual Country that rose mostMalawi harm in its news about one and a half times usual (95 stories) Where the news went quietSaudi Arabia 46 stories about its people, usually about 178 a day Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories mentioning harm

What the world's news was about today

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Shelter & services

Ukraine

154 of its 307 stories mentioned people being harmed, about one and a half times usual. Kyiv accounted for 71 of Ukraine's 154 stories mentioning harm, carried by 233 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (30 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Ukraine over 30 days → its stories → Kyiv stories →

Malawi

37 of its 95 stories mentioned people being harmed, about one and a half times usual. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Malawi over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at

Lebanon

28 of its 56 stories mentioned people being harmed, about one and a half times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →

Ghana

54 of its 227 stories mentioned people being harmed, about one and a half times usual. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Health

UK

Outbreaks were named in 33 of its stories mentioning harm, about 4 times usual, with ebola. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →

Nigeria

Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →

Iran

Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Saudi Arabia

Riyadh accounted for 31 of Saudi Arabia's 46 stories mentioning harm, carried by 76 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: hiv in Uganda (11 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); outbreaks in UK (33 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); drought in Canada (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); tsunami in US (84 of its stories, about 9 times its usual).

Harm in the news: about two-thirds of usual

15 in 100 stories mentioned harm, usually 19; 18 the day before
23 in 10015 in 1006 Oct13 Oct20 Oct27 Oct4 Nov6 Oct: 19 in 1007 Oct: 19 in 1008 Oct: 20 in 1009 Oct: 20 in 10010 Oct: 22 in 10011 Oct: 23 in 10012 Oct: 20 in 10013 Oct: 20 in 10014 Oct: 19 in 10015 Oct: 19 in 10016 Oct: 19 in 10017 Oct: 19 in 10018 Oct: 20 in 10019 Oct: 19 in 10020 Oct: 18 in 10021 Oct: 18 in 10022 Oct: 19 in 10023 Oct: 19 in 10024 Oct: 19 in 10025 Oct: 20 in 10026 Oct: 18 in 10027 Oct: 18 in 10028 Oct: 17 in 10029 Oct: 18 in 10030 Oct: 18 in 10031 Oct: 18 in 1001 Nov: 18 in 1002 Nov: 18 in 1003 Nov: 18 in 1004 Nov: 15 in 100 · this day

Stories mentioning people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 4 Nov. 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 11,729 stories mentioning harm among 77,776 counted on 4 Nov.

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No day had a lower share of stories mentioning people being harmed since 7 November 2025. the news turned to Ukraine for the third day running. Stories mentioning people being harmed ran about two-thirds of usual, 15 in every 100 of the day's 77,776. In Ukraine, the news mentioned people being harmed about one and a half times as often as usual.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Palestineabout as usual 57 in 100 of its 90 stories, usually 58 Ukraineabout one and a half times usual 50 in 100 of its 307 stories, usually 39 Lebanonabout one and a half times usual 50 in 100 of its 56 stories, usually 36 Nepalabout as usual 45 in 100 of its 62 stories, usually 49 Afghanistanabout as usual 42 in 100 of its 78 stories, usually 45

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Biggest events map →

● Washington US attacks & violence · 558 stories, 754 outlets ● Wayne County US attacks & violence · 65 stories, 217 outlets ● Riyadh Saudi Arabia attacks & violence · 31 stories, 76 outlets ● Tehran Iran attacks & violence · 70 stories, 67 outlets ● Gaza Palestine attacks & violence · 28 stories, 38 outlets

Events with at least 20 stories from 30 outlets.

Where harm was most of the news

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Feelings Events Harm
Zimbabwe: near the world's share or lessZambia: near the world's share or lessVietnam: near the world's share or lessVanuatu: near the world's share or lessUzbekistan: near the world's share or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessGuam: near the world's share or lessPuerto Rico: near the world's share or lessUnited States: near the world's share or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: no storiesFalkland Islands: no storiesCayman Islands: near the world's share or lessIsle of Man: no storiesUnited Kingdom: near the world's share or lessUnited Arab Emirates: near the world's share or lessTurkmenistan: near the world's share or lessTurkey: near the world's share or lessTunisia: near the world's share or lessTrinidad & Tobago: near the world's share or lessTonga: near the world's share or lessTogo: near the world's share or lessTimor-Leste: no storiesTanzania: near the world's share or lessTajikistan: near the world's share or lessTaiwan: near the world's share or lessEswatini: near the world's share or lessSuriname: near the world's share or lessSri Lanka: near the world's share or lessSpain: near the world's share or lessSouth Korea: near the world's share or lessSomaliland: no storiesSolomon Islands: near the world's share or lessSlovakia: near the world's share or lessSlovenia: near the world's share or lessSingapore: near the world's share or lessSierra Leone: near the world's share or lessSeychelles: near the world's share or lessSerbia: no storiesSenegal: near the world's share or lessSão Tomé: near the world's share or lessSamoa: near the world's share or lessSt Vincent: near the world's share or lessSt. Lucia: near the world's share or lessRwanda: near the world's share or lessRomania: near the world's share or lessQatar: near the world's share or lessPortugal: near the world's share or lessPapua New Guinea: near the world's share or lessPalau: no storiesOman: near the world's share or lessNorway: near the world's share or lessNiger: near the world's share or lessNicaragua: near the world's share or lessNiue: no storiesNetherlands: near the world's share or lessCuraçao: no storiesNamibia: near the world's share or lessMozambique: near the world's share or lessMorocco: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara: near the world's share or lessMontenegro: near the world's share or lessMongolia: near the world's share or lessMoldova: near the world's share or lessMexico: near the world's share or lessMauritius: near the world's share or lessMauritania: near the world's share or lessMalta: near the world's share or lessMali: near the world's share or lessMadagascar: near the world's share or lessNorth Macedonia: near the world's share or lessLuxembourg: near the world's share or lessLithuania: near the world's share or lessLibya: near the world's share or lessLiberia: near the world's share or lessLesotho: near the world's share or lessLatvia: near the world's share or lessLaos: near the world's share or lessKyrgyzstan: near the world's share or lessKuwait: near the world's share or lessKosovo: no storiesKiribati: near the world's share or lessKazakhstan: near the world's share or lessJordan: near the world's share or lessJapan: near the world's share or lessItaly: near the world's share or lessIreland: near the world's share or lessIraq: near the world's share or lessIran: near the world's share or lessIndia: near the world's share or lessIceland: near the world's share or lessHungary: near the world's share or lessHonduras: near the world's share or lessGuinea-Bissau: near the world's share or lessGuinea: near the world's share or lessGuatemala: near the world's share or lessGrenada: near the world's share or lessGreece: near the world's share or lessGermany: near the world's share or lessGeorgia: near the world's share or lessGabon: near the world's share or lessFrance: near the world's share or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: no storiesFrench Polynesia: near the world's share or lessNew Caledonia: no storiesFrench Southern Territories: no storiesÅland Islands: no storiesFinland: near the world's share or lessFiji: near the world's share or lessEstonia: near the world's share or lessEritrea: near the world's share or lessEquatorial Guinea: near the world's share or lessEgypt: near the world's share or lessEcuador: near the world's share or lessDominican Republic: near the world's share or lessDominica: no storiesDjibouti: near the world's share or lessGreenland: near the world's share or lessFaroe Islands: no storiesDenmark: near the world's share or lessCzech Republic: near the world's share or lessN. Cyprus: no storiesCyprus: near the world's share or lessCroatia: near the world's share or lessCôte d'Ivoire: near the world's share or lessCosta Rica: near the world's share or lessDR Congo: near the world's share or lessComoros: near the world's share or lessColombia: near the world's share or lessChina: near the world's share or lessHong Kong: near the world's share or lessChile: near the world's share or lessChad: near the world's share or lessCentral African Republic: near the world's share or lessCape Verde: no storiesCanada: near the world's share or lessCameroon: near the world's share or lessCambodia: near the world's share or lessBurundi: near the world's share or lessBrunei: near the world's share or lessBrazil: near the world's share or lessBotswana: near the world's share or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: near the world's share or lessBolivia: near the world's share or lessBhutan: near the world's share or lessBelize: near the world's share or lessBelgium: near the world's share or lessBelarus: near the world's share or lessBarbados: near the world's share or lessBahrain: near the world's share or lessAzerbaijan: near the world's share or lessAustria: near the world's share or lessAustralia: near the world's share or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: no storiesArmenia: near the world's share or lessArgentina: near the world's share or lessAntigua & Barbuda: near the world's share or lessAngola: near the world's share or lessAndorra: near the world's share or lessAlgeria: near the world's share or lessAlbania: near the world's share or lessJammu & Kashmir: near the world's share or lessAksai Chin: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): near the world's share or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: near the world's share or lessSiachen Glacier: near the world's share or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: near the world's share or lessVatican City: near the world's share or lessMarshall Islands: near the world's share or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: no storiesAmerican Samoa: near the world's share or lessChagos Islands: no storiesSt. Helena: near the world's share or lessPitcairn: no storiesAnguilla: no storiesBermuda: near the world's share or lessBritish Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: near the world's share or lessMontserrat: no storiesJersey: near the world's share or lessGuernsey: near the world's share or lessSan Marino: near the world's share or lessSt Kitts & Nevis: no storiesCook Islands: near the world's share or lessAruba: near the world's share or lessNauru: near the world's share or lessMonaco: near the world's share or lessMaldives: near the world's share or lessLiechtenstein: no storiesWallis & Futuna: no storiesSt. Martin: no storiesSt. Barthélemy: no storiesMacao: near the world's share or lessNorfolk Island: no storiesSint Maarten: no storiesChristmas Island: no storiesMayotte: no storiesYemen: 69 in 100 of its 35 stories mentioned people being harmed (the world's: 15)Venezuela: 29 in 100 of its 42 stories mentioned people being harmed (the world's: 15)Uruguay: 100 in 100 of its 3 stories mentioned people being harmed (the world's: 15)Micronesia: 80 in 100 of its 5 stories mentioned people being harmed (the world's: 15)Ukraine: 50 in 100 of its 307 stories mentioned people being harmed (the world's: 15)Uganda: 27 in 100 of its 163 stories mentioned people being harmed (the world's: 15)Thailand: 23 in 100 of its 147 stories mentioned people being harmed (the world's: 15)Syria: 33 in 100 of its 46 stories mentioned people being harmed (the world's: 15)Switzerland: 24 in 100 of its 140 stories mentioned people being harmed (the world's: 15)Sweden: 22 in 100 of its 119 stories mentioned people being harmed (the world's: 15)South Sudan: 39 in 100 of its 33 stories mentioned people being harmed (the world's: 15)Sudan: 65 in 100 of its 40 stories mentioned people being harmed (the world's: 15)South Africa: 22 in 100 of its 505 stories mentioned people being harmed (the world's: 15)Somalia: 28 in 100 of its 29 stories mentioned people being harmed (the world's: 15)Saudi Arabia: 24 in 100 of its 195 stories mentioned people being harmed (the world's: 15)Russia: 23 in 100 of its 334 stories mentioned people being harmed (the world's: 15)Poland: 27 in 100 of its 86 stories mentioned people being harmed (the world's: 15)Philippines: 20 in 100 of its 497 stories mentioned people being harmed (the world's: 15)Peru: 26 in 100 of its 43 stories mentioned people being harmed (the world's: 15)Paraguay: 55 in 100 of its 11 stories mentioned people being harmed (the world's: 15)Panama: 32 in 100 of its 19 stories mentioned people being harmed (the world's: 15)Pakistan: 23 in 100 of its 409 stories mentioned people being harmed (the world's: 15)North Korea: 31 in 100 of its 90 stories mentioned people being harmed (the world's: 15)Nigeria: 22 in 100 of its 1,120 stories mentioned people being harmed (the world's: 15)New Zealand: 20 in 100 of its 395 stories mentioned people being harmed (the world's: 15)Nepal: 45 in 100 of its 62 stories mentioned people being harmed (the world's: 15)Malaysia: 21 in 100 of its 267 stories mentioned people being harmed (the world's: 15)Malawi: 39 in 100 of its 95 stories mentioned people being harmed (the world's: 15)Lebanon: 50 in 100 of its 56 stories mentioned people being harmed (the world's: 15)Kenya: 24 in 100 of its 249 stories mentioned people being harmed (the world's: 15)Jamaica: 29 in 100 of its 91 stories mentioned people being harmed (the world's: 15)Israel: 31 in 100 of its 677 stories mentioned people being harmed (the world's: 15)Palestine: 57 in 100 of its 90 stories mentioned people being harmed (the world's: 15)Indonesia: 37 in 100 of its 206 stories mentioned people being harmed (the world's: 15)Haiti: 41 in 100 of its 32 stories mentioned people being harmed (the world's: 15)Guyana: 26 in 100 of its 31 stories mentioned people being harmed (the world's: 15)Ghana: 24 in 100 of its 227 stories mentioned people being harmed (the world's: 15)Gambia: 43 in 100 of its 23 stories mentioned people being harmed (the world's: 15)Ethiopia: 34 in 100 of its 47 stories mentioned people being harmed (the world's: 15)El Salvador: 60 in 100 of its 5 stories mentioned people being harmed (the world's: 15)Cuba: 32 in 100 of its 38 stories mentioned people being harmed (the world's: 15)Congo: 53 in 100 of its 17 stories mentioned people being harmed (the world's: 15)Myanmar: 40 in 100 of its 15 stories mentioned people being harmed (the world's: 15)Burkina Faso: 75 in 100 of its 8 stories mentioned people being harmed (the world's: 15)Bulgaria: 30 in 100 of its 54 stories mentioned people being harmed (the world's: 15)Benin: 67 in 100 of its 6 stories mentioned people being harmed (the world's: 15)Bangladesh: 33 in 100 of its 152 stories mentioned people being harmed (the world's: 15)Bahamas: 26 in 100 of its 66 stories mentioned people being harmed (the world's: 15)Afghanistan: 42 in 100 of its 78 stories mentioned people being harmed (the world's: 15)Palestine: 57 in 100 of its 90 stories mentioned people being harmed (the world's: 15)Palestine: 57 in 100 of its 90 stories mentioned people being harmed (the world's: 15)Ukraine: 50 in 100 of its 307 stories mentioned people being harmed (the world's: 15)Palestine: 57 in 100 of its 90 stories mentioned people being harmed (the world's: 15)Gibraltar: 50 in 100 of its 8 stories mentioned people being harmed (the world's: 15)
A quarter or more above the world's share Near the world's or lessNo stories

Each country shaded by how much of its news mentioned people being harmed, against the world's share that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.

Most harm in its news

● Ukraine about three times the world's share · 50 in 100 of its 307 stories ● Palestine about 4 times the world's share · 57 in 100 of its 90 stories ● Lebanon about three times the world's share · 50 in 100 of its 56 stories ● Indonesia about twice the world's share · 37 in 100 of its 206 stories ● Nepal about three times the world's share · 45 in 100 of its 62 stories ● Afghanistan about three times the world's share · 42 in 100 of its 78 stories

Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 stories.

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health (broad)27% 3,092 stories · more than usual (usually 25%) Rights & justice25% 2,878 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents15% 1,684 stories · less than usual (usually 17%) Conflict & violence13% 1,451 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 759 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood6% 654 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 586 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 229 stories · about as usual

Of the stories mentioning people being harmed, the part of life their words point to most. Read each against its usual (the mark), not against the others.

Harm reported 30 days →

Stories reporting people killed2,707 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting arrests1,370 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people injured581 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting people displaced108 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions103 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting evacuations94 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US Stories reporting people falling ill6 at about a third 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.

● Angera little less than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little less 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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