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33,357 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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The news turned to violence in Dhaka, rights and justice in Tehran and people displaced in Tirana. Bangladesh's coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about Bangladesh and Nigeria → Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about three times the usual rate →
Part of lifeConflict & violence 34 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostAlbania 84 in 100 of its 94 stories, usually 16
RegionSouth Asia 49 in 100 of its stories, usually 29
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Bangladesh

2,802 of its 3,236 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Dhaka accounted for 2,678 of Bangladesh's 2,802 stories about harm, carried by 1,100 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (1,779 stories). Building collapse was named in 26 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Bangladesh over 30 days → its stories → Dhaka stories →
Rights & justice

Iran

371 of its 581 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Tehran accounted for 236 of Iran's 371 stories about harm, carried by 218 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (120 stories). Meningitis was named in 19 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with respiratory illness.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Disasters & accidents

Pakistan

783 of its 1,388 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 8 times the usual rate (31 stories). Heavy rain was named in 237 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with storms.

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

Iraq

2,297 of its 2,443 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 75%. Baghdad accounted for 2,092 of Iraq's 2,297 stories about harm, carried by 1,420 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (1,858 stories). Earthquake was named in 370 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

El Salvador

104 of its 114 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. San Salvador accounted for 91 of el Salvador's 104 stories about harm, carried by 80 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (103 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Chile

58 of its 95 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (29 stories). Drownings were named in 19 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Spain

200 of its 748 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (82 stories). Train derailment was named in 77 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Mauritania

11 of its 12 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 11 of Nouakchott's 11 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories).

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Rights & justice

Sri Lanka

139 of its 328 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (47 stories). Dengue was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: train derailment in Spain (77 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in China (105 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Tanzania (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Chile (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); accidents in Brazil (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

25 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 3 Jul. 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 33,357 stories about harm among 134,977 counted on 3 Jul.

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Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about Bangladesh and Nigeria. 25 in every 100 of the day's 134,977 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 22. On the side of help, reports of people freed or reunited ran at about three times the usual rate. Spain's news mentioned train derailment more than ten times as often as usual. It was the third day running that the news turned to Bangladesh. This week the news turned most often to Bangladesh, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 4 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Iraq94 in 100 of its 2,443 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence El Salvador91 in 100 of its 114 stories · usually 38 · mostly conflict & violence Bangladesh87 in 100 of its 3,236 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Albania84 in 100 of its 94 stories · usually 16 · mostly displacement Syria77 in 100 of its 613 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Dhaka Bangladesh1258 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2678 Baghdad Iraq267 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2092 Chicago US190 stories about protests or strikes, of its 539 Manbij Syria162 stories about protests or strikes, of its 186 Washington US120 stories about protests or strikes, of its 758

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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: about as warm as its own usual or lessSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: about as warm as its own usual or lessQatar: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: too little coverage to readPoland: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua 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: too little coverage to readNorway: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: 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 readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: too little coverage to readMozambique: 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: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth 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 lessLesotho: 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 readKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: too little coverage to readGhana: 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 readSt 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readCongo: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina 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 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: too little coverage to readBelize: too little coverage to readBelarus: 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 lessBahrain: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: too little coverage to readAzerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustria: 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: too little coverage to readAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: too little coverage to readAlbania: too little coverage to readJammu & Kashmir: 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: too little coverage to readChagos 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: 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 readVietnam: warmth about one and a half times its own usualUK: warmth about its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about its own usualRwanda: warmth about its own usualRomania: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNigeria: warmth about its own usualLiberia: warmth about its own usualLebanon: warmth about its own usualKuwait: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about one and a half times its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about its own usualAustralia: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualShanxi, China -- shelter & services: 73 stories, carried by 69 outletsDelta County, US -- rights & justice: 55 stories, carried by 147 outletsMonrovia, Liberia -- health: 19 stories, carried by 11 outletsColumbus, US -- health: 17 stories, carried by 20 outletsChibok, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 17 stories, carried by 17 outletsWest Yorkshire, UK -- rights & justice: 22 stories, carried by 11 outletsCanberra, Australia -- rights & justice: 26 stories, carried by 25 outletsToronto, Canada -- conflict & violence: 153 stories, carried by 188 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

● France warmth about one and a half times usual ● Romania warmth about one and a half times usual ● Vietnam warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Shanxi China about three times as warm as the day's news · shelter & services · 73 stories ● Delta County US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 55 stories ● Monrovia Liberia about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 19 stories ● Columbus US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 17 stories ● Chibok Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 17 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence34% 11,185 stories · much more than usual (usually 27%) Rights & justice26% 8,596 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents15% 4,910 stories · about as usual Health12% 3,985 stories · much less than usual (usually 17%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 2,371 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 734 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 719 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 361 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 killed16,233 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Bangladesh Stories reporting people injured5,749 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Iraq and the US Stories reporting people affected4,818 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Bangladesh Stories reporting arrests4,195 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions2,416 at about 4 times the usual rate · most about Bangladesh and Nigeria Stories reporting refugees413 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Albania and Türkiye Stories reporting evacuations371 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced297 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill13 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Chile

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 harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout one and a half times usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout one and a half times 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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