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42,893 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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Most of the day's attention went to violence in Jeddah, protests in Lahore (Pakistan) and rights and justice in Entebbe. Guinea-Bissau's coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were much harsher than usual.

Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Bangladesh and Uganda → Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeConflict & violence 33 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostSaudi Arabia 87 in 100 of its 2,232 stories, usually 36
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 64 in 100 of its stories, usually 55
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

Saudi Arabia

1,952 of its 2,232 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Jeddah accounted for 1,560 of Saudi Arabia's 1,952 stories about harm, carried by 1,086 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (1,494 stories). Outbreaks were named in 117 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Saudi Arabia over 30 days → its stories → Jeddah stories →
Protests & strikes

Pakistan

770 of its 1,618 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. 172 of Lahore's 200 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (35 stories). Heavy rain was named in 110 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with train derailment. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Pakistan over 30 days → its stories → Lahore stories →
Rights & justice

Uganda

412 of its 661 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Entebbe accounted for 375 of Uganda's 412 stories about harm, carried by 268 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 10 times the usual rate (218 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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

Zimbabwe

377 of its 745 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 235 of Harare's 258 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (218 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Panama

25 of its 70 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. 19 of the Panama Canal's 22 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 10 times the usual rate (19 stories). Earthquake was named in 20 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with cholera and malaria.

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Conflict & violence

Iraq

2,035 of its 2,309 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 77%. Baghdad accounted for 1,716 of Iraq's 2,035 stories about harm, carried by 1,280 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (1,371 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Kenya

326 of its 816 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. 143 of Nairobi's 191 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (33 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Kuwait

226 of its 263 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (172 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Mauritania

30 of its 35 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 30 of Nouakchott's 30 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (25 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: avalanche in Nepal (135 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Panama (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Congo (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); food poisoning in Indonesia (34 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Ethiopia (23 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 22; 25 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 4 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 42,893 stories about harm among 196,367 counted on 4 Jul.

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Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. of the day's 196,367 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Abductions were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about Bangladesh and Uganda. Mentions of the avalanche ran more than ten times their usual in Nepal's news. In Saudi Arabia, 87% of the news was about people being harmed, where 36% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Guinea-Bissau94 in 100 of its 121 stories · usually 29 · mostly health Maldives90 in 100 of its 104 stories · usually 59 · mostly rights & justice Iraq88 in 100 of its 2,309 stories · usually 77 · mostly conflict & violence Saudi Arabia87 in 100 of its 2,232 stories · usually 36 · mostly conflict & violence Kuwait86 in 100 of its 263 stories · usually 32 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Dhaka Bangladesh943 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2076 Harare Zimbabwe235 stories about protests or strikes, of its 258 Jerusalem Israel192 stories about protests or strikes, of its 649 Lahore Pakistan172 stories about protests or strikes, of its 200 Nairobi Kenya143 stories about protests or strikes, of its 191

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
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: 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: too little coverage to readSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: too little coverage to readIsle 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 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: too little coverage to readTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSaudi 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: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: 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: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: 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 lessMadagascar: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: too little coverage to readJordan: 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: too little coverage to readIsrael: 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 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: too little coverage to readGuinea-Bissau: 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: 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 lessEstonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessDenmark: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral African Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: 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 lessBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: too little coverage to readBelarus: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAmerican 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessJersey: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readUganda: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSweden: warmth about one and a half times its own usualRomania: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPoland: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPanama: warmth about its own usualNetherlands: warmth about its own usualMalawi: warmth about one and a half times its own usualLiberia: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGuinea: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualEthiopia: warmth about its own usualCambodia: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualBhutan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBelgium: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualBahrain: warmth about its own usualAmsterdam, Netherlands -- disasters & accidents: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsChibok, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsBrasilia, Brazil -- rights & justice: 12 stories, carried by 11 outletsInterstate, US -- disasters & accidents: 13 stories, carried by 33 outletsBogota, Colombia -- health: 42 stories, carried by 36 outletsKarlstad, Sweden -- rights & justice: 72 stories, carried by 85 outletsFenghui, China -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 10 outletsAccra, Ghana -- rights & justice: 39 stories, carried by 15 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

● Uganda warmth about one and a half times usual ● Bhutan warmth about one and a half times usual ● Malawi warmth about one and a half times usual ● Indonesia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Romania warmth about one and a half times usual ● Sweden warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Amsterdam Netherlands about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 10 stories ● Chibok Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 10 stories ● Brasilia Brazil about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 12 stories ● Interstate US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 13 stories ● Bogota Colombia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 42 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence33% 13,827 stories · much more than usual (usually 27%) Rights & justice26% 10,955 stories · about as usual Health15% 6,177 stories · less than usual (usually 17%) Disasters & accidents14% 5,839 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 2,811 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 1,036 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 742 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 688 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 killed16,819 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured6,617 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Saudi Arabia and Iraq Stories reporting arrests5,606 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,100 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions2,297 at about twice the usual rate · most about Bangladesh and Uganda Stories reporting refugees788 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations282 at about half the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people displaced263 at about half the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people falling ill42 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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 as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more 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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