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41,549 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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Protests in Anantnag (Kashmir), violence in Warsaw and heavy rain in Taiwan drew the news. Kashmir's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were about as usual.

Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Spain → Help and hope: reports of volunteers ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeConflict & violence 37 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostNorth Macedonia 76 in 100 of its 85 stories, usually 19
RegionEast Asia 26 in 100 of its stories, usually 17
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Kashmir

508 of its 642 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. 147 of Anantnag's 228 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (10 stories). Drownings were named in 57 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Kashmir over 30 days → its stories → Anantnag stories →
Conflict & violence

Poland

588 of its 1,075 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Warsaw accounted for 576 of Poland's 588 stories about harm, carried by 337 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (179 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Poland over 30 days → its stories → Warsaw stories →
Disasters & accidents

Taiwan

186 of its 263 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (24 stories). Heavy rain was named in 63 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with cyclone and power cuts.

Taiwan over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

North Korea

304 of its 588 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (13 stories). HIV was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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

Bosnia

116 of its 136 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Srebrenica accounted for 99 of Bosnia's 116 stories about harm, carried by 97 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (106 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Malaysia

174 of its 454 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (63 stories). Dengue was named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

China

632 of its 2,759 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 183 of Beijing's 315 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (140 stories). Typhoon was named in 232 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tropical storm, heavy rain and landslides.

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Conflict & violence

North Macedonia

65 of its 85 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (40 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Health

Spain

423 of its 1,112 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (300 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

South Sudan

498 of its 560 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Juba accounted for 479 of South Sudan's 498 stories about harm, carried by 505 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (221 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: typhoon in China (232 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Kyrgyzstan (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); avalanche in Switzerland (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); food poisoning in Thailand (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); avalanche in Germany (29 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

27 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 9 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 41,549 stories about harm among 156,532 counted on 9 Jul.

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Stories about people being harmed made up 27 in every 100 of the day's 156,532 stories, above the usual 22. Help and hope: reports of volunteers ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. In China's news, mentions of the typhoon ran more than ten times their usual. People injured were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Spain.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

South Sudan89 in 100 of its 560 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Syria88 in 100 of its 669 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence Bosnia85 in 100 of its 136 stories · usually 49 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir79 in 100 of its 642 stories · usually 44 · mostly conflict & violence Bangladesh78 in 100 of its 774 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Dallas US6921 stories about protests or strikes, of its 9516 Baton Rouge US307 stories about protests or strikes, of its 406 Beijing China183 stories about protests or strikes, of its 315 Valdosta US183 stories about protests or strikes, of its 322 Phoenix US178 stories about protests or strikes, of its 283

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: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: 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 Kingdom: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited Arab Emirates: too little coverage to readUkraine: 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 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: 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: 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 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: 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 readPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readOman: too little coverage to readNorway: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: 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 lessMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth 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 lessLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: too little coverage to readKosovo: 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 lessJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: too little coverage to readIreland: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: 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: too little coverage to readGabon: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: 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 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: too little coverage to readCroatia: 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 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 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: too little coverage to readBenin: 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 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: too little coverage to readAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: 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: too little coverage to readWest Bank: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad 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: too little coverage to readAzad 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readVietnam: warmth about its own usualTürkiye: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPapua New Guinea: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualLebanon: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualHungary: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about one and a half times its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualCongo: warmth about its own usualCambodia: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualParis, France -- conflict & violence: 122 stories, carried by 116 outletsPerthshire, UK -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 42 stories, carried by 153 outletsSandhurst, UK -- conflict & violence: 31 stories, carried by 78 outletsNew York, US -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 227 stories, carried by 230 outletsCevizlik, Türkiye -- conflict & violence: 26 stories, carried by 21 outletsHawaii, US -- disasters & accidents: 22 stories, carried by 28 outletsCevizpinar, Türkiye -- conflict & violence: 20 stories, carried by 15 outletsMogadishu, Somalia -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 11 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 ● Malaysia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Somalia warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Paris France about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 122 stories ● Perthshire UK about twice as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 42 stories ● Sandhurst UK about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 31 stories ● New York US about twice as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 227 stories ● Cevizlik Türkiye about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 26 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence37% 15,021 stories · much more than usual (usually 28%) Rights & justice31% 12,837 stories · more than usual (usually 28%) Health12% 4,768 stories · much less than usual (usually 17%) Disasters & accidents9% 3,788 stories · less than usual (usually 13%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 2,715 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 793 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 571 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 542 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 killed21,574 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people injured8,977 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Spain Stories reporting arrests4,914 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,145 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions464 at about half the usual rate · most about Bangladesh and the US Stories reporting refugees310 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Türkiye Stories reporting evacuations308 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced251 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Syria and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill36 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 about as usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little more than 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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