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56,515 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 protests in Phnom Penh (Cambodia), the tsunami in Ecuador and violence in Srebrenica. Bosnia's coverage was about 7 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 33 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostEcuador 85 in 100 of its 257 stories, usually 19
RegionCentral Asia 40 in 100 of its stories, usually 21
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

Cambodia

219 of its 310 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Phnom Penh accounted for 201 of Cambodia's 219 stories about harm, carried by 214 outlets. 122 of Phnom Penh's 201 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (47 stories). Landslides were named in 44 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with typhoon and tropical storm. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Cambodia over 30 days → its stories → Phnom Penh stories →
Disasters & accidents

Ecuador

219 of its 257 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Quito accounted for 144 of Ecuador's 219 stories about harm, carried by 128 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (145 stories). Tsunami was named in 79 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

Ecuador over 30 days → its stories → Quito stories →
Conflict & violence

Bosnia

143 of its 154 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Srebrenica accounted for 140 of Bosnia's 143 stories about harm, carried by 124 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (131 stories). Its coverage was about 7 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Bosnia over 30 days → its stories → Srebrenica stories →
Rights & justice

Iran

431 of its 847 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (256 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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

Kyrgyzstan

116 of its 169 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Bishkek accounted for 109 of Kyrgyzstan's 116 stories about harm, carried by 123 outlets. 100 of Bishkek's 109 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (94 stories).

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Pakistan

964 of its 1,739 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. 358 of Burhan's 547 stories were about protests or strikes. Drownings were named in 38 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with dengue.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Chile

67 of its 187 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 51 of Santiago's 56 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (52 stories).

its stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Spain

291 of its 1,472 stories (20%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (178 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

India

2,787 of its 10,514 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (47 stories). Drownings were named in 91 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with train derailment.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Thailand

191 of its 558 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. 64 of Bangkok's 90 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (119 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: poisoning in Palestine (42 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); polio in Mozambique (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); respiratory illness in Mexico (57 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); typhoon in China (112 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); cyclone in Taiwan (20 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

23 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 23; 26 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 11 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 56,515 stories about harm among 248,487 counted on 11 Jul.

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On the side of help, reports of peace efforts ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Stories about people being harmed made up 23 in every 100 of the day's 248,487 stories, as usual. It was the second day running that the news turned to Cambodia. In Ecuador's news, mentions of the tsunami ran about 9 times their usual. Cambodia stood out: 71% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 38%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Bosnia93 in 100 of its 154 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia87 in 100 of its 350 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen85 in 100 of its 313 stories · usually 83 · mostly conflict & violence Ecuador85 in 100 of its 257 stories · usually 19 · mostly disasters & accidents Kashmir79 in 100 of its 664 stories · usually 50 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Dallas US4644 stories about protests or strikes, of its 6304 Baton Rouge US1409 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1458 Washington US372 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1380 Burhan Pakistan358 stories about protests or strikes, of its 547 Philadelphia US148 stories about protests or strikes, of its 336

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: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: 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: 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 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: 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 lessSri Lanka: too little coverage to readSpain: 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: 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 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: 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 readOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: too little coverage to readNorth 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 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: 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 lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: 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: too little coverage to readMadagascar: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: 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 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: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: 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 lessIran: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndonesia: too little coverage to readIndia: 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: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: 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 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: 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 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 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 readEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBermuda: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan 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: 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 readUkraine: warmth about its own usualUganda: warmth about its own usualSudan: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualLibya: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about one and a half times its own usualJapan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about one and a half times its own usualCyprus: warmth about its own usualCuba: warmth about one and a half times its own usualCongo: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualCameroon: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualArgentina: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualRhode Island, US -- health: 14 stories, carried by 11 outletsHavana, Cuba -- shelter & services: 70 stories, carried by 83 outletsWest Virginia, US -- disasters & accidents: 24 stories, carried by 21 outletsLashkar, India -- conflict & violence: 15 stories, carried by 11 outletsKyiv, Ukraine -- conflict & violence: 57 stories, carried by 86 outletsKabul, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 106 stories, carried by 64 outletsKerala, India -- conflict & violence: 25 stories, carried by 17 outletsBristol, UK -- health: 47 stories, carried by 39 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

● Japan warmth about one and a half times usual ● Cuba warmth about one and a half times usual ● Kenya warmth about one and a half times usual ● Egypt warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Rhode Island US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 14 stories ● Havana Cuba about twice as warm as the day's news · shelter & services · 70 stories ● West Virginia US about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 24 stories ● Lashkar India about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 15 stories ● Kyiv Ukraine about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 57 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice33% 18,257 stories · much more than usual (usually 28%) Conflict & violence27% 15,181 stories · about as usual Health16% 8,639 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents12% 6,390 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 3,023 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,618 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,428 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 808 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 killed22,544 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests9,469 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people injured7,271 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,070 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions985 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Bangladesh Stories reporting people displaced801 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about South Sudan and the US Stories reporting refugees635 at about half the usual rate · most about Germany and the US Stories reporting evacuations561 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill96 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Japan

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.

● 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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