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66,816 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 rights and justice in Maroua, violence in Paris and drownings in Hungary. el Salvador's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was harsher than usual.

Part of lifeConflict & violence 37 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostFrance 78 in 100 of its 18,345 stories, usually 17
RegionEurope 41 in 100 of its stories, usually 16
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Rights & justice

Cameroon

106 of its 136 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Maroua accounted for 76 of Cameroon's 106 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (84 stories). Hunger was named in 81 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Cameroon over 30 days → its stories → Maroua stories →
Conflict & violence

France

14,232 of its 18,345 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Paris accounted for 7,294 of France's 14,232 stories about harm, carried by 2,708 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5,456 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

France over 30 days → its stories → Paris stories →
Health

Hungary

76 of its 175 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories). Drownings were named in 28 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Tunisia

254 of its 278 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (45 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Argentina

117 of its 345 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people killed ran at about 10 times the usual rate (92 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Bulgaria

71 of its 149 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (47 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Food & livelihood

Venezuela

133 of its 224 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Caracas accounted for 104 of Venezuela's 133 stories about harm, carried by 94 outlets. Landslides were named in 68 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Displacement

Sudan

184 of its 216 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (37 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Trinidad & Tobago

59 of its 128 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: landslides in Venezuela (68 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tropical storm in Taiwan (57 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); natural hazards in Vietnam (24 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); train derailment in Denmark (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Libya (22 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 15 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 66,816 stories about harm among 268,240 counted on 15 Jul.

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The news turned to Cameroon for the second day running. Cameroon's news was 78% about people being harmed, against a usual 42%. of the day's 268,240 news stories, 25 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 22.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Tunisia91 in 100 of its 278 stories · usually 50 · mostly conflict & violence El Salvador87 in 100 of its 75 stories · usually 55 · mostly rights & justice Sudan85 in 100 of its 216 stories · usually 59 · mostly displacement South Sudan78 in 100 of its 535 stories · usually 78 · mostly displacement Cameroon78 in 100 of its 136 stories · usually 42 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Dallas US894 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1708 Washington US469 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2714 Delhi India301 stories about protests or strikes, of its 805 Paris France250 stories about protests or strikes, of its 7294 Islamabad Pakistan205 stories about protests or strikes, of its 516

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 lessVietnam: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: too little coverage to readUnited States: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCayman 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 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 lessTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: too little coverage to readTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSudan: too little coverage to readSri 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. 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 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 readPapua 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: too little coverage to readNigeria: 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 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: 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 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: 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 lessLebanon: too little coverage to readLatvia: 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: 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 lessJapan: 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 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 lessGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: 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 readFiji: about as warm as its own usual or lessEthiopia: 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 lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe 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 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 lessCongo: too little coverage to readComoros: 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 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: 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 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 readAlbania: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBermuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readZambia: warmth about its own usualYemen: warmth about its own usualVenezuela: warmth about its own usualTürkiye: warmth about its own usualThailand: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualRomania: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualNew Zealand: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIraq: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIndia: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualFinland: warmth about its own usualEstonia: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about one and a half times its own usualCroatia: warmth about its own usualCameroon: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBangladesh: warmth about one and a half times its own usualAustralia: warmth about its own usualAlgeria: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualMonaco: warmth about its own usualRunswick, UK -- disasters & accidents: 12 stories, carried by 13 outletsBamako, Mali -- conflict & violence: 19 stories, carried by 13 outletsBagdogra, India -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 66 stories, carried by 40 outletsVermont, US -- rights & justice: 30 stories, carried by 106 outletsCoffee County, US -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 17 stories, carried by 16 outletsArdeche, France -- conflict & violence: 81 stories, carried by 101 outletsBiloela, Australia -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 12 stories, carried by 27 outletsTin Can Bay, Australia -- other: 17 stories, carried by 24 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

● Belgium warmth about one and a half times usual ● Egypt warmth about one and a half times usual ● Bangladesh warmth about one and a half times usual ● Italy warmth about one and a half times usual ● Iraq warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Runswick UK about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 12 stories ● Bamako Mali about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 19 stories ● Bagdogra India about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 66 stories ● Vermont US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 30 stories ● Coffee County US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 17 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence37% 24,753 stories · much more than usual (usually 27%) Rights & justice22% 14,359 stories · much less than usual (usually 28%) Health14% 9,541 stories · less than usual (usually 16%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given10% 6,636 stories · more than usual (usually 7%) Disasters & accidents8% 5,532 stories · much less than usual (usually 14%) Shelter & services4% 2,327 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,720 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,170 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 killed33,805 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about France and the US Stories reporting people injured10,313 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about France and the US Stories reporting arrests6,159 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,045 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions1,010 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and France Stories reporting refugees866 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Palestine and Türkiye Stories reporting evacuations853 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and South Sudan Stories reporting people displaced316 at about half the usual rate · most about South Sudan and Israel Stories reporting people falling ill35 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and France

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

● Angera little more than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more than usual
● Fearabout one and a half times 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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