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41,906 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 Paris, protests in Bethlehem (Palestine) and people injured in the Czechia. the Czechia's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were harsher than usual.

Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Türkiye and the US → Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about Türkiye and Greece → Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeConflict & violence 33 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostPanama 77 in 100 of its 128 stories, usually 14
RegionEurope 31 in 100 of its stories, usually 17
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Conflict & violence

France

3,869 of its 5,740 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Paris accounted for 2,146 of France's 3,869 stories about harm, carried by 1,289 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (1,091 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

France over 30 days → its stories → Paris stories →
Protests & strikes

Palestine

301 of its 508 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Bethlehem accounted for 207 of Palestine's 301 stories about harm, carried by 13 outlets. 108 of Bethlehem's 207 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (96 stories).

Palestine over 30 days → its stories → Bethlehem stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Czechia

83 of its 224 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (80 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

Iran

38 of Tehran's 76 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (34 stories). Flooding was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

313 of its 435 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (56 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Zimbabwe

110 of its 277 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. 24 of Harare's 41 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Afghanistan

45 of Kabul's 87 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Türkiye

Istanbul accounted for 4,757 of Türkiye's 9,102 stories about harm, carried by 2,032 outlets. 2,820 of Istanbul's 4,757 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (1,715 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Tunisia

157 of its 180 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (17 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: hiv in South Africa (97 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); drownings in Italy (43 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Trinidad & Tobago (12 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); hiv in Kenya (23 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); power cuts in Austria (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

26 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 22; 25 the day before
27 in 10019 in 10017 Jun24 Jun1 Jul8 Jul16 Jul17 Jun: 22 in 10018 Jun: 23 in 10019 Jun: 24 in 10020 Jun: 23 in 10021 Jun: 22 in 10022 Jun: 21 in 10023 Jun: 22 in 10024 Jun: 19 in 10025 Jun: 22 in 10026 Jun: 23 in 10027 Jun: 20 in 10028 Jun: 20 in 10029 Jun: 22 in 10030 Jun: 20 in 1001 Jul: 21 in 1002 Jul: 25 in 1003 Jul: 25 in 1004 Jul: 22 in 1005 Jul: 21 in 1006 Jul: 21 in 1007 Jul: 20 in 1008 Jul: 25 in 1009 Jul: 27 in 10010 Jul: 26 in 10011 Jul: 23 in 10012 Jul: 22 in 10013 Jul: 20 in 10014 Jul: 20 in 10015 Jul: 25 in 10016 Jul: 26 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 16 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 41,906 stories about harm among 158,604 counted on 16 Jul.

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Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate. of the day's 158,604 news stories, 26 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 22. Arrests were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about Türkiye and the US. It was the second day running that the news turned to France.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Tunisia87 in 100 of its 180 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen82 in 100 of its 93 stories · usually 81 · mostly conflict & violence Syria78 in 100 of its 286 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence Panama77 in 100 of its 128 stories · usually 14 · mostly health Kashmir72 in 100 of its 435 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Istanbul Türkiye2820 stories about protests or strikes, of its 4757 Ankara Türkiye844 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1662 Anadolu Türkiye624 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1012 Dallas US595 stories about protests or strikes, of its 896 Dhaka Bangladesh286 stories about protests or strikes, of its 456

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: 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: too little coverage to readGuam: too little coverage to readPuerto 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 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: too little coverage to readTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: too little coverage to readTonga: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSouth 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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: 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: 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 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 readPapua New Guinea: too little coverage to readPanama: 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: 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: too little coverage to readNamibia: 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: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: 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: 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: 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 lessItaly: 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: too little coverage to readHungary: about as warm as its own usual or lessHonduras: too little coverage to readHaiti: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: 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: too little coverage to readFiji: 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: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: too little coverage to readDominican 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: about as warm as its own usual or lessColombia: 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: too little coverage to readCentral 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 lessCambodia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: 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: too little coverage to readBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: too little coverage to readBarbados: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustria: too little coverage to readAustralia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAmerican Samoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: about as warm as its own usual or lessPitcairn: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan 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: too little coverage to readMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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 readZimbabwe: warmth about its own usualYemen: warmth about its own usualVietnam: warmth about its own usualSouth Sudan: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualLebanon: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about one and a half times its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualBurundi: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about its own usualMediterranean Sea, -- disasters & accidents: 12 stories, carried by 31 outletsKarnataka, India -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 11 outletsArdeche, France -- conflict & violence: 30 stories, carried by 32 outletsCleveland Police Department, US -- rights & justice: 27 stories, carried by 25 outletsWest Virginia, US -- disasters & accidents: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsBrighton, UK -- rights & justice: 27 stories, carried by 156 outletsUlaanbaatar, Mongolia -- conflict & violence: 33 stories, carried by 24 outletsBiloela, Australia -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 16 stories, carried by 27 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

● Malaysia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Iraq warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Mediterranean Sea about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 12 stories ● Karnataka India about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 13 stories ● Ardeche France about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 30 stories ● Cleveland Police Department US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 27 stories ● West Virginia US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 10 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence33% 13,672 stories · much more than usual (usually 28%) Rights & justice31% 12,949 stories · more than usual (usually 28%) Health12% 4,860 stories · less than usual (usually 16%) Disasters & accidents9% 3,745 stories · less than usual (usually 14%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 3,100 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,420 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,150 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 552 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 killed20,669 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Türkiye and the US Stories reporting arrests9,493 at about twice the usual rate · most about Türkiye and the US Stories reporting people injured8,132 at about twice the usual rate · most about Türkiye and France Stories reporting people affected5,363 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Türkiye and the US Stories reporting refugees2,225 at about three times the usual rate · most about Türkiye and Greece Stories reporting abductions519 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Bangladesh and Nigeria Stories reporting evacuations497 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and South Sudan Stories reporting people displaced205 at about half the usual rate · most about the Philippines and Iraq Stories reporting people falling ill26 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India

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.

● 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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