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62,376 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 drownings in Bulgaria, a disaster in Taipei and violence in Nampala. Guatemala's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostMalawi 71 in 100 of its 307 stories, usually 26
RegionCentral Asia 37 in 100 of its stories, usually 26
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Rights & justice

Bulgaria

145 of its 211 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (125 stories). Drownings were named in 33 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.

Bulgaria over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Taiwan

538 of its 790 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Taipei accounted for 455 of Taiwan's 538 stories about harm, carried by 490 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (494 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Taiwan over 30 days → its stories → Taipei stories →
Conflict & violence

Mali

240 of its 272 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Nampala accounted for 163 of Mali's 240 stories about harm, carried by 132 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (174 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

Kazakhstan

99 of its 171 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Almaty accounted for 85 of Kazakhstan's 99 stories about harm, carried by 105 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Armenia

186 of its 317 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Yerevan accounted for 174 of Armenia's 186 stories about harm, carried by 86 outlets. 94 of Yerevan's 174 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (101 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Peru

72 of its 242 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 42 of Lima's 50 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Shelter & services

Malawi

218 of its 307 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Liwonde accounted for 144 of Malawi's 218 stories about harm, carried by 173 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (145 stories).

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Displacement

Germany

1,864 of its 3,412 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (1,626 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Hong Kong

124 of its 308 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (108 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: cholera in South Sudan (139 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); gas explosion in Ghana (41 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); food poisoning in Singapore (42 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in Malaysia (33 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); avalanche in Afghanistan (30 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

23 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 19 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 62,376 stories about harm among 274,710 counted on 19 Jul.

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Mentions of the cholera ran more than ten times their usual in South Sudan's news. of the day's 274,710 news stories, 23 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Bulgaria stood out: 69% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 25%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Mali88 in 100 of its 272 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence Syria82 in 100 of its 803 stories · usually 77 · mostly conflict & violence South Sudan81 in 100 of its 396 stories · usually 78 · mostly health Tunisia81 in 100 of its 122 stories · usually 66 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given Libya72 in 100 of its 336 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Cleveland US1038 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1942 Baton Rouge US716 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1612 Istanbul Türkiye628 stories about protests or strikes, of its 960 Dallas US455 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1179 Washington US413 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1589

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: feelings about like the world'sUnited States: feelings about like the world'sSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIran: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sGaza: feelings about like the world'sWest Bank: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican 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: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: feelings about like the world'sJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: feelings about like the world'sWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage a little warmer than the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTunisia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTaiwan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSlovakia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRomania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPoland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPeru: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNorway: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sJordan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJapan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHungary: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuyana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuatemala: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGermany: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGambia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEstonia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCosta Rica: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sHong Kong: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sCambodia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBulgaria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBrazil: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBosnia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's
AngerGriefFearWarmth Like the world'sToo little news

Each country in the colour of the feeling its news carried most, against the world's news that day. Stronger colour: further above the world. Click a country.

Strongest feelings

● Guatemala about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 69 stories about harm ● Germany about twice as angry as the world's · 1,864 stories about harm ● Mali about twice as angry as the world's · 240 stories about harm ● Saudi Arabia about twice as fearful as the world's · 164 stories about harm ● Peru about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 72 stories about harm ● Colombia about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 91 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 18,144 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence27% 16,356 stories · about as usual Health17% 10,260 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents11% 6,964 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 3,888 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 2,392 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 2,227 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,106 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 killed24,540 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests9,411 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured9,013 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,394 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,696 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Germany and Türkiye Stories reporting abductions796 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Armenia Stories reporting people displaced492 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about South Sudan and Nigeria Stories reporting evacuations451 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people falling ill111 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Tanzania

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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