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33,440 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 protests in Kabul (Afghanistan), violence in Munich and people injured in Qatar. Afghanistan's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was harsher than usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about the US and China → Help and hope: reports of volunteers ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeConflict & violence 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostAlbania 87 in 100 of its 117 stories, usually 16
RegionEurope 29 in 100 of its stories, usually 19
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 →
Protests & strikes

Afghanistan

1,355 of its 1,527 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Kabul accounted for 979 of Afghanistan's 1,355 stories about harm, carried by 547 outlets. 747 of Kabul's 979 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (1,015 stories). Storms were named in 37 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with avalanche. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Kabul stories →
Conflict & violence

Germany

1,869 of its 2,879 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Munich accounted for 1,557 of Germany's 1,869 stories about harm, carried by 1,053 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (60 stories). Poisoning was named in 27 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with gas explosion. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Germany over 30 days → its stories → Munich stories →
Rights & justice

Qatar

93 of its 198 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (72 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Qatar over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

New Zealand

209 of its 731 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (22 stories). House fires were named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.

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

Cambodia

227 of its 303 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Phnom Penh accounted for 157 of Cambodia's 227 stories about harm, carried by 159 outlets. 153 of Phnom Penh's 157 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (216 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Albania

102 of its 117 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Shkodra accounted for 91 of Albania's 102 stories about harm, carried by 112 outlets. 89 of Shkodra's 91 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (92 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Iraq

643 of its 746 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 75%. Baghdad accounted for 555 of Iraq's 643 stories about harm, carried by 628 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (462 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Pakistan

843 of its 1,540 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. 199 of Burhan's 314 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (303 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Iran

229 of its 440 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Heavy rain was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with landslides. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Sweden

176 of its 295 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (155 stories). Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about 4 times its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: landslides in China (175 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heatwave in Rwanda (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in US (726 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); helicopter crash in Egypt (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); polio in Nigeria (36 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

24 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 24 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 33,440 stories about harm among 138,401 counted on 24 Jul.

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Evacuations were reported at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about the US and China. 24 in every 100 of the day's 138,401 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 23. On the side of help, reports of volunteers ran at about twice the usual rate. the news turned to Afghanistan for the second day running. Mentions of landslides ran about 4 times their usual in China's news. This week the news turned most often to Peru, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 1 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Afghanistan89 in 100 of its 1,527 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Albania87 in 100 of its 117 stories · usually 16 · mostly rights & justice Iraq86 in 100 of its 746 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence South Sudan81 in 100 of its 111 stories · usually 79 · mostly conflict & violence Libya80 in 100 of its 168 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Kabul Afghanistan747 stories about protests or strikes, of its 979 Philadelphia US429 stories about protests or strikes, of its 632 Hazara Afghanistan269 stories about protests or strikes, of its 288 Istanbul Türkiye267 stories about protests or strikes, of its 377 Dallas US221 stories about protests or strikes, of its 330

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 lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: 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: too little coverage to readUnited States: too little coverage to readSouth 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: too little coverage to readTurkey: 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: 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: too little coverage to readTaiwan: too little coverage to readSyria: 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 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 readSierra 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: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRomania: too little coverage to readQatar: 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: too little coverage to readParaguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua New Guinea: too little coverage to readPanama: too little coverage to readPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: too little coverage to readNorway: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessNigeria: too little coverage to readNiger: 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 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: too little coverage to readMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: 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: too little coverage to readMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: 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: too little coverage to readKuwait: too little coverage to readKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: too little coverage to readJordan: too little coverage to readJapan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsrael: too little coverage to readPalestine: about as warm as its own usual or lessIreland: too little coverage to readIraq: 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 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 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 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: too little coverage to readEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial 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: too little coverage to readDjibouti: 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 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: too little coverage to readColombia: too little coverage to readChina: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: 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 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: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: 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 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readAndorra: 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: 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 readAzad 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad 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: too little coverage to readBritish Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: too little coverage to readGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook 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: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readVietnam: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about its own usualSingapore: warmth about its own usualRwanda: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about one and a half times its own usualLibya: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualCuba: warmth about its own usualArgentina: warmth about its own usualHogsjo, Sweden -- conflict & violence: 97 stories, carried by 102 outletsCiudad Altamirano, Mexico -- conflict & violence: 32 stories, carried by 33 outletsBrooklyn, US -- health: 93 stories, carried by 85 outletsBatlow, Australia -- disasters & accidents: 14 stories, carried by 102 outletsKigali, Rwanda -- health: 28 stories, carried by 17 outletsStockholm, Sweden -- conflict & violence: 35 stories, carried by 35 outletsMuzaffarabad, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 12 outletsJacksonville, US -- health: 11 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

● Nepal warmth about one and a half times usual ● Sweden warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Hogsjo Sweden about three times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 97 stories ● Ciudad Altamirano Mexico about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 32 stories ● Brooklyn US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 93 stories ● Batlow Australia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 14 stories ● Kigali Rwanda about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 28 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence31% 10,229 stories · more than usual (usually 28%) Rights & justice26% 8,473 stories · less than usual (usually 29%) Disasters & accidents15% 5,041 stories · more than usual (usually 13%) Health13% 4,397 stories · less than usual (usually 16%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,048 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 1,229 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,124 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 313 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 killed13,173 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured5,988 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Germany and Afghanistan Stories reporting people affected4,557 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting arrests4,128 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations1,235 at about 4 times the usual rate · most about the US and China Stories reporting refugees926 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Germany and Poland Stories reporting abductions434 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Germany and the US Stories reporting people displaced269 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill25 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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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