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57,748 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 rights and justice in Copenhagen, protests in Bethlehem (Palestine) and violence in Aleppo. Syria's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was much softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 32 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostParaguay 94 in 100 of its 126 stories, usually 47
RegionSoutheast Asia 27 in 100 of its stories, usually 21
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Rights & justice

Denmark

156 of its 282 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Copenhagen accounted for 125 of Denmark's 156 stories about harm, carried by 121 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (82 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Denmark over 30 days → its stories → Copenhagen stories →
Protests & strikes

Palestine

466 of its 690 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Bethlehem accounted for 308 of Palestine's 466 stories about harm, carried by 26 outlets. 221 of Bethlehem's 308 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about 9 times the usual rate (58 stories).

Palestine over 30 days → its stories → Bethlehem stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

1,946 of its 2,289 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 76%. Aleppo accounted for 1,096 of Syria's 1,946 stories about harm, carried by 661 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (516 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Syria over 30 days → its stories → Aleppo stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Rights & justice

Indonesia

781 of its 1,223 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (659 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Croatia

69 of its 137 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (60 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Finland

177 of its 482 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (158 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Nepal

184 of its 310 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (26 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Ghana

286 of its 970 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (87 stories). Road crashes were named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with bird flu and flu.

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Rights & justice

Philippines

779 of its 2,384 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (194 stories). Drownings were named in 47 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with poisoning and food poisoning.

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Also named far more than usual: norovirus in Mexico (120 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Botswana (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Nigeria (168 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); typhoon in Vietnam (35 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); chikungunya in Cayman Islands (12 of its stories, about 9 times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 23; 20 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 28 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 57,748 stories about harm among 285,851 counted on 28 Jul.

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Mentions of norovirus ran more than ten times their usual in Mexico's news. In Denmark, 55% of the news was about people being harmed, where 22% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 285,851 stories, below the usual 23.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Paraguay94 in 100 of its 126 stories · usually 47 · mostly health Syria85 in 100 of its 2,289 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence Burundi79 in 100 of its 62 stories · usually 72 · mostly rights & justice South Sudan77 in 100 of its 290 stories · usually 79 · mostly rights & justice Afghanistan72 in 100 of its 511 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Philadelphia US1494 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2660 Washington US561 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1979 Delhi India293 stories about protests or strikes, of its 926 Aleppo Syria266 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1096 Bethlehem Palestine221 stories about protests or strikes, of its 308

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: 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: 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 readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: about as warm as its own usual or lessUkraine: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: too little coverage to readTurkmenistan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: too little coverage to readTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: 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: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSpain: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Africa: too little coverage to readSomalia: 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 lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: 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 lessRomania: too little coverage to readQatar: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: 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 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNetherlands: too little coverage to readCuraçao: 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: too little coverage to readMauritius: 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 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: 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 lessJamaica: 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 lessIraq: 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: 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 lessGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrance: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: 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: 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: too little coverage to readCosta 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: 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 lessCameroon: about as warm as its own usual or lessCambodia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: too little coverage to readBurundi: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina Faso: 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: too little coverage to readBelize: 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 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: about as warm as its own usual or lessZimbabwe: warmth about its own usualYemen: warmth about its own usualCayman Islands: warmth about its own usualUnited Arab Emirates: warmth about its own usualTaiwan: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSouth Sudan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSudan: warmth about its own usualSri Lanka: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSingapore: warmth about its own usualPoland: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualPeru: warmth about its own usualNorth Korea: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualMalawi: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualGhana: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualGambia: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualEcuador: warmth about its own usualDenmark: warmth about its own usualBulgaria: warmth about its own usualBahamas: warmth about its own usualJersey: warmth about its own usualKalpitiya, Sri Lanka -- disasters & accidents: 17 stories, carried by 17 outletsTahlequah, US -- disasters & accidents: 14 stories, carried by 14 outletsNuer, South Sudan -- rights & justice: 76 stories, carried by 78 outletsSaripul, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 10 stories, carried by 12 outletsNassau, Bahamas -- rights & justice: 18 stories, carried by 17 outletsMontana, US -- rights & justice: 13 stories, carried by 14 outletsJuba, South Sudan -- rights & justice: 129 stories, carried by 108 outletsPathankot, India -- conflict & violence: 25 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

● Syria warmth about one and a half times usual ● South Sudan warmth about one and a half times usual ● North Korea warmth about one and a half times usual ● South Korea warmth about one and a half times usual ● Sri Lanka warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Kalpitiya Sri Lanka about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 17 stories ● Tahlequah US about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 14 stories ● Nuer South Sudan about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 76 stories ● Saripul Afghanistan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 10 stories ● Nassau Bahamas about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 18 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice32% 18,130 stories · more than usual (usually 29%) Conflict & violence23% 12,903 stories · much less than usual (usually 28%) Health19% 10,862 stories · more than usual (usually 16%) Disasters & accidents12% 6,821 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 3,111 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,697 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,592 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,087 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 killed17,634 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and France Stories reporting arrests8,452 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected7,428 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured5,113 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Germany Stories reporting abductions1,445 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,396 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced820 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Syria and Iraq Stories reporting evacuations743 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill115 at about the usual rate

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 much softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little less than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little less than 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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