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What the world's news said happened to people.
Counts of coverage, not of suffering
56,931 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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Rights and justice in Dakar, the avalanche in Slovenia and protests in Bujumbura (Burundi) drew the news. Senegal's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was much softer than usual.

Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 32 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostSenegal 74 in 100 of its 192 stories, usually 17
RegionSoutheast Asia 29 in 100 of its stories, usually 22
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Rights & justice

Senegal

143 of its 192 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Dakar accounted for 139 of Senegal's 143 stories about harm, carried by 142 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Senegal over 30 days → its stories → Dakar stories →
Conflict & violence

Slovenia

136 of its 274 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Ljubljana accounted for 132 of Slovenia's 136 stories about harm, carried by 108 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (107 stories). Avalanche was named in 107 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Slovenia over 30 days → its stories → Ljubljana stories →
Protests & strikes

Burundi

88 of its 98 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 72%. Bujumbura accounted for 73 of Burundi's 88 stories about harm, carried by 63 outlets. 52 of Bujumbura's 73 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Burundi over 30 days → its stories → Bujumbura stories →
Shelter & services

Niger

24 of its 30 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (18 stories). Drought was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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

Poland

1,193 of its 1,648 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (690 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Indonesia

707 of its 1,046 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (628 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Paraguay

25 of its 29 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Reports of abductions ran at about 7 times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Lebanon

143 of its 238 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Beirut accounted for 118 of Lebanon's 143 stories about harm, carried by 115 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (108 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

Singapore

364 of its 2,477 stories (15%) were about people being harmed, usually 7%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (31 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

its stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Taiwan

225 of its 510 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (42 stories). Heatwave was named in 42 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Northern Mariana Islands (17 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); drought in Botswana (13 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); heatwave in Taiwan (42 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); typhoon in Vietnam (24 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); norovirus in Mexico (17 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 29 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 56,931 stories about harm among 264,957 counted on 29 Jul.

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In Senegal, 74% of the news was about people being harmed, where 17% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 264,957 stories, below the usual 23. Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about twice the usual rate. In Slovenia's news, mentions of the avalanche ran more than ten times their usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Burundi90 in 100 of its 98 stories · usually 72 · mostly rights & justice Syria81 in 100 of its 1,709 stories · usually 77 · mostly conflict & violence El Salvador78 in 100 of its 86 stories · usually 55 · mostly rights & justice Senegal74 in 100 of its 192 stories · usually 17 · mostly rights & justice South Sudan72 in 100 of its 305 stories · usually 79 · mostly food & livelihood

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Philadelphia US964 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1992 Delhi India293 stories about protests or strikes, of its 942 Aleppo Syria287 stories about protests or strikes, of its 451 Boston US250 stories about protests or strikes, of its 565 Washington US246 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1545

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 lessYemen: about as warm as its own usual or lessVietnam: too little coverage to readVenezuela: 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: 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 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 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 lessTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: 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 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 readSudan: 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: about as warm as its own usual or lessSaudi Arabia: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRussia: 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 lessParaguay: 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: too little coverage to readNorway: 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 lessNew Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiue: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: 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 lessMalawi: 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 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: too little coverage to readKenya: 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 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 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 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: 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 lessGeorgia: 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: 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: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEcuador: 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: 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: too little coverage to readCuba: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readBotswana: 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: too little coverage to readBenin: 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 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 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): 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: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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 readZimbabwe: warmth about its own usualUnited Arab Emirates: warmth about its own usualTunisia: warmth about its own usualTaiwan: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualSouth Sudan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSingapore: warmth about its own usualRwanda: warmth about its own usualPeru: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPapua New Guinea: warmth about its own usualNetherlands: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualLebanon: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualHungary: warmth about its own usualGuinea-Bissau: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGambia: warmth about its own usualFiji: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about one and a half times its own usualCongo: warmth about its own usualBurundi: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBulgaria: warmth about its own usualNuer, South Sudan -- food & livelihood: 55 stories, carried by 80 outletsAlbuquerque, US -- food & livelihood: 53 stories, carried by 34 outletsBujumbura, Burundi -- rights & justice: 73 stories, carried by 63 outletsLincolnshire, UK -- health: 14 stories, carried by 14 outletsDaytona Beach, US -- health: 40 stories, carried by 39 outletsBuckinghamshire, UK -- health: 12 stories, carried by 13 outletsLake Chad, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 15 outletsMontreal, Canada -- rights & justice: 69 stories, carried by 58 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

● Burundi warmth about one and a half times usual ● South Sudan warmth about one and a half times usual ● Germany warmth about one and a half times usual ● Egypt warmth about one and a half times usual ● Peru warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Nuer South Sudan about 4 times as warm as the day's news · food & livelihood · 55 stories ● Albuquerque US about twice as warm as the day's news · food & livelihood · 53 stories ● Bujumbura Burundi about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 73 stories ● Lincolnshire UK about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 14 stories ● Daytona Beach US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 40 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice32% 17,703 stories · more than usual (usually 30%) Conflict & violence22% 11,987 stories · much less than usual (usually 28%) Health20% 11,301 stories · more than usual (usually 16%) Disasters & accidents13% 7,010 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 3,250 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,834 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,432 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 1,152 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 killed18,449 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Poland Stories reporting arrests7,773 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected7,087 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,969 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting abductions1,051 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Australia Stories reporting refugees1,048 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations651 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced574 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill58 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Canada

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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.