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34,054 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 wildfires in Greece, protests in Yerevan (Armenia) and violence in Mogadishu. Somalia's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was about as usual.

Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Iraq and Yemen → Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Egypt →
Part of lifeConflict & violence 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostGuatemala 91 in 100 of its 92 stories, usually 26
RegionEurope 26 in 100 of its stories, usually 22
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Disasters & accidents

Greece

202 of its 351 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (76 stories). Wildfires were named in 76 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Greece over 30 days → its stories →
Protests & strikes

Armenia

422 of its 556 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Yerevan accounted for 402 of Armenia's 422 stories about harm, carried by 280 outlets. 235 of Yerevan's 402 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (318 stories).

Armenia over 30 days → its stories → Yerevan stories →
Conflict & violence

Somalia

472 of its 502 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Mogadishu accounted for 436 of Somalia's 472 stories about harm, carried by 422 outlets. Cholera was named in 22 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Somalia over 30 days → its stories → Mogadishu stories →
Rights & justice

India

2,230 of its 7,403 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (26 stories). Building collapse was named in 154 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with train derailment.

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

Burkina Faso

17 of its 24 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. 15 of Balole's 17 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories). Measles was named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

455 of its 550 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Kabul accounted for 242 of Afghanistan's 455 stories about harm, carried by 246 outlets. Power cuts were named in 31 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Philippines

827 of its 2,171 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (233 stories). Tropical storm was named in 308 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with cyclone, landslides and power cuts.

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Conflict & violence

Belgium

73 of its 217 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Burundi

37 of its 40 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 76%. 23 of Bujumbura's 26 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Mali

67 of its 81 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 72%. 31 of Bamako's 32 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: chikungunya in Brazil (89 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tropical storm in Philippines (308 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); measles in Burkina Faso (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); typhoon in China (56 of its stories, about three times its usual); avalanche in New Zealand (26 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 31 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 34,054 stories about harm among 140,491 counted on 31 Jul.

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Mentions of the chikungunya ran more than ten times their usual in Brazil's news. of the day's 140,491 news stories, 24 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 23. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Iraq and Yemen. Greece's news was 58% about people being harmed, against a usual 23%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Somalia94 in 100 of its 502 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Guatemala91 in 100 of its 92 stories · usually 26 · mostly rights & justice Maldives86 in 100 of its 114 stories · usually 38 · mostly rights & justice Afghanistan83 in 100 of its 550 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Mali83 in 100 of its 81 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Yerevan Armenia235 stories about protests or strikes, of its 402 Delhi India177 stories about protests or strikes, of its 553 Damascus Syria137 stories about protests or strikes, of its 204 Caldwell County US106 stories about protests or strikes, of its 683 Philadelphia US96 stories about protests or strikes, of its 348

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 lessVietnam: 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: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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: 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: too little coverage to readTurkey: 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: too little coverage to readTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSouth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Africa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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 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 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 lessNorth Korea: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: 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 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 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 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 readGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: 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 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: 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: 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 lessEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: too little coverage to readCzech 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 lessCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: 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: too little coverage to readCape 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: too little coverage to readBurkina 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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readAzerbaijan: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: 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: too little coverage to readYemen: warmth about one and a half times its own usualTunisia: warmth about its own usualTrinidad & Tobago: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualSlovenia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualPeru: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualHungary: warmth about its own usualGuatemala: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about one and a half times its own usualCroatia: warmth about its own usualCongo: warmth about one and a half times its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualHong Kong: warmth about its own usualBurundi: warmth about its own usualAustria: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualMaldives: warmth about one and a half times its own usualHartlepool, UK -- health: 15 stories, carried by 10 outletsOslo, Norway -- conflict & violence: 15 stories, carried by 16 outletsGreat Wall, China -- rights & justice: 30 stories, carried by 56 outletsDavao del Norte, Philippines -- conflict & violence: 18 stories, carried by 16 outletsBujumbura, Burundi -- rights & justice: 26 stories, carried by 22 outletsBamako, Mali -- conflict & violence: 32 stories, carried by 32 outletsGeorgia, US -- health: 19 stories, carried by 20 outletsLjubljana, Slovenia -- conflict & violence: 16 stories, carried by 16 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

● Germany warmth about one and a half times usual ● Slovenia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Yemen warmth about one and a half times usual ● Maldives warmth about one and a half times usual ● Congo warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Hartlepool UK about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 15 stories ● Oslo Norway about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 15 stories ● Great Wall China about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 30 stories ● Davao del Norte Philippines about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 18 stories ● Bujumbura Burundi about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 26 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence28% 9,400 stories · about as usual Rights & justice24% 8,148 stories · much less than usual (usually 30%) Disasters & accidents18% 5,893 stories · much more than usual (usually 12%) Health14% 4,813 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given9% 2,987 stories · more than usual (usually 7%) Food & livelihood2% 776 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 772 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 613 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 killed13,515 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,343 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,335 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,279 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions680 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced577 at about twice the usual rate · most about Iraq and Yemen Stories reporting evacuations477 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting refugees448 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Germany and Greece Stories reporting people falling ill146 at about three times the usual rate · most about the US and Egypt

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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