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56,233 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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Protests in Crimea (Ukraine), a disaster in Belize City and violence in Sirte drew the news. Montenegro's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read softer than usual.

Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostBelize 72 in 100 of its 204 stories, usually 23
RegionCentral Asia 29 in 100 of its stories, usually 26
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Ukraine

189 of its 347 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. 99 of Crimea's 104 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (33 stories). Avalanche was named in 98 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Ukraine over 30 days → its stories → Crimea stories →
Disasters & accidents

Belize

147 of its 204 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Belize City accounted for 97 of Belize's 147 stories about harm, carried by 179 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 9 times the usual rate (96 stories). Storm surge was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Belize over 30 days → its stories → Belize City stories →
Conflict & violence

Libya

756 of its 983 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Sirte accounted for 519 of Libya's 756 stories about harm, carried by 413 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (255 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Libya over 30 days → its stories → Sirte stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Montenegro

49 of its 56 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (48 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Montenegro over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Nicaragua

42 of its 62 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Sapoa accounted for 40 of Nicaragua's 42 stories about harm, carried by 39 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (41 stories). Drownings were named in 40 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Ireland

576 of its 2,030 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (362 stories). Road crashes were named in 298 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Sudan

150 of its 207 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (69 stories). Cholera was named in 41 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

South Sudan

Juba accounted for 129 of South Sudan's 148 stories about harm, carried by 98 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (55 stories). Cholera was named in 47 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with malaria. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Czechia

55 of its 188 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (37 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Tajikistan

36 of its 79 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. 31 of Dushanbe's 33 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (31 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: road crashes in Ireland (298 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Nicaragua (40 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tsunami in Sri Lanka (42 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); cholera in South Sudan (47 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); cholera in Sudan (41 of its stories, more than ten 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 2 Aug. 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 56,233 stories about harm among 267,833 counted on 2 Aug.

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Ireland's news mentioned road crashes more than ten times as often as usual. Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. In Ukraine, 54% of the news was about people being harmed, where 35% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 267,833 stories, below the usual 23.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Montenegro88 in 100 of its 56 stories · usually 14 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given Yemen80 in 100 of its 276 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence South Sudan79 in 100 of its 188 stories · usually 79 · mostly conflict & violence Syria78 in 100 of its 1,270 stories · usually 77 · mostly conflict & violence Libya77 in 100 of its 983 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Aleppo Syria240 stories about protests or strikes, of its 760 Washington US204 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2058 Tianjin China174 stories about protests or strikes, of its 175 Shiraz Iran172 stories about protests or strikes, of its 172 Delhi India124 stories about protests or strikes, of its 578

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: 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: too little coverage to readMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: 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: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth 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 Korea: too little coverage to readSomalia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: 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 lessPoland: about as warm as its own usual or lessPhilippines: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua New Guinea: too little coverage to readPanama: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: 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 lessMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readIsrael: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl 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: 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 lessDenmark: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: too little coverage to readChad: 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: too little coverage to readMyanmar: too little coverage to readBurundi: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBhutan: 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: too little coverage to readAustria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustralia: about as warm as its own usual or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: 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 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 lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAnguilla: 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: too little coverage to readGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessZambia: warmth about its own usualYemen: warmth about its own usualGuam: warmth about its own usualTaiwan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSouth Africa: warmth about its own usualPortugal: warmth about its own usualParaguay: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualNorth Macedonia: warmth about its own usualLibya: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about twice its own usualCzechia: warmth about its own usualChile: warmth about its own usualArmenia: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualWacken, Germany -- conflict & violence: 71 stories, carried by 100 outletsWacken, Germany -- conflict & violence: 15 stories, carried by 15 outletsGreat Wall, China -- rights & justice: 24 stories, carried by 42 outletsBallarat, Australia -- health: 25 stories, carried by 128 outletsWagga Wagga, Australia -- rights & justice: 14 stories, carried by 112 outletsTing Hsin, Taiwan -- rights & justice: 12 stories, carried by 10 outletsKakori, India -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsLouisville, US -- health: 24 stories, carried by 26 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 twice usual ● Taiwan warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Wacken Germany about 4 times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 71 stories ● Wacken Germany about three times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 15 stories ● Great Wall China about three times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 24 stories ● Ballarat Australia about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 25 stories ● Wagga Wagga Australia about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 14 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice27% 14,985 stories · less than usual (usually 30%) Health23% 12,647 stories · much more than usual (usually 16%) Conflict & violence19% 10,639 stories · much less than usual (usually 28%) Disasters & accidents15% 8,203 stories · more than usual (usually 12%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given8% 4,445 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,899 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,408 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,022 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 killed17,382 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting arrests6,802 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people affected6,289 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,545 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Libya Stories reporting evacuations1,046 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Russia Stories reporting refugees986 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions815 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Bangladesh Stories reporting people displaced369 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about South Sudan and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill51 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and India

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 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.