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54,812 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 day's news pointed at violence in Islamabad, people injured in Peru and protests in Hong Kong Island (Hong Kong). Peru's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Norway → Help and hope: reports of aid and relief ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeConflict & violence 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostAustria 60 in 100 of its 255 stories, usually 20
RegionNorth America 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

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Conflict & violence

Pakistan

1,582 of its 2,700 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Islamabad accounted for 986 of Pakistan's 1,582 stories about harm, carried by 224 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (754 stories). Drought was named in 27 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Pakistan over 30 days → its stories → Islamabad stories →
Disasters & accidents

Peru

297 of its 452 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (204 stories). Landslides were named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Peru over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Austria

153 of its 255 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Vienna accounted for 139 of Austria's 153 stories about harm, carried by 137 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (127 stories).

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

Nepal

287 of its 406 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Kathmandu accounted for 250 of Nepal's 287 stories about harm, carried by 262 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (230 stories). Storms were named in 44 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Honduras

75 of its 89 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Tegucigalpa accounted for 60 of Honduras' 75 stories about harm, carried by 57 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (67 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about 4 times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Yemen

681 of its 733 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 74%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 8 times the usual rate (10 stories). Measles was named in 13 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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Protests & strikes

Norway

87 of its 236 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 10 of Oslo's 15 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (52 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Switzerland

172 of its 540 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (32 stories). Respiratory illness was named in 10 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.

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Cyprus

67 of its 145 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (44 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: wildfires in Spain (64 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); outbreaks in New Zealand (81 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in Myanmar (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Portugal (26 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hepatitis in Jordan (25 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

23 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 15 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 54,812 stories about harm among 239,620 counted on 15 Aug.

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Evacuations were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Norway. of the day's 239,620 news stories, 23 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of aid and relief, a sign of help, ran at about twice the usual rate. Mentions of wildfires ran about 6 times their usual in Spain's news. In Pakistan, 59% of the news was about people being harmed, where 50% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen93 in 100 of its 733 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Honduras84 in 100 of its 89 stories · usually 48 · mostly conflict & violence Syria82 in 100 of its 1,320 stories · usually 77 · mostly conflict & violence South Sudan76 in 100 of its 447 stories · usually 71 · mostly rights & justice Afghanistan74 in 100 of its 532 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Milwaukee US1066 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1291 Aleppo Syria442 stories about protests or strikes, of its 797 Islamabad Pakistan359 stories about protests or strikes, of its 986 Washington US347 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1947 Jerusalem Israel187 stories about protests or strikes, of its 336

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Vanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: feelings about like the world'sUnited States: feelings about like the world'sSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern 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: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sZambia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sThailand: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSpain: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRomania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPortugal: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPeru: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPanama: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMozambique: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKenya: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJapan: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIreland: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHonduras: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuyana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuatemala: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFrance: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCyprus: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sCuba: coverage a little warmer than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHong Kong: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sChad: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBelarus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAustria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNauru: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMacao: coverage a little warmer than the world's
AngerGriefFearWarmth Like the world'sToo little news

Each country in the colour of the feeling its news carried most, against the world's news that day. Stronger colour: further above the world. Click a country.

Strongest feelings

● Congo about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 112 stories about harm ● Honduras about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 75 stories about harm ● Zambia about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 179 stories about harm ● South Sudan about twice as angry as the world's · 339 stories about harm ● Kashmir about twice as fearful as the world's · 146 stories about harm ● Singapore about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 220 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence26% 14,010 stories · about as usual Rights & justice25% 13,540 stories · less than usual (usually 29%) Disasters & accidents18% 9,562 stories · more than usual (usually 14%) Health16% 8,668 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 3,116 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 2,130 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,698 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,045 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 killed19,152 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected7,708 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting arrests7,650 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured7,007 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations2,194 at about three times the usual rate · most about the US and Norway Stories reporting abductions1,054 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees886 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced552 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill63 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about New Zealand and the US

Stories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.

How it felt 30 days →

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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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