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61,150 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 Ayia Napa, protests in Conakry (Guinea) and evacuations in Puerto Rico. Cyprus' coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran softer than usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Puerto Rico → Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and India → Help and hope: reports of aid and relief ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostPuerto Rico 90 in 100 of its 554 stories, usually 40
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 26 in 100 of its stories, usually 21
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Rights & justice

Cyprus

140 of its 250 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Ayia Napa accounted for 131 of Cyprus' 140 stories about harm, carried by 217 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (87 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Cyprus over 30 days → its stories → Ayia Napa stories →
Protests & strikes

Guinea

41 of its 66 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. 35 of Conakry's 36 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Guinea over 30 days → its stories → Conakry stories →
Disasters & accidents

Puerto Rico

500 of its 554 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (294 stories). Heatstroke was named in 95 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Puerto Rico over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Congo

257 of its 266 stories (97%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (6 stories). Power cuts were named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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

Peru

228 of its 429 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. 65 of Alberto Fujimori's 79 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (65 stories). Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Zambia

84 of its 194 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. 36 of Lusaka's 53 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (57 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Panama

48 of its 109 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (44 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

El Salvador

27 of its 36 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Mexico

779 of its 1,678 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of abductions ran at about 7 times the usual rate (394 stories). Meningitis was named in 75 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with volcanic eruption.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Austria

158 of its 395 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (59 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: drownings in Bangladesh (114 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); chikungunya in Argentina (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Nigeria (168 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); measles in Yemen (49 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Guatemala (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 17 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 61,150 stories about harm among 280,538 counted on 17 Aug.

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Cyprus stood out: 56% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 18%. 22 in every 100 of the day's 280,538 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Bangladesh's news, mentions of drownings ran more than ten times their usual. Reports of aid and relief, a sign of help, ran at about twice the usual rate. Evacuations were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Puerto Rico.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Congo97 in 100 of its 266 stories · usually 56 · mostly health Puerto Rico90 in 100 of its 554 stories · usually 40 · mostly disasters & accidents South Sudan83 in 100 of its 406 stories · usually 71 · mostly rights & justice Yemen83 in 100 of its 307 stories · usually 78 · mostly conflict & violence Syria77 in 100 of its 866 stories · usually 78 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Islamabad Pakistan661 stories about protests or strikes, of its 905 Delhi India545 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1377 Washington US405 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1822 Hollywood US340 stories about protests or strikes, of its 881 Philadelphia US314 stories about protests or strikes, of its 500

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Venezuela: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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 readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth 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: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sSt 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 readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: 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'sFaroe Islands: feelings about like the world'sDenmark: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: 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: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: 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'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sGaza: feelings about like the world'sWest Bank: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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 readMacao: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: feelings about like the world'sZimbabwe: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sZambia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sVanuatu: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUganda: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sThailand: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTajikistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about three times 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 grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSlovakia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSierra Leone: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPortugal: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPoland: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPeru: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPanama: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMauritania: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMali: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKenya: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKazakhstan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJordan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little warmer than the world'sItaly: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as fearful 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 grief-stricken as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHungary: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuinea: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGermany: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sFrance: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEstonia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGreenland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCzechia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCyprus: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage a little angrier than the world'sDR Congo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBahamas: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAustria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNauru: coverage a little angrier 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

● Panama few stories about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 48 stories about harm ● South Sudan about three times as angry as the world's · 339 stories about harm ● Kashmir about twice as angry as the world's · 255 stories about harm ● Mali about twice as angry as the world's · 108 stories about harm ● Sweden about twice as fearful as the world's · 110 stories about harm ● Germany about twice as fearful as the world's · 642 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 18,049 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence20% 12,007 stories · less than usual (usually 25%) Disasters & accidents19% 11,277 stories · more than usual (usually 14%) Health18% 11,035 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 2,904 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 2,007 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,634 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,218 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 killed18,664 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests8,141 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected7,602 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured5,482 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations2,149 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Puerto Rico Stories reporting abductions1,440 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Nigeria and Mexico Stories reporting refugees1,275 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced574 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill322 at about three times 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.

● Angerabout as 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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