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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

how these are picked →
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.

its stories →
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

usually 22; 22 the day before
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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.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or lessYemen: 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: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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: too little coverage to readTrinidad & 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: 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 lessTaiwan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSyria: 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 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 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: 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 lessRussia: 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: too little coverage to readPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: about as warm as its own usual or lessPakistan: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: 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 lessMalaysia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: 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 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: too little coverage to readKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: 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 lessItaly: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: 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 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: 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 lessGermany: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial 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: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe 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 lessCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte 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: too little coverage to readColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessChad: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: 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 lessAzerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustria: 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: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: 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): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAmerican 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: about as warm as its own usual or lessZambia: warmth about its own usualPuerto Rico: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSwitzerland: warmth about its own usualRomania: warmth about its own usualPeru: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPapua New Guinea: warmth about its own usualOman: warmth about its own usualNorway: warmth about its own usualNorth Macedonia: warmth about its own usualKazakhstan: warmth about its own usualJamaica: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualIreland: warmth about its own usualHungary: warmth about its own usualHonduras: warmth about its own usualHong Kong: warmth about one and a half times its own usualChile: warmth about its own usualCentral African Republic: warmth about its own usualBelize: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualBahrain: warmth about its own usualBahamas: warmth about its own usualAustralia: warmth about its own usualArmenia: warmth about its own usualAngola: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualPunxsutawney, US -- disasters & accidents: 54 stories, carried by 53 outletsSallanches, France -- health: 19 stories, carried by 132 outletsIllinois, US -- health: 71 stories, carried by 76 outletsSilver Spring, Australia -- health: 165 stories, carried by 148 outletsBeirut, Lebanon -- conflict & violence: 16 stories, carried by 15 outletsLusaka, Zambia -- rights & justice: 53 stories, carried by 44 outletsEnglish Channel, UK -- displacement: 27 stories, carried by 138 outletsBaghlan, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 18 stories, carried by 22 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

● Puerto Rico warmth about one and a half times usual ● Peru warmth about one and a half times usual ● Jamaica warmth about one and a half times usual ● Hong Kong warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Punxsutawney US about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 54 stories ● Sallanches France about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 19 stories ● Illinois US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 71 stories ● Silver Spring Australia about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 165 stories ● Beirut Lebanon about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 16 stories

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