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33,304 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 violence in Putumayo, protests in Islamabad (Pakistan) and people displaced in Juba. Pakistan's coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were much softer than usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Haiti and the US → Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostColombia 75 in 100 of its 310 stories, usually 29
RegionEast Asia 20 in 100 of its stories, usually 15
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Colombia

234 of its 310 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Putumayo accounted for 149 of Colombia's 234 stories about harm, carried by 137 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (135 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Colombia over 30 days → its stories → Putumayo stories →
Protests & strikes

Pakistan

1,371 of its 2,215 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. 676 of Islamabad's 864 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (663 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Pakistan over 30 days → its stories → Islamabad stories →
Displacement

South Sudan

144 of its 177 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Juba accounted for 130 of South Sudan's 144 stories about harm, carried by 140 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (109 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Uganda

17 of Kivu's 26 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (34 stories). Plague was 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.

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Conflict & violence

Saudi Arabia

179 of its 374 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Norway

62 of its 157 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (39 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Sudan

51 of its 73 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Philippines

660 of its 1,848 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Drownings were named in 31 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Yemen

Sanaa accounted for 143 of Yemen's 199 stories about harm, carried by 132 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: tsunami in Japan (148 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); heavy rain in India (489 of its stories, about three times its usual); plague in Uganda (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Vietnam (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); cholera in Ethiopia (10 of its stories, more than ten 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 20 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 33,304 stories about harm among 152,889 counted on 20 Aug.

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Reports of peace efforts, a sign of help, ran at about twice the usual rate. 22 in every 100 of the day's 152,889 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Colombia, 75% of the news was about people being harmed, where 29% is usual. People falling ill were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about Haiti and the US. Mentions of the tsunami ran about 7 times their usual in Japan's news.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Libya82 in 100 of its 133 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence South Sudan81 in 100 of its 177 stories · usually 70 · mostly displacement Haiti79 in 100 of its 329 stories · usually 42 · mostly health Colombia75 in 100 of its 310 stories · usually 29 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan75 in 100 of its 626 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Islamabad Pakistan676 stories about protests or strikes, of its 864 Washington US163 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1150 Nablus Palestine152 stories about protests or strikes, of its 157 Delhi India147 stories about protests or strikes, of its 855 Aleppo Syria128 stories about protests or strikes, of its 531

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUkraine: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: 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: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: 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 readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. 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'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: 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'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMalta: 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: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGhana: 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: too little coverage to readNew 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 readEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: 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: too little coverage to readBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: too little coverage to readBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: 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: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: 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 readCrimea: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall 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: too little coverage to readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & 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: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk 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 readYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUganda: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTaiwan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSamoa: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRussia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRomania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPortugal: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPeru: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMauritania: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMalaysia: coverage a little warmer than 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 a little angrier than the world'sJordan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHonduras: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuinea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuatemala: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCyprus: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCosta Rica: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sChad: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBurundi: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAngola: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMaldives: 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

● Guatemala about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 60 stories about harm ● Somalia about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 125 stories about harm ● Yemen about twice as angry as the world's · 199 stories about harm ● Colombia about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 234 stories about harm ● South Sudan about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 144 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 1,371 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice26% 8,653 stories · less than usual (usually 29%) Conflict & violence22% 7,362 stories · about as usual Health20% 6,451 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents18% 5,754 stories · more than usual (usually 15%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,083 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 876 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 870 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 779 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 killed11,472 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,190 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,281 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,132 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees637 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions539 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced484 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Colombia and South Sudan Stories reporting evacuations281 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting people falling ill155 at about twice the usual rate · most about Haiti and the US

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 much softer than 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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