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65,048 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 protests in Bogota (Colombia), a disaster in Amatrice and violence in Ankara. Italy's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 25 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostItaly 78 in 100 of its 6,467 stories, usually 17
RegionEurope 29 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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Protests & strikes

Colombia

252 of its 468 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Bogota accounted for 160 of Colombia's 252 stories about harm, carried by 134 outlets. 83 of Bogota's 160 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (149 stories). Train derailment was named in 19 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Colombia over 30 days → its stories → Bogota stories →
Disasters & accidents

Italy

5,055 of its 6,467 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Amatrice accounted for 3,443 of Italy's 5,055 stories about harm, carried by 2,042 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (99 stories). Power cuts were named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Italy over 30 days → its stories → Amatrice stories →
Conflict & violence

Türkiye

2,362 of its 3,197 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Ankara accounted for 1,140 of Türkiye's 2,362 stories about harm, carried by 574 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (316 stories). Drownings were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

Türkiye over 30 days → its stories → Ankara stories →
Rights & justice

Hungary

34 of its 154 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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

Myanmar

398 of its 531 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Chauk accounted for 180 of Myanmar's 398 stories about harm, carried by 194 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (42 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

1,158 of its 1,534 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Kabul accounted for 965 of Afghanistan's 1,158 stories about harm, carried by 898 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (419 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Thailand

823 of its 1,347 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (581 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Saudi Arabia

384 of its 734 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (47 stories). HIV was named in 67 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with hepatitis.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Algeria

40 of its 106 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (20 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Zimbabwe

299 of its 677 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. 150 of Harare's 197 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: hurricane in Bahamas (75 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hurricane in Puerto Rico (36 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Mozambique (12 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hiv in Saudi Arabia (67 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); drought in Austria (14 of its stories, more than ten 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 24 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 65,048 stories about harm among 285,800 counted on 24 Aug.

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Mentions of the hurricane ran about 4 times their usual in the Bahamas' news. of the day's 285,800 news stories, 23 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 22. Colombia stood out: 54% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 33%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Mali83 in 100 of its 172 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence South Sudan80 in 100 of its 143 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Italy78 in 100 of its 6,467 stories · usually 17 · mostly disasters & accidents Afghanistan75 in 100 of its 1,534 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Myanmar75 in 100 of its 531 stories · usually 38 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Delhi India866 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1376 Ankara Türkiye447 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1140 Anadolu Türkiye396 stories about protests or strikes, of its 581 Washington US375 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2346 Karachi Pakistan313 stories about protests or strikes, of its 565

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or lessZambia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: too little coverage to readPuerto 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCayman 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: too little coverage to readTurkmenistan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: 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 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 lessSouth 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: 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 lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. 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 lessRomania: about as warm as its own usual or lessQatar: 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 lessParaguay: 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: too little coverage to readNorth 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 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 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 lessMalaysia: 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 lessNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJapan: too little coverage to readJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessItaly: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsrael: 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 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: too little coverage to readGuinea: 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: too little coverage to readFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew 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: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: too little coverage to readEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: about as warm as its own usual or lessN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: 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: too little coverage to readChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or lessChile: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: 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 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 lessAustria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustralia: about as warm as its own usual or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessArgentina: too little coverage to readAntigua & 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 lessAksai Chin: 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 lessVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBermuda: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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: too little coverage to readTaiwan: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualSwitzerland: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualSingapore: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about its own usualPortugal: warmth about its own usualPoland: warmth about its own usualNorway: warmth about its own usualNew Zealand: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIreland: warmth about its own usualHungary: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGuatemala: warmth about its own usualCzechia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualCuba: warmth about its own usualColombia: warmth about its own usualBelize: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBelgium: warmth about its own usualAzerbaijan: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualEau Claire, US -- disasters & accidents: 43 stories, carried by 43 outletsProvincetown, US -- rights & justice: 192 stories, carried by 271 outletsEdo State, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsOslo, Norway -- rights & justice: 40 stories, carried by 31 outletsHa Tinh, Vietnam -- shelter & services: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsPrague, Czechia -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 56 stories, carried by 52 outletsYishun, Singapore -- rights & justice: 76 stories, carried by 18 outletsLake Chad, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 31 stories, carried by 24 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

● Belize warmth about one and a half times usual ● Czechia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Palestine warmth about one and a half times usual ● Singapore warmth about one and a half times usual ● Hungary warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Eau Claire US about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 43 stories ● Provincetown US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 192 stories ● Edo State Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 10 stories ● Oslo Norway about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 40 stories ● Ha Tinh Vietnam about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · shelter & services · 10 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice25% 15,906 stories · less than usual (usually 28%) Disasters & accidents23% 14,424 stories · much more than usual (usually 16%) Conflict & violence22% 13,825 stories · about as usual Health18% 11,798 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 3,329 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,837 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 1,504 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,231 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 killed22,003 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected8,573 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured7,630 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests7,271 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions1,539 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting evacuations1,232 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,058 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced653 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill64 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Australia

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
● 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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