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35,315 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 la Paz (Bolivia), a disaster in Amatrice and violence in Asuncion. Bolivia's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostUzbekistan 73 in 100 of its 119 stories, usually 18
RegionCentral Asia 57 in 100 of its stories, usually 20
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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Protests & strikes

Bolivia

179 of its 194 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. la Paz accounted for 161 of Bolivia's 179 stories about harm, carried by 200 outlets. 160 of la Paz's 161 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (143 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Bolivia over 30 days → its stories → La Paz stories →
Disasters & accidents

Italy

1,245 of its 2,156 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Amatrice accounted for 897 of Italy's 1,245 stories about harm, carried by 742 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (101 stories). Plague was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Paraguay

94 of its 100 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Asuncion accounted for 61 of Paraguay's 94 stories about harm, carried by 57 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (93 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Paraguay over 30 days → its stories → Asuncion stories →
Health

Singapore

518 of its 2,043 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (34 stories). Dengue was named in 67 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual, with chikungunya.

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

Uzbekistan

87 of its 119 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Andijan accounted for 69 of Uzbekistan's 87 stories about harm, carried by 89 outlets. 68 of Andijan's 69 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (83 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Colombia

278 of its 358 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (10 stories). Polio was named in 13 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.

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Conflict & violence

Türkiye

990 of its 1,311 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (547 stories). Hunger was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Sierra Leone

27 of its 38 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. 14 of Freetown's 20 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (14 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Sudan

77 of its 103 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (52 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Syria

969 of its 1,123 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 75%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (394 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: hunger in Kenya (49 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); hurricane in Cuba (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Panama (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); malaria in Japan (39 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); train derailment in India (100 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 28 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 35,315 stories about harm among 154,822 counted on 28 Aug.

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For the third day running, the news turned to Bolivia. Stories about people being harmed made up 23 in every 100 of the day's 154,822 stories, as usual. Bolivia's news was 92% about people being harmed, against a usual 56%. This week the news turned most often to Italy, on 5 of 7 days; help rose on 1 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Paraguay94 in 100 of its 100 stories · usually 37 · mostly conflict & violence Bolivia92 in 100 of its 194 stories · usually 56 · mostly rights & justice Syria86 in 100 of its 1,123 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence Micronesia80 in 100 of its 113 stories · usually 55 · mostly disasters & accidents Colombia78 in 100 of its 358 stories · usually 44 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US476 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1522 La Paz Bolivia160 stories about protests or strikes, of its 161 Dallas US152 stories about protests or strikes, of its 209 Phoenix US127 stories about protests or strikes, of its 394 Aleppo Syria113 stories about protests or strikes, of its 236

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: 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'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'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: 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 Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: 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 readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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: too little coverage to readLithuania: too little coverage to readLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: 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'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: 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'sSt 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 readEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: 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 readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: 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'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'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: 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'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: 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 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: too little coverage to readNorthern 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: 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 readMacao: too little coverage to readNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUzbekistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTogo: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSweden: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSpain: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSierra Leone: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sQatar: coverage a little more fearful than 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'sParaguay: coverage about three times as angry 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 a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNepal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMontenegro: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMoldova: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMalta: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMali: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLibya: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sJapan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sItaly: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage a little angrier than 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 about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIceland: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGabon: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFiji: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEstonia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDominican Republic: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCzechia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCuba: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBolivia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful 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

● Bolivia about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 179 stories about harm ● Paraguay about three times as angry as the world's · 94 stories about harm ● Italy about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 1,245 stories about harm ● Sweden few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 48 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as fearful as the world's · 221 stories about harm ● Colombia about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 278 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 9,826 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence26% 9,132 stories · more than usual (usually 23%) Disasters & accidents17% 5,868 stories · about as usual Health15% 5,344 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,890 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,203 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 842 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 583 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 killed12,604 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,146 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Italy Stories reporting arrests4,960 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,710 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions840 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting refugees792 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Germany and the US Stories reporting evacuations361 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Syria and the US Stories reporting people displaced324 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill19 at about a third of 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 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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