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31,083 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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A disaster in Dhaka, people displaced in Beirut and protests in Guatemala City (Guatemala) drew the news. Lebanon's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read softer than usual.

Part of lifeConflict & violence 25 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostLebanon 77 in 100 of its 216 stories, usually 42
RegionOceania 20 in 100 of its stories, usually 18
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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Disasters & accidents

Bangladesh

353 of its 543 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Dhaka accounted for 277 of Bangladesh's 353 stories about harm, carried by 204 outlets. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories). Accidents were named in 136 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Bangladesh over 30 days → its stories → Dhaka stories →
Displacement

Lebanon

166 of its 216 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Beirut accounted for 91 of Lebanon's 166 stories about harm, carried by 82 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (102 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Lebanon over 30 days → its stories → Beirut stories →
Protests & strikes

Guatemala

48 of its 65 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Guatemala City accounted for 43 of Guatemala's 48 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. 38 of Guatemala City's 43 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Guatemala over 30 days → its stories → Guatemala City stories →
Conflict & violence

South Sudan

85 of its 107 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

South Sudan over 30 days → its stories →
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Rights & justice

Albania

19 of its 38 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories). Heatwave was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Niger

75 of its 87 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (71 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Burundi

76 of its 105 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (72 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Morocco

35 of its 94 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 17 of al-Hoceima's 27 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (18 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Poland

117 of its 409 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (75 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Somalia

170 of its 199 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 76%. Mogadishu accounted for 109 of Somalia's 170 stories about harm, carried by 123 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: dengue in Sri Lanka (110 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); wildfires in Montenegro (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); ebola in DR Congo (14 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hiv in Algeria (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in Albania (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 4 Jul. 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 31,083 stories about harm among 147,867 counted on 4 Jul.

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Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 147,867 stories, below the usual 22. On 4 July 2016, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, against 21 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Niger86 in 100 of its 87 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia85 in 100 of its 199 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen81 in 100 of its 79 stories · usually 80 · mostly conflict & violence South Sudan79 in 100 of its 107 stories · usually 50 · mostly conflict & violence Lebanon77 in 100 of its 216 stories · usually 42 · mostly displacement

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Coney Island US156 stories about protests or strikes, of its 248 Washington US147 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1055 London UK141 stories about protests or strikes, of its 760 Caracas Venezuela132 stories about protests or strikes, of its 203 Hollywood US90 stories about protests or strikes, of its 281

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: too little coverage to readUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited States: too little coverage to readSouth 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 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 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 lessTaiwan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: too little coverage to readSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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: 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 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 lessPeru: too little coverage to readParaguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: 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: too little coverage to readNew Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: 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 lessWestern Sahara: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: 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: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: 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: too little coverage to readKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessItaly: too little coverage to readIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessIreland: too little coverage to readIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrench 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 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 lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: 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 lessCzech 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: 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: too little coverage to readHong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or lessChile: 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: too little coverage to readBurundi: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: 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 lessBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: too little coverage to readBarbados: 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 lessAzerbaijan: 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: too little coverage to readArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: 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 lessJammu & Kashmir: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSiachen Glacier: about as warm as its own usual or lessCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: 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: 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: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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: 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 readUnited Arab Emirates: warmth about its own usualTürkiye: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualSouth Sudan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualNetherlands: warmth about its own usualMorocco: warmth about its own usualJordan: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualHungary: warmth about its own usualEthiopia: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualColombia: warmth about its own usualChad: warmth about its own usualMyanmar: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualLake Chad, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 14 stories, carried by 14 outletsAbu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates -- conflict & violence: 21 stories, carried by 17 outletsAlexandria, Egypt -- health: 61 stories, carried by 57 outletsVirginia, US -- health: 14 stories, carried by 13 outletsToowoomba, Australia -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 21 stories, carried by 25 outletsVermont, US -- disasters & accidents: 15 stories, carried by 20 outletsBogota, Colombia -- health: 16 stories, carried by 14 outletsRockhampton, Australia -- conflict & violence: 21 stories, carried by 28 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

● Palestine warmth about one and a half times usual ● Myanmar warmth about one and a half times usual ● South Sudan warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Lake Chad Nigeria about three times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 14 stories ● Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 21 stories ● Alexandria Egypt about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 61 stories ● Virginia US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 14 stories ● Toowoomba Australia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 21 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence25% 7,631 stories · about as usual Rights & justice24% 7,262 stories · about as usual Health19% 5,686 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents15% 4,701 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 2,240 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 1,389 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 879 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 648 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 killed9,500 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,068 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,022 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,019 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Bangladesh Stories reporting refugees560 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions551 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced413 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations265 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people falling ill79 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Bangladesh

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.

● Angera little less than 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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