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38,706 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 rights and justice in Dhaka, protests in Caracas (Venezuela) and a disaster in Bambari. the Central African Republic's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostLibya 80 in 100 of its 420 stories, usually 56
RegionEvery region about as usual
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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Rights & justice

Bangladesh

251 of its 460 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Dhaka accounted for 154 of Bangladesh's 251 stories about harm, carried by 106 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (60 stories). Hunger was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Bangladesh over 30 days → its stories → Dhaka stories →
Protests & strikes

Venezuela

374 of its 506 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Caracas accounted for 288 of Venezuela's 374 stories about harm, carried by 238 outlets. 236 of Caracas' 288 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (286 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Venezuela over 30 days → its stories → Caracas stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Niger

56 of its 65 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Diffa accounted for 50 of Niger's 56 stories about harm, carried by 34 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (41 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Libya

336 of its 420 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (257 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Honduras

31 of its 52 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. 3 of Tegucigalpa's 3 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (16 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Mexico

295 of its 818 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (77 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Kashmir

137 of its 214 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Thailand

226 of its 666 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: landslides in Japan (171 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Italy (66 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); outbreaks in Sri Lanka (20 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hepatitis in Canada (94 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tsunami in Philippines (99 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 6 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 38,706 stories about harm among 188,663 counted on 6 Jul.

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Of the day's 188,663 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 22. On 6 July 2016, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Central African Republic97 in 100 of its 96 stories · usually 78 · mostly conflict & violence Niger86 in 100 of its 65 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Libya80 in 100 of its 420 stories · usually 56 · mostly rights & justice Somalia79 in 100 of its 100 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence Venezuela74 in 100 of its 506 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Hamburg Germany269 stories about protests or strikes, of its 389 Caracas Venezuela236 stories about protests or strikes, of its 288 Warsaw Poland195 stories about protests or strikes, of its 363 Washington US142 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1058 Boston US129 stories about protests or strikes, of its 448

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.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: 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 readTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: too little coverage to readSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: 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 lessSouth 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 lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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: too little coverage to readSerbia: 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 lessRomania: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: too little coverage to readPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: 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 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: 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 readKazakhstan: 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 lessJamaica: 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 lessIreland: too little coverage to readIraq: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: too little coverage to readGrenada: 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: too little coverage to readGambia: 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: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: too little coverage to readCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: too little coverage to readChile: about as warm as its own usual or lessChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral African Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: 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 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 lessBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: 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 lessBahrain: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: too little coverage to readAzerbaijan: 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 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 lessAfghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJammu & Kashmir: 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 readAzad 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 lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontserrat: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readThailand: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSweden: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualQatar: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPortugal: warmth about its own usualPoland: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNorth Korea: warmth about its own usualNetherlands: warmth about its own usualLiberia: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualHungary: warmth about its own usualGuatemala: warmth about its own usualGreenland: warmth about its own usualDenmark: warmth about its own usualColombia: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualMyanmar: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBhutan: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about one and a half times its own usualArmenia: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualBoise, US -- rights & justice: 18 stories, carried by 10 outletsMontreal, Canada -- health: 122 stories, carried by 110 outletsCleethorpes, UK -- health: 30 stories, carried by 39 outletsWarsaw, Poland -- conflict & violence: 363 stories, carried by 301 outletsHawijah, Iraq -- conflict & violence: 18 stories, carried by 16 outletsNevada, US -- health: 23 stories, carried by 21 outletsThimphu, Bhutan -- health: 14 stories, carried by 14 outletsByron Bay, Australia -- disasters & accidents: 24 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

● Poland warmth about one and a half times usual ● Thailand warmth about one and a half times usual ● Myanmar warmth about one and a half times usual ● Qatar warmth about one and a half times usual ● Bangladesh warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Boise US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 18 stories ● Montreal Canada about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 122 stories ● Cleethorpes UK about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 30 stories ● Warsaw Poland about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 363 stories ● Hawijah Iraq about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 18 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 10,471 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence22% 8,379 stories · less than usual (usually 24%) Health19% 7,293 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 6,155 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,404 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,242 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,016 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 954 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 killed11,860 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,245 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,778 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,215 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Venezuela Stories reporting abductions717 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations699 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced509 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees463 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Lebanon Stories reporting people falling ill49 at about two-thirds of 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.

● 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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