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40,534 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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Most of the day's attention went to protests in Cairo (Egypt), drownings in Senegal and illness in Camayenne. Egypt's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was about as usual.

Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostEgypt 82 in 100 of its 1,015 stories, usually 35
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 54 in 100 of its stories, usually 47
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Egypt

837 of its 1,015 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Cairo accounted for 438 of Egypt's 837 stories about harm, carried by 234 outlets. 261 of Cairo's 438 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (579 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Egypt over 30 days → its stories → Cairo stories →
Disasters & accidents

Senegal

51 of its 83 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Dakar accounted for 48 of Senegal's 51 stories about harm, carried by 50 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (46 stories). Drownings were named in 45 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.

Senegal over 30 days → its stories → Dakar stories →
Health

Guinea

51 of its 61 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Camayenne accounted for 48 of Guinea's 51 stories about harm, carried by 49 outlets. Ebola was named in 49 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with malaria and tuberculosis.

Guinea over 30 days → its stories → Camayenne stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Italy

281 of its 1,102 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (193 stories). Building collapse was named in 27 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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

Germany

2,198 of its 4,757 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Hamburg accounted for 1,995 of Germany's 2,198 stories about harm, carried by 1,184 outlets. 1,777 of Hamburg's 1,995 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (1,077 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Honduras

32 of its 45 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. 20 of Agua Zarca's 20 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Botswana

70 of its 121 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people affected ran at about 9 times the usual rate (65 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Rwanda

131 of its 210 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. 50 of Kigali's 77 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Türkiye

459 of its 807 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. 112 of Istanbul's 211 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (151 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Libya

62 of its 93 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: hiv in Central African Republic (44 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Japan (155 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Somalia (25 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hiv in Spain (68 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Philippines (181 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 22; 21 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 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 40,534 stories about harm among 180,950 counted on 7 Jul.

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Reports of peace efforts, a sign of help, ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. 22 in every 100 of the day's 180,950 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Egypt, 82% of the news was about people being harmed, where 35% is usual. Guinea's news mentioned Ebola about 6 times as often as usual. On 7 July 2016, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 22 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Central African Republic88 in 100 of its 77 stories · usually 79 · mostly displacement Guinea84 in 100 of its 61 stories · usually 17 · mostly health Egypt82 in 100 of its 1,015 stories · usually 35 · mostly conflict & violence El Salvador81 in 100 of its 75 stories · usually 39 · mostly rights & justice Niger81 in 100 of its 62 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Hamburg Germany1777 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1995 Cairo Egypt261 stories about protests or strikes, of its 438 Moscow Russia250 stories about protests or strikes, of its 513 Washington US192 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1144 Jerusalem Israel149 stories about protests or strikes, of its 337

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or lessZambia: 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: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: 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: 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: too little coverage to readTurkey: 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: too little coverage to readTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: 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: 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 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: 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 readSão 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 lessRussia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readOman: 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: 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 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 lessLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: 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 lessJapan: 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 lessPalestine: about as warm as its own usual or lessIreland: 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 lessIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: about as warm as its own usual or lessHungary: 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 readGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: 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: 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: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: too little coverage to readComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or lessChile: about as warm as its own usual or lessChad: too little coverage to readCentral 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: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern 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: too little coverage to readGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: 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: 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 readYemen: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualSenegal: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about its own usualQatar: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualNorway: warmth about its own usualNetherlands: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualLebanon: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about its own usualJordan: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualGuatemala: warmth about its own usualGambia: warmth about its own usualCongo: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualMyanmar: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBahrain: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualAwamiya, Saudi Arabia -- conflict & violence: 21 stories, carried by 24 outletsNew Hampshire, US -- rights & justice: 23 stories, carried by 24 outletsDakar, Senegal -- disasters & accidents: 48 stories, carried by 50 outletsSunshine Coast, Australia -- health: 10 stories, carried by 22 outletsWilliamsport, US -- health: 68 stories, carried by 81 outletsAntalya, Türkiye -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 12 outletsShenyang, China -- health: 86 stories, carried by 74 outletsCambridge, UK -- other: 24 stories, carried by 106 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

● Yemen warmth about one and a half times usual ● Senegal warmth about one and a half times usual ● Myanmar warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Awamiya Saudi Arabia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 21 stories ● New Hampshire US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 23 stories ● Dakar Senegal about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 48 stories ● Sunshine Coast Australia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Williamsport US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 68 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice26% 10,473 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence24% 9,423 stories · about as usual Health19% 7,499 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 6,249 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 2,163 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 1,455 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,291 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,238 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 killed12,518 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,221 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,686 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,674 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees756 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations690 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions575 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced506 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill22 at about a third 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 about as 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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