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28,032 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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Protests in Cairo (Egypt), people displaced in San Salvador and the typhoon in Japan drew the news. Egypt's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were about as usual.

Help and hope: reports of aid and relief ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostEgypt 83 in 100 of its 644 stories, usually 39
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 35 in 100 of its stories, usually 29
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Egypt

532 of its 644 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Cairo accounted for 316 of Egypt's 532 stories about harm, carried by 239 outlets. 192 of Cairo's 316 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (384 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Egypt over 30 days → its stories → Cairo stories →
Displacement

El Salvador

84 of its 99 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. San Salvador accounted for 63 of el Salvador's 84 stories about harm, carried by 59 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (63 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

El Salvador over 30 days → its stories → San Salvador stories →
Disasters & accidents

Japan

354 of its 1,043 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (264 stories). Typhoon was named in 125 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Japan over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

Damascus accounted for 279 of Syria's 447 stories about harm, carried by 275 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (46 stories). Polio was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with cholera. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Syria over 30 days → its stories → Damascus stories →
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Protests & strikes

Germany

1,734 of its 3,633 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Hamburg accounted for 1,648 of Germany's 1,734 stories about harm, carried by 1,083 outlets. 1,427 of Hamburg's 1,648 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (1,157 stories). HIV was named in 79 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Poland

111 of its 294 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 59 of Warsaw's 95 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Plane crash was named in 49 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Peru

128 of its 218 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 88 of Alberto Fujimori's 92 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Hungary

76 of its 114 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Vecses accounted for 74 of Hungary's 76 stories about harm, carried by 74 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Greece

144 of its 339 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (124 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Italy

289 of its 790 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (210 stories). Building collapse was named in 53 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: plane crash in Poland (49 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); hurricane in Mexico (47 of its stories, about three times its usual); wildfires in Canada (152 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); road crashes in Colombia (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Libya (19 of its stories, about three times its usual).

24 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 8 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 28,032 stories about harm among 116,917 counted on 8 Jul.

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Help and hope: reports of aid and relief ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. of the day's 116,917 news stories, 24 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 22. Japan's news mentioned the typhoon more than ten times as often as usual. It was the second day running that the news turned to Egypt. In Egypt, 83% of the news was about people being harmed, where 39% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

El Salvador85 in 100 of its 99 stories · usually 45 · mostly displacement Egypt83 in 100 of its 644 stories · usually 39 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq82 in 100 of its 690 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Libya81 in 100 of its 79 stories · usually 58 · mostly disasters & accidents South Sudan78 in 100 of its 86 stories · usually 52 · mostly displacement

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Hamburg Germany1427 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1648 Caracas Venezuela309 stories about protests or strikes, of its 383 Cairo Egypt192 stories about protests or strikes, of its 316 Paris France113 stories about protests or strikes, of its 256 Jerusalem Israel105 stories about protests or strikes, of its 209

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: 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: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: 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'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readNorway: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: 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'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: 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: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIsrael: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIceland: 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'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt 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 readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: 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'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: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern 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: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan 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: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: feelings about like the world'sWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk 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: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSuriname: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSpain: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPeru: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sOman: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNiger: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMauritius: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLibya: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKuwait: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKenya: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sJordan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJapan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHungary: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGreece: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGermany: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sEgypt: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sCanada: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBosnia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBahamas: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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

● Kenya about three times as angry as the world's · 345 stories about harm ● Egypt about three times as angry as the world's · 532 stories about harm ● Saudi Arabia about twice as fearful as the world's · 71 stories about harm ● Türkiye about twice as fearful as the world's · 138 stories about harm ● South Sudan about twice as angry as the world's · 67 stories about harm ● Qatar about twice as fearful as the world's · 114 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 7,831 stories · more than usual (usually 26%) Conflict & violence25% 6,850 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 4,483 stories · about as usual Health15% 4,225 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,500 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,142 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 1,036 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 435 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 killed8,768 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,481 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Germany Stories reporting people affected3,735 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,256 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations833 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting refugees479 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced443 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Iraq and Palestine Stories reporting abductions340 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill18 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and New Zealand

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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