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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

how these are picked →
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 →
6 more places the news pointed at
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.

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 lessVietnam: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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: too little coverage to readIsle 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: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: too little coverage to readTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: 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: too little coverage to readSouth 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: too little coverage to readSeychelles: 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: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: too little coverage to readQatar: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: 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 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 lessNicaragua: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: 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: too little coverage to readMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: 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 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 lessIsrael: 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 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: too little coverage to readGuyana: too little coverage to readGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: too little coverage to readGeorgia: too little coverage to readGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: too little coverage to readSt 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: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl 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: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readFaroe 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: too little coverage to readBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: 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 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 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: too little coverage to readAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: 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 readCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall 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: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: 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: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: about as warm as its own usual or lessWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorfolk 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 its own usualVenezuela: warmth about its own usualTaiwan: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSweden: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSpain: warmth about one and a half times its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualPoland: warmth about its own usualNorth Korea: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNiger: warmth about its own usualKuwait: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about its own usualHungary: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about one and a half times its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualGreenland: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualMyanmar: warmth about its own usualBosnia: warmth about its own usualAustria: warmth about its own usualAustralia: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualBravalla, Sweden -- rights & justice: 20 stories, carried by 22 outletsNevada, US -- health: 23 stories, carried by 22 outletsMaine, US -- health: 24 stories, carried by 22 outletsMandurah, Australia -- other: 114 stories, carried by 105 outletsMadrid, Spain -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 35 stories, carried by 35 outletsKashmir Valley, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 17 stories, carried by 11 outletsWarsaw, Poland -- health: 95 stories, carried by 103 outletsSanaa, Yemen -- conflict & violence: 16 stories, carried by 16 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

● Syria warmth about one and a half times usual ● Hungary warmth about one and a half times usual ● Sweden warmth about one and a half times usual ● France warmth about one and a half times usual ● North Korea warmth about one and a half times usual ● Spain warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Bravalla Sweden about three times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 20 stories ● Nevada US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 23 stories ● Maine US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 24 stories ● Mandurah Australia about twice as warm as the day's news · other · 114 stories ● Madrid Spain about twice as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 35 stories

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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