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What the world's news said happened to people.
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41,932 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 rights and justice in Alajuela, violence in Jammu and people killed in Italy. Costa Rica's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read harsher than usual.

Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostCosta Rica 77 in 100 of its 258 stories, usually 23
RegionSouth Asia 34 in 100 of its stories, usually 27
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Rights & justice

Costa Rica

199 of its 258 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Alajuela accounted for 122 of Costa Rica's 199 stories about harm, carried by 199 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (140 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Costa Rica over 30 days → its stories → Alajuela stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

387 of its 463 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Jammu accounted for 220 of Kashmir's 387 stories about harm, carried by 57 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (225 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

Kashmir over 30 days → its stories → Jammu stories →
Health

Italy

276 of its 954 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (149 stories). Measles was named in 74 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with volcanic eruption, drought and heatwave. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Bosnia

115 of its 125 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Srebrenica accounted for 111 of Bosnia's 115 stories about harm, carried by 95 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about 6 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Tunisia

59 of its 81 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (53 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Cuba

96 of its 220 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. 86 of Havana's 88 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 8 times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

New Zealand

379 of its 1,273 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (22 stories). Earthquake was named in 103 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with meningitis, tsunami and outbreaks.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

India

2,556 of its 8,168 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (885 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Poland

93 of its 300 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 22 of Warsaw's 42 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (19 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: landslides in Tajikistan (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in New Zealand (103 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); drownings in Panama (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Niger (10 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); flooding in Nigeria (85 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 11 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 41,932 stories about harm among 193,955 counted on 11 Jul.

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Costa Rica's news was 77% about people being harmed, against a usual 23%. of the day's 193,955 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of vaccination, a sign of help, ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Mentions of landslides ran more than ten times their usual in Tajikistan's news. For the second day running, the news turned to Costa Rica.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Bosnia92 in 100 of its 125 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen92 in 100 of its 195 stories · usually 79 · mostly health Congo86 in 100 of its 99 stories · usually 66 · mostly rights & justice Kashmir84 in 100 of its 463 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq82 in 100 of its 1,614 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US371 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1228 Amarnath India125 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1129 New York US115 stories about protests or strikes, of its 387 Paradise Theater US112 stories about protests or strikes, of its 234 Islamabad Pakistan104 stories about protests or strikes, of its 186

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: 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'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: 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'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRussia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPeru: 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 readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: 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'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: too little coverage to readGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sSt 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 readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: 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 readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: 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'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican 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: too little coverage to readTurks & 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: feelings about like the world'sNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & 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 readZimbabwe: coverage a little angrier than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVanuatu: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTunisia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sThailand: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSweden: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSpain: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sQatar: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPortugal: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNamibia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMontenegro: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMauritius: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMalaysia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLibya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKenya: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJamaica: coverage a little warmer than the world'sItaly: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIndia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGreece: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCroatia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCosta Rica: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sCongo: coverage a little warmer than the world'sColombia: coverage about twice as warm as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurundi: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBosnia: coverage about 6 times as grief-stricken as the world'sBenin: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAustria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAlbania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three 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

● Bosnia about 6 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 115 stories about harm ● Kashmir about three times as fearful as the world's · 387 stories about harm ● Colombia about twice as warm as the world's · 83 stories about harm ● Costa Rica about three times as angry as the world's · 199 stories about harm ● Qatar about twice as fearful as the world's · 468 stories about harm ● Tunisia about twice as angry as the world's · 59 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice27% 11,000 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence22% 9,162 stories · about as usual Health19% 7,886 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents18% 7,266 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 2,921 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,162 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,075 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 730 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 killed13,678 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,819 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,986 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,867 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced921 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Iraq and the US Stories reporting evacuations861 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees500 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Hungary Stories reporting abductions411 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people falling ill25 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Thailand

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 harsher than 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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