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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).

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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.

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: 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: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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: 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: too little coverage to readTaiwan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSyria: 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: 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 Africa: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: 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: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: too little coverage to readRomania: about as warm as its own usual or lessQatar: 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: too little coverage to readNorway: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: 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 lessMadagascar: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: 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: too little coverage to readKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: 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 lessIran: 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 lessGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrench 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readHong 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: 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 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 lessBelarus: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: too little coverage to readBangladesh: 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 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: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readMontserrat: 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: 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: 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: 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 one and a half times its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNorth Korea: warmth about its own usualNiger: warmth about its own usualMalawi: warmth about its own usualLibya: warmth about its own usualLebanon: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKenya: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualJamaica: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIndia: warmth about its own usualHungary: warmth about its own usualGuatemala: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGreece: warmth about one and a half times its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualDenmark: warmth about its own usualCongo: warmth about one and a half times its own usualColombia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualBelgium: 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 usualMunising, US -- health: 37 stories, carried by 37 outletsGrand Forks, Canada -- other: 18 stories, carried by 16 outletsManila, Philippines -- health: 38 stories, carried by 10 outletsJeddah, Saudi Arabia -- conflict & violence: 30 stories, carried by 28 outletsPhiri, Malawi -- conflict & violence: 14 stories, carried by 12 outletsHo Chi Minh City, Vietnam -- shelter & services: 14 stories, carried by 14 outletsOhio, US -- health: 58 stories, carried by 56 outletsShenyang, China -- rights & justice: 21 stories, carried by 18 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

● Colombia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Congo warmth about one and a half times usual ● Yemen warmth about one and a half times usual ● Guatemala warmth about one and a half times usual ● Lebanon warmth about one and a half times usual ● Indonesia warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Munising US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 37 stories ● Grand Forks Canada about twice as warm as the day's news · other · 18 stories ● Manila Philippines about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 38 stories ● Jeddah Saudi Arabia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 30 stories ● Phiri Malawi about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 14 stories

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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