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41,016 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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The news turned to protests in Beijing (China), violence in Cairo and illness in Dakar. 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.

Part of lifeRights & justice 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostSenegal 85 in 100 of its 115 stories, usually 23
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 55 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

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Protests & strikes

China

1,584 of its 4,736 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. 614 of Beijing's 999 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (324 stories). Tuberculosis was named in 85 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

China over 30 days → its stories → Beijing stories →
Conflict & violence

Egypt

718 of its 946 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Cairo accounted for 445 of Egypt's 718 stories about harm, carried by 353 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (419 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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

Montenegro

27 of its 31 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Storms were named in 26 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with wildfires. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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

Israel

1,331 of its 1,970 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Jerusalem accounted for 1,193 of Israel's 1,331 stories about harm, carried by 661 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (572 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

South Sudan

150 of its 173 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (37 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Ecuador

22 of its 35 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 14 of Quito's 16 stories were about protests or strikes. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

France

1,241 of its 3,649 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (787 stories). Train derailment was named in 144 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Rights & justice

Singapore

118 of its 479 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (41 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

South Korea

170 of its 791 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. 112 of Seoul's 134 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: poisoning in Peru (63 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in Bangladesh (36 of its stories, about three times its usual); cyclone in Philippines (134 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in Saudi Arabia (29 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); train derailment in France (144 of its stories, more than ten 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 14 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 41,016 stories about harm among 182,908 counted on 14 Jul.

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Mentions of poisoning ran more than ten times their usual in Peru's news. of the day's 182,908 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. the news turned to China for the second day running. China's news was 33% about people being harmed, against a usual 20%. A year earlier, on 14 July 2016, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

South Sudan87 in 100 of its 173 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence Senegal85 in 100 of its 115 stories · usually 23 · mostly health Congo80 in 100 of its 60 stories · usually 66 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given Egypt76 in 100 of its 946 stories · usually 42 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen75 in 100 of its 80 stories · usually 79 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Beijing China614 stories about protests or strikes, of its 999 Paris France210 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1090 Istanbul Türkiye179 stories about protests or strikes, of its 237 Washington US167 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1071 Caracas Venezuela142 stories about protests or strikes, of its 223

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: 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: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: too little coverage to readPuerto 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: 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 lessSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: about as warm as its own usual or lessSweden: too little coverage to readEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: too little coverage to readSudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSpain: 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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 readSaudi 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: 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 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: too little coverage to readMalawi: too little coverage to readMadagascar: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: 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 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 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 lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: 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: 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: too little coverage to readEthiopia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl 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: 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: too little coverage to readCroatia: 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 lessCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readChile: 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: too little coverage to readCameroon: about as warm as its own usual or lessCambodia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: too little coverage to readBurundi: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: too little coverage to readBrunei: 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 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 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 lessAntigua & Barbuda: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: warmth about its own usualYemen: warmth about its own usualTaiwan: warmth about its own usualSouth Sudan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSri Lanka: warmth about its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSenegal: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualNiger: warmth about one and a half times its own usualLebanon: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualHaiti: warmth about its own usualGuatemala: warmth about its own usualColombia: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about one and a half times its own usualHong Kong: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about its own usualAzerbaijan: warmth about its own usualArgentina: warmth about its own usualAngola: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about one and a half times its own usualLake Chad, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 25 stories, carried by 60 outletsBeijing, China -- rights & justice: 999 stories, carried by 584 outletsBogota, Colombia -- conflict & violence: 34 stories, carried by 33 outletsBaku, Azerbaijan -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 10 outletsBuderim, Australia -- disasters & accidents: 11 stories, carried by 30 outletsShenyang, China -- rights & justice: 148 stories, carried by 114 outletsKodaikanal, India -- rights & justice: 17 stories, carried by 15 outletsWest Virginia, US -- rights & justice: 13 stories, carried by 12 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

● China warmth about one and a half times usual ● South Korea warmth about one and a half times usual ● South Sudan warmth about one and a half times usual ● Niger warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Lake Chad Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 25 stories ● Beijing China about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 999 stories ● Bogota Colombia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 34 stories ● Baku Azerbaijan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 13 stories ● Buderim Australia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 11 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice27% 11,029 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence22% 8,923 stories · about as usual Health21% 8,366 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents14% 5,486 stories · less than usual (usually 17%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 2,944 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,381 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,173 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 968 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 killed13,906 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,100 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,189 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,753 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations665 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees580 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people displaced397 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Iraq and India Stories reporting abductions393 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill21 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Bangladesh

Stories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.

How it felt 30 days →

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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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