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40,090 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 day's news pointed at protests in Jerusalem (Israel), a disaster in Bodrum and illness in Pyongyang. Romania's coverage was about twice as fearful 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 mostNorth Korea 57 in 100 of its 884 stories, usually 21
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 64 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

Israel

1,955 of its 2,868 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Jerusalem accounted for 1,801 of Israel's 1,955 stories about harm, carried by 722 outlets. 1,293 of Jerusalem's 1,801 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (987 stories). Storms were named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Israel over 30 days → its stories → Jerusalem stories →
Disasters & accidents

Türkiye

1,708 of its 2,117 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Bodrum accounted for 1,186 of Türkiye's 1,708 stories about harm, carried by 906 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (66 stories). Building collapse was named in 143 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with power cuts and landslides. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Türkiye over 30 days → its stories → Bodrum stories →
Health

North Korea

503 of its 884 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Pyongyang accounted for 415 of North Korea's 503 stories about harm, carried by 486 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (197 stories). Natural hazards were named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

North Korea over 30 days → its stories → Pyongyang stories →
Rights & justice

Romania

131 of its 262 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (120 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Romania over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Health

Yemen

256 of its 275 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 78%. Sanaa accounted for 168 of Yemen's 256 stories about harm, carried by 147 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (136 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Venezuela

665 of its 843 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Caracas accounted for 477 of Venezuela's 665 stories about harm, carried by 288 outlets. 450 of Caracas' 477 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Lebanon

244 of its 337 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

United Arab Emirates

49 of its 165 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (28 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Mexico

444 of its 1,025 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (60 stories). Heavy rain was named in 46 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Morocco

84 of its 188 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. 41 of al-Hoceima's 41 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (55 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: hunger in Namibia (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in New Zealand (70 of its stories, about three times its usual); landslides in Bangladesh (39 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); wildfires in Albania (11 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); cholera in Kenya (27 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 21 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 40,090 stories about harm among 183,133 counted on 21 Jul.

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In Namibia's news, mentions of the hunger ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 22 in every 100 of the day's 183,133 stories, as usual. Israel's news was 68% about people being harmed, against a usual 43%. A year earlier, on 21 July 2016, 21 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 →

Yemen93 in 100 of its 275 stories · usually 78 · mostly health Türkiye81 in 100 of its 2,117 stories · usually 48 · mostly disasters & accidents Venezuela79 in 100 of its 843 stories · usually 67 · mostly rights & justice Libya79 in 100 of its 103 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence Lebanon72 in 100 of its 337 stories · usually 49 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Jerusalem Israel1293 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1801 Caracas Venezuela450 stories about protests or strikes, of its 477 Washington US250 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1390 Minneapolis US119 stories about protests or strikes, of its 213 Raqqa Syria114 stories about protests or strikes, of its 229

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 lessYemen: 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: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readTimor-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 lessTaiwan: too little coverage to readSyria: 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: too little coverage to readSpain: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Korea: 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: 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 lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: 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 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 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 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 lessMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: 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 lessKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: 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: too little coverage to readItaly: 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 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: 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: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl 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: too little coverage to readDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: too little coverage to readCongo: too little coverage to readComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or lessChile: too little coverage to readChad: 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 lessMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina 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 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: too little coverage to readBelize: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: 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 lessAfghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJammu & Kashmir: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall 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: too little coverage to readBritish 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readUganda: warmth about its own usualSouth Sudan: warmth about its own usualSudan: warmth about its own usualSri Lanka: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualQatar: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualPanama: warmth about its own usualNiger: warmth about its own usualMauritius: warmth about its own usualMali: warmth about its own usualJamaica: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualCameroon: warmth about its own usualCambodia: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about its own usualDinka, South Sudan -- shelter & services: 15 stories, carried by 19 outletsPanama City, Panama -- health: 14 stories, carried by 14 outletsRiyadh, Saudi Arabia -- conflict & violence: 114 stories, carried by 151 outletsWest Memphis, US -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 42 stories, carried by 40 outletsFaisalabad, Pakistan -- shelter & services: 11 stories, carried by 10 outletsNorth Carolina, US -- rights & justice: 81 stories, carried by 78 outletsKhan Sheikhoun, Syria -- conflict & violence: 21 stories, carried by 14 outletsCoffs Harbour, Australia -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 11 stories, carried by 21 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

● Saudi Arabia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Iraq warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Dinka South Sudan about three times as warm as the day's news · shelter & services · 15 stories ● Panama City Panama about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 14 stories ● Riyadh Saudi Arabia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 114 stories ● West Memphis US about twice as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 42 stories ● Faisalabad Pakistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · shelter & services · 11 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice27% 10,515 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence20% 7,818 stories · less than usual (usually 22%) Health19% 7,642 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents19% 7,413 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 2,607 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,256 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,229 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 852 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 killed13,674 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,635 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,114 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,826 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Türkiye and Israel Stories reporting refugees679 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions523 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations511 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting people displaced488 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill74 at about the usual rate

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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