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46,263 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 a disaster in Lisbon, protests in Kigali (Rwanda) and violence in South Ossetia. Portugal's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostPortugal 64 in 100 of its 408 stories, usually 20
RegionCentral Asia 31 in 100 of its stories, usually 16
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Portugal

261 of its 408 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Lisbon accounted for 235 of Portugal's 261 stories about harm, carried by 367 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (220 stories). Plane crash was named in 19 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Portugal over 30 days → its stories → Lisbon stories →
Protests & strikes

Rwanda

232 of its 303 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Kigali accounted for 204 of Rwanda's 232 stories about harm, carried by 187 outlets. 148 of Kigali's 204 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (151 stories).

Rwanda over 30 days → its stories → Kigali stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Afghanistan

1,178 of its 1,360 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Kabul accounted for 539 of Afghanistan's 1,178 stories about harm, carried by 385 outlets. 322 of Kabul's 539 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about 4 times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Thailand

395 of its 768 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. 238 of Bangkok's 272 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (226 stories). Tropical storm was named in 51 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with heavy rain and drownings.

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Protests & strikes

Papua New Guinea

97 of its 179 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. 3 of Chimbu's 3 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (85 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Guinea

21 of its 48 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 19 of Conakry's 19 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (15 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Vietnam

157 of its 504 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 23 of Hanoi's 36 stories were about protests or strikes. Accidents were named in 23 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Poland

198 of its 462 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (158 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: meningitis in Yemen (51 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tsunami in Chile (26 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); snowstorms in France (63 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in Iran (42 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tropical storm in Thailand (51 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 22; 20 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 2 Aug. 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 46,263 stories about harm among 224,746 counted on 2 Aug.

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In Portugal, 64% of the news was about people being harmed, where 20% is usual. A year earlier, on 2 August 2016, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today. 21 in every 100 of the day's 224,746 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 22.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Afghanistan87 in 100 of its 1,360 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen80 in 100 of its 177 stories · usually 79 · mostly health Rwanda77 in 100 of its 303 stories · usually 40 · mostly conflict & violence South Sudan73 in 100 of its 81 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Venezuela73 in 100 of its 1,760 stories · usually 67 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Caracas Venezuela348 stories about protests or strikes, of its 886 Kabul Afghanistan322 stories about protests or strikes, of its 539 Bangkok Thailand238 stories about protests or strikes, of its 272 Jerusalem Israel236 stories about protests or strikes, of its 558 Manhattan US187 stories about protests or strikes, of its 391

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: too little coverage to readZambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessYemen: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: too little coverage to readVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: 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: too little coverage to readUnited States: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCayman 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: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: 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: 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 lessSpain: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: too little coverage to readPortugal: 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: too little coverage to readPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: too little coverage to readNorway: 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 lessNiger: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNetherlands: 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 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: too little coverage to readMoldova: 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 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: 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 lessLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: 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: 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: too little coverage to readIran: 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 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: 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 lessCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readDR 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 lessChina: 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 lessCambodia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: 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 lessBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia 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 lessAzerbaijan: 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: 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBermuda: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: 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: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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 readVietnam: warmth about one and a half times its own usualUruguay: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualQatar: warmth about its own usualPapua New Guinea: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMozambique: warmth about its own usualLatvia: warmth about its own usualJamaica: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualFiji: warmth about its own usualEthiopia: warmth about its own usualCuba: warmth about its own usualCosta Rica: warmth about its own usualCameroon: warmth about its own usualBurundi: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about its own usualAustria: warmth about its own usualArgentina: warmth about its own usualCleveland, US -- health: 96 stories, carried by 93 outletsStevens Point, US -- health: 39 stories, carried by 40 outletsCoffs Harbour, Australia -- rights & justice: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsAnbar, Iraq -- displacement: 14 stories, carried by 12 outletsNusakambangan, Indonesia -- shelter & services: 19 stories, carried by 15 outletsDamaturu, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 17 stories, carried by 13 outletsCannonvale, Australia -- disasters & accidents: 12 stories, carried by 24 outletsKatha, India -- shelter & services: 10 stories, carried by 10 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

● Vietnam warmth about one and a half times usual ● Papua New Guinea warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Cleveland US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 96 stories ● Stevens Point US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 39 stories ● Coffs Harbour Australia about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 10 stories ● Anbar Iraq about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · displacement · 14 stories ● Nusakambangan Indonesia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · shelter & services · 19 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 13,006 stories · more than usual (usually 27%) Health21% 9,424 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence18% 8,129 stories · less than usual (usually 21%) Disasters & accidents17% 7,829 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,728 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,455 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,393 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,359 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 killed13,453 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests7,113 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,540 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,825 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting refugees850 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced487 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting evacuations446 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting abductions442 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill32 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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 softer 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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