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25,536 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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Violence in Raqqa, protests in Caracas (Venezuela) and the drought in Croatia drew the news. Syria's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostHungary 62 in 100 of its 84 stories, usually 13
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 38 in 100 of its stories, usually 28
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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Conflict & violence

Syria

337 of its 396 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Raqqa accounted for 181 of Syria's 337 stories about harm, carried by 195 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (37 stories). Outbreaks were named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with hepatitis and cholera. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Syria over 30 days → its stories → Raqqa stories →
Protests & strikes

Venezuela

Caracas accounted for 712 of Venezuela's 871 stories about harm, carried by 468 outlets. 628 of Caracas' 712 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories). Plague was named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Venezuela over 30 days → its stories → Caracas stories →
Disasters & accidents

Croatia

59 of its 85 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (56 stories). Drought was named in 44 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Croatia over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Kenya

584 of its 963 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Nairobi accounted for 498 of Kenya's 584 stories about harm, carried by 260 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (56 stories).

Kenya over 30 days → its stories → Nairobi stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Switzerland

78 of its 175 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (36 stories). Plane crash was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Hungary

52 of its 84 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Budapest accounted for 52 of Hungary's 52 stories about harm, carried by 75 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (50 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Rwanda

467 of its 619 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Kigali accounted for 422 of Rwanda's 467 stories about harm, carried by 422 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Italy

348 of its 796 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (44 stories). Avalanche was named in 35 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain and heatstroke.

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Protests & strikes

Ethiopia

43 of its 71 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. 14 of Amhara's 16 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (29 stories).

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Rights & justice

Myanmar

81 of its 95 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (31 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: typhoon in Japan (41 of its stories, about three times its usual); drownings in Libya (14 of its stories, about three times its usual); plane crash in Switzerland (12 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); road crashes in Spain (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); avalanche in Italy (35 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 5 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 25,536 stories about harm among 114,201 counted on 5 Aug.

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In Croatia's news, mentions of the drought ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 22 in every 100 of the day's 114,201 stories, as usual. A year earlier, on 5 August 2016, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 today. In Syria, 85% of the news was about people being harmed, where 71% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Myanmar85 in 100 of its 95 stories · usually 56 · mostly rights & justice Syria85 in 100 of its 396 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Rwanda75 in 100 of its 619 stories · usually 49 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan70 in 100 of its 359 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Croatia69 in 100 of its 85 stories · usually 21 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Caracas Venezuela628 stories about protests or strikes, of its 712 Washington US135 stories about protests or strikes, of its 955 Kigali Rwanda128 stories about protests or strikes, of its 422 Indianapolis US125 stories about protests or strikes, of its 130 New Delhi India118 stories about protests or strikes, of its 265

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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: too little coverage to readIsle 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: too little coverage to readTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: too little coverage to readTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSudan: 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: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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 readRussia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: 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 lessParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: 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 lessNiger: about as warm as its own usual or lessNicaragua: too little coverage to readNew Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiue: 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 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: too little coverage to readLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: 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 lessJamaica: 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 lessIndonesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: too little coverage to readHungary: 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: too little coverage to readGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: too little coverage to readGermany: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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: too little coverage to readCosta 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 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 lessBurundi: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: 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: too little coverage to readBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: 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: too little coverage to readAustria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustralia: too little coverage to readHeard & 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 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: too little coverage to readNorthern 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: too little coverage to readSan 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: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: warmth about its own usualSri Lanka: warmth about its own usualRwanda: warmth about its own usualPeru: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualNetherlands: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualGuatemala: warmth about its own usualGhana: warmth about its own usualCameroon: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualCook Inlet, US -- other: 11 stories, carried by 10 outletsNorth Dakota, US -- health: 52 stories, carried by 52 outletsRajgal, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 11 outletsAccra, Ghana -- shelter & services: 22 stories, carried by 12 outletsManchester, UK -- conflict & violence: 23 stories, carried by 19 outletsGereshk, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 10 outletsEnglish Channel, UK -- health: 13 stories, carried by 10 outletsWellington, New Zealand -- health: 23 stories, carried by 20 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

No country's news was much warmer than its usual (a quarter or more).

Warmest events

● Cook Inlet US about twice as warm as the day's news · other · 11 stories ● North Dakota US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 52 stories ● Rajgal Pakistan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 12 stories ● Accra Ghana about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · shelter & services · 22 stories ● Manchester UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 23 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 7,574 stories · more than usual (usually 27%) Disasters & accidents20% 5,009 stories · more than usual (usually 17%) Conflict & violence20% 4,914 stories · about as usual Health16% 4,037 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,401 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 884 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 593 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 577 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 killed7,395 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,016 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,480 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,790 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting evacuations360 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced319 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions266 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees239 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting people falling ill39 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 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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