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44,677 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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Protests in Ayana (Ethiopia), violence in Yangon and drownings in Cuba drew the news. Myanmar's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was softer than usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Switzerland → Help and hope: reports of aid and relief ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostCuba 71 in 100 of its 311 stories, usually 22
RegionSouth Asia 38 in 100 of its stories, usually 29
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Ethiopia

85 of its 119 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. 62 of Ayana's 62 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories). Rabies was named in 62 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.

Ethiopia over 30 days → its stories → Ayana stories →
Conflict & violence

Myanmar

310 of its 382 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Yangon accounted for 219 of Myanmar's 310 stories about harm, carried by 141 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (65 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Myanmar over 30 days → its stories → Yangon stories →
Health

Cuba

221 of its 311 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (61 stories). Drownings were named in 42 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Cuba over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Armenia

83 of its 179 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Typhoon was named in 27 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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

Belgium

321 of its 615 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Brussels accounted for 308 of Belgium's 321 stories about harm, carried by 293 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Somalia

364 of its 414 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 72%. Mogadishu accounted for 293 of Somalia's 364 stories about harm, carried by 201 outlets. 237 of Mogadishu's 293 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Yemen

376 of its 412 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 78%. Sanaa accounted for 347 of Yemen's 376 stories about harm, carried by 279 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

869 of its 1,151 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Kabul accounted for 640 of Afghanistan's 869 stories about harm, carried by 400 outlets. Respiratory illness was named in 29 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Azerbaijan

110 of its 220 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. 83 of Baku's 105 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (14 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Brazil

264 of its 638 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (114 stories). Drownings were named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: tropical storm in Philippines (157 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); wildfires in Albania (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); hunger in South Sudan (13 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); plane crash in Bahamas (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storm surge in US (2802 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

24 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 25 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 44,677 stories about harm among 185,597 counted on 25 Aug.

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Mentions of rabies ran more than ten times their usual in Ethiopia's news. of the day's 185,597 news stories, 24 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 23. Reports of aid and relief, a sign of help, ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Evacuations were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Switzerland. In Ethiopia, 71% of the news was about people being harmed, where 33% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen91 in 100 of its 412 stories · usually 78 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia88 in 100 of its 414 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Myanmar81 in 100 of its 382 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan76 in 100 of its 1,151 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Syria75 in 100 of its 526 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

San Francisco US321 stories about protests or strikes, of its 481 Charlottesville US279 stories about protests or strikes, of its 504 Washington US255 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1481 Boston US238 stories about protests or strikes, of its 661 Mogadishu Somalia237 stories about protests or strikes, of its 293

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: too little coverage to readYemen: 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: 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: too little coverage to readPuerto Rico: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited States: too little coverage to readSouth 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: too little coverage to readTurkey: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri Lanka: 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: too little coverage to readSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSão 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readPanama: 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 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: too little coverage to readNetherlands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: too little coverage to readMozambique: 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 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: too little coverage to readLibya: 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: 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: too little coverage to readPalestine: too little coverage to readIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndonesia: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew 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 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 lessEcuador: too little coverage to readDominican 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 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: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: too little coverage to readCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readChina: 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 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 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 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 readAntigua & 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 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: too little coverage to readWest Bank: too little coverage to readWestern 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: too little coverage to readAzad 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessChagos 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: 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 readVietnam: warmth about its own usualTaiwan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSouth Sudan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualSierra Leone: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about its own usualPoland: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualNamibia: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualIndia: warmth about its own usualHaiti: warmth about its own usualGuatemala: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualEthiopia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualEgypt: warmth about one and a half times its own usualColombia: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about its own usualArmenia: warmth about its own usualArgentina: warmth about its own usualMinas Gerais, Brazil -- shelter & services: 14 stories, carried by 14 outletsJuba, South Sudan -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 11 outletsIllinois, US -- health: 26 stories, carried by 21 outletsBuderim, Australia -- health: 18 stories, carried by 19 outletsAyana, Ethiopia -- health: 62 stories, carried by 62 outletsToowoomba, Australia -- disasters & accidents: 19 stories, carried by 25 outletsEdinburgh, UK -- health: 50 stories, carried by 36 outletsNebraska, US -- health: 60 stories, carried by 55 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

● Taiwan warmth about one and a half times usual ● Sierra Leone warmth about one and a half times usual ● Ethiopia warmth about one and a half times usual ● South Sudan warmth about one and a half times usual ● Egypt warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Minas Gerais Brazil about twice as warm as the day's news · shelter & services · 14 stories ● Juba South Sudan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 13 stories ● Illinois US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 26 stories ● Buderim Australia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 18 stories ● Ayana Ethiopia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 62 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 12,939 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents24% 10,758 stories · much more than usual (usually 17%) Conflict & violence19% 8,261 stories · less than usual (usually 21%) Health15% 6,619 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 2,059 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,259 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 1,089 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 981 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 killed13,441 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,125 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,861 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,815 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about India and the US Stories reporting evacuations1,351 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Switzerland Stories reporting people displaced641 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Yemen and Israel Stories reporting refugees442 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Canada and Italy Stories reporting abductions404 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill40 at about two-thirds of 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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