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34,232 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 violence in Juba, protests in Rome (Italy) and landslides in Switzerland. South Sudan's coverage was about 4 times as angry as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were softer than usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about the US and India → Help and hope: reports of aid and relief ran at about three times the usual rate →
Part of lifeDisasters & accidents 32 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostSwitzerland 62 in 100 of its 321 stories, usually 22
RegionSouth Asia 44 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

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Conflict & violence

South Sudan

152 of its 160 stories (95%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Juba accounted for 132 of South Sudan's 152 stories about harm, carried by 152 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (151 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

South Sudan over 30 days → its stories → Juba stories →
Protests & strikes

Italy

341 of its 663 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. 115 of Rome's 139 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 7 times the usual rate (122 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Italy over 30 days → its stories → Rome stories →
Disasters & accidents

Switzerland

198 of its 321 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (182 stories). Landslides were named in 176 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

Switzerland over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

UK

1,467 of its 5,604 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (488 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

UK over 30 days → its stories →
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Conflict & violence

Belgium

386 of its 677 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Brussels accounted for 364 of Belgium's 386 stories about harm, carried by 419 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 10 times the usual rate (128 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Kashmir

233 of its 316 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Pulwama accounted for 167 of Kashmir's 233 stories about harm, carried by 55 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

495 of its 641 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Kabul accounted for 400 of Afghanistan's 495 stories about harm, carried by 290 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (42 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Bangladesh

285 of its 456 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (8 stories). Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Myanmar

84 of its 112 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 9 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Yemen

322 of its 352 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 78%. Plane crash was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: road crashes in France (87 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Armenia (26 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); tropical storm in US (3194 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Syria (64 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in South Africa (39 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

29 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 26 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 34,232 stories about harm among 117,889 counted on 26 Aug.

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No day had a higher share of stories about people being harmed since 4 June 2017. Stories about people being harmed made up 29 in every 100 of the day's 117,889 stories, above the usual 23. Evacuations were reported at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about the US and India. On the side of help, reports of aid and relief ran at about three times the usual rate.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

South Sudan95 in 100 of its 160 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen91 in 100 of its 352 stories · usually 78 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia85 in 100 of its 245 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Syria82 in 100 of its 319 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq78 in 100 of its 604 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

San Francisco US660 stories about protests or strikes, of its 838 Charlottesville US224 stories about protests or strikes, of its 406 Barcelona Spain200 stories about protests or strikes, of its 539 Washington US193 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1422 Manila Philippines163 stories about protests or strikes, of its 232

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: too little coverage to readPuerto Rico: feelings about like the world'sUnited States: feelings about like the world'sSouth 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 Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: too little coverage to readSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRussia: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: too little coverage to readLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIran: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: too little coverage to readComoros: too little coverage to readHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sGaza: feelings about like the world'sWest Bank: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUganda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTogo: coverage a little warmer than the world'sThailand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about 4 times as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSpain: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRomania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPeru: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMexico: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMalta: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage about twice as warm as the world'sJapan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJamaica: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sItaly: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIsrael: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIreland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGhana: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGermany: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFinland: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEstonia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDjibouti: coverage a little warmer than the world'sDenmark: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sCuba: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMyanmar: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sMaldives: coverage a little more fearful than the world's
AngerGriefFearWarmth Like the world'sToo little news

Each country in the colour of the feeling its news carried most, against the world's news that day. Stronger colour: further above the world. Click a country.

Strongest feelings

● South Sudan about 4 times as angry as the world's · 152 stories about harm ● Lebanon about twice as warm as the world's · 124 stories about harm ● Somalia about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 208 stories about harm ● Belgium about three times as fearful as the world's · 386 stories about harm ● Spain about three times as fearful as the world's · 598 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about three times as angry as the world's · 495 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Disasters & accidents32% 10,721 stories · much more than usual (usually 17%) Rights & justice27% 9,123 stories · less than usual (usually 30%) Conflict & violence21% 7,111 stories · about as usual Health11% 3,609 stories · much less than usual (usually 18%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 1,224 stories · less than usual (usually 6%) Displacement2% 789 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 697 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 515 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 killed10,667 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,203 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting arrests4,500 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,166 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting evacuations1,507 at about 4 times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting refugees571 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Italy Stories reporting people displaced387 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions234 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people falling ill57 at about one and a half times 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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