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What the world's news said happened to people.
Counts of coverage, not of suffering
46,747 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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Most of the day's attention went to violence in Beirut, people killed in Germany and people affected in Peru. Germany's coverage was about 6 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were much softer than usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Canada → Help and hope: reports of volunteers ran at about three times the usual rate →
Part of lifeDisasters & accidents 39 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostEcuador 57 in 100 of its 76 stories, usually 19
RegionNorth America 37 in 100 of its stories, usually 24
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Conflict & violence

Lebanon

293 of its 376 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Beirut accounted for 174 of Lebanon's 293 stories about harm, carried by 119 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 9 times the usual rate (94 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Lebanon over 30 days → its stories → Beirut stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Germany

678 of its 1,614 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (504 stories). Its coverage was about 6 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Germany over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Peru

51 of its 116 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Peru over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Guyana

23 of its 71 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (21 stories). Plane crash was named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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

Iraq

427 of its 519 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Baghdad accounted for 210 of Iraq's 427 stories about harm, carried by 178 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

South Sudan

78 of its 94 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (22 stories). Outbreaks were named in 26 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with cholera. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Bangladesh

436 of its 669 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (78 stories). Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Indonesia

188 of its 460 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Jakarta accounted for 153 of Indonesia's 188 stories about harm, carried by 116 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (26 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Myanmar

14 of Yangon's 28 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Saudi Arabia

69 of Mecca's 110 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (107 stories). Covid was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: wildfires in Armenia (27 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); dengue in Kenya (86 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Iran (52 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in South Sudan (26 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); power cuts in Israel (83 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

28 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 24; 30 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 28 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 46,747 stories about harm among 168,533 counted on 28 Aug.

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Help and hope: reports of volunteers ran at about three times the usual rate. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Canada. Stories about people being harmed made up 28 in every 100 of the day's 168,533 stories, above the usual 24. Mentions of wildfires ran about 6 times their usual in Armenia's news.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

South Sudan83 in 100 of its 94 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq82 in 100 of its 519 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen79 in 100 of its 117 stories · usually 80 · mostly conflict & violence Lebanon78 in 100 of its 376 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Syria75 in 100 of its 366 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Berkeley US516 stories about protests or strikes, of its 676 Charlottesville US506 stories about protests or strikes, of its 831 Washington US216 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1547 Houston US196 stories about protests or strikes, of its 9203 Haryana India185 stories about protests or strikes, of its 551

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 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: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: too little coverage to readSudan: too little coverage to readSri 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: 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: too little coverage to readSt. 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 lessPoland: 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 lessPanama: 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 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 lessCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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: 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: 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 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 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: too little coverage to readGuinea: 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: too little coverage to readGambia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl 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: 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 readCzech 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: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: 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 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 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 lessBahrain: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: too little coverage to readAzerbaijan: 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: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: too little coverage to readAlbania: 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): about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSiachen Glacier: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBermuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: 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 readNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: about as warm as its own usual or lessGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readZambia: warmth about its own usualUnited Arab Emirates: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualTaiwan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSweden: warmth about its own usualSouth Sudan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSpain: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSierra Leone: warmth about its own usualPortugal: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualPeru: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNetherlands: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNamibia: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualIreland: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualDenmark: warmth about its own usualCuba: warmth about its own usualCongo: warmth about its own usualColombia: warmth about its own usualMyanmar: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about one and a half times its own usualArgentina: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualAruba: warmth about its own usualMacao: warmth about its own usualGrand Island, US -- disasters & accidents: 15 stories, carried by 16 outletsTorit, South Sudan -- conflict & violence: 15 stories, carried by 10 outletsDinka, South Sudan -- conflict & violence: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsCarletonville, South Africa -- disasters & accidents: 17 stories, carried by 14 outletsBogota, Colombia -- conflict & violence: 39 stories, carried by 35 outletsCleburne, US -- disasters & accidents: 19 stories, carried by 19 outletsAmsterdam, Netherlands -- conflict & violence: 24 stories, carried by 13 outletsSunshine Coast, Australia -- disasters & accidents: 13 stories, carried by 30 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 ● Peru warmth about one and a half times usual ● Spain warmth about one and a half times usual ● Netherlands warmth about one and a half times usual ● South Sudan warmth about one and a half times usual ● Bangladesh warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Grand Island US about three times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 15 stories ● Torit South Sudan about three times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 15 stories ● Dinka South Sudan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 10 stories ● Carletonville South Africa about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 17 stories ● Bogota Colombia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 39 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Disasters & accidents39% 18,143 stories · much more than usual (usually 18%) Rights & justice23% 10,383 stories · much less than usual (usually 30%) Conflict & violence14% 6,395 stories · much less than usual (usually 21%) Health13% 6,031 stories · less than usual (usually 17%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 2,111 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,420 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 1,152 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 460 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 killed14,208 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected8,014 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting arrests5,330 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,306 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting evacuations1,792 at about three times the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting refugees723 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced527 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions506 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill33 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 much softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little less than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout two-thirds of 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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