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41,144 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 news turned to people killed in Norway, protests in Dakar (Senegal) and a disaster in Tblisi. Norway's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was about as usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Nepal →
Part of lifeRights & justice 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostGeorgia 69 in 100 of its 112 stories, usually 25
RegionEurope 20 in 100 of its stories, usually 17
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Health

Norway

156 of its 417 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (118 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Norway over 30 days → its stories →
Protests & strikes

Senegal

22 of its 36 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 7%. 17 of Dakar's 19 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Senegal over 30 days → its stories → Dakar stories →
Disasters & accidents

Georgia

77 of its 112 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Tblisi accounted for 69 of Georgia's 77 stories about harm, carried by 66 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).

Georgia over 30 days → its stories → Tblisi stories →
Displacement

Nepal

137 of its 241 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Simikot accounted for 90 of Nepal's 137 stories about harm, carried by 60 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 8 times the usual rate (64 stories).

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

North Macedonia

71 of its 286 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. 69 of Skopje's 71 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (62 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about 5 times its own usual.

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Health

Russia

657 of its 3,264 stories (20%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (69 stories). Overdoses were named in 32 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Nicaragua

262 of its 298 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 81%. Managua accounted for 217 of Nicaragua's 262 stories about harm, carried by 169 outlets. 180 of Managua's 217 stories were about protests or strikes. 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.

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Protests & strikes

Ecuador

67 of its 101 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. 6 of Quito's 11 stories were about protests or strikes. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Rights & justice

Poland

188 of its 630 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (133 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Venezuela

181 of its 294 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Caracas accounted for 112 of Venezuela's 181 stories about harm, carried by 118 outlets. Rubella was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: hurricane in Bermuda (25 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); drought in Ireland (51 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); measles in Brazil (23 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); tsunami in Indonesia (18 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); drought in Germany (26 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 5 Jul. 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 41,144 stories about harm among 192,991 counted on 5 Jul.

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Norway stood out: 37% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 11%. 21 in every 100 of the day's 192,991 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Nepal. Bermuda's news mentioned the hurricane about 7 times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 5 July 2017, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Nicaragua88 in 100 of its 298 stories · usually 81 · mostly rights & justice Yemen76 in 100 of its 228 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence Syria74 in 100 of its 655 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Georgia69 in 100 of its 112 stories · usually 25 · mostly disasters & accidents Somalia68 in 100 of its 133 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Statue of Liberty US562 stories about protests or strikes, of its 667 Jerusalem Israel520 stories about protests or strikes, of its 726 Liberty Island US266 stories about protests or strikes, of its 525 Charlottesville US260 stories about protests or strikes, of its 269 Washington US245 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1104

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Uzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto 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 readIsle of Man: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: 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: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: 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'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: 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 readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: 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 readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: 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: too little coverage to readBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: 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: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern 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 readBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: feelings about like the world'sZimbabwe: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sZambia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as warm as the world'sVietnam: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sVanuatu: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCayman Islands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTonga: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTanzania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTaiwan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSenegal: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPoland: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPeru: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNigeria: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNicaragua: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMontenegro: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sMalta: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMali: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sLibya: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKenya: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJamaica: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sIreland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGambia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sEthiopia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sEquatorial Guinea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDominican Republic: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCzechia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChile: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCanada: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCambodia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBosnia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelarus: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAustria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAlbania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBermuda: 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

● Yemen about twice as warm as the world's · 174 stories about harm ● Bangladesh about three times as fearful as the world's · 362 stories about harm ● Syria about three times as angry as the world's · 482 stories about harm ● Mexico about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 455 stories about harm ● France about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 518 stories about harm ● Ethiopia about twice as fearful as the world's · 183 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice31% 12,388 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents20% 8,096 stories · more than usual (usually 17%) Health19% 7,687 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence12% 4,753 stories · less than usual (usually 16%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given8% 3,120 stories · about as usual Displacement5% 1,944 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,392 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,040 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 killed11,320 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,410 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,035 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,436 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations1,403 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Nepal Stories reporting refugees985 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced655 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Syria and Israel Stories reporting abductions460 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill226 at about twice the usual rate · most about the UK and Russia

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 about as 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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