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21,351 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 Tunis, the typhoon in Japan and protests in Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire). Tunisia's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about Japan and the US → Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about Russia and Zimbabwe →
Part of lifeDisasters & accidents 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostTunisia 91 in 100 of its 166 stories, usually 11
RegionEast Asia 25 in 100 of its stories, usually 13
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Conflict & violence

Tunisia

151 of its 166 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Tunis accounted for 113 of Tunisia's 151 stories about harm, carried by 88 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (35 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Tunisia over 30 days → its stories → Tunis stories →
Disasters & accidents

Japan

804 of its 1,327 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (424 stories). Typhoon was named in 228 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Japan over 30 days → its stories →
Protests & strikes

Côte d’Ivoire

33 of its 41 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Abidjan accounted for 33 of Côte d’Ivoire's 33 stories about harm, carried by 26 outlets. 31 of Abidjan's 33 stories were about protests or strikes. Ebola was named in 32 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with outbreaks.

Côte d’Ivoire over 30 days → its stories → Abidjan stories →
Health

Senegal

18 of its 28 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 7%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (16 stories). Malaria was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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

Haiti

151 of its 337 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. 45 of Port-au-Prince's 63 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (117 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Nicaragua

158 of its 174 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 81%. Managua accounted for 150 of Nicaragua's 158 stories about harm, carried by 122 outlets. 147 of Managua's 150 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Türkiye

474 of its 865 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people injured ran at about 10 times the usual rate (192 stories). Train derailment was named in 199 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Uganda

81 of its 131 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Kampala accounted for 74 of Uganda's 81 stories about harm, carried by 89 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Eritrea

150 of its 228 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Asmara accounted for 138 of Eritrea's 150 stories about harm, carried by 137 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Algeria

12 of its 19 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: train derailment in Türkiye (199 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tsunami in China (88 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in South Sudan (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); wildfires in Panama (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in Dominica (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

23 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 8 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 21,351 stories about harm among 93,544 counted on 8 Jul.

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Tunisia stood out: 91% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 11%. Mentions of Ebola ran more than ten times their usual in Côte d’Ivoire's news. Evacuations were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about Japan and the US. Stories about people being harmed made up 23 in every 100 of the day's 93,544 stories, above the usual 21. This week the news turned most often to Senegal, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 1 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Guadeloupe96 in 100 of its 166 stories · usually 66 · mostly disasters & accidents Tunisia91 in 100 of its 166 stories · usually 11 · mostly conflict & violence Nicaragua91 in 100 of its 174 stories · usually 81 · mostly rights & justice Puerto Rico86 in 100 of its 171 stories · usually 47 · mostly disasters & accidents Somalia84 in 100 of its 74 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Chicago US190 stories about protests or strikes, of its 371 Managua Nicaragua147 stories about protests or strikes, of its 150 Jerusalem Israel96 stories about protests or strikes, of its 309 Delhi India74 stories about protests or strikes, of its 256 Tehran Iran71 stories about protests or strikes, of its 109

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: 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: too little coverage to readGuam: too little coverage to readPuerto 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: 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 lessTurkmenistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: 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 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 lessEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri Lanka: 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: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: 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 readRwanda: 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 lessPoland: about as warm as its own usual or lessPhilippines: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: too little coverage to readParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: 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: too little coverage to readNetherlands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: too little coverage to readMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readKuwait: 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: too little coverage to readJordan: 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 lessIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: 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 lessGrenada: too little coverage to readGhana: 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 readFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt 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: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: about as warm as its own usual or lessN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte 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 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readBrunei: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: too little coverage to readBotswana: 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: too little coverage to readBelize: too little coverage to readBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: too little coverage to readBarbados: 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 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall 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: too little coverage to readBritish 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: about as warm as its own usual or lessWallis & 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 readUganda: warmth about its own usualTunisia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSweden: warmth about its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPanama: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualGuatemala: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualEthiopia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualCzechia: warmth about its own usualCuba: warmth about its own usualAlgeria: warmth about its own usualBuraidah, Saudi Arabia -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsTigray, Ethiopia -- conflict & violence: 79 stories, carried by 75 outletsRobeson County, US -- disasters & accidents: 72 stories, carried by 77 outletsAsmara, Eritrea -- conflict & violence: 138 stories, carried by 137 outletsErie, US -- rights & justice: 26 stories, carried by 37 outletsJendouba, Tunisia -- conflict & violence: 29 stories, carried by 26 outletsBadme, Eritrea -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 11 outletsAddis Ababa, Ethiopia -- conflict & violence: 26 stories, carried by 43 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

● Saudi Arabia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Ethiopia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Tunisia warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Buraidah Saudi Arabia about three times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 11 stories ● Tigray Ethiopia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 79 stories ● Robeson County US about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 72 stories ● Asmara Eritrea about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 138 stories ● Erie US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 26 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Disasters & accidents26% 5,526 stories · much more than usual (usually 17%) Rights & justice25% 5,183 stories · much less than usual (usually 31%) Conflict & violence18% 3,841 stories · more than usual (usually 16%) Health16% 3,347 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 1,441 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 689 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 608 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 402 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 killed7,192 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Japan Stories reporting people affected3,615 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Japan Stories reporting arrests2,303 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,131 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Japan Stories reporting evacuations930 at about three times the usual rate · most about Japan and the US Stories reporting refugees393 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Syria and the US Stories reporting people displaced290 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions245 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill172 at about three times the usual rate · most about Russia and Zimbabwe

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 harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little more than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more than 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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