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36,959 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 violence in Tunis, protests in Manama (Bahrain) and rights and justice in Comalapa. Tunisia's coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Help and hope: reports of volunteers ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostDominica 95 in 100 of its 105 stories, usually 32
RegionEast Asia 20 in 100 of its stories, usually 14
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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Conflict & violence

Tunisia

76 of its 97 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Tunis accounted for 53 of Tunisia's 76 stories about harm, carried by 49 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (32 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

Tunisia over 30 days → its stories → Tunis stories →
Protests & strikes

Bahrain

121 of its 231 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Manama accounted for 111 of Bahrain's 121 stories about harm, carried by 104 outlets. 103 of Manama's 111 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (18 stories).

Bahrain over 30 days → its stories → Manama stories →
Rights & justice

Guatemala

74 of its 82 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Comalapa accounted for 56 of Guatemala's 74 stories about harm, carried by 74 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (9 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.

Guatemala over 30 days → its stories → Comalapa stories →
Disasters & accidents

Dominica

100 of its 105 stories (95%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (90 stories). Power cuts were named in 81 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

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

Nicaragua

Managua accounted for 121 of Nicaragua's 130 stories about harm, carried by 110 outlets. 109 of Managua's 121 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Bosnia

38 of its 45 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Reports of people killed ran at about 9 times the usual rate (30 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Japan

1,281 of its 2,610 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (34 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Myanmar

169 of its 214 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Yangon accounted for 154 of Myanmar's 169 stories about harm, carried by 106 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (115 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Türkiye

650 of its 1,427 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (376 stories). Train derailment was named in 366 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Haiti

179 of its 379 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. 95 of Port-au-Prince's 149 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (83 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: train derailment in Türkiye (366 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in Bahamas (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in South Africa (86 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); tsunami in Thailand (60 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); train derailment in North Korea (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 9 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 36,959 stories about harm among 185,102 counted on 9 Jul.

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Tunisia's news was 78% about people being harmed, against a usual 16%. of the day's 185,102 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of volunteers, a sign of help, ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. It was the second day running that the news turned to Tunisia. In Dominica's news, mentions of power cuts ran about 6 times their usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Dominica95 in 100 of its 105 stories · usually 32 · mostly disasters & accidents Guatemala90 in 100 of its 82 stories · usually 71 · mostly rights & justice Puerto Rico79 in 100 of its 265 stories · usually 49 · mostly disasters & accidents Myanmar79 in 100 of its 214 stories · usually 48 · mostly rights & justice Tunisia78 in 100 of its 97 stories · usually 16 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Williamsburg US173 stories about protests or strikes, of its 371 Washington US170 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1000 Delhi India149 stories about protests or strikes, of its 574 London UK112 stories about protests or strikes, of its 442 Managua Nicaragua109 stories about protests or strikes, of its 121

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: 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 readGuam: 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 readCayman Islands: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sPakistan: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: 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: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: 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'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: 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: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: feelings about like the world'sFrench 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'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: 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'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'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: 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'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: 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 readAlbania: 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: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: feelings about like the world'sMontserrat: feelings about like the world'sJersey: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sSt. 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: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little warmer than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little warmer than the world'sU.S. Virgin 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 warm as the world'sUganda: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTunisia: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSomalia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSolomon Islands: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSeychelles: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSamoa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPoland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNiger: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNicaragua: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNepal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNamibia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKuwait: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJapan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHungary: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGuatemala: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGeorgia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGambia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFrance: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sEritrea: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sEcuador: 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'sDominica: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChile: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChad: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBosnia: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sBenin: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as warm 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 about one and a half times as warm as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as 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

● Bosnia few stories about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 38 stories about harm ● Tunisia about three times as fearful as the world's · 76 stories about harm ● Ethiopia about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 124 stories about harm ● Eritrea about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 108 stories about harm ● Russia about twice as angry as the world's · 494 stories about harm ● Saudi Arabia about twice as angry as the world's · 147 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice27% 9,857 stories · less than usual (usually 31%) Disasters & accidents24% 8,553 stories · much more than usual (usually 18%) Health20% 7,312 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence14% 5,100 stories · less than usual (usually 16%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,298 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,289 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 875 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 846 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 killed11,092 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,366 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,946 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,942 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations820 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees441 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting people displaced346 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Syria and the US Stories reporting abductions280 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill242 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Russia and the US

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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