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31,928 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 protests in Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan), evacuations in Pakistan and rights and justice in Beirut. Lebanon's coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were much harsher than usual.

Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostLebanon 67 in 100 of its 218 stories, usually 32
RegionCentral Asia 28 in 100 of its stories, usually 18
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 →
Protests & strikes

Kyrgyzstan

33 of its 49 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Bishkek accounted for 30 of Kyrgyzstan's 33 stories about harm, carried by 3 outlets. 16 of Bishkek's 30 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories).

Kyrgyzstan over 30 days → its stories → Bishkek stories →
Conflict & violence

Pakistan

754 of its 1,551 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 8 times the usual rate (5 stories). Road crashes were named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Pakistan over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Lebanon

147 of its 218 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Beirut accounted for 124 of Lebanon's 147 stories about harm, carried by 143 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

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

Georgia

55 of its 86 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (46 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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

Finland

352 of its 1,368 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. 215 of Helsinki's 335 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (33 stories). Wildfires were named in 49 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Iran

512 of its 1,256 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Tehran accounted for 457 of Iran's 512 stories about harm, carried by 153 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (89 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Bulgaria

34 of its 133 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. 7 of Yambol's 13 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (10 stories). Outbreaks were named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Nicaragua

188 of its 204 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 83%. Managua accounted for 168 of Nicaragua's 188 stories about harm, carried by 254 outlets. 141 of Managua's 168 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Colombia

67 of its 145 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. 37 of Bogota's 48 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Morocco

34 of its 101 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 20 of Rabat's 22 stories were about protests or strikes. Train derailment was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: accidents in Puerto Rico (54 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Bulgaria (20 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); hunger in Saudi Arabia (36 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); dengue in Fiji (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); train derailment in Morocco (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

17 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 16 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 31,928 stories about harm among 186,673 counted on 16 Jul.

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No day had a lower share of stories about people being harmed since 9 November 2016. Kyrgyzstan stood out: 67% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 18%. Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate. of the day's 186,673 news stories, 17 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 21.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Nicaragua92 in 100 of its 204 stories · usually 83 · mostly rights & justice Mali79 in 100 of its 136 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan76 in 100 of its 421 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Greenland74 in 100 of its 62 stories · usually 44 · mostly disasters & accidents Yemen74 in 100 of its 89 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Chicago US343 stories about protests or strikes, of its 571 Moscow Russia342 stories about protests or strikes, of its 600 Helsinki Finland215 stories about protests or strikes, of its 335 Managua Nicaragua141 stories about protests or strikes, of its 168 Washington US124 stories about protests or strikes, of its 486

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 lessZambia: too little coverage to readYemen: 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 lessUnited Arab Emirates: about as warm as its own usual or lessUkraine: 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: too little coverage to readTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: 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 lessSweden: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: 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: 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: too little coverage to readPeru: 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: too little coverage to readPalau: 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 readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: 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: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: 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: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: 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 lessKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: 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: too little coverage to readIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndonesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: too little coverage to readIceland: about as warm as its own usual or lessHungary: about as warm as its own usual or lessHonduras: too little coverage to readHaiti: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: 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: 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: too little coverage to readEgypt: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: about as warm as its own usual or lessCzech Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuba: 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: too little coverage to readDR 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: too little coverage to readChad: 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 lessCambodia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: 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 lessBangladesh: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlgeria: 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: too little coverage to readWest Bank: too little coverage to readWestern 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: too little coverage to readAzad 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: too little coverage to readChagos 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: too little coverage to readTurks & 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook 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: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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 readVietnam: warmth about its own usualSri Lanka: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualOman: warmth about its own usualLibya: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKyrgyzstan: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualGuatemala: warmth about its own usualGambia: warmth about its own usualCameroon: warmth about its own usualBulgaria: warmth about its own usualBahrain: warmth about its own usualStanislaus County, US -- rights & justice: 34 stories, carried by 84 outletsAsmara, Eritrea -- conflict & violence: 22 stories, carried by 18 outletsRawalpindi, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 38 stories, carried by 26 outletsGeorgia Department of Public Safety, US -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 68 stories, carried by 83 outletsGeneva, Switzerland -- health: 12 stories, carried by 10 outletsBogota, Colombia -- rights & justice: 48 stories, carried by 44 outletsShenzhen, China -- health: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsIkere, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 21 stories, carried by 13 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

● Libya warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Stanislaus County US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 34 stories ● Asmara Eritrea about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 22 stories ● Rawalpindi Pakistan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 38 stories ● Georgia Department of Public Safety US about twice as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 68 stories ● Geneva Switzerland about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 9,046 stories · less than usual (usually 31%) Health19% 6,113 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents18% 5,793 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence17% 5,479 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given8% 2,421 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,067 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 846 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 659 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 killed9,624 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,808 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests3,785 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people affected3,477 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting refugees575 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Italy Stories reporting abductions409 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations385 at about half the usual rate · most about Iran and the US Stories reporting people displaced196 at about half the usual rate · most about Nigeria and Syria Stories reporting people falling ill74 at about half the usual rate · most about the US 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 much harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout one and a half times 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.