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21,210 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 Daboua, rights and justice in Kabul and protests in Juba (South Sudan). Chad's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was harsher than usual.

Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate, most often about the US and Chad → Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Syria and Canada → Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Syria and Iran → Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about 5 times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostChad 78 in 100 of its 68 stories, usually 20
RegionSoutheast Asia 33 in 100 of its stories, usually 20
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Chad

53 of its 68 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Daboua accounted for 49 of Chad's 53 stories about harm, carried by 45 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (47 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Chad over 30 days → its stories → Daboua stories →
Rights & justice

Afghanistan

530 of its 627 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Kabul accounted for 475 of Afghanistan's 530 stories about harm, carried by 471 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (91 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Kabul stories →
Protests & strikes

South Sudan

23 of Juba's 26 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (26 stories). Hunger was named in 26 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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

Iran

655 of its 1,217 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (76 stories). Ebola was named in 74 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with landslides. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Vietnam

97 of its 172 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (78 stories). Tropical storm was named in 61 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with typhoon and heatwave.

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Conflict & violence

South Africa

352 of its 732 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (219 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Honduras

22 of its 34 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (18 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Rights & justice

Iraq

136 of its 185 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Baghdad accounted for 103 of Iraq's 136 stories about harm, carried by 112 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (65 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Israel

830 of its 1,352 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. 326 of Jerusalem's 571 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (20 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: tropical storm in Vietnam (61 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Netherlands (26 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Sweden (16 of its stories, about three times its usual); heatwave in Japan (36 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Canada (100 of its stories, about 4 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 22 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 21,210 stories about harm among 101,802 counted on 22 Jul.

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On the side of help, reports of people freed or reunited ran at about 5 times the usual rate. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 101,802 stories, as usual. Abductions were reported at about 5 times the usual rate, most often about the US and Chad. In Chad, 78% of the news was about people being harmed, where 20% is usual. Vietnam's news mentioned tropical storm more than ten times as often as usual. This week the news turned most often to Syria, on 4 of 7 days; help rose on 2 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Mali92 in 100 of its 65 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen88 in 100 of its 214 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Nicaragua85 in 100 of its 62 stories · usually 84 · mostly rights & justice Afghanistan85 in 100 of its 627 stories · usually 68 · mostly rights & justice Syria82 in 100 of its 945 stories · usually 76 · mostly displacement

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Los Angeles US402 stories about protests or strikes, of its 935 Jerusalem Israel326 stories about protests or strikes, of its 571 Silver Lake US232 stories about protests or strikes, of its 247 Gaza Palestine147 stories about protests or strikes, of its 215 Kabul Afghanistan99 stories about protests or strikes, of its 475

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUkraine: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRussia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPeru: 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: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: 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: too little coverage to readKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: 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'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt 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: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech 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: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: too little coverage to readCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: too little coverage to readAksai Chin: 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 readCrimea: feelings about like the world'sEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall 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: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: 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: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: 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 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 about one and a half times as warm as the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUganda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSpain: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sQatar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPoland: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNiger: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNicaragua: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNepal: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMontenegro: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMexico: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMali: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sLibya: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJapan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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 twice as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHonduras: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFiji: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sEritrea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChad: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sCambodia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sBosnia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBolivia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little angrier than the world'sArgentina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sMaldives: coverage about one and a half times 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

● Kashmir about three times as fearful as the world's · 169 stories about harm ● Chad about three times as angry as the world's · 53 stories about harm ● Türkiye about three times as fearful as the world's · 80 stories about harm ● Poland few stories about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 43 stories about harm ● Sudan few stories about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 37 stories about harm ● South Sudan few stories about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 30 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice26% 5,497 stories · less than usual (usually 31%) Disasters & accidents22% 4,639 stories · more than usual (usually 19%) Conflict & violence21% 4,396 stories · much more than usual (usually 16%) Health16% 3,340 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Displacement5% 1,003 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 921 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 758 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 373 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 killed7,290 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,829 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,449 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting arrests2,413 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions1,132 at about 5 times the usual rate · most about the US and Chad Stories reporting evacuations934 at about twice the usual rate · most about Syria and Canada Stories reporting people displaced458 at about twice the usual rate · most about Syria and Iran Stories reporting refugees425 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Syria and Lebanon Stories reporting people falling ill49 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and India

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

● Angerabout as 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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