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37,683 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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Deaths in Algiers, storms in Greece and rights and justice in Brital drew the news. Algeria's coverage was about 6 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were much harsher than usual.

Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and India → Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about three times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostAlgeria 71 in 100 of its 129 stories, usually 28
RegionSoutheast Asia 29 in 100 of its stories, usually 20
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 →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Algeria

92 of its 129 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Algiers accounted for 85 of Algeria's 92 stories about harm, carried by 8 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (82 stories). Its coverage was about 6 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Algeria over 30 days → its stories → Algiers stories →
Disasters & accidents

Greece

365 of its 761 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Athens accounted for 313 of Greece's 365 stories about harm, carried by 330 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (83 stories). Storms were named in 98 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Greece over 30 days → its stories → Athens stories →
Conflict & violence

Bosnia

25 of its 32 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Canada

2,595 of its 6,382 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (1,305 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Iraq

252 of its 325 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Erbil accounted for 131 of Iraq's 252 stories about harm, carried by 69 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Sweden

130 of its 346 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories). Drought was named in 50 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

its stories →
Health

Liberia

52 of its 88 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (33 stories). Ebola was named in 40 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with meningitis.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Vietnam

213 of its 501 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (6 stories). Tropical storm was named in 79 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with drownings.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Chad

36 of its 73 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: rabies in China (335 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); ebola in Liberia (40 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); tropical storm in Vietnam (79 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); drought in Sweden (50 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); heatstroke in Japan (127 of its stories, about 10 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 23 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 37,683 stories about harm among 187,192 counted on 23 Jul.

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Reports of people freed or reunited, a sign of help, ran at about three times the usual rate. 20 in every 100 of the day's 187,192 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and India. Algeria stood out: 71% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 28%. A year earlier, on 23 July 2017, 25 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Nicaragua83 in 100 of its 84 stories · usually 85 · mostly rights & justice Somalia78 in 100 of its 231 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq78 in 100 of its 325 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan77 in 100 of its 538 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Mali76 in 100 of its 58 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Jerusalem Israel272 stories about protests or strikes, of its 445 Tehran Iran200 stories about protests or strikes, of its 839 Silver Lake US180 stories about protests or strikes, of its 185 Washington US144 stories about protests or strikes, of its 732 Wild Horse US106 stories about protests or strikes, of its 140

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: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: 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: too little coverage to readTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: too little coverage to readTanzania: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: too little coverage to readSri 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: too little coverage to readSierra 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. 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: 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: 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: 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: 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 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 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 lessKyrgyzstan: 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 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: too little coverage to readItaly: 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 lessIndonesia: 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: too little coverage to readGuatemala: 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 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: too little coverage to readDominica: 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: too little coverage to readCuba: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessColombia: 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: too little coverage to readCanada: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: 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: 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 lessBahrain: too little coverage to readBahamas: 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 lessAntigua & Barbuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: 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: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessChagos 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: warmth about its own usualSudan: warmth about its own usualNetherlands: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualMalawi: warmth about its own usualLibya: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualEthiopia: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualArgentina: warmth about its own usualJuba, South Sudan -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 14 outletsKhartoum, Sudan -- conflict & violence: 14 stories, carried by 12 outletsErbil, Iraq -- conflict & violence: 131 stories, carried by 69 outletsHawaii County, US -- disasters & accidents: 32 stories, carried by 66 outletsAsmara, Eritrea -- conflict & violence: 21 stories, carried by 15 outletsPenrith, UK -- rights & justice: 17 stories, carried by 14 outletsBaghdad, Iraq -- conflict & violence: 48 stories, carried by 35 outletsOrono, US -- rights & justice: 91 stories, carried by 161 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

● Iraq warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Juba South Sudan about three times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 11 stories ● Khartoum Sudan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 14 stories ● Erbil Iraq about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 131 stories ● Hawaii County US about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 32 stories ● Asmara Eritrea about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 21 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice26% 9,510 stories · less than usual (usually 30%) Disasters & accidents22% 8,234 stories · more than usual (usually 19%) Conflict & violence21% 7,647 stories · more than usual (usually 16%) Health19% 6,898 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,787 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,242 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,129 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 643 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 killed12,972 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,710 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Canada and the US Stories reporting arrests4,355 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people affected4,354 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations1,080 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Syria and the US Stories reporting abductions940 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting refugees445 at about half the usual rate · most about Syria and the US Stories reporting people displaced344 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill70 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Türkiye

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
● 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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