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41,549 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 a disaster in Athens, protests in Managua (Nicaragua) and illness in Amsterdam. Libya's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read harsher than usual.

Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about three times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 25 in 100 of the stories about harm · much less than usual Country that rose mostLaos 96 in 100 of its 745 stories, usually 17
RegionSoutheast Asia 34 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

how these are picked →
Disasters & accidents

Greece

2,073 of its 2,407 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Athens accounted for 1,839 of Greece's 2,073 stories about harm, carried by 1,402 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (750 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 50 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Greece over 30 days → its stories → Athens stories →
Protests & strikes

Nicaragua

242 of its 262 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 85%. Managua accounted for 205 of Nicaragua's 242 stories about harm, carried by 163 outlets. 180 of Managua's 205 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (49 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Nicaragua over 30 days → its stories → Managua stories →
Health

Netherlands

295 of its 596 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Amsterdam accounted for 258 of the Netherlands' 295 stories about harm, carried by 311 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (78 stories). Malaria was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with hepatitis.

Netherlands over 30 days → its stories → Amsterdam stories →
Conflict & violence

Libya

81 of its 124 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Libya over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Laos

718 of its 745 stories (96%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Xepian accounted for 303 of Laos' 718 stories about harm, carried by 541 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (707 stories). Accidents were named in 34 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

its stories →
Health

Liberia

141 of its 217 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (105 stories). Meningitis was named in 81 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Haiti

101 of its 144 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. 29 of Port-au-Prince's 47 stories were about protests or strikes. Hurricane was named in 77 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Health

South Sudan

118 of its 141 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Rumbek accounted for 86 of South Sudan's 118 stories about harm, carried by 103 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Pakistan

741 of its 1,769 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. 147 of Islamabad's 284 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Plane crash was named in 19 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Health

Congo

182 of its 205 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (127 stories). Haemorrhagic fever was named in 85 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with flu.

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Also named far more than usual: hurricane in Haiti (77 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); meningitis in Liberia (81 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); haemorrhagic fever in Congo (85 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); diphtheria in China (106 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plague in Venezuela (33 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 24 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 41,549 stories about harm among 209,172 counted on 24 Jul.

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Greece's news was 86% about people being harmed, against a usual 21%. of the day's 209,172 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of vaccination, a sign of help, ran at about three times the usual rate. Mentions of the hurricane ran more than ten times their usual in Haiti's news. For the second day running, the news turned to Greece.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Laos96 in 100 of its 745 stories · usually 17 · mostly disasters & accidents Nicaragua92 in 100 of its 262 stories · usually 85 · mostly rights & justice El Salvador92 in 100 of its 62 stories · usually 41 · mostly disasters & accidents Congo89 in 100 of its 205 stories · usually 49 · mostly health Greece86 in 100 of its 2,407 stories · usually 21 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Tehran Iran269 stories about protests or strikes, of its 601 Oakland US212 stories about protests or strikes, of its 530 Managua Nicaragua180 stories about protests or strikes, of its 205 Washington US162 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1145 Islamabad Pakistan147 stories about protests or strikes, of its 284

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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: 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: 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 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 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: too little coverage to readSouth 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: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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 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: too little coverage to readQatar: 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: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: 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: 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: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: 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 readKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: 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 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: too little coverage to readGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrance: 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 readEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBrunei: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: 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: too little coverage to readNorthern 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAnguilla: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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: 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 readTaiwan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about its own usualNorway: warmth about its own usualLibya: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualGuinea: warmth about its own usualEthiopia: warmth about its own usualEl Salvador: warmth about one and a half times its own usualEgypt: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGreenland: warmth about one and a half times its own usualAlabama, US -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 20 stories, carried by 21 outletsErbil, Iraq -- conflict & violence: 14 stories, carried by 12 outletsGrand Rapids, US -- rights & justice: 14 stories, carried by 16 outletsAuckland, New Zealand -- rights & justice: 18 stories, carried by 10 outletsCairo, Egypt -- conflict & violence: 58 stories, carried by 44 outletsGuji, Ethiopia -- displacement: 18 stories, carried by 16 outletsJilin, China -- health: 12 stories, carried by 12 outletsOxfordshire, UK -- health: 12 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

● El Salvador warmth about one and a half times usual ● Greenland warmth about one and a half times usual ● Taiwan warmth about one and a half times usual ● Egypt warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Alabama US about twice as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 20 stories ● Erbil Iraq about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 14 stories ● Grand Rapids US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 14 stories ● Auckland New Zealand about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 18 stories ● Cairo Egypt about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 58 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice25% 10,232 stories · much less than usual (usually 30%) Disasters & accidents25% 10,210 stories · much more than usual (usually 19%) Health22% 8,846 stories · more than usual (usually 19%) Conflict & violence15% 6,317 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 1,731 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,632 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 971 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 958 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 killed13,893 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,394 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured5,450 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Greece and the US Stories reporting arrests5,233 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations1,558 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Greece and the US Stories reporting abductions580 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees440 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Australia Stories reporting people displaced393 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill112 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Japan

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
● 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.