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What the world's news said happened to people.
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38,144 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 a disaster in Athens, protests in Phnom Penh (Cambodia) and the hunger in Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was 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 mostGreece 77 in 100 of its 1,227 stories, usually 37
RegionSoutheast Asia 32 in 100 of its stories, usually 21
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Disasters & accidents

Greece

949 of its 1,227 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Athens accounted for 813 of Greece's 949 stories about harm, carried by 652 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (779 stories). Tsunami was named in 68 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with flooding. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Cambodia

217 of its 294 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Phnom Penh accounted for 179 of Cambodia's 217 stories about harm, carried by 178 outlets. 170 of Phnom Penh's 179 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 10 times the usual rate (166 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Cambodia over 30 days → its stories → Phnom Penh stories →
Conflict & violence

Saudi Arabia

251 of its 711 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories). Hunger was named in 75 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with cholera. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Saudi Arabia over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Türkiye

548 of its 934 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Hurricane was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

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

Laos

441 of its 460 stories (96%) were about people being harmed, usually 72%. Vientiane accounted for 196 of Laos' 441 stories about harm, carried by 268 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (69 stories). Tropical storm was named in 68 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Armenia

79 of its 217 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 45 of Yerevan's 52 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (62 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Paraguay

46 of its 97 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (42 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

North Korea

156 of its 451 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (72 stories). Heatwave was named in 35 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Sierra Leone

37 of its 49 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. 9 of Freetown's 13 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

Japan

636 of its 2,008 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people falling ill ran at about 7 times the usual rate (104 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: train derailment in Iraq (64 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Kenya (94 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flooding in South Korea (35 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); poisoning in Latvia (15 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); cholera in Yemen (33 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 26 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 38,144 stories about harm among 211,617 counted on 26 Jul.

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The news turned to Greece for the fourth day running. 18 in every 100 of the day's 211,617 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 20. In Iraq's news, mentions of train derailment ran more than ten times their usual. Reports of volunteers, a sign of help, ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Greece's news was 77% about people being harmed, against a usual 37%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Laos96 in 100 of its 460 stories · usually 72 · mostly disasters & accidents Nicaragua87 in 100 of its 91 stories · usually 85 · mostly rights & justice Syria80 in 100 of its 814 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence Greece77 in 100 of its 1,227 stories · usually 37 · mostly disasters & accidents Cambodia74 in 100 of its 294 stories · usually 36 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US209 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1009 Phnom Penh Cambodia170 stories about protests or strikes, of its 179 Gaza Palestine120 stories about protests or strikes, of its 241 Jerusalem Israel104 stories about protests or strikes, of its 271 Islamabad Pakistan97 stories about protests or strikes, of its 334

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: 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: too little coverage to readVanuatu: 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: too little coverage to readPuerto 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-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: too little coverage to readSuriname: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth 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: 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 lessPoland: 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: too little coverage to readOman: 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 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: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: 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 lessMalawi: too little coverage to readMadagascar: 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: too little coverage to readLibya: 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 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: too little coverage to readJordan: 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 lessIraq: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrench 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: too little coverage to readEritrea: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech 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 lessComoros: too little coverage to readChina: too little coverage to readHong 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: too little coverage to readCape Verde: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: 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: too little coverage to readBenin: 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 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 readAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: too little coverage to readGaza: 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 readCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: warmth about its own usualTaiwan: warmth about its own usualQatar: warmth about its own usualPortugal: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualNew Zealand: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualLebanon: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualDenmark: warmth about its own usualCongo: warmth about one and a half times its own usualColombia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualCambodia: warmth about its own usualBahrain: warmth about its own usualAzerbaijan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualAlgeria: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualGuernsey: warmth about its own usualAsmara, Eritrea -- rights & justice: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsBalochistan, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 10 stories, carried by 11 outletsAdamawa, Nigeria -- displacement: 12 stories, carried by 12 outletsKupwara, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 22 stories, carried by 14 outletsLisbon, Portugal -- health: 11 stories, carried by 14 outletsBilawal, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 13 outletsDoha, Qatar -- conflict & violence: 15 stories, carried by 14 outletsBeirut, Lebanon -- rights & justice: 28 stories, carried by 20 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

● Philippines warmth about one and a half times usual ● Colombia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Congo warmth about one and a half times usual ● Azerbaijan warmth about one and a half times usual ● Lebanon warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Asmara Eritrea about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 10 stories ● Balochistan Pakistan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 10 stories ● Adamawa Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · displacement · 12 stories ● Kupwara Kashmir about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 22 stories ● Lisbon Portugal about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice27% 10,012 stories · less than usual (usually 29%) Disasters & accidents22% 8,129 stories · more than usual (usually 20%) Health21% 7,935 stories · more than usual (usually 19%) Conflict & violence16% 6,145 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,995 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,324 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 978 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 890 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 killed11,680 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,474 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,746 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people injured3,289 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations888 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees461 at about half the usual rate · most about Syria and the US Stories reporting abductions450 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced416 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill159 at about the usual rate

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