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23,132 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 news turned to protests in Agadez (Niger), drownings in Greece and people killed in Croatia. Croatia's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeDisasters & accidents 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostIndonesia 81 in 100 of its 1,168 stories, usually 36
RegionSoutheast Asia 55 in 100 of its stories, usually 22
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Niger

94 of its 94 stories (100%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Agadez accounted for 93 of Niger's 94 stories about harm, carried by 119 outlets. 57 of Agadez's 93 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (42 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Niger over 30 days → its stories → Agadez stories →
Disasters & accidents

Greece

367 of its 492 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Athens accounted for 305 of Greece's 367 stories about harm, carried by 466 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (215 stories). Drownings were named in 185 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Croatia

72 of its 164 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 2%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (72 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Croatia over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Tajikistan

24 of its 28 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Egypt

223 of its 447 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. 111 of Cairo's 177 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (46 stories). Train derailment was named in 45 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Israel

1,064 of its 1,625 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Jerusalem accounted for 679 of Israel's 1,064 stories about harm, carried by 553 outlets. 473 of Jerusalem's 679 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (410 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

948 of its 1,168 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (646 stories). Tsunami was named in 572 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Laos

152 of its 158 stories (96%) were about people being harmed, usually 78%. Reports of refugees ran at about 9 times the usual rate (28 stories). Cyclone was named in 27 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Armenia

50 of its 65 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Yerevan accounted for 50 of Armenia's 50 stories about harm, carried by 27 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (49 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Mali

271 of its 294 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 72%. Bamako accounted for 146 of Mali's 271 stories about harm, carried by 200 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: tsunami in Indonesia (572 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); typhoon in Japan (149 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); outbreaks in Yemen (28 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); hunger in Saudi Arabia (19 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); road crashes in Brazil (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

23 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 29 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 23,132 stories about harm among 101,689 counted on 29 Jul.

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Indonesia's news mentioned the tsunami more than ten times as often as usual. Niger's news was 100% about people being harmed, against a usual 50%. of the day's 101,689 news stories, 23 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 20. On 29 July 2017, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, against 23 today. This week the news turned most often to Greece, on 5 of 7 days; help rose on 6 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Niger100 in 100 of its 94 stories · usually 50 · mostly conflict & violence Laos96 in 100 of its 158 stories · usually 78 · mostly disasters & accidents Mali92 in 100 of its 294 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Myanmar90 in 100 of its 51 stories · usually 58 · mostly disasters & accidents Nicaragua89 in 100 of its 70 stories · usually 86 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Jerusalem Israel473 stories about protests or strikes, of its 679 Ramallah Palestine347 stories about protests or strikes, of its 528 Washington US190 stories about protests or strikes, of its 990 Cairo Egypt111 stories about protests or strikes, of its 177 Atlanta US109 stories about protests or strikes, of its 147

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessYemen: 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: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited Kingdom: 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: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-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 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 lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: 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: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSaudi 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 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 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 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: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: too little coverage to readMalaysia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalawi: 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 lessLibya: 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: too little coverage to readLatvia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: too little coverage to readJapan: too little coverage to readJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessItaly: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: too little coverage to readIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIraq: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readEl 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: too little coverage to readN. 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: too little coverage to readCosta 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: too little coverage to readCentral 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: too little coverage to readBelgium: 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: too little coverage to readAngola: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: 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: too little coverage to readGuernsey: 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: too little coverage to readNauru: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readVietnam: warmth about its own usualUnited Arab Emirates: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualNicaragua: warmth about its own usualMali: warmth about one and a half times its own usualJordan: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualCambodia: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualOttawa, Canada -- health: 33 stories, carried by 86 outletsLoch Aline, UK -- disasters & accidents: 21 stories, carried by 88 outletsKentucky, US -- health: 20 stories, carried by 26 outletsMankato, US -- health: 39 stories, carried by 54 outletsDarapanan, Philippines -- conflict & violence: 15 stories, carried by 11 outletsKalameh, Iran -- rights & justice: 21 stories, carried by 21 outletsMadhubani, India -- rights & justice: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsGusau, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 13 stories, carried by 10 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

● Mali warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Ottawa Canada about three times as warm as the day's news · health · 33 stories ● Loch Aline UK about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 21 stories ● Kentucky US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 20 stories ● Mankato US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 39 stories ● Darapanan Philippines about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 15 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Disasters & accidents30% 6,804 stories · much more than usual (usually 20%) Rights & justice26% 5,890 stories · less than usual (usually 29%) Conflict & violence16% 3,565 stories · about as usual Health15% 3,316 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,348 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 766 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 578 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 530 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 killed9,542 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Indonesia Stories reporting people affected3,667 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Greece Stories reporting people injured3,088 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Indonesia and the US Stories reporting arrests2,719 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations611 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Japan Stories reporting refugees319 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Tunisia and Palestine Stories reporting people displaced270 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions132 at about half the usual rate · most about India and the US Stories reporting people falling ill6 at less than a quarter of the usual rate · most about the US and the DR Congo

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