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What the world's news said happened to people.
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39,541 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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Protests in Curuguaty (Paraguay), violence in Dakar and rights and justice in Tripoli drew the news. Australia's coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read softer than usual.

Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 25 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostLibya 90 in 100 of its 156 stories, usually 46
RegionCentral Asia 65 in 100 of its stories, usually 28
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Paraguay

55 of its 65 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Curuguaty accounted for 54 of Paraguay's 55 stories about harm, carried by 46 outlets. 53 of Curuguaty's 54 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (55 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Paraguay over 30 days → its stories → Curuguaty stories →
Conflict & violence

Senegal

49 of its 64 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Dakar accounted for 49 of Senegal's 49 stories about harm, carried by 39 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (47 stories). Ebola was named in 44 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Senegal over 30 days → its stories → Dakar stories →
Disasters & accidents

Libya

141 of its 156 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Tripoli accounted for 83 of Libya's 141 stories about harm, carried by 76 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (114 stories).

Libya over 30 days → its stories → Tripoli stories →
Health

Australia

Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories). Landslides were named in 13 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.

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

Tajikistan

336 of its 349 stories (96%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Dushanbe accounted for 288 of Tajikistan's 336 stories about harm, carried by 307 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (108 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Niger

94 of its 113 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Niamey accounted for 77 of Niger's 94 stories about harm, carried by 87 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (88 stories). Ebola was named in 74 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Croatia

93 of its 224 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 3%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (88 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Central African Republic

131 of its 138 stories (95%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Sibut accounted for 114 of the Central African Republic's 131 stories about harm, carried by 135 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (77 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Algeria

79 of its 128 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Colombia

122 of its 228 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (46 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: ebola in Niger (74 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in France (77 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in Germany (105 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Myanmar (21 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Kyrgyzstan (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 31 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 39,541 stories about harm among 206,967 counted on 31 Jul.

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On the side of help, reports of vaccination ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 206,967 stories, as usual. Paraguay's news was 85% about people being harmed, against a usual 32%. On 31 July 2017, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Tajikistan96 in 100 of its 349 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Central African Republic95 in 100 of its 138 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence Laos95 in 100 of its 98 stories · usually 80 · mostly disasters & accidents Libya90 in 100 of its 156 stories · usually 46 · mostly disasters & accidents Nicaragua89 in 100 of its 182 stories · usually 87 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US328 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1787 Jerusalem Israel146 stories about protests or strikes, of its 319 London UK88 stories about protests or strikes, of its 468 Gaza Palestine76 stories about protests or strikes, of its 88 Tehran Iran75 stories about protests or strikes, of its 448

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: 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 readUnited 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: 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 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 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 Africa: 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 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 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 readRomania: 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: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: too little coverage to readPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readOman: too little coverage to readNorway: 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 lessNetherlands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: too little coverage to readNamibia: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMalaysia: too little coverage to readMalawi: 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 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 lessKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: too little coverage to readKosovo: 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 lessJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessItaly: 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 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 lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: too little coverage to readGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: too little coverage to readSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew 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: 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: too little coverage to readFaroe 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 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: 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: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlgeria: 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 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 lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: 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: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: about as warm as its own usual or lessAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: too little coverage to readBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: warmth about its own usualPuerto Rico: warmth about its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSomalia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSingapore: warmth about its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about its own usualRwanda: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualParaguay: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualNorth Korea: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMali: warmth about its own usualLiberia: warmth about its own usualLaos: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualHaiti: warmth about its own usualGuatemala: warmth about its own usualGeorgia: warmth about its own usualGambia: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualCroatia: warmth about its own usualCameroon: warmth about its own usualBahrain: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualKhartoum, Sudan -- conflict & violence: 17 stories, carried by 14 outletsMogadishu, Somalia -- conflict & violence: 34 stories, carried by 32 outletsNithsdale, UK -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 41 stories, carried by 81 outletsMopti, Mali -- conflict & violence: 16 stories, carried by 19 outletsAsmara, Eritrea -- conflict & violence: 19 stories, carried by 15 outletsKigali, Rwanda -- other: 42 stories, carried by 32 outletsCairo, Egypt -- rights & justice: 86 stories, carried by 88 outletsTbilisi, Georgia -- rights & justice: 15 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

● South Korea warmth about one and a half times usual ● Paraguay warmth about one and a half times usual ● North Korea warmth about one and a half times usual ● Somalia warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Khartoum Sudan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 17 stories ● Mogadishu Somalia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 34 stories ● Nithsdale UK about twice as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 41 stories ● Mopti Mali about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 16 stories ● Asmara Eritrea about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 19 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice25% 9,506 stories · less than usual (usually 29%) Health21% 8,170 stories · more than usual (usually 19%) Disasters & accidents21% 8,121 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence18% 6,860 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,872 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,526 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 1,374 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,187 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 killed12,258 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,627 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,871 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,896 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting evacuations1,285 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Indonesia Stories reporting abductions944 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and the Central African Republic Stories reporting refugees885 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced429 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill129 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 softer 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.