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23,374 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 Tehran (Iran), power cuts in Portugal and violence in Gaza drew the news. Palestine's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were harsher than usual.

Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostPortugal 62 in 100 of its 263 stories, usually 17
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 49 in 100 of its stories, usually 42
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 →
Protests & strikes

Iran

672 of its 996 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Tehran accounted for 594 of Iran's 672 stories about harm, carried by 173 outlets. 318 of Tehran's 594 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (355 stories). Cholera was named in 117 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with power cuts, earthquake and poisoning. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Disasters & accidents

Portugal

162 of its 263 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Lisbon accounted for 113 of Portugal's 162 stories about harm, carried by 109 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (22 stories). Power cuts were named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Portugal over 30 days → its stories → Lisbon stories →
Conflict & violence

Palestine

526 of its 951 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Gaza accounted for 392 of Palestine's 526 stories about harm, carried by 57 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (332 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Palestine over 30 days → its stories → Gaza stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Finland

66 of its 111 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (58 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Zimbabwe

449 of its 866 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Harare accounted for 390 of Zimbabwe's 449 stories about harm, carried by 428 outlets. 295 of Harare's 390 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (231 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Bangladesh

286 of its 489 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Dhaka accounted for 236 of Bangladesh's 286 stories about harm, carried by 188 outlets. 215 of Dhaka's 236 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (91 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Armenia

58 of its 83 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Hrazdan accounted for 53 of Armenia's 58 stories about harm, carried by 8 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (48 stories). Flooding was named in 34 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with heavy rain and heatstroke.

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Protests & strikes

South Korea

71 of its 221 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 38 of Seoul's 63 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (17 stories). Hunger was named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Spain

282 of its 684 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (231 stories). Drought was named in 31 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.

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Disasters & accidents

New Zealand

143 of its 501 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Hypothermia was named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with snowstorms.

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Also named far more than usual: flooding in Armenia (34 of its stories, about three times its usual); hunger in South Korea (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hypothermia in New Zealand (21 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flooding in Thailand (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); tornadoes in Canada (74 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 20; 18 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 4 Aug. 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 23,374 stories about harm among 115,282 counted on 4 Aug.

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Reports of people freed or reunited, a sign of help, ran at about twice the usual rate. 20 in every 100 of the day's 115,282 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Iran, 67% of the news was about people being harmed, where 32% is usual. On 4 August 2017, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 20 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Myanmar87 in 100 of its 52 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen84 in 100 of its 154 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan80 in 100 of its 318 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Armenia70 in 100 of its 83 stories · usually 25 · mostly disasters & accidents Congo69 in 100 of its 134 stories · usually 64 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Tehran Iran318 stories about protests or strikes, of its 594 Harare Zimbabwe295 stories about protests or strikes, of its 390 Portland US287 stories about protests or strikes, of its 321 Dhaka Bangladesh215 stories about protests or strikes, of its 236 Washington US214 stories about protests or strikes, of its 719

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: feelings about like the world'sUnited States: feelings about like the world'sSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSpain: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: too little coverage to readJordan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt 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 readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: too little coverage to readAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan 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: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: too little coverage to readNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUganda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTajikistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSenegal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRomania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sOman: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMexico: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJapan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sItaly: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIreland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGreece: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGermany: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFinland: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEgypt: coverage a little warmer than the world'sDjibouti: coverage a little warmer than the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCroatia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sArgentina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world's
AngerGriefFearWarmth Like the world'sToo little news

Each country in the colour of the feeling its news carried most, against the world's news that day. Stronger colour: further above the world. Click a country.

Strongest feelings

● Kashmir about three times as fearful as the world's · 147 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about three times as angry as the world's · 253 stories about harm ● Zimbabwe about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 449 stories about harm ● Tajikistan few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 30 stories about harm ● Bangladesh about twice as angry as the world's · 286 stories about harm ● Yemen about twice as angry as the world's · 129 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 6,850 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents23% 5,218 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence18% 4,186 stories · about as usual Health16% 3,750 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,491 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 600 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 599 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 341 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 killed8,258 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests3,488 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,722 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Iran Stories reporting people affected2,331 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting evacuations353 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Portugal Stories reporting people displaced246 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees239 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the UK and the US Stories reporting abductions224 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Iran Stories reporting people falling ill43 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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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