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42,139 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 protests in Buenos Aires (Argentina), people displaced in Indonesia and violence in Sanaa. Yemen's coverage was about 4 times as angry as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was harsher than usual.

Help and hope: reports of aid and relief ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostArgentina 63 in 100 of its 724 stories, usually 22
RegionSoutheast Asia 41 in 100 of its stories, usually 27
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

Argentina

458 of its 724 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Buenos Aires accounted for 354 of Argentina's 458 stories about harm, carried by 369 outlets. 342 of Buenos Aires' 354 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (223 stories). Avalanche was named in 140 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Argentina over 30 days → its stories → Buenos Aires stories →
Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

1,174 of its 1,567 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (161 stories). Hurricane was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Indonesia over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Yemen

685 of its 737 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 76%. Sanaa accounted for 469 of Yemen's 685 stories about harm, carried by 513 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (572 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as angry as the world's.

Yemen over 30 days → its stories → Sanaa stories →
Health

Russia

1,039 of its 3,512 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (177 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

Zimbabwe

441 of its 892 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Harare accounted for 360 of Zimbabwe's 441 stories about harm, carried by 266 outlets. 249 of Harare's 360 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 10 times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Belarus

82 of its 136 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Minsk accounted for 73 of Belarus' 82 stories about harm, carried by 69 outlets. 49 of Minsk's 73 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (61 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Niger

32 of its 41 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (30 stories). Hunger was named in 27 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 →
Disasters & accidents

Puerto Rico

343 of its 406 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (322 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Saudi Arabia

635 of its 1,099 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. 291 of Riyadh's 347 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (121 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

South Sudan

70 of its 92 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Juba accounted for 51 of South Sudan's 70 stories about harm, carried by 38 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: hypothermia in France (121 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Niger (27 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); ebola in Rwanda (16 of its stories, about three times its usual); hiv in Latvia (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in Mexico (36 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 9 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 42,139 stories about harm among 204,358 counted on 9 Aug.

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In France's news, mentions of the hypothermia ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 204,358 stories, as usual. Argentina's news was 63% about people being harmed, against a usual 22%. On the side of help, reports of aid and relief ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. On 9 August 2017, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen93 in 100 of its 737 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence Puerto Rico84 in 100 of its 406 stories · usually 43 · mostly disasters & accidents Sudan82 in 100 of its 177 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence South Sudan76 in 100 of its 92 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence Indonesia75 in 100 of its 1,567 stories · usually 52 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Buenos Aires Argentina342 stories about protests or strikes, of its 354 Riyadh Saudi Arabia291 stories about protests or strikes, of its 347 Harare Zimbabwe249 stories about protests or strikes, of its 360 Charlottesville US213 stories about protests or strikes, of its 278 Washington US189 stories about protests or strikes, of its 953

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: too little coverage to readMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: too little coverage to readTajikistan: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: 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 lessPhilippines: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: too little coverage to readMauritius: 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 lessMalaysia: 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: 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: 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 lessIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndonesia: 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: too little coverage to readGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: too little coverage to readGermany: 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: too little coverage to readFrance: too little coverage to readSt 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: too little coverage to readEquatorial 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: too little coverage to readDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: about as warm as its own usual or lessColombia: 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 lessBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: 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 lessBahrain: 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 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 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 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: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: 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: too little coverage to readNauru: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: 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 readUruguay: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualSingapore: warmth about its own usualPeru: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNew Zealand: warmth about its own usualLaos: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualIndia: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualGhana: warmth about its own usualCosta Rica: warmth about its own usualCongo: warmth about its own usualBurundi: warmth about its own usualBulgaria: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualAzerbaijan: warmth about its own usualArgentina: warmth about its own usualAshland, US -- health: 81 stories, carried by 100 outletsTorquay, Australia -- health: 21 stories, carried by 50 outletsPark County, US -- disasters & accidents: 188 stories, carried by 389 outletsAbuja, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 58 stories, carried by 28 outletsAuckland, New Zealand -- rights & justice: 35 stories, carried by 10 outletsRio de Janeiro, Brazil -- rights & justice: 46 stories, carried by 45 outletsRoscommon, Ireland -- other: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsBamako, Mali -- conflict & violence: 21 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

● Peru warmth about one and a half times usual ● Spain warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Ashland US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 81 stories ● Torquay Australia about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 21 stories ● Park County US about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 188 stories ● Abuja Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 58 stories ● Auckland New Zealand about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 35 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice31% 12,659 stories · more than usual (usually 28%) Disasters & accidents21% 8,876 stories · about as usual Health20% 8,443 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence15% 6,071 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 1,837 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,539 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,040 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 911 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 killed13,003 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,729 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,388 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,153 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations842 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees681 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced610 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Indonesia and Syria Stories reporting abductions364 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people falling ill44 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Russia

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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