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24,353 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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Building collapse in Jordan, protests in Idlib (Syria) and the earthquake in Albania drew the news. Syria's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 32 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostJordan 83 in 100 of its 499 stories, usually 19
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 50 in 100 of its stories, usually 42
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Jordan

414 of its 499 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Amman accounted for 390 of Jordan's 414 stories about harm, carried by 389 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (314 stories). Building collapse was named in 120 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with plague. Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.

Jordan over 30 days → its stories → Amman stories →
Protests & strikes

Syria

493 of its 558 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 76%. Idlib accounted for 422 of Syria's 493 stories about harm, carried by 412 outlets. 249 of Idlib's 422 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (188 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Syria over 30 days → its stories → Idlib stories →
Disasters & accidents

Albania

75 of its 85 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Tirana accounted for 69 of Albania's 75 stories about harm, carried by 67 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (60 stories). Earthquake was named in 65 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

Albania over 30 days → its stories → Tirana stories →
Health

Congo

76 of its 88 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (60 stories). Haemorrhagic fever was named in 56 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

Burkina Faso

139 of its 142 stories (98%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Ougarou accounted for 124 of Burkina Faso's 139 stories about harm, carried by 132 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (124 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Egypt

271 of its 485 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Cairo accounted for 213 of Egypt's 271 stories about harm, carried by 157 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (128 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Romania

115 of its 329 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. 104 of Bucharest's 104 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (36 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Croatia

81 of its 151 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 7%. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (80 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Trinidad & Tobago

266 of its 556 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (72 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Mali

354 of its 379 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Bamako accounted for 297 of Mali's 354 stories about harm, carried by 322 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (114 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: tropical storm in Philippines (76 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); plane crash in Indonesia (84 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); train derailment in Mongolia (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); haemorrhagic fever in Sierra Leone (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); gas explosion in Pakistan (36 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

24 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 20; 24 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 12 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 24,353 stories about harm among 103,581 counted on 12 Aug.

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In Jordan, 83% of the news was about people being harmed, where 19% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 24 in every 100 of the day's 103,581 stories, above the usual 20. Mentions of the earthquake ran about 5 times their usual in Albania's news. On 12 August 2017, a year earlier, the share was 25 in every 100, against 24 today. This week the news turned most often to Albania, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 2 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Burkina Faso98 in 100 of its 142 stories · usually 37 · mostly conflict & violence Mali93 in 100 of its 379 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Syria88 in 100 of its 558 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence Albania88 in 100 of its 85 stories · usually 41 · mostly disasters & accidents Congo86 in 100 of its 88 stories · usually 70 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Charlottesville US1603 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1726 Washington US352 stories about protests or strikes, of its 971 Idlib Syria249 stories about protests or strikes, of its 422 Ashdod Israel140 stories about protests or strikes, of its 322 Hebron Palestine130 stories about protests or strikes, of its 202

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 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 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: 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 lessTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-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: too little coverage to readSyria: 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: too little coverage to readSouth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Africa: too little coverage to readSomalia: 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 lessSingapore: 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 readSão 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 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 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: 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 readPakistan: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readWestern 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: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: 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: too little coverage to readLithuania: 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: too little coverage to readLebanon: 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 readJamaica: 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 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 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 lessGeorgia: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readHong Kong: 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: 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 lessBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: 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 lessBahrain: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: too little coverage to readAzerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustria: 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 readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: too little coverage to readJammu & Kashmir: 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 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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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 readTrinidad & Tobago: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about its own usualQatar: warmth about its own usualNigeria: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualLatvia: warmth about its own usualJordan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualGambia: warmth about its own usualChile: warmth about its own usualAustralia: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualBathurst, Gambia -- disasters & accidents: 28 stories, carried by 18 outletsSummerside, Canada -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 11 stories, carried by 29 outletsLongview, US -- food & livelihood: 24 stories, carried by 24 outletsAmman, Jordan -- conflict & violence: 390 stories, carried by 389 outletsKabul, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 112 stories, carried by 137 outletsJaipur, India -- shelter & services: 17 stories, carried by 11 outletsParaparaumu, New Zealand -- conflict & violence: 22 stories, carried by 10 outletsAddis Ababa, Ethiopia -- conflict & violence: 16 stories, carried by 11 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

● Jordan warmth about one and a half times usual ● Trinidad & Tobago warmth about one and a half times usual ● Italy warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Bathurst Gambia about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 28 stories ● Summerside Canada about twice as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 11 stories ● Longview US about twice as warm as the day's news · food & livelihood · 24 stories ● Amman Jordan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 390 stories ● Kabul Afghanistan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 112 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice32% 7,683 stories · more than usual (usually 28%) Conflict & violence20% 4,704 stories · more than usual (usually 17%) Disasters & accidents19% 4,514 stories · less than usual (usually 22%) Health14% 3,366 stories · much less than usual (usually 19%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 1,723 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 610 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 595 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 497 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 killed8,302 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting arrests3,325 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Jordan Stories reporting people injured3,263 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Palestine Stories reporting people affected2,770 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations532 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced299 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees226 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Congo and Syria Stories reporting abductions174 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Colombia Stories reporting people falling ill33 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Jamaica

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.

● Angera little more than 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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