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43,227 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 Port-au-Prince (Haiti), violence in Srebrenica and deaths in Quito. Ecuador's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostItaly 74 in 100 of its 2,767 stories, usually 20
RegionEurope 28 in 100 of its stories, usually 19
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Haiti

90 of its 108 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 79 of Haiti's 90 stories about harm, carried by 94 outlets. 75 of Port-au-Prince's 79 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (76 stories). HIV was named in 74 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Haiti over 30 days → its stories → Port-au-Prince stories →
Conflict & violence

Bosnia

92 of its 97 stories (95%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Srebrenica accounted for 90 of Bosnia's 92 stories about harm, carried by 79 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (84 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Bosnia over 30 days → its stories → Srebrenica stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Ecuador

182 of its 370 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Quito accounted for 167 of Ecuador's 182 stories about harm, carried by 362 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (177 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Ecuador over 30 days → its stories → Quito stories →
Disasters & accidents

Italy

2,056 of its 2,767 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (68 stories). Natural hazards were named in 1,023 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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

Ethiopia

150 of its 244 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. 38 of Oromo's 41 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (61 stories). Hunger was named in 28 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Romania

71 of its 349 stories (20%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. 40 of Bucharest's 40 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (24 stories). Drownings were named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Libya

124 of its 150 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Tripoli accounted for 96 of Libya's 124 stories about harm, carried by 102 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (82 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

UK

3,234 of its 11,207 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people injured ran at about 10 times the usual rate (919 stories). Road crashes were named in 536 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Chile

210 of its 454 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (129 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Qatar

71 of its 189 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (65 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: power cuts in Puerto Rico (27 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); accidents in South Korea (52 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); measles in Venezuela (70 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Romania (21 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); tsunami in Japan (44 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 20; 21 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 14 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 43,227 stories about harm among 200,465 counted on 14 Aug.

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Mentions of HIV ran more than ten times their usual in Haiti's news. In Haiti, 83% of the news was about people being harmed, where 43% is usual. A year earlier, on 14 August 2017, 26 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 today. 22 in every 100 of the day's 200,465 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 20.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Bosnia95 in 100 of its 97 stories · usually 39 · mostly conflict & violence Haiti83 in 100 of its 108 stories · usually 43 · mostly rights & justice Libya83 in 100 of its 150 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence Congo80 in 100 of its 143 stories · usually 71 · mostly health Yemen77 in 100 of its 243 stories · usually 80 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US248 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1854 Jerusalem Israel197 stories about protests or strikes, of its 304 Nebraska State Penitentiary US197 stories about protests or strikes, of its 375 Beijing China192 stories about protests or strikes, of its 367 Ramallah Palestine159 stories about protests or strikes, of its 338

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 lessMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: 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 lessTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: 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 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 readSudan: 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: 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 lessPhilippines: too little coverage to readPeru: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: 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 lessLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: 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 lessIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: 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 lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: too little coverage to readGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: 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: 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: 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: 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 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: 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 lessBurundi: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: 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: too little coverage to readBelize: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzerbaijan: 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 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: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern 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: 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: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readUruguay: warmth about one and a half times its own usualTunisia: warmth about its own usualTaiwan: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSouth Sudan: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualRwanda: warmth about its own usualPortugal: warmth about its own usualPoland: warmth about its own usualNigeria: warmth about its own usualMali: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about its own usualJordan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualJamaica: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualIreland: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualHaiti: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualGhana: warmth about its own usualCongo: warmth about its own usualMyanmar: warmth about its own usualAustria: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualGolan Heights, Syria -- conflict & violence: 28 stories, carried by 28 outletsAmman, Jordan -- conflict & violence: 59 stories, carried by 14 outletsMopti, Mali -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 10 outletsSpencer County, US -- health: 13 stories, carried by 13 outletsDubbo, Australia -- disasters & accidents: 17 stories, carried by 12 outletsMontevideo, Uruguay -- conflict & violence: 19 stories, carried by 20 outletsBraunston, UK -- health: 10 stories, carried by 20 outletsKhartoum, Sudan -- conflict & violence: 18 stories, carried by 15 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

● Syria warmth about one and a half times usual ● Uruguay warmth about one and a half times usual ● Jordan warmth about one and a half times usual ● Haiti warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Golan Heights Syria about three times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 28 stories ● Amman Jordan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 59 stories ● Mopti Mali about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 13 stories ● Spencer County US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● Dubbo Australia about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 17 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 12,246 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents24% 10,237 stories · more than usual (usually 22%) Health18% 7,699 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence17% 7,056 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,425 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,091 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 992 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 753 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 killed13,990 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,804 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,060 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,533 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations1,024 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees641 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced401 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions317 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people falling ill63 at about two-thirds of 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
● Feara little more than 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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