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22,570 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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Most of the day's attention went to rights and justice in Kampala, deaths in Krusevo and protests in Berne (Switzerland). Uganda's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was harsher than usual.

Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about Indonesia and Israel →
Part of lifeDisasters & accidents 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostFiji 72 in 100 of its 354 stories, usually 16
RegionSouth Asia 40 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 →
Rights & justice

Uganda

178 of its 257 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Kampala accounted for 149 of Uganda's 178 stories about harm, carried by 151 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (54 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Uganda over 30 days → its stories → Kampala stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

North Macedonia

33 of its 47 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Krusevo accounted for 29 of North Macedonia's 33 stories about harm, carried by 29 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (33 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

North Macedonia over 30 days → its stories → Krusevo stories →
Protests & strikes

Switzerland

195 of its 367 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. 84 of Berne's 100 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (153 stories). Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.

Switzerland over 30 days → its stories → Berne stories →
Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

835 of its 1,195 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 8 times the usual rate (450 stories). Storm surge was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Romania

118 of its 351 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 113 of Bucharest's 113 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (114 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Israel

927 of its 1,413 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Jerusalem accounted for 566 of Israel's 927 stories about harm, carried by 176 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 9 times the usual rate (83 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Ghana

161 of its 630 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (96 stories). Tuberculosis was named in 63 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

France

196 of its 765 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (137 stories). Bridge collapse was named in 109 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Fiji

256 of its 354 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Tsunami was named in 231 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with earthquake.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Egypt

327 of its 523 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Egyptair accounted for 296 of Egypt's 327 stories about harm, carried by 226 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: tsunami in Fiji (231 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); bridge collapse in France (109 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tuberculosis in Ghana (63 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); drought in Argentina (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Australia (93 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

23 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 19 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 22,570 stories about harm among 96,579 counted on 19 Aug.

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People displaced were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about Indonesia and Israel. 23 in every 100 of the day's 96,579 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 21. In Fiji's news, mentions of the tsunami ran more than ten times their usual. Uganda stood out: 69% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 34%. On 19 August 2017, a year earlier, the share was 28 in every 100, against 23 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen79 in 100 of its 121 stories · usually 79 · mostly conflict & violence Fiji72 in 100 of its 354 stories · usually 16 · mostly disasters & accidents Indonesia70 in 100 of its 1,195 stories · usually 56 · mostly disasters & accidents Uganda69 in 100 of its 257 stories · usually 34 · mostly rights & justice Afghanistan67 in 100 of its 468 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Jerusalem Israel262 stories about protests or strikes, of its 566 Washington US186 stories about protests or strikes, of its 666 Bucharest Romania113 stories about protests or strikes, of its 113 Berne Switzerland84 stories about protests or strikes, of its 100 Seattle US81 stories about protests or strikes, of its 100

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 readUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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 lessUkraine: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: 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: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri Lanka: too little coverage to readSpain: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomalia: 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 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: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRussia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua 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 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: 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: 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: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: 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: 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 readKazakhstan: too little coverage to readJordan: 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 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 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: too little coverage to readGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: too little coverage to readGambia: 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: too little coverage to readEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEgypt: 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: too little coverage to readDjibouti: 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: too little coverage to readCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: 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: too little coverage to readAustria: 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 readAlbania: 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): about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBermuda: 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: 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: 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 readUnited Arab Emirates: warmth about its own usualTürkiye: warmth about its own usualTanzania: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualSwitzerland: warmth about twice its own usualSweden: warmth about its own usualSouth Africa: warmth about its own usualRwanda: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualIndia: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGhana: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualBelarus: warmth about its own usualAlgeria: warmth about one and a half times its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualBlack Mountains, UK -- health: 12 stories, carried by 92 outletsBerne, Switzerland -- rights & justice: 100 stories, carried by 108 outletsAshanti, Ghana -- conflict & violence: 10 stories, carried by 42 outletsGeneva, Switzerland -- conflict & violence: 69 stories, carried by 62 outletsAccra, Ghana -- conflict & violence: 37 stories, carried by 36 outletsAlgiers, Algeria -- conflict & violence: 17 stories, carried by 17 outletsSpotsylvania, US -- health: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsOhio, US -- rights & justice: 18 stories, carried by 21 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

● Switzerland warmth about twice usual ● Ghana warmth about one and a half times usual ● Algeria warmth about one and a half times usual ● Greece warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Black Mountains UK about three times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Berne Switzerland about three times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 100 stories ● Ashanti Ghana about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 10 stories ● Geneva Switzerland about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 69 stories ● Accra Ghana about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 37 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Disasters & accidents30% 6,762 stories · much more than usual (usually 23%) Rights & justice28% 6,141 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence16% 3,476 stories · about as usual Health14% 3,051 stories · much less than usual (usually 19%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,108 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 831 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 580 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 379 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 killed8,035 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people affected3,315 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting arrests2,540 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,498 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Saudi Arabia Stories reporting people displaced731 at about three times the usual rate · most about Indonesia and Israel Stories reporting evacuations700 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting refugees294 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions152 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill19 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and India

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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