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24,351 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 illness in Hurghada, protests in Dublin (Ireland) and deaths in Sofia. Bulgaria'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.

Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about 5 times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostBulgaria 91 in 100 of its 272 stories, usually 18
RegionEast Asia 22 in 100 of its stories, usually 16
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Health

Egypt

235 of its 379 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Hurghada accounted for 135 of Egypt's 235 stories about harm, carried by 190 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (101 stories). Poisoning was named in 159 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with food poisoning. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Egypt over 30 days → its stories → Hurghada stories →
Protests & strikes

Ireland

735 of its 1,886 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 306 of Dublin's 533 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (356 stories). Whooping cough was named in 27 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.

Ireland over 30 days → its stories → Dublin stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Bulgaria

247 of its 272 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Sofia accounted for 239 of Bulgaria's 247 stories about harm, carried by 311 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (223 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Bulgaria over 30 days → its stories → Sofia stories →
Disasters & accidents

Iran

689 of its 1,291 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (381 stories). Earthquake was named in 397 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Bolivia

30 of its 39 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. la Paz accounted for 29 of Bolivia's 30 stories about harm, carried by 29 outlets. 25 of la Paz's 29 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Germany

355 of its 826 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (50 stories). Wildfires were named in 37 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Kashmir

91 of its 151 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (37 stories). Landslides were named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

North Korea

101 of its 281 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 71 of Diamond Mountain's 99 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (73 stories). Hunger was named in 71 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Nicaragua

Managua accounted for 70 of Nicaragua's 76 stories about harm, carried by 78 outlets. 64 of Managua's 70 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (64 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Vietnam

545 of its 949 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (51 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: hunger in North Korea (71 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tuberculosis in Italy (111 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Taiwan (21 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Papua New Guinea (15 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); ebola in Uganda (20 of its stories, about three times its usual).

24 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 26 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 24,351 stories about harm among 102,262 counted on 26 Aug.

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It was the highest share of stories about people being harmed since 13 May 2018. On the side of help, reports of people freed or reunited ran at about 5 times the usual rate. A year earlier, on 26 August 2017, 29 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 24 today. 24 in every 100 of the day's 102,262 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 21. This week the news turned most often to Uganda, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 3 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Bulgaria91 in 100 of its 272 stories · usually 18 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given Myanmar84 in 100 of its 76 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Congo84 in 100 of its 55 stories · usually 71 · mostly health Nicaragua81 in 100 of its 94 stories · usually 78 · mostly rights & justice Syria79 in 100 of its 473 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Dublin Ireland306 stories about protests or strikes, of its 533 Tuam Ireland121 stories about protests or strikes, of its 130 Ramallah Palestine116 stories about protests or strikes, of its 131 Washington US109 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2735 North Vietnam Vietnam81 stories about protests or strikes, of its 194

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: 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: 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 lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited 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 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: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: 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 lessSomalia: 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 lessSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: 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 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 lessQatar: about as warm as its own usual or lessPoland: 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 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 lessNiger: 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: too little coverage to readMorocco: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: 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 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: too little coverage to readLebanon: 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 lessJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: too little coverage to readIreland: 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: too little coverage to readHungary: 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: too little coverage to readGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrench 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: too little coverage to readEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: 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 lessN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia 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: 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: too little coverage to readBangladesh: 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 lessArgentina: too little coverage to readAntigua & 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: too little coverage to readJammu & Kashmir: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or lessGaza: too little coverage to readWest Bank: too little coverage to readWestern 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: too little coverage to readAzad 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readGuernsey: 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: 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 readZimbabwe: warmth about its own usualPuerto Rico: warmth about its own usualUS: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSweden: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualSingapore: warmth about its own usualSierra Leone: warmth about its own usualPortugal: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualNigeria: warmth about its own usualNicaragua: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualNorth Macedonia: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about one and a half times its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualCzechia: warmth about its own usualBahrain: warmth about its own usualAzerbaijan: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualJersey: warmth about its own usualBrooklyn, US -- conflict & violence: 17 stories, carried by 18 outletsConnecticut, US -- rights & justice: 39 stories, carried by 45 outletsMaiduguri, Nigeria -- health: 18 stories, carried by 12 outletsAnatolia, Türkiye -- conflict & violence: 33 stories, carried by 29 outletsHarare, Zimbabwe -- rights & justice: 185 stories, carried by 139 outletsRakhi, India -- conflict & violence: 31 stories, carried by 19 outletsKabul, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 225 stories, carried by 170 outletsOromo, Ethiopia -- rights & justice: 11 stories, carried by 12 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

● Italy warmth about one and a half times usual ● Syria warmth about one and a half times usual ● Kenya warmth about one and a half times usual ● Afghanistan warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Brooklyn US about three times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 17 stories ● Connecticut US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 39 stories ● Maiduguri Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 18 stories ● Anatolia Türkiye about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 33 stories ● Harare Zimbabwe about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 185 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 6,859 stories · about as usual Health21% 5,048 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents20% 4,728 stories · less than usual (usually 23%) Conflict & violence18% 4,283 stories · more than usual (usually 16%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,510 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 567 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 551 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 545 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 killed9,183 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Iran Stories reporting people affected3,091 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,787 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,835 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations616 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Egypt Stories reporting refugees311 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced217 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about India and Ethiopia Stories reporting abductions141 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting people falling ill28 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Egypt

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
● Warmtha little more than usual
● Griefa little more than 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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