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18,709 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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Protests in Madrid (Spain), drownings in Libya and people killed in Israel drew the news. Poland's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were about as usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Italy →
Part of lifeRights & justice 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostIsrael 72 in 100 of its 907 stories, usually 36
RegionCentral Asia 35 in 100 of its stories, usually 24
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 →
Protests & strikes

Spain

140 of its 492 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 52 of Madrid's 76 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (82 stories). Natural hazards were named in 63 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Spain over 30 days → its stories → Madrid stories →
Displacement

Libya

249 of its 296 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 74%. Tripoli accounted for 224 of Libya's 249 stories about harm, carried by 389 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (131 stories). Drownings were named in 78 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with volcanic eruption. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Libya over 30 days → its stories → Tripoli stories →
Rights & justice

Israel

649 of its 907 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (409 stories). Outbreaks were named in 110 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Israel over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Poland

75 of its 136 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (18 stories). Gas explosion was named in 21 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Poland over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Bahamas

213 of its 352 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (202 stories). Accidents were named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Hungary

48 of its 74 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Budapest accounted for 47 of Hungary's 48 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (43 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Venezuela

124 of its 185 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Caracas accounted for 96 of Venezuela's 124 stories about harm, carried by 96 outlets. 69 of Caracas' 96 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Yemen

35 of its 43 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (16 stories). Hunger was named in 23 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Hong Kong

93 of its 140 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. 55 of Tuen Mun's 55 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (17 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Sudan

Khartoum accounted for 113 of Sudan's 136 stories about harm, carried by 91 outlets. 109 of Khartoum's 113 stories were about protests or strikes. Flooding was named in 29 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: hunger in Yemen (23 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); storms in Peru (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Sudan (29 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); polio in Mexico (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Japan (15 of its stories, about three 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 6 Jul. 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 18,709 stories about harm among 88,817 counted on 6 Jul.

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Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Italy. 21 in every 100 of the day's 88,817 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Yemen's news, mentions of the hunger ran about 5 times their usual. Spain stood out: 28% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 16%. A year earlier, on 6 July 2018, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Myanmar88 in 100 of its 104 stories · usually 41 · mostly rights & justice Libya84 in 100 of its 296 stories · usually 74 · mostly displacement Tunisia82 in 100 of its 83 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Botswana79 in 100 of its 56 stories · usually 30 · mostly rights & justice Syria72 in 100 of its 159 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Kafr Qaddum Palestine123 stories about protests or strikes, of its 192 Washington US118 stories about protests or strikes, of its 537 Khartoum Sudan109 stories about protests or strikes, of its 113 Kabul Afghanistan78 stories about protests or strikes, of its 164 London UK78 stories about protests or strikes, of its 410

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: too little coverage to readZambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessYemen: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: 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: 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 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 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: too little coverage to readSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: too little coverage to readSeychelles: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSaudi 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: too little coverage to readRussia: 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: too little coverage to readPoland: about as warm as its own usual or lessPhilippines: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: too little coverage to readParaguay: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readNamibia: 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: too little coverage to readMoldova: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readLaos: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: 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 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: too little coverage to readGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: 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: 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: too little coverage to readEritrea: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: 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: too little coverage to readCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: 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: too little coverage to readBrunei: 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: too little coverage to readBhutan: 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 lessBelarus: too little coverage to readBarbados: 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAmerican 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readVietnam: warmth about its own usualVenezuela: warmth about one and a half times its own usualUnited Arab Emirates: warmth about its own usualTunisia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSudan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSpain: warmth about one and a half times its own usualRwanda: warmth about its own usualNew Zealand: warmth about its own usualLibya: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualCzechia: warmth about its own usualCameroon: warmth about its own usualPennsylvania, US -- health: 12 stories, carried by 12 outletsWanaka, New Zealand -- disasters & accidents: 20 stories, carried by 17 outletsQuebec, Canada -- rights & justice: 28 stories, carried by 33 outletsMadrid, Spain -- rights & justice: 76 stories, carried by 63 outletsMississippi, US -- disasters & accidents: 24 stories, carried by 71 outletsTunis, Tunisia -- conflict & violence: 61 stories, carried by 88 outletsKhartoum, Sudan -- rights & justice: 113 stories, carried by 91 outletsDoha, Qatar -- conflict & violence: 14 stories, carried by 14 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

● Spain warmth about one and a half times usual ● Venezuela warmth about one and a half times usual ● Tunisia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Sudan warmth about one and a half times usual ● Libya warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Pennsylvania US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Wanaka New Zealand about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 20 stories ● Quebec Canada about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 28 stories ● Madrid Spain about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 76 stories ● Mississippi US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 24 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 5,338 stories · less than usual (usually 32%) Disasters & accidents27% 5,016 stories · much more than usual (usually 17%) Health16% 2,882 stories · less than usual (usually 21%) Conflict & violence14% 2,602 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,005 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 668 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 599 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 325 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 killed5,146 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,385 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,166 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting arrests1,955 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations671 at about three times the usual rate · most about the US and Italy Stories reporting refugees347 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions150 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced144 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill54 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and China

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.

● 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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