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29,603 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 violence in Kigali, protests in Zurich (Switzerland) and road crashes in Armenia. Rwanda's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 32 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostRwanda 71 in 100 of its 105 stories, usually 37
RegionSoutheast Asia 27 in 100 of its stories, usually 23
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Rwanda

75 of its 105 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Kigali accounted for 58 of Rwanda's 75 stories about harm, carried by 43 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (52 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Rwanda over 30 days → its stories → Kigali stories →
Protests & strikes

Switzerland

122 of its 412 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 30 of Zurich's 52 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (35 stories). Wildfires were named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heatwave.

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

Armenia

39 of its 127 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (15 stories). Road crashes were named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Armenia over 30 days → its stories →
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Protests & strikes

Philippines

291 of its 901 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 72 of Manila's 139 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Hong Kong

Mongkok accounted for 108 of Hong Kong's 156 stories about harm, carried by 94 outlets. 99 of Mongkok's 108 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (94 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Sudan

Khartoum accounted for 93 of Sudan's 129 stories about harm, carried by 115 outlets. 90 of Khartoum's 93 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Palestine

284 of its 479 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Ramallah accounted for 236 of Palestine's 284 stories about harm, carried by 8 outlets. 142 of Ramallah's 236 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Conflict & violence

Greece

335 of its 1,067 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Athens accounted for 302 of Greece's 335 stories about harm, carried by 222 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Tajikistan

15 of its 27 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 7 of Dushanbe's 10 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (14 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: hunger in South Korea (38 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in Yemen (35 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); extreme cold in Belgium (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Bangladesh (28 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); ebola in Nepal (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 21; 23 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 8 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 29,603 stories about harm among 150,127 counted on 8 Jul.

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In South Korea's news, mentions of the hunger ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 150,127 stories, as usual. Rwanda's news was 71% about people being harmed, against a usual 37%. On 8 July 2018, a year earlier, the share was 23 in every 100, against 20 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Eswatini83 in 100 of its 63 stories · usually 51 · mostly shelter & services Congo79 in 100 of its 190 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen72 in 100 of its 155 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Libya72 in 100 of its 117 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence Rwanda71 in 100 of its 105 stories · usually 37 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Ramallah Palestine142 stories about protests or strikes, of its 236 Washington US127 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1222 Beijing China116 stories about protests or strikes, of its 182 Mongkok Hong Kong99 stories about protests or strikes, of its 108 Khartoum Sudan90 stories about protests or strikes, of its 93

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: feelings about like the world'sUnited States: feelings about like the world'sSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSpain: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sGaza: feelings about like the world'sWest Bank: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern 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: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: feelings about like the world'sJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: feelings about like the world'sGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sThailand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTanzania: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTajikistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEswatini: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRwanda: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPoland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMalaysia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMalawi: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKenya: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuatemala: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGeorgia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEgypt: coverage a little warmer than the world'sDominican Republic: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDjibouti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sHong Kong: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCameroon: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBosnia: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sBenin: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahamas: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world's
AngerGriefFearWarmth Like the world'sToo little news

Each country in the colour of the feeling its news carried most, against the world's news that day. Stronger colour: further above the world. Click a country.

Strongest feelings

● Bosnia few stories about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 46 stories about harm ● Philippines about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 291 stories about harm ● Greece about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 335 stories about harm ● Eswatini about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 52 stories about harm ● Rwanda about twice as angry as the world's · 75 stories about harm ● Congo about twice as angry as the world's · 151 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice32% 9,265 stories · about as usual Health20% 5,960 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents20% 5,768 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence13% 3,871 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 2,026 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,079 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 595 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 571 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 killed7,349 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests3,662 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,537 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people injured2,428 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees284 at about half the usual rate · most about Mexico and the US Stories reporting people displaced216 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions162 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting evacuations154 at about a third of the usual rate · most about Canada and the US Stories reporting people falling ill21 at about a third of 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 softer 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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