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What the world's news said happened to people.
Counts of coverage, not of suffering
38,805 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 arrests in Congo, rights and justice in Aung Hlaing and protests in Beirut (Lebanon). Pakistan's coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 39 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostPuerto Rico 76 in 100 of its 215 stories, usually 33
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 36 in 100 of its stories, usually 27
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Health

Congo

420 of its 439 stories (96%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (26 stories). Polio was named in 107 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Congo over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Myanmar

115 of its 161 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Aung Hlaing accounted for 94 of Myanmar's 115 stories about harm, carried by 180 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (51 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Myanmar over 30 days → its stories → Aung Hlaing stories →
Protests & strikes

Lebanon

93 of its 207 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. 12 of Beirut's 23 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (70 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Lebanon over 30 days → its stories → Beirut stories →
Conflict & violence

Pakistan

796 of its 1,717 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (159 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

Pakistan over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Health

Rwanda

90 of its 129 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Kivu accounted for 53 of Rwanda's 90 stories about harm, carried by 45 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Ethiopia

250 of its 324 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. 17 of Hawassa's 17 stories were about protests or strikes. Oil spill was named in 21 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Health

Switzerland

128 of its 422 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (44 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

El Salvador

21 of its 30 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. 10 of San Salvador's 13 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Taiwan

51 of its 202 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (17 stories). Typhoon was named in 22 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with flooding, heavy rain and landslides.

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Health

Uganda

128 of its 259 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Polio was named in 15 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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Also named far more than usual: measles in Germany (116 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); food poisoning in United Arab Emirates (35 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); typhoon in Taiwan (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Iceland (17 of its stories, about three times its usual); earthquake in Marshall Islands (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 17 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 38,805 stories about harm among 178,015 counted on 17 Jul.

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In Germany's news, mentions of measles ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 22 in every 100 of the day's 178,015 stories, as usual. Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. A year earlier, on 17 July 2018, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 today. Congo stood out: 96% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 67%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Congo96 in 100 of its 439 stories · usually 67 · mostly health Ethiopia77 in 100 of its 324 stories · usually 59 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given Libya77 in 100 of its 82 stories · usually 77 · mostly conflict & violence Puerto Rico76 in 100 of its 215 stories · usually 33 · mostly rights & justice Myanmar71 in 100 of its 161 stories · usually 51 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Mauna Kea US387 stories about protests or strikes, of its 399 Washington US278 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2891 Khartoum Sudan164 stories about protests or strikes, of its 168 Jerusalem Israel154 stories about protests or strikes, of its 266 Los Angeles US142 stories about protests or strikes, of its 527

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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 readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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: too little coverage to readRussia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: 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'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGermany: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: 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 readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan 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: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUzbekistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUganda: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTanzania: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPakistan: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNiger: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalta: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sMalawi: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLebanon: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKuwait: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sJapan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHungary: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHonduras: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGreece: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFinland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEl Salvador: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCroatia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCosta Rica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sColombia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHong Kong: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBolivia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBenin: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahamas: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArgentina: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sAngola: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful 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

● Pakistan about three times as fearful as the world's · 796 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as angry as the world's · 169 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 97 stories about harm ● Mali few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 17 stories about harm ● Hong Kong about twice as angry as the world's · 115 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 236 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice39% 14,829 stories · much more than usual (usually 32%) Health22% 8,373 stories · more than usual (usually 19%) Disasters & accidents15% 5,636 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Conflict & violence12% 4,500 stories · less than usual (usually 14%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,210 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,119 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 760 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 676 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 killed10,288 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,438 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,977 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,659 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting refugees544 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions375 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about China and the US Stories reporting people displaced274 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations177 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people falling ill15 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Canada

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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