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What the world's news said happened to people.
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31,246 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 Yuen Long (Hong Kong), illness in Alima and a disaster in Tripoli drew the news. Hong Kong's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was harsher than usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about Congo and the US →
Part of lifeRights & justice 35 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostCambodia 74 in 100 of its 176 stories, usually 33
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 41 in 100 of its stories, usually 34
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 →
Protests & strikes

Hong Kong

191 of its 350 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Yuen Long accounted for 129 of Hong Kong's 191 stories about harm, carried by 176 outlets. 128 of Yuen Long's 129 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (101 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Hong Kong over 30 days → its stories → Yuen Long stories →
Health

Congo

155 of its 178 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 80%. Alima accounted for 102 of Congo's 155 stories about harm, carried by 111 outlets. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (99 stories). Malaria was named in 101 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Congo over 30 days → its stories → Alima stories →
Disasters & accidents

Libya

323 of its 345 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 76%. Tripoli accounted for 197 of Libya's 323 stories about harm, carried by 366 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (286 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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

Palestine

266 of its 585 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. 106 of Kafr Qaddum's 121 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (69 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Morocco

55 of its 96 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (47 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Bahrain

27 of its 59 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. 8 of Manama's 11 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (13 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

Cuba

133 of its 262 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Havana accounted for 124 of Cuba's 133 stories about harm, carried by 120 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 10 times the usual rate (24 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Chile

34 of its 95 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Saudi Arabia

195 of its 453 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (151 stories). Ebola was named in 56 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in Indonesia (55 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in South Korea (63 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); ebola in Saudi Arabia (56 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); accidents in Peru (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in Yemen (11 of its stories, about three times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 26 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 31,246 stories about harm among 163,837 counted on 26 Jul.

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Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about Congo and the US. Congo's news mentioned the malaria more than ten times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 26 July 2018, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today. of the day's 163,837 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 21.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Libya94 in 100 of its 345 stories · usually 76 · mostly disasters & accidents Congo87 in 100 of its 178 stories · usually 80 · mostly health Cambodia74 in 100 of its 176 stories · usually 33 · mostly rights & justice Greenland71 in 100 of its 63 stories · usually 25 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria66 in 100 of its 327 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US233 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1213 Detroit US229 stories about protests or strikes, of its 261 El Paso US140 stories about protests or strikes, of its 184 Chicago US140 stories about protests or strikes, of its 321 Yuen Long Hong Kong128 stories about protests or strikes, of its 129

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: 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: too little coverage to readMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: 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'sUkraine: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: 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: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPoland: 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: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: 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: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: 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'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'sKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: 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: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt 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'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 readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChad: 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'sMyanmar: 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: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: 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 readCrimea: feelings about like the world'sEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican 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: feelings about like the world'sJersey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: feelings about like the world'sWallis & 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: feelings about like the world'sYemen: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUS: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTurkmenistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSweden: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPortugal: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPeru: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNepal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMorocco: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sMexico: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMalaysia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sItaly: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIreland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIraq: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIran: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGambia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFrance: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEquatorial Guinea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCyprus: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCuba: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCroatia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHong Kong: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sChile: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCambodia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBotswana: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBarbados: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArgentina: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuernsey: coverage a little more fearful than 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

● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 216 stories about harm ● Hong Kong about twice as angry as the world's · 191 stories about harm ● Morocco about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 55 stories about harm ● Croatia few stories about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 18 stories about harm ● Tunisia about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 140 stories about harm ● Türkiye about twice as fearful as the world's · 245 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice35% 10,746 stories · more than usual (usually 33%) Health22% 6,718 stories · more than usual (usually 19%) Disasters & accidents17% 5,265 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Conflict & violence12% 3,538 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,898 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,127 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 679 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 662 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 killed8,384 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,992 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,533 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,054 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting refugees520 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions413 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people displaced413 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and Syria Stories reporting people falling ill140 at about three times the usual rate · most about Congo and the US Stories reporting evacuations138 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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
● 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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