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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.

its stories →
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.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or lessZambia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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 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: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited Arab Emirates: about as warm as its own usual or lessUkraine: too little coverage to readUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: 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: too little coverage to readSyria: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSpain: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Korea: too little coverage to readSouth 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: too little coverage to readSeychelles: 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: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. 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 lessPortugal: about as warm as its own usual or lessPoland: about as warm as its own usual or lessPhilippines: 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 lessNicaragua: 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 readNamibia: too little coverage to readMozambique: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth 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 lessLibya: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: 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 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 lessIran: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndonesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: about as warm as its own usual or lessHungary: too little coverage to readHonduras: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: 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: 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: too little coverage to readEthiopia: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: about as warm as its own usual or lessCzech Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: 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 lessDR Congo: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: 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: 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: too little coverage to readEast 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: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessChagos 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessWallis & 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: warmth about its own usualTürkiye: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSri Lanka: warmth about its own usualNigeria: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualIndia: warmth about its own usualGuatemala: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualEl Salvador: warmth about its own usualCuba: warmth about its own usualCosta Rica: warmth about its own usualCongo: warmth about one and a half times its own usualCambodia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualStarnberg, Germany -- rights & justice: 41 stories, carried by 40 outletsAlabama, US -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 63 stories, carried by 101 outletsIlfracombe, UK -- rights & justice: 10 stories, carried by 103 outletsOregon, US -- health: 27 stories, carried by 25 outletsAnkara, Türkiye -- conflict & violence: 146 stories, carried by 156 outletsMonash, Australia -- health: 24 stories, carried by 58 outletsDapchi, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 16 stories, carried by 15 outletsMaiduguri, Nigeria -- displacement: 38 stories, carried by 36 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

● Congo warmth about one and a half times usual ● Türkiye warmth about one and a half times usual ● Cambodia warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Starnberg Germany about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 41 stories ● Alabama US about twice as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 63 stories ● Ilfracombe UK about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 10 stories ● Oregon US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 27 stories ● Ankara Türkiye about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 146 stories

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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