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36,063 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 rights and justice in Managua, protests in Harare (Zimbabwe) and violence in Warsaw. Congo's coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was about as usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and the UK → Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 34 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostGreenland 83 in 100 of its 149 stories, usually 37
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 34 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

how these are picked →
Rights & justice

Nicaragua

63 of its 90 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Managua accounted for 54 of Nicaragua's 63 stories about harm, carried by 33 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (45 stories). Dengue was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Nicaragua over 30 days → its stories → Managua stories →
Protests & strikes

Zimbabwe

187 of its 443 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 79 of Harare's 141 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (98 stories). Drought was named in 61 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Zimbabwe over 30 days → its stories → Harare stories →
Conflict & violence

Poland

164 of its 321 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Warsaw accounted for 138 of Poland's 164 stories about harm, carried by 110 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (83 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Poland over 30 days → its stories → Warsaw stories →
Health

Congo

269 of its 283 stories (95%) were about people being harmed, usually 83%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Malaria was named in 139 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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

Sudan

224 of its 262 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Khartoum accounted for 164 of Sudan's 224 stories about harm, carried by 110 outlets. 155 of Khartoum's 164 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (55 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Yemen

402 of its 441 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Sanaa accounted for 314 of Yemen's 402 stories about harm, carried by 282 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (323 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Greenland

123 of its 149 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. 11 of Nunatarssuk's 22 stories were about protests or strikes. Heatwave was named in 112 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with storms.

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Marshall Islands

41 of its 48 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (40 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Sweden

341 of its 656 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Stockholm accounted for 282 of Sweden's 341 stories about harm, carried by 310 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Mozambique

152 of its 220 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (143 stories). Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: heatwave in Greenland (112 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); dengue in Bangladesh (73 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); earthquake in Chile (26 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); respiratory illness in El Salvador (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); food poisoning in Norway (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 21; 20 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 Aug. 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 36,063 stories about harm among 178,215 counted on 1 Aug.

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On the side of help, reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 178,215 stories, as usual. Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and the UK. In Nicaragua, 70% of the news was about people being harmed, where 40% is usual. A year earlier, on 1 August 2018, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 today. Over July, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 in July 2018.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Congo95 in 100 of its 283 stories · usually 83 · mostly health Yemen91 in 100 of its 441 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Rwanda88 in 100 of its 344 stories · usually 54 · mostly health Sudan85 in 100 of its 262 stories · usually 71 · mostly rights & justice Greenland83 in 100 of its 149 stories · usually 37 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US265 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1859 Khartoum Sudan155 stories about protests or strikes, of its 164 New York US135 stories about protests or strikes, of its 418 Moscow Russia131 stories about protests or strikes, of its 301 Newark US128 stories about protests or strikes, of its 422

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: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: too little coverage to readUnited 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: 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: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: too little coverage to readTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: 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 lessSri Lanka: 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: too little coverage to readSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. 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 lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: too little coverage to readPalau: 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: too little coverage to readNigeria: 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: 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 readMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: 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: too little coverage to readLiberia: 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 lessJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessIreland: 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 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 lessHaiti: too little coverage to readGuyana: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: 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: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: 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 lessCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: 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 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: 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 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: too little coverage to readAustralia: 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: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: 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 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 lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAmerican 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readGuernsey: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSint 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 readPuerto Rico: warmth about its own usualUganda: warmth about its own usualTürkiye: warmth about its own usualThailand: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualPapua New Guinea: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualMozambique: warmth about twice its own usualMongolia: warmth about its own usualLibya: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualHonduras: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualHong Kong: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualMarshall Islands: warmth about one and a half times its own usualJersey: warmth about its own usualMaputo, Mozambique -- conflict & violence: 78 stories, carried by 76 outletsBeira, Mozambique -- conflict & violence: 19 stories, carried by 18 outletsWatsonville, US -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsEdinburgh, UK -- health: 44 stories, carried by 47 outletsDayton, US -- health: 33 stories, carried by 32 outletsBuhari, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 18 stories, carried by 12 outletsKatsina, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 15 stories, carried by 11 outletsAnkara, Türkiye -- rights & justice: 24 stories, carried by 24 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

● Mozambique warmth about twice usual ● Japan warmth about one and a half times usual ● Marshall Islands warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Maputo Mozambique about three times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 78 stories ● Beira Mozambique about three times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 19 stories ● Watsonville US about twice as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 11 stories ● Edinburgh UK about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 44 stories ● Dayton US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 33 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice34% 11,953 stories · about as usual Health22% 7,808 stories · more than usual (usually 19%) Disasters & accidents15% 5,439 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Conflict & violence15% 5,225 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,794 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,102 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,040 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 966 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 killed9,314 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,868 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,769 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,448 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations527 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees432 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting abductions276 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced276 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill101 at about twice 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 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.