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34,716 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 rights and justice in Zagreb, illness in Monrovia and protests in San Salvador (El Salvador). Croatia's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was harsher than usual.

Help and hope: reports of vaccination 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 mostCroatia 68 in 100 of its 129 stories, usually 20
RegionSoutheast Asia 35 in 100 of its stories, usually 24
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 →
Rights & justice

Croatia

88 of its 129 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Zagreb accounted for 85 of Croatia's 88 stories about harm, carried by 76 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (84 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Croatia over 30 days → its stories → Zagreb stories →
Health

Liberia

70 of its 127 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Monrovia accounted for 61 of Liberia's 70 stories about harm, carried by 57 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (57 stories). Ebola was named in 57 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

Liberia over 30 days → its stories → Monrovia stories →
Conflict & violence

Thailand

347 of its 690 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Bangkok accounted for 314 of Thailand's 347 stories about harm, carried by 362 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (265 stories).

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

Palestine

371 of its 844 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. 79 of Kafr Qaddum's 124 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (95 stories). Road crashes were named in 32 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Sierra Leone

46 of its 62 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Freetown accounted for 40 of Sierra Leone's 46 stories about harm, carried by 38 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (40 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Yemen

239 of its 252 stories (95%) were about people being harmed, usually 73%. Sanaa accounted for 139 of Yemen's 239 stories about harm, carried by 148 outlets. Its coverage was about 4 times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Algeria

17 of its 29 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. 7 of Algiers' 13 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Bulgaria

35 of its 100 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. 5 of Silistra's 9 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (18 stories).

its stories →
Health

Samoa

15 of its 57 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: malaria in Madagascar (25 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); haemorrhagic fever in Congo (26 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Russia (136 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Rwanda (27 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Chile (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

21 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 2 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 34,716 stories about harm among 166,066 counted on 2 Aug.

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Croatia stood out: 68% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 20%. 21 in every 100 of the day's 166,066 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. On the side of help, reports of vaccination ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Liberia's news mentioned Ebola about 5 times as often as usual. On 2 August 2018, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, against 21 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen95 in 100 of its 252 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Congo89 in 100 of its 99 stories · usually 85 · mostly health Greenland86 in 100 of its 225 stories · usually 46 · mostly disasters & accidents Sudan78 in 100 of its 176 stories · usually 71 · mostly rights & justice Rwanda77 in 100 of its 143 stories · usually 59 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Beijing China196 stories about protests or strikes, of its 294 Staten Island US189 stories about protests or strikes, of its 532 Washington US163 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1502 San Francisco US152 stories about protests or strikes, of its 586 Jerusalem Israel143 stories about protests or strikes, of its 342

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: too little coverage to readVenezuela: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSyria: 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: too little coverage to readSuriname: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth 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 lessSouth 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: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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 lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt 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 lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: too little coverage to readPalau: 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 lessNigeria: 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 readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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 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 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: too little coverage to readKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: 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 lessItaly: 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 lessHonduras: 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: too little coverage to readGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: 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 lessGermany: 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: too little coverage to readSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFiji: about as warm as its own usual or lessEthiopia: too little coverage to readEstonia: 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 lessEl Salvador: 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: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe 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 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 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: too little coverage to readCape 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: too little coverage to readBrazil: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readAntigua & 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 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): about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): about as warm as its own usual or lessCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern 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: too little coverage to readJersey: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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: too little coverage to readSint 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 usualTunisia: warmth about its own usualThailand: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualPanama: warmth about its own usualMozambique: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualLibya: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualIndia: warmth about its own usualHungary: warmth about its own usualFinland: warmth about its own usualDR Congo: warmth about its own usualAustria: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMaputo, Mozambique -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 12 outletsHeilbronn, Germany -- conflict & violence: 27 stories, carried by 29 outletsReno, US -- rights & justice: 12 stories, carried by 88 outletsIdaho, US -- health: 12 stories, carried by 13 outletsJammu, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 90 stories, carried by 43 outletsTunis, Tunisia -- food & livelihood: 14 stories, carried by 13 outletsKyoto, Japan -- disasters & accidents: 12 stories, carried by 14 outletsEl Obeid, Sudan -- rights & justice: 13 stories, carried by 12 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

● Kashmir warmth about one and a half times usual ● South Korea warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Maputo Mozambique about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 13 stories ● Heilbronn Germany about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 27 stories ● Reno US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 12 stories ● Idaho US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Jammu Kashmir about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 90 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice34% 11,670 stories · about as usual Health24% 8,056 stories · more than usual (usually 19%) Disasters & accidents15% 5,248 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Conflict & violence14% 4,799 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,551 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,160 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 900 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 766 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 killed8,831 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,321 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,572 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,415 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees454 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations383 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced377 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions329 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill51 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Russia

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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.