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37,854 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 violence in Sanaa, people killed in Burundi and protests in Koidu (Sierra Leone). Burundi's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 33 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostMongolia 60 in 100 of its 80 stories, usually 10
RegionCentral Asia 21 in 100 of its stories, usually 16
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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Conflict & violence

Yemen

91 of its 107 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 73%. Sanaa accounted for 61 of Yemen's 91 stories about harm, carried by 61 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Cholera was named in 25 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Yemen over 30 days → its stories → Sanaa stories →
Health

Burundi

39 of its 51 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (34 stories). Malaria was named in 33 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with ebola and outbreaks. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Burundi over 30 days → its stories →
Protests & strikes

Sierra Leone

28 of its 60 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. 13 of Koidu's 13 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Poisoning was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Sierra Leone over 30 days → its stories → Koidu stories →
Rights & justice

Uganda

146 of its 251 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Kampala accounted for 94 of Uganda's 146 stories about harm, carried by 90 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Uganda over 30 days → its stories → Kampala stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Mozambique

110 of its 142 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Maputo accounted for 97 of Mozambique's 110 stories about harm, carried by 82 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (92 stories). Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Japan

406 of its 1,519 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Typhoon was named in 33 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with tropical storm and storms. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Thailand

165 of its 379 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (10 stories). Drought was named in 33 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Türkiye

258 of its 577 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (40 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Algeria

14 of its 30 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. 8 of Algiers' 10 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (11 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Egypt

164 of its 396 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (72 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: heatwave in Netherlands (42 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); dengue in Philippines (132 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); wildfires in Indonesia (46 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); haemorrhagic fever in Rwanda (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Thailand (33 of its stories, about 4 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 6 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 37,854 stories about harm among 168,330 counted on 6 Aug.

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Mentions of the malaria ran more than ten times their usual in Burundi's news. of the day's 168,330 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Yemen stood out: 85% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 73%. A year earlier, on 6 August 2018, 23 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen85 in 100 of its 107 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Mali78 in 100 of its 73 stories · usually 44 · mostly conflict & violence Mozambique77 in 100 of its 142 stories · usually 45 · mostly conflict & violence Burundi76 in 100 of its 51 stories · usually 46 · mostly health Congo76 in 100 of its 76 stories · usually 85 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

El Paso US395 stories about protests or strikes, of its 4275 Rockland US337 stories about protests or strikes, of its 394 Dayton US248 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1902 Beijing China206 stories about protests or strikes, of its 267 Philadelphia US157 stories about protests or strikes, of its 284

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'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: 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 readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSpain: 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: 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: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRussia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: 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'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: 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'sLebanon: 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: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: 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: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: 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: feelings about like the world'sDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: feelings about like the world'sColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: 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'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & 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'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sGaza: feelings about like the world'sWest Bank: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: feelings about like the world'sPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & 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: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUruguay: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUS: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sThailand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPoland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPakistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMozambique: coverage about twice as warm as the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMalaysia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJapan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIsrael: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIraq: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sIndia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHungary: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuinea: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGambia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFrance: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCambodia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBurundi: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBolivia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: 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'sBahamas: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArgentina: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice 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

● Egypt about three times as fearful as the world's · 164 stories about harm ● Mozambique about twice as warm as the world's · 110 stories about harm ● Sri Lanka about twice as fearful as the world's · 95 stories about harm ● Yemen about twice as angry as the world's · 91 stories about harm ● Burundi few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 39 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 258 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice33% 12,357 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence22% 8,044 stories · much more than usual (usually 14%) Health19% 7,252 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents12% 4,375 stories · much less than usual (usually 19%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given8% 2,988 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 968 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 721 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 577 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 killed15,577 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people injured5,080 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting arrests4,115 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,988 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting evacuations369 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees240 at about half the usual rate · most about Türkiye and the US Stories reporting people displaced203 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting abductions199 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill8 at less than a quarter of the usual rate · most about the US and India

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.

● Angera little more than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more than usual
● Feara little more than 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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