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What the world's news said happened to people.
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39,196 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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Violence in Kabul, people killed in Uruguay and rights and justice in Bishkek drew the news. Uruguay's coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 35 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostUruguay 71 in 100 of its 122 stories, usually 17
RegionCentral Asia 39 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

Afghanistan

657 of its 766 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Kabul accounted for 621 of Afghanistan's 657 stories about harm, carried by 543 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (567 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Kabul stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Uruguay

87 of its 122 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about 9 times the usual rate (87 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

Uruguay over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Taiwan

46 of its 181 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (20 stories). Earthquake was named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with typhoon.

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

Yemen

123 of its 147 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 74%. Sanaa accounted for 80 of Yemen's 123 stories about harm, carried by 58 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (82 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Syria

272 of its 347 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 72%. Idlib accounted for 111 of Syria's 272 stories about harm, carried by 88 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (42 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Ukraine

142 of its 291 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (108 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Lithuania

16 of Vilnius' 16 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Hong Kong

71 of Yuen Long's 73 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

China

179 of Beijing's 258 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Hurricane was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with heatwave.

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Also named far more than usual: dengue in Philippines (102 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); avalanche in Hungary (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); ebola in Burundi (14 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); landslides in Italy (38 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Mali (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

23 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 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 39,196 stories about harm among 174,102 counted on 7 Aug.

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Of the day's 174,102 news stories, 23 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. On 7 August 2018, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 23 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Afghanistan86 in 100 of its 766 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen84 in 100 of its 147 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Syria78 in 100 of its 347 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Rwanda72 in 100 of its 100 stories · usually 61 · mostly health Uruguay71 in 100 of its 122 stories · usually 17 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

El Paso US973 stories about protests or strikes, of its 3467 Dayton US447 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1672 Washington US220 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1515 New Delhi India205 stories about protests or strikes, of its 739 Beijing China179 stories about protests or strikes, of its 258

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: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: 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 readUnited Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSpain: 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'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: too little coverage to readSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPeru: 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: 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'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: 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'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIsrael: feelings about like the world'sIreland: 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'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: 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'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sSt 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: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: 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 readCuba: 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'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: 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'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: 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'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern 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: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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: 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: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUruguay: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUS: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sUganda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTurkmenistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTaiwan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSlovenia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNiger: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMexico: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalta: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLithuania: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJordan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIraq: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sHonduras: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuyana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuinea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGambia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDominican Republic: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCyprus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCroatia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChina: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCanada: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCambodia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBurundi: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBotswana: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBhutan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBenin: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChina: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCook Islands: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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

● Uruguay about three times as fearful as the world's · 87 stories about harm ● Yemen about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 123 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 657 stories about harm ● Mozambique few stories about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 31 stories about harm ● Pakistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 421 stories about harm ● Hong Kong about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 158 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice35% 13,432 stories · about as usual Health20% 7,748 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence18% 6,741 stories · more than usual (usually 15%) Disasters & accidents13% 5,093 stories · much less than usual (usually 18%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 2,552 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,163 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,029 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 650 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 killed15,391 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people injured4,622 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting arrests4,339 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,655 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations372 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions291 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees237 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Türkiye Stories reporting people displaced197 at about half the usual rate · most about Syria and the US Stories reporting people falling ill12 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 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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