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38,000 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 day's news pointed at the typhoon in Taiwan, violence in Bishkek and rights and justice in Baghdad. Iraq's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was about as usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about the US and the UK →
Part of lifeRights & justice 36 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostTaiwan 60 in 100 of its 380 stories, usually 15
RegionCentral Asia 50 in 100 of its stories, usually 18
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 →
Disasters & accidents

Taiwan

228 of its 380 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Taipei accounted for 208 of Taiwan's 228 stories about harm, carried by 200 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (22 stories). Typhoon was named in 121 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with landslides, hurricane and storm surge.

Taiwan over 30 days → its stories → Taipei stories →
Conflict & violence

Kyrgyzstan

205 of its 340 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Bishkek accounted for 169 of Kyrgyzstan's 205 stories about harm, carried by 135 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (55 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Kyrgyzstan over 30 days → its stories → Bishkek stories →
Rights & justice

Iraq

167 of its 292 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Baghdad accounted for 119 of Iraq's 167 stories about harm, carried by 143 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 10 times the usual rate (87 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Iraq over 30 days → its stories → Baghdad stories →
Protests & strikes

India

2,367 of its 8,112 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 459 of New Delhi's 850 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (188 stories). Avalanche was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

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

Egypt

163 of its 399 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Cairo accounted for 109 of Egypt's 163 stories about harm, carried by 83 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (44 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Rights & justice

Palestine

Ramallah accounted for 281 of Palestine's 366 stories about harm, carried by 37 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Hepatitis was named in 37 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with poisoning, polio and whooping cough. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Gibraltar

53 of its 59 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (53 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Russia

549 of its 1,348 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (64 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with gas explosion.

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Rights & justice

Mexico

427 of its 903 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (221 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Cambodia

81 of its 154 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (52 stories). Building collapse was named in 47 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: wildfires in Colombia (119 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); building collapse in Cambodia (47 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); dengue in Philippines (70 of its stories, about three times its usual); poisoning in France (61 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); malaria in Burundi (10 of its stories, about three 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 8 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 38,000 stories about harm among 170,904 counted on 8 Aug.

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Taiwan stood out: 60% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 15%. 22 in every 100 of the day's 170,904 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. People falling ill were reported at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about the US and the UK. Colombia's news mentioned wildfires more than ten times as often as usual. It was the second day running that the news turned to Taiwan.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Gibraltar90 in 100 of its 59 stories · usually 17 · mostly rights & justice Syria75 in 100 of its 289 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen75 in 100 of its 220 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Congo74 in 100 of its 66 stories · usually 85 · mostly health Afghanistan69 in 100 of its 278 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

El Paso US945 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2414 Garden Grove US584 stories about protests or strikes, of its 956 New Delhi India459 stories about protests or strikes, of its 850 Washington US387 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1416 Dayton US312 stories about protests or strikes, of its 870

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: 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: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: 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'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: 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'sSaudi Arabia: 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'sRwanda: 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'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: 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'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMali: 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'sLatvia: 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'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'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew 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: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl 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: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech 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'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: 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 readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: 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'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: too little coverage to readAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos 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: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUruguay: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuam: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUS: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTogo: coverage a little more fearful 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'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful 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 a little angrier than the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSlovakia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRomania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPoland: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as 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'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMozambique: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMongolia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMexico: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMalta: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalaysia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLaos: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: 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'sIraq: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFrance: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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'sHong Kong: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sCanada: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBurundi: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBulgaria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBrazil: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBahamas: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little warmer 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 one and a half times as warm as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGibraltar: coverage about twice as grief-stricken 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

● Yemen about twice as angry as the world's · 165 stories about harm ● Poland about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 72 stories about harm ● Kyrgyzstan about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 205 stories about harm ● France about twice as fearful as the world's · 237 stories about harm ● Hong Kong about twice as angry as the world's · 242 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as angry as the world's · 193 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice36% 13,604 stories · more than usual (usually 34%) Health19% 7,148 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents17% 6,292 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence15% 5,579 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,318 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,016 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 877 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 595 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 killed13,617 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting arrests5,860 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,448 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,830 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations526 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about India and the US Stories reporting refugees366 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Mexico and the US Stories reporting abductions357 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced196 at about half the usual rate · most about Syria and the US Stories reporting people falling ill143 at about 4 times 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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