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32,102 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 violence in Oslo, protests in Moscow (Russia) and a disaster in Paung. Norway's coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were harsher than usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and the UK →
Part of lifeRights & justice 33 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostNorway 54 in 100 of its 624 stories, usually 22
RegionSoutheast Asia 33 in 100 of its stories, usually 26
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 →
Conflict & violence

Norway

338 of its 624 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Oslo accounted for 313 of Norway's 338 stories about harm, carried by 449 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (97 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Norway over 30 days → its stories → Oslo stories →
Protests & strikes

Russia

608 of its 1,266 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. 193 of Moscow's 256 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (293 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Russia over 30 days → its stories → Moscow stories →
Disasters & accidents

Myanmar

72 of its 86 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Paung accounted for 58 of Myanmar's 72 stories about harm, carried by 117 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 8 times the usual rate (49 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Myanmar over 30 days → its stories → Paung stories →
Food & livelihood

Guatemala

218 of its 334 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (34 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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

Pakistan

352 of its 727 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. 114 of Habibullah's 114 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (7 stories). Hunger was named in 88 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Côte d’Ivoire

36 of its 53 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Road crashes were named in 21 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Switzerland

130 of its 336 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Denmark

51 of its 141 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (35 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Israel

668 of its 1,270 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Jerusalem accounted for 590 of Israel's 668 stories about harm, carried by 153 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

France

382 of its 1,246 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (35 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: wildfires in Greece (59 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hunger in Saudi Arabia (56 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); road crashes in Côte d’Ivoire (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Pakistan (88 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Spain (15 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 22; 26 the day before
31 in 10019 in 10014 Jul21 Jul28 Jul4 Aug12 Aug14 Jul: 27 in 10015 Jul: 23 in 10016 Jul: 21 in 10017 Jul: 22 in 10018 Jul: 22 in 10019 Jul: 21 in 10020 Jul: 21 in 10021 Jul: 21 in 10022 Jul: 21 in 10023 Jul: 20 in 10024 Jul: 19 in 10025 Jul: 19 in 10026 Jul: 19 in 10027 Jul: 22 in 10028 Jul: 23 in 10029 Jul: 22 in 10030 Jul: 21 in 10031 Jul: 20 in 1001 Aug: 20 in 1002 Aug: 21 in 1003 Aug: 25 in 1004 Aug: 31 in 1005 Aug: 24 in 1006 Aug: 22 in 1007 Aug: 23 in 1008 Aug: 22 in 1009 Aug: 22 in 10010 Aug: 26 in 10011 Aug: 26 in 10012 Aug: 22 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 12 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 32,102 stories about harm among 143,837 counted on 12 Aug.

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People falling ill were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and the UK. of the day's 143,837 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. the news turned to Norway for the second day running. Norway's news was 54% about people being harmed, against a usual 22%. In Greece's news, mentions of wildfires ran about 5 times their usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Congo92 in 100 of its 199 stories · usually 87 · mostly health Myanmar84 in 100 of its 86 stories · usually 55 · mostly disasters & accidents Yemen76 in 100 of its 105 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence Libya71 in 100 of its 105 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan71 in 100 of its 269 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Causeway Bay Hong Kong627 stories about protests or strikes, of its 635 Beijing China220 stories about protests or strikes, of its 330 Brooklyn US203 stories about protests or strikes, of its 203 Manhattan US196 stories about protests or strikes, of its 718 Moscow Russia193 stories about protests or strikes, of its 256

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: 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: too little coverage to readPuerto 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'sUkraine: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: 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: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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 readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: 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 readNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: 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'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'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: 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'sHonduras: 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: too little coverage to readGreece: 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: 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: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: 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 readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: 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 readAntigua & 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'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sCrimea: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican 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: feelings about like the world'sMontserrat: 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: 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 readZimbabwe: coverage a little warmer than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUruguay: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuam: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUS: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTanzania: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sTaiwan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as 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 a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSlovakia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sOman: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorway: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNiger: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLatvia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJordan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuatemala: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFrance: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCroatia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBurundi: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArgentina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sMarshall Islands: coverage a little more fearful 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

● Norway about three times as fearful as the world's · 338 stories about harm ● Israel about three times as angry as the world's · 668 stories about harm ● Tanzania about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 71 stories about harm ● France about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 382 stories about harm ● Türkiye about twice as fearful as the world's · 70 stories about harm ● Hong Kong about twice as angry as the world's · 772 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice33% 10,382 stories · about as usual Health19% 6,066 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents19% 5,922 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence15% 4,859 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,891 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,150 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 737 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 660 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 killed10,273 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,023 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,417 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,753 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations605 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about India and China Stories reporting refugees365 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced281 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions137 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill77 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 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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