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33,093 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 wildfires in Greece, violence in Baghdad and deaths in Mount Everest. Iraq's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken 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 mostGreece 59 in 100 of its 440 stories, usually 22
RegionOceania 23 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

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Disasters & accidents

Greece

258 of its 440 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Athens accounted for 223 of Greece's 258 stories about harm, carried by 233 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (179 stories). Wildfires were named in 184 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with storms.

Greece over 30 days → its stories → Athens stories →
Conflict & violence

Iraq

258 of its 331 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Baghdad accounted for 210 of Iraq's 258 stories about harm, carried by 230 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (133 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Iraq over 30 days → its stories → Baghdad stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Nepal

127 of its 217 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Mount Everest accounted for 94 of Nepal's 127 stories about harm, carried by 117 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (109 stories). Extreme cold was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with hypothermia.

Nepal over 30 days → its stories → Mount Everest stories →
Protests & strikes

Zimbabwe

124 of its 383 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 67 of Harare's 80 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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

Mali

46 of its 57 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Italy

330 of its 1,200 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (83 stories). Bridge collapse was named in 77 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Yemen

Sanaa accounted for 51 of Yemen's 78 stories about harm, carried by 45 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Thailand

54 of Bangkok's 83 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (71 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Sudan

Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (19 stories). Flooding was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Hong Kong

229 of Cheung Kong's 236 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (99 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: bridge collapse in Italy (77 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tropical storm in Japan (47 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); measles in Israel (69 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Uganda (18 of its stories, about three times its usual); malaria in Ghana (15 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 22; 21 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 14 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 33,093 stories about harm among 168,071 counted on 14 Aug.

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Greece stood out: 59% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 22%. It was the second day running that the news turned to Greece. of the day's 168,071 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 22. A year earlier, on 14 August 2018, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Congo91 in 100 of its 79 stories · usually 87 · mostly health Somalia85 in 100 of its 131 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen81 in 100 of its 96 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence Mali81 in 100 of its 57 stories · usually 46 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq78 in 100 of its 331 stories · usually 47 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Beijing China459 stories about protests or strikes, of its 524 Cheung Kong Hong Kong229 stories about protests or strikes, of its 236 New Delhi India200 stories about protests or strikes, of its 466 Washington US151 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1245 New Orleans US114 stories about protests or strikes, of its 129

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: too little coverage to readYemen: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: too little coverage to readPuerto Rico: 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: too little coverage to readUganda: 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 lessTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Korea: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: 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 lessSaudi Arabia: 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: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRussia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: 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 readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: 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: too little coverage to readLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: too little coverage to readKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: 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 lessJapan: too little coverage to readJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessIreland: too little coverage to readIran: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndonesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: too little coverage to readHungary: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFiji: about as warm as its own usual or lessEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: about as warm as its own usual or lessCzech Republic: too little coverage to readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: 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 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 lessAustria: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAndorra: 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 lessJammu & Kashmir: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSiachen Glacier: about as warm as its own usual or lessCrimea: too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAmerican 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: about as warm as its own usual or lessWallis & 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 readZimbabwe: warmth about its own usualVietnam: warmth about its own usualTrinidad & Tobago: warmth about one and a half times its own usualTanzania: warmth about its own usualSri Lanka: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualRwanda: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualNetherlands: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualMali: warmth about its own usualLibya: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIraq: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGreenland: warmth about its own usualCongo: warmth about its own usualCanada: warmth about its own usualBelize: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBelgium: warmth about its own usualAngola: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMaiduguri, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 24 stories, carried by 20 outletsErie, US -- disasters & accidents: 65 stories, carried by 137 outletsHaleakal, US -- disasters & accidents: 28 stories, carried by 28 outletsBaghdad, Iraq -- conflict & violence: 210 stories, carried by 230 outletsKandy, Sri Lanka -- rights & justice: 18 stories, carried by 49 outletsChhattisgarh, India -- conflict & violence: 21 stories, carried by 17 outletsZwolle, Netherlands -- displacement: 36 stories, carried by 58 outletsKatsina, Nigeria -- displacement: 20 stories, carried by 13 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

● Palestine warmth about one and a half times usual ● Iraq warmth about one and a half times usual ● Rwanda warmth about one and a half times usual ● Trinidad & Tobago warmth about one and a half times usual ● Sri Lanka warmth about one and a half times usual ● Belize warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Maiduguri Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 24 stories ● Erie US about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 65 stories ● Haleakal US about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 28 stories ● Baghdad Iraq about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 210 stories ● Kandy Sri Lanka about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 18 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice35% 11,482 stories · about as usual Health21% 6,728 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence16% 5,065 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents15% 5,025 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,637 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,230 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 730 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 674 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 killed9,528 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,634 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,372 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,321 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Russia Stories reporting evacuations407 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees338 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Italy and the Netherlands Stories reporting people displaced336 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions280 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill37 at about the usual rate

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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