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16,175 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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Protests in Bamako (Mali), violence in Tehran and illness in Warsaw drew the news. Iran's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 58 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostIran 63 in 100 of its 235 stories, usually 45
RegionCentral Asia 64 in 100 of its stories, usually 42
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Mali

45 of its 57 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Bamako accounted for 40 of Mali's 45 stories about harm, carried by 119 outlets. 36 of Bamako's 40 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Mali over 30 days → its stories → Bamako stories →
Conflict & violence

Iran

148 of its 235 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Tehran accounted for 99 of Iran's 148 stories about harm, carried by 131 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (33 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Health

Poland

67 of its 139 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Warsaw accounted for 62 of Poland's 67 stories about harm, carried by 313 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Poland over 30 days → its stories → Warsaw stories →
Disasters & accidents

Nepal

29 of its 45 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories). Landslides were named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

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

Israel

181 of its 353 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Tel Aviv accounted for 109 of Israel's 181 stories about harm, carried by 76 outlets. 61 of Tel Aviv's 109 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (34 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Bosnia

41 of its 45 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Srebrenica accounted for 39 of Bosnia's 41 stories about harm, carried by 41 outlets. Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Azerbaijan

22 of its 44 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Health

Armenia

23 of its 44 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Croatia

11 of its 17 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Earthquake was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Yemen

44 of its 54 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Accidents were named in 20 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: accidents in Yemen (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Croatia (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in Hungary (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); earthquake in China (28 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in Canada (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

33 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 12 Jul. 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 16,175 stories about harm among 49,243 counted on 12 Jul.

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The news turned to Mali for the second day running. 33 in every 100 of the day's 49,243 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 32. A year earlier, on 13 July 2019, 24 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 33 today. Mali stood out: 79% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 59%. This week the news turned most often to Palestine, on 3 of 7 days.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen81 in 100 of its 54 stories · usually 70 · mostly disasters & accidents Mali79 in 100 of its 57 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan73 in 100 of its 103 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir72 in 100 of its 186 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Indonesia65 in 100 of its 105 stories · usually 48 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US106 stories about protests or strikes, of its 688 Tel Aviv Israel61 stories about protests or strikes, of its 109 Beijing China53 stories about protests or strikes, of its 175 Los Angeles US37 stories about protests or strikes, of its 159 Bamako Mali36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 40

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or lessZambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessYemen: about as warm as its own usual or lessVietnam: 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: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: too little coverage to readUnited 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: too little coverage to readTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: 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: too little coverage to readSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: too little coverage to readSudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri Lanka: too little coverage to readSpain: 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 lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSaudi 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: 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 lessPhilippines: too little coverage to readPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: 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: too little coverage to readNicaragua: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: too little coverage to readMozambique: 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 readMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: 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: too little coverage to readLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessItaly: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: about as warm as its own usual or lessIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: 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: too little coverage to readGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: 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: too little coverage to readGambia: 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: too little coverage to readEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: about as warm as its own usual or lessCzech Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: about as warm as its own usual or lessColombia: 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 readCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: about as warm as its own usual or lessCambodia: too little coverage to readMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: 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 lessAksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or lessGaza: about as warm as its own usual or lessWest Bank: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBermuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & 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: too little coverage to readCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: 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 readPuerto Rico: warmth about its own usualSingapore: warmth about its own usualPoland: warmth about its own usualJamaica: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualPrince Edward Island, Canada -- health: 11 stories, carried by 41 outletsNorth Dakota, US -- health: 14 stories, carried by 58 outletsSopore, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 46 stories, carried by 30 outletsCambridge, UK -- health: 25 stories, carried by 54 outletsWarsaw, Poland -- health: 62 stories, carried by 313 outletsKabul, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 31 stories, carried by 24 outletsSwindon, UK -- health: 17 stories, carried by 14 outletsVancouver, Canada -- health: 33 stories, carried by 49 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

No country's news was much warmer than its usual (a quarter or more).

Warmest events

● Prince Edward Island Canada about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● North Dakota US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 14 stories ● Sopore Kashmir about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 46 stories ● Cambridge UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 25 stories ● Warsaw Poland about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 62 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health58% 9,292 stories · about as usual Rights & justice16% 2,628 stories · much less than usual (usually 22%) Disasters & accidents10% 1,546 stories · more than usual (usually 7%) Conflict & violence8% 1,207 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 786 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 310 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 162 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 122 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 killed5,425 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting arrests1,108 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,048 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured966 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people displaced83 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Syria and China Stories reporting abductions81 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and South Africa Stories reporting evacuations75 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting refugees73 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill30 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 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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