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31,572 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 news turned to protests in Bamako (Mali), the plague in Mongolia and people injured in Armenia. Mongolia's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 63 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostMali 83 in 100 of its 100 stories, usually 62
RegionEvery region about as usual
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Mali

83 of its 100 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Bamako accounted for 39 of Mali's 83 stories about harm, carried by 37 outlets. 26 of Bamako's 39 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Mali over 30 days → its stories → Bamako stories →
Health

Mongolia

25 of its 28 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Plague was named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Mongolia over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Armenia

67 of its 141 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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

Namibia

18 of its 34 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories).

Namibia over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Health

Palestine

125 of its 187 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Gaza accounted for 87 of Palestine's 125 stories about harm, carried by 10 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (96 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Azerbaijan

73 of its 175 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (30 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Yemen

55 of its 67 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

Idlib accounted for 35 of Syria's 83 stories about harm, carried by 46 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Malawi

22 of its 43 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

Poland

57 of its 142 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Warsaw accounted for 37 of Poland's 57 stories about harm, carried by 61 outlets.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: flooding in Bangladesh (31 of its stories, about three times its usual); hiv in Uganda (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); malaria in Brazil (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in Türkiye (10 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); flu in UK (110 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

30 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 14 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 31,572 stories about harm among 106,600 counted on 14 Jul.

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No day had a lower share of stories about people being harmed since 11 March 2020. Stories about people being harmed made up 30 in every 100 of the day's 106,600 stories, below the usual 31. It was the fourth day running that the news turned to Mali. In Mongolia's news, mentions of the plague ran about 4 times their usual. A year earlier, on 15 July 2019, 23 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 30 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Mali83 in 100 of its 100 stories · usually 62 · mostly rights & justice Yemen82 in 100 of its 67 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine67 in 100 of its 187 stories · usually 53 · mostly health Syria65 in 100 of its 127 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Kuwait64 in 100 of its 77 stories · usually 44 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US179 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1302 Beijing China88 stories about protests or strikes, of its 452 Hollywood US73 stories about protests or strikes, of its 452 Boston US56 stories about protests or strikes, of its 308 Paris France53 stories about protests or strikes, of its 147

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'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: feelings about like the world'sUnited States: 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: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: 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: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: 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'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'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: 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: too little coverage to readNorway: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: 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: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: 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'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 readGuatemala: 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'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt 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'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'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: 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'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: 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: feelings about like the world'sNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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 readGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUruguay: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPoland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPakistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sOman: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNamibia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMongolia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMalta: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sMadagascar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLuxembourg: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLithuania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLesotho: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIceland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuinea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFrance: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCuba: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sColombia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChile: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBurundi: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBrunei: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBotswana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBosnia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMaldives: coverage a little angrier 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

● Mongolia few stories about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 25 stories about harm ● Azerbaijan about three times as angry as the world's · 73 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about three times as angry as the world's · 108 stories about harm ● Türkiye about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 127 stories about harm ● Armenia about three times as angry as the world's · 67 stories about harm ● Mali about twice as angry as the world's · 83 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health63% 19,647 stories · more than usual (usually 58%) Rights & justice17% 5,251 stories · less than usual (usually 21%) Disasters & accidents8% 2,404 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence6% 1,724 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 1,107 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 644 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 308 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 253 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 killed8,539 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,079 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,022 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,583 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced152 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees152 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the UK and the US Stories reporting evacuations145 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions88 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people falling ill54 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 softer than 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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