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What the world's news said happened to people.
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32,637 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 protests in Jerusalem (Israel), arrests in Azerbaijan and people killed in Mongolia. Mongolia's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran much softer than usual.

Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeHealth 63 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostAzerbaijan 49 in 100 of its 109 stories, usually 29
RegionCentral Asia 46 in 100 of its stories, usually 43
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Israel

267 of its 566 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Jerusalem accounted for 141 of Israel's 267 stories about harm, carried by 114 outlets. 82 of Jerusalem's 141 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (53 stories). Landslides were named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Israel over 30 days → its stories → Jerusalem stories →
Conflict & violence

Azerbaijan

53 of its 109 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Azerbaijan over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Mongolia

26 of its 34 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Mongolia over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Sudan

Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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

Belarus

48 of its 108 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Minsk accounted for 42 of Belarus' 48 stories about harm, carried by 67 outlets. 33 of Minsk's 42 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (30 stories).

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Mali

Bamako accounted for 21 of Mali's 36 stories about harm, carried by 69 outlets. 13 of Bamako's 21 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Armenia

32 of its 66 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Health

North Macedonia

21 of its 34 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Outbreaks were named in 12 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

its stories →
Health

Palestine

52 of its 84 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Ramallah accounted for 26 of Palestine's 52 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Guatemala

8 of its 11 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. 3 of la Casita's 5 stories were about protests or strikes.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in North Macedonia (12 of its stories, about three times its usual); landslides in Indonesia (28 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Belgium (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tuberculosis in Chile (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Jamaica (10 of its stories, about three times its usual).

29 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 15 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 32,637 stories about harm among 112,503 counted on 15 Jul.

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The share of stories about people being harmed was the lowest since 11 March 2020. 29 in every 100 of the day's 112,503 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 31. On the side of help, reports of vaccination ran at about twice the usual rate. North Macedonia's news mentioned outbreaks about three times as often as usual. On 16 July 2019, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 29 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen76 in 100 of its 80 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan68 in 100 of its 200 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Syria67 in 100 of its 104 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Mali64 in 100 of its 56 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine62 in 100 of its 84 stories · usually 53 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US208 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1574 Jerusalem Israel82 stories about protests or strikes, of its 141 Bristol UK70 stories about protests or strikes, of its 101 Louisville US62 stories about protests or strikes, of its 82 Manhattan US62 stories about protests or strikes, of its 246

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or lessZambia: too little coverage to readYemen: 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: 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: too little coverage to readGuam: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited 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: 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 lessTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: 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 lessSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: about as warm as its own usual or lessSudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri Lanka: about as warm as its own usual or lessSpain: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Korea: too little coverage to readSouth 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: 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: too little coverage to readSerbia: 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: too little coverage to readSt 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 lessPoland: about as warm as its own usual or lessPhilippines: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: 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: 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 readNetherlands: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: 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 lessKosovo: 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: too little coverage to readJapan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessHungary: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: 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: 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: 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: 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 lessCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: 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 lessCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: too little coverage to readCambodia: 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 lessBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: 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: too little coverage to readBangladesh: 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: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: 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 lessJammu & Kashmir: 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 readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSiachen Glacier: about as warm as its own usual or lessCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorfolk 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 one and a half times its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualSwitzerland: warmth about its own usualSouth Sudan: warmth about its own usualPortugal: warmth about its own usualKuwait: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualCentral African Republic: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualState of Texas, US -- health: 11 stories, carried by 15 outletsLisbon, Portugal -- health: 14 stories, carried by 40 outletsLake Piru, US -- disasters & accidents: 106 stories, carried by 336 outletsQuetta, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 14 outletsDarfur, Sudan -- displacement: 18 stories, carried by 16 outletsAlexandria, Egypt -- health: 12 stories, carried by 22 outletsPrince Edward Island, Canada -- health: 11 stories, carried by 50 outletsBamako, Mali -- conflict & violence: 21 stories, carried by 69 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

● Puerto Rico warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● State of Texas US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Lisbon Portugal about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 14 stories ● Lake Piru US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 106 stories ● Quetta Pakistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 11 stories ● Darfur Sudan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · displacement · 18 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health63% 20,549 stories · much more than usual (usually 58%) Rights & justice17% 5,380 stories · less than usual (usually 21%) Disasters & accidents8% 2,456 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence5% 1,694 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 1,082 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 629 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 364 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 219 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 killed8,035 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,124 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,075 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,505 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees160 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting abductions152 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced148 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations83 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Indonesia and China Stories reporting people falling ill64 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 much 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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