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27,165 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 Baghdad (Iraq), violence in Darfur and illness in Bucharest. Sudan's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 61 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostVietnam 47 in 100 of its 294 stories, usually 32
RegionSoutheast Asia 42 in 100 of its stories, usually 38
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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Protests & strikes

Iraq

77 of its 106 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Baghdad accounted for 56 of Iraq's 77 stories about harm, carried by 140 outlets. 36 of Baghdad's 56 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Iraq over 30 days → its stories → Baghdad stories →
Conflict & violence

Sudan

86 of its 109 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Darfur accounted for 60 of Sudan's 86 stories about harm, carried by 99 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (41 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Sudan over 30 days → its stories → Darfur stories →
Health

Romania

37 of its 89 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Bucharest accounted for 29 of Romania's 37 stories about harm, carried by 4 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (32 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Romania over 30 days → its stories → Bucharest stories →
Rights & justice

Tanzania

36 of its 87 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Afghanistan

121 of its 160 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Kabul accounted for 75 of Afghanistan's 121 stories about harm, carried by 97 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

Vietnam

139 of its 294 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. da Nang accounted for 95 of Vietnam's 139 stories about harm, carried by 209 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (44 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Libya

38 of its 71 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Health

Israel

324 of its 612 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Hurricane was named in 37 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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Health

Spain

320 of its 820 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Health

Singapore

92 of its 270 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Dengue was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: dengue in Singapore (20 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); drownings in Malaysia (27 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in Israel (37 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in Mexico (16 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); drought in Russia (13 of its stories, more than ten 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 27 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 27,165 stories about harm among 92,648 counted on 27 Jul.

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Singapore's news mentioned the dengue about 7 times as often as usual. 29 in every 100 of the day's 92,648 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 31. On 28 July 2019, a year earlier, the share was 23 in every 100, against 29 today. Iraq stood out: 73% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 55%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen81 in 100 of its 58 stories · usually 71 · mostly disasters & accidents Sudan79 in 100 of its 109 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan76 in 100 of its 160 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq73 in 100 of its 106 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Syria56 in 100 of its 94 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US313 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1228 Portland US310 stories about protests or strikes, of its 349 Chicago US111 stories about protests or strikes, of its 317 San Francisco US55 stories about protests or strikes, of its 145 Delhi India48 stories about protests or strikes, of its 362

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Vietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: 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: too little coverage to readUnited 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'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 readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: 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'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: 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: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: 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'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: 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'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'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'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: 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'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: 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 readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: 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: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: 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'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: 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 readCanada: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readCrimea: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern 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: 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 readGuernsey: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk 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 more fearful than the world'sZambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful 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'sTanzania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEswatini: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSierra Leone: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSeychelles: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSamoa: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPeru: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNiger: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMalta: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMali: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKenya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJapan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHonduras: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGuinea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEritrea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCambodia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBulgaria: 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 a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBelarus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBarbados: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sAustria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sJersey: coverage a little warmer 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

● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 324 stories about harm ● Sudan about twice as angry as the world's · 86 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 121 stories about harm ● Kashmir about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 52 stories about harm ● Syria about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 53 stories about harm ● Iraq about twice as angry as the world's · 77 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health61% 16,443 stories · about as usual Rights & justice17% 4,553 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents9% 2,329 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence6% 1,544 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 1,070 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 483 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 263 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 262 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 killed7,141 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,012 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,909 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,276 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations205 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Vietnam Stories reporting refugees188 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Malaysia Stories reporting abductions138 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced126 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill48 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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