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What the world's news said happened to people.
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30,131 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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Violence in Tripoli, protests in Baghdad (Iraq) and illness in da Nang drew the news. Iraq's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 62 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostSpain 42 in 100 of its 912 stories, usually 27
RegionOceania 30 in 100 of its stories, usually 27
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Libya

39 of its 76 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Tripoli accounted for 26 of Libya's 39 stories about harm, carried by 46 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Libya over 30 days → its stories → Tripoli stories →
Protests & strikes

Iraq

Baghdad accounted for 33 of Iraq's 51 stories about harm, carried by 37 outlets. 21 of Baghdad's 33 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Iraq over 30 days → its stories → Baghdad stories →
Disasters & accidents

Puerto Rico

37 of its 48 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Tropical storm was named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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

Sudan

61 of its 85 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Darfur accounted for 36 of Sudan's 61 stories about harm, carried by 41 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Health

North Korea

55 of its 131 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Malaysia

Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (103 stories). Drownings were named in 14 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Guadeloupe

14 of its 14 stories (100%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Tropical storm was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with hurricane.

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Health

Spain

379 of its 912 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Health

Switzerland

89 of its 240 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Flu was named in 24 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: tropical storm in Guadeloupe (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); covid in Burkina Faso (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flu in Switzerland (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in Mexico (14 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); drownings in Malaysia (14 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 28 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 30,131 stories about harm among 105,402 counted on 28 Jul.

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It was the lowest share of stories about people being harmed since 10 March 2020. of the day's 105,402 news stories, 29 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 31. Guadeloupe's news mentioned tropical storm more than ten times as often as usual. On 29 July 2019, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, against 29 today. In Libya, 51% of the news was about people being harmed, where 38% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan72 in 100 of its 85 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan69 in 100 of its 153 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Mali64 in 100 of its 66 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen62 in 100 of its 60 stories · usually 71 · mostly disasters & accidents Iraq59 in 100 of its 86 stories · usually 56 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US374 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1552 Portland US335 stories about protests or strikes, of its 377 Sydney Australia60 stories about protests or strikes, of its 254 Chicago US59 stories about protests or strikes, of its 307 Delhi India54 stories about protests or strikes, of its 319

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: 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'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readUnited 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 readTurkmenistan: 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'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth 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'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSaudi Arabia: 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'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: 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'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKenya: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew 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: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech 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'sChina: feelings about like the world'sChile: 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'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: 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 readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: 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: too little coverage to readMarshall 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: too little coverage to readBermuda: 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: too little coverage to readNauru: 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: feelings about like the world'sSt. 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 about one and a half times as angry as the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuam: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSweden: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSenegal: coverage a little more fearful 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'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPeru: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sOman: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNepal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNamibia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMalta: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMalaysia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMalawi: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLesotho: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLatvia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGrenada: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEcuador: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDominican Republic: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDR Congo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChad: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBolivia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBarbados: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAngola: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than 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 angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as 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

● Kashmir about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 79 stories about harm ● North Korea about twice as angry as the world's · 55 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as angry as the world's · 105 stories about harm ● Malaysia about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 194 stories about harm ● Somalia few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 35 stories about harm ● Iraq about twice as angry as the world's · 51 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health62% 18,670 stories · more than usual (usually 60%) Rights & justice18% 5,237 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents8% 2,253 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence5% 1,504 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 1,039 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 602 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 343 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 243 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 killed7,279 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,101 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,949 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,329 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations136 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced129 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees128 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Mexico Stories reporting abductions121 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill47 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
● Griefa little less 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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