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17,606 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 drownings in Mauritius, violence in Caracas and plane crash in India. Poland's coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were much harsher than usual.

Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeHealth 54 in 100 of the stories about harm · much less than usual Country that rose mostMauritius 88 in 100 of its 82 stories, usually 27
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 56 in 100 of its stories, usually 45
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Mauritius

72 of its 82 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Blue Bay accounted for 48 of Mauritius' 72 stories about harm, carried by 306 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Drownings were named in 47 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with oil spill. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Mauritius over 30 days → its stories → Blue Bay stories →
Conflict & violence

Venezuela

56 of its 76 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Caracas accounted for 29 of Venezuela's 56 stories about harm, carried by 171 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (33 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Venezuela over 30 days → its stories → Caracas stories →
Health

India

2,128 of its 4,676 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (333 stories). Plane crash was named in 328 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with landslides. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

India over 30 days → its stories →
Protests & strikes

Poland

38 of its 73 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. 18 of Warsaw's 24 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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

Jamaica

47 of its 124 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Outbreaks were named in 10 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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Conflict & violence

Lebanon

788 of its 1,094 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Beirut accounted for 774 of Lebanon's 788 stories about harm, carried by 1,055 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (178 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Israel

29 of Jerusalem's 47 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories). Flooding was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Belarus

40 of its 59 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Minsk accounted for 35 of Belarus' 40 stories about harm, carried by 37 outlets. 20 of Minsk's 35 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Disasters & accidents

South Korea

67 of its 141 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (28 stories). Landslides were named in 30 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with flooding.

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Protests & strikes

Thailand

49 of its 111 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. 15 of Bangkok's 21 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (17 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: landslides in South Korea (30 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); natural hazards in New Zealand (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Jamaica (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); earthquake in Indonesia (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); plague in China (43 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).

31 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 8 Aug. 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 17,606 stories about harm among 56,940 counted on 8 Aug.

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Mauritius stood out: 88% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 27%. 31 in every 100 of the day's 56,940 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. On the side of help, reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Mauritius' news mentioned drownings more than ten times as often as usual. It was the second day running that the news turned to Mauritius.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Mauritius88 in 100 of its 82 stories · usually 27 · mostly disasters & accidents Venezuela74 in 100 of its 76 stories · usually 41 · mostly conflict & violence Lebanon72 in 100 of its 1,094 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan70 in 100 of its 94 stories · usually 70 · mostly rights & justice Belarus68 in 100 of its 59 stories · usually 39 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Beirut Lebanon309 stories about protests or strikes, of its 774 Washington US95 stories about protests or strikes, of its 683 Beijing China51 stories about protests or strikes, of its 146 Portland US51 stories about protests or strikes, of its 78 London UK34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 155

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Vietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: 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'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: too little coverage to readSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. 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'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'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: too little coverage to readMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: 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'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sJordan: 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'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: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGermany: 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: 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: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: 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'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChile: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: 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 readAlgeria: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook 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: feelings about like the world'sWallis & 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 readZimbabwe: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sZambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGuam: 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'sUganda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage a little angrier than 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 fearful as the world'sOman: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMoldova: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMauritius: 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'sLibya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLebanon: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJapan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIreland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIraq: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIran: 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'sGuinea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFrance: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEcuador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCzechia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChad: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBrazil: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBotswana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelarus: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlbania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful 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

● Somalia few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 39 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 66 stories about harm ● Iran few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 39 stories about harm ● Burkina Faso few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 13 stories about harm ● Lebanon about twice as angry as the world's · 788 stories about harm ● Türkiye few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 37 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health54% 9,384 stories · much less than usual (usually 60%) Rights & justice16% 2,783 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents13% 2,281 stories · more than usual (usually 9%) Conflict & violence7% 1,151 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 882 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 522 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 236 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 214 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 killed5,955 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people affected1,646 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Lebanon Stories reporting people injured1,544 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Lebanon Stories reporting arrests1,352 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees136 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Lebanon and the UK Stories reporting evacuations133 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about South Korea and India Stories reporting people displaced87 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions48 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people falling ill21 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and China

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 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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