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15,438 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 Niamey, rights and justice in Kabul and people killed in Brazil drew the news. Niger's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeHealth 52 in 100 of the stories about harm · much less than usual Country that rose mostMauritius 91 in 100 of its 88 stories, usually 36
RegionCentral Asia 66 in 100 of its stories, usually 49
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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Conflict & violence

Niger

62 of its 65 stories (95%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Niamey accounted for 46 of Niger's 62 stories about harm, carried by 108 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (57 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Niger over 30 days → its stories → Niamey stories →
Rights & justice

Afghanistan

166 of its 187 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Kabul accounted for 115 of Afghanistan's 166 stories about harm, carried by 203 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (122 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Kabul stories →
Health

Brazil

103 of its 178 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (78 stories). Flu was named in 41 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Taiwan

63 of its 105 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Taipei accounted for 51 of Taiwan's 63 stories about harm, carried by 299 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (31 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Japan

236 of its 529 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (122 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

South Korea

74 of its 146 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories). Landslides were named in 27 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with typhoon.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

98 of its 142 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Czechia

28 of its 68 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

India

1,387 of its 3,490 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (105 stories). Plane crash was named in 83 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with landslides.

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Also named far more than usual: landslides in South Korea (27 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); plane crash in India (83 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); heatwave in UK (41 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); earthquake in US (167 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).

32 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 9 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 15,438 stories about harm among 48,368 counted on 9 Aug.

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Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. of the day's 48,368 news stories, 32 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 30. Niger stood out: 95% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 44%. Mentions of the flu ran about 4 times their usual in Brazil's news. A year earlier, on 10 August 2019, 26 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 32 today. This week the news turned most often to Lebanon, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 2 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Niger95 in 100 of its 65 stories · usually 44 · mostly conflict & violence Mauritius91 in 100 of its 88 stories · usually 36 · mostly disasters & accidents Afghanistan89 in 100 of its 187 stories · usually 70 · mostly rights & justice Lebanon69 in 100 of its 1,037 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir69 in 100 of its 142 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Beirut Lebanon386 stories about protests or strikes, of its 699 Washington US138 stories about protests or strikes, of its 680 Minsk Belarus84 stories about protests or strikes, of its 116 Portland US58 stories about protests or strikes, of its 78 Jerusalem Israel47 stories about protests or strikes, of its 97

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or lessZambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessYemen: 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: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: too little coverage to readUnited 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: too little coverage to readTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-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 lessSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: about as warm as its own usual or lessSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSpain: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth 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: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: 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 lessPortugal: too little coverage to readPoland: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: 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: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: 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: too little coverage to readLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: 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: too little coverage to readIraq: 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: too little coverage to readHungary: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench 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: too little coverage to readEquatorial 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: 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: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: too little coverage to readComoros: about as warm as its own usual or lessColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: 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 lessCentral African Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: about as warm as its own usual or lessCambodia: 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: too little coverage to readBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia 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: too little coverage to readBelize: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBangladesh: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: too little coverage to readAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessJammu & Kashmir: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: 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): about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: about as warm as its own usual or lessBermuda: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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 readTrinidad & Tobago: warmth about its own usualSri Lanka: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualKabul, Afghanistan -- rights & justice: 115 stories, carried by 203 outletsTennessee, US -- health: 12 stories, carried by 26 outletsShanghai, China -- health: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsHawaii, US -- health: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsExeter, UK -- health: 10 stories, carried by 16 outletsColombo, Sri Lanka -- conflict & violence: 26 stories, carried by 91 outletsMiddlesbrough, UK -- health: 16 stories, carried by 12 outletsKulgam, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 36 stories, carried by 23 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

No country's news was much warmer than its usual (a quarter or more).

Warmest events

● Kabul Afghanistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 115 stories ● Tennessee US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Shanghai China about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Hawaii US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Exeter UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health52% 7,982 stories · much less than usual (usually 60%) Rights & justice16% 2,496 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents14% 2,093 stories · more than usual (usually 9%) Conflict & violence8% 1,265 stories · more than usual (usually 6%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 776 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 384 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 199 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 139 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 killed5,387 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people affected1,354 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Lebanon Stories reporting people injured1,293 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Lebanon and the US Stories reporting arrests1,207 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations125 at about twice the usual rate · most about Greece and Mauritius Stories reporting people displaced103 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Lebanon and the US Stories reporting refugees84 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions65 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill23 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 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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