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9,431 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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Illness in Aalst, protests in Tbilisi (Georgia) and violence in Port-au-Prince drew the news. Georgia's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Afghanistan →
Part of lifeHealth 42 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostBelgium 70 in 100 of its 99 stories, usually 20
RegionEast Asia 29 in 100 of its stories, usually 22
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Health

Belgium

69 of its 99 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Aalst accounted for 59 of Belgium's 69 stories about harm, carried by 82 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (19 stories). Flu was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Belgium over 30 days → its stories → Aalst stories →
Protests & strikes

Georgia

18 of its 27 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Tbilisi accounted for 18 of Georgia's 18 stories about harm, carried by 26 outlets. 17 of Tbilisi's 18 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Georgia over 30 days → its stories → Tbilisi stories →
Conflict & violence

Haiti

133 of its 189 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 80 of Haiti's 133 stories about harm, carried by 241 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Haiti over 30 days → its stories → Port-au-Prince stories →
Disasters & accidents

Bangladesh

59 of its 101 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Dhaka accounted for 41 of Bangladesh's 59 stories about harm, carried by 40 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

South Africa

223 of its 421 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. 37 of Kwazulu's 63 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (82 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Bosnia

28 of its 30 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Srebrenica accounted for 27 of Bosnia's 28 stories about harm, carried by 100 outlets. Its coverage was about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Venezuela

19 of its 25 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. 9 of Caracas' 14 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (14 stories).

its stories →
Health

Egypt

43 of its 108 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Health

China

200 of its 598 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 9 times the usual rate (17 stories). Flooding was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

its stories →
Health

Canada

286 of its 824 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (20 stories). Wildfires were named in 68 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: wildfires in Canada (68 of its stories, about three times its usual); road crashes in Ireland (16 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); flooding in China (13 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); cholera in Nigeria (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heavy rain in UK (17 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

25 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 11 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 9,431 stories about harm among 38,243 counted on 11 Jul.

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Belgium's news was 70% about people being harmed, against a usual 20%. of the day's 38,243 news stories, 25 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 23. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Afghanistan. Mentions of wildfires ran about three times their usual in Canada's news. A year earlier, on 11 July 2020, 32 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 25 today. This week the news turned most often to Georgia, on 4 of 7 days; help rose on 1 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Haiti70 in 100 of its 189 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Belgium70 in 100 of its 99 stories · usually 20 · mostly health Afghanistan63 in 100 of its 326 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Bangladesh58 in 100 of its 101 stories · usually 50 · mostly disasters & accidents Thailand57 in 100 of its 87 stories · usually 37 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US63 stories about protests or strikes, of its 258 Kwazulu South Africa37 stories about protests or strikes, of its 63 Port-au-Prince Haiti35 stories about protests or strikes, of its 80 Charlottesville US31 stories about protests or strikes, of its 37 Johannesburg South Africa29 stories about protests or strikes, of its 60

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: 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: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: too little coverage to readPuerto Rico: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited 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 lessTrinidad & Tobago: 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: too little coverage to readSyria: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Sudan: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSierra Leone: too little coverage to readSeychelles: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPoland: about as warm as its own usual or lessPhilippines: too little coverage to readPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: too little coverage to readPalau: 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 lessNigeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiger: about as warm as its own usual or lessNicaragua: too little coverage to readNew 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: too little coverage to readMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: 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: too little coverage to readMalta: 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: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: too little coverage to readLiberia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJapan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: 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: 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: too little coverage to readGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: too little coverage to readGhana: 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: too little coverage to readGabon: 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: too little coverage to readNew 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 lessEstonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl 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: too little coverage to readDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: too little coverage to readCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: 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: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: too little coverage to readCameroon: too little coverage to readCambodia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina 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: 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: too little coverage to readBelgium: 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: too little coverage to readAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: 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): 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall 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: too little coverage to readGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook 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: 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 readNorth Korea: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMali: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualEthiopia: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualMazar-E-Sharif, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 10 stories, carried by 12 outletsPyongyang, North Korea -- conflict & violence: 18 stories, carried by 42 outletsKabul, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 105 stories, carried by 95 outletsAhmedabad, India -- health: 11 stories, carried by 14 outletsRome, Italy -- health: 25 stories, carried by 43 outletsTigray, Ethiopia -- conflict & violence: 23 stories, carried by 31 outletsGlasgow, UK -- health: 17 stories, carried by 29 outletsGeorgia, US -- rights & justice: 12 stories, carried by 14 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

● North Korea warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Mazar-E-Sharif Afghanistan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 10 stories ● Pyongyang North Korea about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 18 stories ● Kabul Afghanistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 105 stories ● Ahmedabad India about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Rome Italy about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 25 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health42% 3,951 stories · less than usual (usually 46%) Rights & justice20% 1,851 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents15% 1,388 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence12% 1,091 stories · more than usual (usually 9%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 438 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 235 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 228 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 164 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 killed2,663 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests881 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected804 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured557 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting evacuations138 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting abductions105 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people displaced80 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Nigeria and Haiti Stories reporting refugees63 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill6 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Bangladesh and the US

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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