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17,322 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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The day's news pointed at protests in Havana (Cuba), people killed in Belgium and arrests in Jordan. Cuba's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 47 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostCuba 68 in 100 of its 572 stories, usually 48
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 44 in 100 of its stories, usually 31
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Cuba

390 of its 572 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Havana accounted for 248 of Cuba's 390 stories about harm, carried by 675 outlets. 238 of Havana's 248 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (59 stories). Power cuts were named in 62 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Cuba over 30 days → its stories → Havana stories →
Health

Belgium

48 of its 144 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (16 stories). Flu was named in 12 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 →
Rights & justice

Jordan

57 of its 144 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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

South Africa

526 of its 1,172 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. 109 of Kwazulu's 188 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (218 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Health

Iraq

54 of its 84 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Baghdad accounted for 32 of Iraq's 54 stories about harm, carried by 51 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Niger

14 of its 16 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. 7 of Tillaberi's 9 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Georgia

22 of its 40 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. 16 of Tbilisi's 18 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Health

India

Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (100 stories). Landslides were named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

Thailand

120 of its 224 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Bangkok accounted for 86 of Thailand's 120 stories about harm, carried by 129 outlets.

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Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in France (27 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); power cuts in Pakistan (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); landslides in India (19 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); hunger in US (43 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

23 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 12 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 17,322 stories about harm among 75,759 counted on 12 Jul.

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In Cuba's news, mentions of power cuts ran about 8 times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 23 in every 100 of the day's 75,759 stories, as usual. On 12 July 2020, a year earlier, the share was 33 in every 100, against 23 today. In Cuba, 68% of the news was about people being harmed, where 48% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Cuba68 in 100 of its 572 stories · usually 48 · mostly health Haiti65 in 100 of its 320 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq64 in 100 of its 84 stories · usually 51 · mostly health Bangladesh64 in 100 of its 127 stories · usually 50 · mostly health Syria59 in 100 of its 74 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Havana Cuba238 stories about protests or strikes, of its 248 Washington US127 stories about protests or strikes, of its 647 Kwazulu South Africa109 stories about protests or strikes, of its 188 Johannesburg South Africa68 stories about protests or strikes, of its 112 Port-au-Prince Haiti35 stories about protests or strikes, of its 113

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sYemen: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSudan: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: 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'sRomania: 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: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: 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 readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: 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'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: 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: too little coverage to readLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGhana: 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: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: 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: 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: too little coverage to readCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: 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'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: too little coverage to readBahamas: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sMarshall 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: 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: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little angrier than the world'sVietnam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sVanuatu: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUganda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTonga: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sThailand: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEswatini: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSolomon Islands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSenegal: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSt. Lucia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sQatar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPoland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPeru: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMauritius: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIceland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHaiti: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGreece: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGeorgia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFrance: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFiji: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEritrea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCuba: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCameroon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCambodia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBotswana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBosnia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBelarus: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBarbados: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful 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

● Cuba about twice as angry as the world's · 390 stories about harm ● Bosnia few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 7 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as angry as the world's · 207 stories about harm ● South Africa about twice as angry as the world's · 526 stories about harm ● Iraq about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 54 stories about harm ● Belgium few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 48 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health47% 8,018 stories · about as usual Rights & justice20% 3,427 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents14% 2,457 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence8% 1,385 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 691 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 437 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 434 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 287 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 killed4,206 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,691 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,349 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured831 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations158 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions134 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees87 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the UK and Syria Stories reporting people displaced85 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Mozambique and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill9 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and the Philippines

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 harsher than 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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