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20,129 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 news turned to protests in Tehran (Iran), flooding in China and abductions in Nigeria. Iran's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Language across the world's news ran softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 49 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostIran 61 in 100 of its 137 stories, usually 43
RegionCentral Asia 46 in 100 of its stories, usually 32
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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Protests & strikes

Iran

83 of its 137 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. 20 of Tehran's 34 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Drought was named in 26 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Disasters & accidents

China

706 of its 1,915 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (18 stories). Flooding was named in 199 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain, drought and power cuts.

China over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Nigeria

429 of its 1,048 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (97 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Nigeria over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Jamaica

54 of its 144 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Trinidad & Tobago

29 of its 83 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Health

India

Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Flu was named in 32 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with bird flu and respiratory illness. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Cuba

Havana accounted for 52 of Cuba's 118 stories about harm, carried by 55 outlets. 39 of Havana's 52 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Rwanda

33 of its 46 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Kigali accounted for 20 of Rwanda's 33 stories about harm, carried by 8 outlets.

its stories →
Health

Romania

33 of its 101 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories).

its stories →
Health

Denmark

16 of its 50 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (10 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Ghana (24 of its stories, about three times its usual); heavy rain in Philippines (30 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); natural hazards in Germany (21 of its stories, about three times its usual); flu in India (32 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); wildfires in UK (24 of its stories, about 4 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 21 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 20,129 stories about harm among 88,089 counted on 21 Jul.

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Of the day's 88,089 news stories, 23 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. On 21 July 2020, a year earlier, the share was 30 in every 100, against 23 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Iraq65 in 100 of its 79 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Iran61 in 100 of its 137 stories · usually 43 · mostly conflict & violence Haiti59 in 100 of its 115 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Cuba56 in 100 of its 211 stories · usually 58 · mostly rights & justice Afghanistan56 in 100 of its 227 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US171 stories about protests or strikes, of its 792 Havana Cuba39 stories about protests or strikes, of its 52 London UK39 stories about protests or strikes, of its 305 Paris France38 stories about protests or strikes, of its 63 Ibadan Nigeria36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 51

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: too little coverage to readZambia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: 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: too little coverage to readSouth 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: too little coverage to readSouth Korea: too little coverage to readSouth 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: 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: 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 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: about as warm as its own usual or lessLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: 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: 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 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessHungary: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrench 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEgypt: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe 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 lessCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: too little coverage to readCameroon: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: 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: 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 lessBahrain: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: too little coverage to readAzerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustria: too little coverage to readAustralia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: 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: too little coverage to readMarshall 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: about as warm as its own usual or lessJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: 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 readTanzania: warmth about its own usualNigeria: warmth about its own usualMauritania: warmth about its own usualIreland: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualCuba: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKayode, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsArizona, US -- rights & justice: 37 stories, carried by 17 outletsIndiana, US -- health: 14 stories, carried by 19 outletsManawa, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 13 stories, carried by 19 outletsAccra, Ghana -- health: 28 stories, carried by 13 outletsKabul, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 73 stories, carried by 80 outletsManchester, UK -- health: 69 stories, carried by 40 outletsRoscommon, Ireland -- disasters & accidents: 19 stories, carried by 15 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

● Bangladesh warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Kayode Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 10 stories ● Arizona US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 37 stories ● Indiana US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 14 stories ● Manawa Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 13 stories ● Accra Ghana about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 28 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health49% 9,745 stories · more than usual (usually 46%) Rights & justice20% 3,897 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents15% 3,031 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence6% 1,290 stories · less than usual (usually 9%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 695 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 570 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 401 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 290 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 killed5,061 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,619 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,609 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,000 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations248 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Canada and the US Stories reporting abductions186 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced99 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about China and the US Stories reporting refugees99 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the UK and the US Stories reporting people falling ill31 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Australia

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
● 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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