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19,037 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 illness in Jerusalem, landslides in Haiti and people displaced in Kabul. Syria's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were softer than usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about Afghanistan and the US → Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Afghanistan and the US → Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeHealth 46 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostHungary 47 in 100 of its 70 stories, usually 22
RegionSouth Asia 44 in 100 of its stories, usually 35
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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Health

Israel

235 of its 439 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Jerusalem accounted for 103 of Israel's 235 stories about harm, carried by 108 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (42 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Israel over 30 days → its stories → Jerusalem stories →
Disasters & accidents

Haiti

93 of its 119 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. les Cayes accounted for 38 of Haiti's 93 stories about harm, carried by 127 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (45 stories). Landslides were named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

Haiti over 30 days → its stories → Les Cayes stories →
Displacement

Afghanistan

Kabul accounted for 1,624 of Afghanistan's 2,023 stories about harm, carried by 1,305 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (631 stories). Hunger was named in 49 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with hurricane, tropical storm and heatstroke. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Kabul stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

38 of its 55 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

Hungary

33 of its 70 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Budapest accounted for 26 of Hungary's 33 stories about harm, carried by 72 outlets. Covid was named in 26 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

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Health

Taiwan

77 of its 182 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Taipei accounted for 56 of Taiwan's 77 stories about harm, carried by 135 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories).

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Health

Vietnam

87 of its 181 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Ho Chi Minh City accounted for 62 of Vietnam's 87 stories about harm, carried by 186 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).

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Health

Sweden

35 of its 113 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Greece

88 of its 220 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories).

its stories →
Food & livelihood

Lebanon

51 of its 94 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Covid was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in New Zealand (110 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); covid in Hungary (26 of its stories, about three times its usual); covid in Lebanon (15 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in US (706 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in Malaysia (10 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).

26 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 23 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 19,037 stories about harm among 73,491 counted on 23 Aug.

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Evacuations were reported at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about Afghanistan and the US. Stories about people being harmed made up 26 in every 100 of the day's 73,491 stories, above the usual 24. It was the third day running that the news turned to Israel. On the side of help, reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate. On 23 August 2020, a year earlier, the share was 31 in every 100, against 26 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Haiti78 in 100 of its 119 stories · usually 62 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria69 in 100 of its 55 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan68 in 100 of its 2,981 stories · usually 65 · mostly displacement Lebanon54 in 100 of its 94 stories · usually 45 · mostly food & livelihood Israel54 in 100 of its 439 stories · usually 41 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Kabul Afghanistan193 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1624 Washington US106 stories about protests or strikes, of its 646 Chicago US45 stories about protests or strikes, of its 185 London UK41 stories about protests or strikes, of its 219 Portland US34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 43

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUruguay: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: 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 readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: 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'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: 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: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: 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'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe 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: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: 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'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: 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'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: 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 readAlbania: 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: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: 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 grief-stricken as the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUzbekistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPanama: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMalawi: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLesotho: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKenya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIreland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIraq: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuyana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuinea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDominican Republic: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChad: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBolivia: 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'sBahamas: coverage a little more fearful than 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'sAlgeria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice 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

● Kashmir about twice as fearful as the world's · 53 stories about harm ● Syria few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 38 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 2,023 stories about harm ● Israel about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 235 stories about harm ● Fiji few stories about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's · 24 stories about harm ● Pakistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 259 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health46% 8,619 stories · less than usual (usually 49%) Rights & justice14% 2,585 stories · less than usual (usually 17%) Disasters & accidents13% 2,521 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence10% 1,864 stories · about as usual Displacement10% 1,793 stories · much more than usual (usually 3%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 713 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 444 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 301 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 killed4,816 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,525 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting people injured1,153 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,128 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations975 at about 4 times the usual rate · most about Afghanistan and the US Stories reporting refugees313 at about twice the usual rate · most about Afghanistan and the US Stories reporting abductions181 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people displaced138 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill14 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 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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