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21,979 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 illness in Jerusalem and Hanoi and homes and services in Tripoli. Israel's coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Language across the world's news ran much softer than usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about three 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 →
Part of lifeHealth 48 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostVietnam 55 in 100 of its 290 stories, usually 38
RegionSouth Asia 43 in 100 of its stories, usually 36
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Israel

235 of its 484 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Jerusalem accounted for 111 of Israel's 235 stories about harm, carried by 236 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (49 stories). Wildfires were named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Israel over 30 days → its stories → Jerusalem stories →
Health

Vietnam

160 of its 290 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Hanoi accounted for 97 of Vietnam's 160 stories about harm, carried by 384 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (7 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Vietnam over 30 days → its stories → Hanoi stories →
Shelter & services

Libya

24 of its 41 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Tripoli accounted for 18 of Libya's 24 stories about harm, carried by 24 outlets. Covid was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with heatwave and plague.

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

Palestine

43 of its 74 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. 15 of Ramallah's 23 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Tanzania

24 of its 56 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Venezuela

17 of its 42 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Senegal

12 of its 21 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Health

Paraguay

5 of its 8 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Displacement

Afghanistan

Kabul accounted for 1,652 of Afghanistan's 2,085 stories about harm, carried by 1,388 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: illness in Cuba (16 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); plane crash in Bahamas (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Kenya (16 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); outbreaks in Mexico (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); food poisoning in UK (30 of its stories, more than ten 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 25 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 21,979 stories about harm among 88,232 counted on 25 Aug.

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It was the fifth day running that the news turned to Israel. of the day's 88,232 news stories, 25 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Evacuations were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about Afghanistan and the US. Mentions of Covid ran about 4 times their usual in Libya's news. On 25 August 2020, a year earlier, the share was 28 in every 100, against 25 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Afghanistan70 in 100 of its 2,970 stories · usually 66 · mostly displacement Haiti69 in 100 of its 126 stories · usually 65 · mostly disasters & accidents Palestine58 in 100 of its 74 stories · usually 46 · mostly rights & justice Vietnam55 in 100 of its 290 stories · usually 38 · mostly health Algeria54 in 100 of its 54 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Kabul Afghanistan141 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1652 Washington US134 stories about protests or strikes, of its 704 Jerusalem Israel32 stories about protests or strikes, of its 111 London UK31 stories about protests or strikes, of its 340 Delhi India24 stories about protests or strikes, of its 173

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 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: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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 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: 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 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 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 lessSri Lanka: about as warm as its own usual or lessSpain: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: about as warm as its own usual or lessSaudi Arabia: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: about as warm as its own usual or lessSamoa: 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 lessPortugal: about as warm as its own usual or lessPoland: 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 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: too little coverage to readMongolia: 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 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: too little coverage to readLithuania: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLebanon: too little coverage to readLatvia: 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: too little coverage to readKosovo: 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 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: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readFrance: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial 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: too little coverage to readDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: 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: 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: 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 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessJersey: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorfolk 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 readVietnam: warmth about its own usualTürkiye: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about its own usualQatar: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualHaiti: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualDoha, Qatar -- health: 16 stories, carried by 17 outletsRiver Otter, UK -- health: 12 stories, carried by 132 outletsMemphis, US -- health: 10 stories, carried by 16 outletsTexas Department of Public Safety, US -- rights & justice: 16 stories, carried by 12 outletsPlateau State, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 18 stories, carried by 12 outletsBrantford, Canada -- health: 11 stories, carried by 16 outletsKaduna, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 77 stories, carried by 31 outletsAnkara, Türkiye -- displacement: 22 stories, carried by 25 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

● Haiti warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Doha Qatar about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 16 stories ● River Otter UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Memphis US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Texas Department of Public Safety US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 16 stories ● Plateau State Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 18 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health48% 10,468 stories · about as usual Rights & justice15% 3,362 stories · about as usual Displacement10% 2,203 stories · much more than usual (usually 3%) Disasters & accidents10% 2,154 stories · less than usual (usually 14%) Conflict & violence9% 1,914 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 743 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 554 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 418 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 killed5,010 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,493 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Afghanistan and the US Stories reporting arrests1,408 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,084 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations1,008 at about three times the usual rate · most about Afghanistan and the US Stories reporting refugees429 at about twice the usual rate · most about Afghanistan and the US Stories reporting abductions155 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced107 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Afghanistan and the US Stories reporting people falling ill40 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Cuba

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 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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