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17,242 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 violence in Copenhagen, protests in Karakalpak (Uzbekistan) and the avalanche in Italy. Denmark's coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Ukraine →
Part of lifeHealth 38 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostUzbekistan 53 in 100 of its 59 stories, usually 28
RegionCentral Asia 36 in 100 of its stories, usually 29
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Conflict & violence

Denmark

68 of its 144 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Copenhagen accounted for 56 of Denmark's 68 stories about harm, carried by 149 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Denmark over 30 days → its stories → Copenhagen stories →
Disasters & accidents

Italy

176 of its 551 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (62 stories). Avalanche was named in 61 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with drought and heatwave.

Italy over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Algeria

19 of its 43 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Algiers accounted for 16 of Algeria's 19 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Australia

489 of its 1,717 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 8 times the usual rate (54 stories). Heavy rain was named in 72 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with storms and power cuts.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Mali

19 of its 30 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Ethiopia

46 of its 68 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. 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.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Egypt

64 of its 216 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (21 stories).

its stories →
Food & livelihood

Sri Lanka

72 of its 172 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Colombo accounted for 38 of Sri Lanka's 72 stories about harm, carried by 45 outlets.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: covid in Liberia (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heavy rain in Australia (72 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); typhoon in Japan (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Türkiye (10 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); power cuts in South Africa (13 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 5 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 17,242 stories about harm among 74,541 counted on 5 Jul.

Read the day's briefing

The news turned to Denmark for the third day running. 23 in every 100 of the day's 74,541 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 22. People injured were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Ukraine. Denmark stood out: 47% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 34%. On 5 July 2021, a year earlier, the share was 24 in every 100, against 23 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Ethiopia68 in 100 of its 68 stories · usually 49 · mostly conflict & violence Syria63 in 100 of its 60 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan60 in 100 of its 58 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine59 in 100 of its 54 stories · usually 50 · mostly conflict & violence Uzbekistan53 in 100 of its 59 stories · usually 28 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US78 stories about protests or strikes, of its 351 London UK67 stories about protests or strikes, of its 303 Akron US31 stories about protests or strikes, of its 63 Lake County US29 stories about protests or strikes, of its 841 Beijing China26 stories about protests or strikes, of its 97

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: 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'sTunisia: 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: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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'sSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalaysia: 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: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: 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: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt 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 readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: 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 readN. 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'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: 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: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: 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'sAfghanistan: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorthern 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: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: feelings about like the world'sJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: 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: 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 readYemen: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUzbekistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUS: 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 twice as angry as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSpain: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPoland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNicaragua: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNepal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMalta: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: 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'sKuwait: coverage a little more fearful 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 grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuyana: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFinland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sEquatorial Guinea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEcuador: coverage a little angrier than the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChad: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBosnia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBhutan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice 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 twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken 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

● Ethiopia few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 46 stories about harm ● Kashmir few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 34 stories about harm ● Somalia few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 25 stories about harm ● Iran about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 51 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 281 stories about harm ● Burkina Faso few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 20 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health38% 6,437 stories · about as usual Rights & justice19% 3,287 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents13% 2,288 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence13% 2,257 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood7% 1,238 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 780 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 470 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 294 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 killed4,630 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,125 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting arrests1,636 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,467 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations182 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Australia and the US Stories reporting refugees126 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US Stories reporting people displaced114 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions95 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill25 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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 about as 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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