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17,939 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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Protests in Skopje (North Macedonia), violence in Kuje and people killed in Cyprus drew the news. Nigeria's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Language across the world's news ran harsher than usual.

Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeHealth 40 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostSaudi Arabia 44 in 100 of its 218 stories, usually 23
RegionOceania 27 in 100 of its stories, usually 21
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

North Macedonia

14 of its 15 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Skopje accounted for 14 of North Macedonia's 14 stories about harm, carried by 68 outlets. 13 of Skopje's 14 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (10 stories).

North Macedonia over 30 days → its stories → Skopje stories →
Conflict & violence

Nigeria

553 of its 1,313 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Kuje accounted for 248 of Nigeria's 553 stories about harm, carried by 157 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Nigeria over 30 days → its stories → Kuje stories →
Health

Cyprus

16 of its 37 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Cyprus over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Pakistan

268 of its 635 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 9 times the usual rate (6 stories). Heavy rain was named in 59 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with flooding and drownings.

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

Sweden

42 of its 119 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Uzbekistan

25 of its 60 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. 7 of Nukus' 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (17 stories).

its stories →
Health

Australia

440 of its 1,619 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (28 stories). Natural hazards were named in 31 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

its stories →
Food & livelihood

Sri Lanka

65 of its 161 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Colombo accounted for 37 of Sri Lanka's 65 stories about harm, carried by 58 outlets. Hunger was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Mali

27 of its 49 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Saudi Arabia

96 of its 218 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Mecca accounted for 62 of Saudi Arabia's 96 stories about harm, carried by 119 outlets.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: flooding in Malaysia (26 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); hunger in Sri Lanka (12 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); natural hazards in Australia (31 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); poisoning in UK (23 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 6 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 17,939 stories about harm among 79,512 counted on 6 Jul.

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North Macedonia's news was 93% about people being harmed, against a usual 17%. of the day's 79,512 news stories, 23 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of people freed or reunited, a sign of help, ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Mentions of flooding ran about 6 times their usual in Malaysia's news. A year earlier, on 6 July 2021, 23 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Rwanda54 in 100 of its 54 stories · usually 49 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir52 in 100 of its 108 stories · usually 49 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan48 in 100 of its 144 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Ethiopia47 in 100 of its 139 stories · usually 50 · mostly conflict & violence Saudi Arabia44 in 100 of its 218 stories · usually 23 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US104 stories about protests or strikes, of its 464 London UK67 stories about protests or strikes, of its 319 Paris France34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 70 Kuje Nigeria32 stories about protests or strikes, of its 248 Chicago US31 stories about protests or strikes, of its 223

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readIsle 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: too little coverage to readTurkmenistan: 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: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth 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 Korea: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: 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: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: about as warm as its own usual or lessSaudi Arabia: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. 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: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: too little coverage to readPanama: too little coverage to readPalau: about as warm as its own usual or lessPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: too little coverage to readNorway: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNetherlands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: too little coverage to readMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: 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: 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: too little coverage to readKuwait: 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 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: too little coverage to readIceland: 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: too little coverage to readGuinea-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 lessGreece: 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: too little coverage to readNew 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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 lessCuba: 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 readChina: 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: too little coverage to readCentral African Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: too little coverage to readBelarus: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: about as warm as its own usual or lessBangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: too little coverage to readBahamas: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern 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: too little coverage to readJersey: 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: too little coverage to readNauru: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: 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: 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 readThailand: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualNigeria: warmth about its own usualMali: warmth about its own usualGhana: warmth about its own usualColombia: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about its own usualWausau, US -- health: 11 stories, carried by 15 outletsIstanbul, Türkiye -- rights & justice: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsHawaii, US -- health: 10 stories, carried by 11 outletsKulgam, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 30 stories, carried by 23 outletsKumasi, Ghana -- health: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsKaduna, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 21 stories, carried by 13 outletsJakarta, Indonesia -- health: 11 stories, carried by 16 outletsEdinburgh, UK -- health: 20 stories, carried by 14 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

No country's news was much warmer than its usual (a quarter or more).

Warmest events

● Wausau US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Istanbul Türkiye about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 11 stories ● Hawaii US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Kulgam Kashmir about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 30 stories ● Kumasi Ghana about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health40% 7,048 stories · about as usual Rights & justice19% 3,375 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents13% 2,358 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence13% 2,252 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood6% 1,115 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 781 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 489 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 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 killed4,384 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,655 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting arrests1,592 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,456 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations175 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Australia Stories reporting people displaced172 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US Stories reporting refugees122 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US Stories reporting abductions99 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 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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