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17,580 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 violence in Kigali, illness in Mecca and arrests in Singapore. Singapore's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 42 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostSaudi Arabia 38 in 100 of its 219 stories, usually 23
RegionEvery region about as usual
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Rwanda

46 of its 76 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Kigali accounted for 22 of Rwanda's 46 stories about harm, carried by 24 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Rwanda over 30 days → its stories → Kigali stories →
Rights & justice

Singapore

76 of its 219 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Haiti

31 of its 55 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 16 of Haiti's 31 stories about harm, carried by 75 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Health

Egypt

55 of its 171 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Nigeria

385 of its 1,099 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Pakistan

Flooding was named in 25 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Food & livelihood

Sri Lanka

Colombo accounted for 36 of Sri Lanka's 71 stories about harm, carried by 33 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Uzbekistan

7 of Nukus' 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: illness in Jamaica (15 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in Pakistan (25 of its stories, about three times its usual); landslides in UK (14 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 22; 23 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 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 17,580 stories about harm among 83,250 counted on 7 Jul.

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In Pakistan's news, mentions of flooding ran about three times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 83,250 stories, as usual. On 7 July 2021, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, against 21 today. In Rwanda, 61% of the news was about people being harmed, where 49% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Rwanda61 in 100 of its 76 stories · usually 49 · mostly conflict & violence Haiti56 in 100 of its 55 stories · usually 43 · mostly conflict & violence Syria52 in 100 of its 62 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan48 in 100 of its 150 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence North Korea43 in 100 of its 56 stories · usually 44 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US104 stories about protests or strikes, of its 497 London UK66 stories about protests or strikes, of its 369 Northern Ireland UK35 stories about protests or strikes, of its 107 Akron US25 stories about protests or strikes, of its 48 Lake County US25 stories about protests or strikes, of its 277

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: feelings about like the world'sUnited States: feelings about like the world'sSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSudan: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: 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: too little coverage to readRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: 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'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: 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 readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: 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'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: 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'sJamaica: 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'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: 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 readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta 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'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: 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 readArmenia: 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: 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 readBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: 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 readZambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUzbekistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as 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'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSingapore: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sRwanda: 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'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMauritius: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJapan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIraq: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIran: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCyprus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBosnia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBermuda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJersey: coverage a little angrier than 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

● Nigeria about twice as fearful as the world's · 385 stories about harm ● Singapore about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 76 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 338 stories about harm ● Türkiye about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 57 stories about harm ● Sweden few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 27 stories about harm ● Bangladesh about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 67 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health42% 7,253 stories · more than usual (usually 39%) Rights & justice20% 3,541 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents12% 2,077 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence10% 1,825 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood7% 1,249 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 685 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 511 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 257 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 killed3,910 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,566 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,275 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,132 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced144 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions126 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees117 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US Stories reporting evacuations109 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill12 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Saudi Arabia

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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