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9,491 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 protests in Colombo (Sri Lanka), building collapse in Iran and heavy rain in Pakistan. Pakistan's coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were 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 37 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostJapan 29 in 100 of its 1,061 stories, usually 13
RegionEast Asia 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

Sri Lanka

260 of its 609 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Colombo accounted for 229 of Sri Lanka's 260 stories about harm, carried by 478 outlets. 224 of Colombo's 229 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (150 stories). Drought was named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Sri Lanka over 30 days → its stories → Colombo stories →
Rights & justice

Iran

56 of its 113 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Tehran accounted for 28 of Iran's 56 stories about harm, carried by 42 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (23 stories). Building collapse was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Disasters & accidents

Pakistan

197 of its 423 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 7 times the usual rate (5 stories). Heavy rain was named in 42 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Pakistan over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Ghana

53 of its 161 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories). Outbreaks were named in 15 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with ebola. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Japan

305 of its 1,061 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (109 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Indonesia

35 of its 75 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories). Outbreaks were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Kashmir

51 of its 82 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

38 of its 58 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Aleppo accounted for 19 of Syria's 38 stories about harm, carried by 34 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Mexico

8 of Mexico City's 10 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Saudi Arabia

68 of its 157 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Mecca accounted for 50 of Saudi Arabia's 68 stories about harm, carried by 241 outlets.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: illness in New Zealand (21 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); outbreaks in Indonesia (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); drought in France (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); tornadoes in Canada (20 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); natural hazards in Australia (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 9 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 9,491 stories about harm among 42,564 counted on 9 Jul.

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Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. of the day's 42,564 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Sri Lanka stood out: 43% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 34%. A year earlier, on 9 July 2021, 23 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria66 in 100 of its 58 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir62 in 100 of its 82 stories · usually 49 · mostly disasters & accidents Afghanistan51 in 100 of its 67 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Iran50 in 100 of its 113 stories · usually 38 · mostly rights & justice Ethiopia47 in 100 of its 78 stories · usually 48 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Colombo Sri Lanka224 stories about protests or strikes, of its 229 Washington US83 stories about protests or strikes, of its 294 Chicago US22 stories about protests or strikes, of its 148 London UK18 stories about protests or strikes, of its 114 Tokyo Japan15 stories about protests or strikes, of its 155

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sYemen: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: 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: 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 readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-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'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: 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'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: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: 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'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: 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'sNiger: too little coverage to readNicaragua: 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'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: 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'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: too little coverage to readGuinea-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'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: too little coverage to readGambia: too little coverage to readGabon: too little coverage to readSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew 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'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readDR Congo: too little coverage to readComoros: too little coverage to readChina: 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: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: 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'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'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: 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: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk 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: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: 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 a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSpain: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSt. Lucia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPeru: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLaos: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJapan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIreland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIraq: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFrance: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFinland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCyprus: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCroatia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCosta Rica: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sColombia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBosnia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBolivia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAngola: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as 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'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

● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 169 stories about harm ● Japan about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 305 stories about harm ● Nigeria about twice as fearful as the world's · 208 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 197 stories about harm ● Bosnia few stories about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's · 5 stories about harm ● Iran about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 56 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health37% 3,489 stories · about as usual Rights & justice21% 1,995 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents14% 1,293 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence12% 1,156 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood6% 523 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 475 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 243 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 178 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 killed2,377 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests863 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected850 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured792 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Sri Lanka Stories reporting evacuations127 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting abductions90 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Nigeria and China Stories reporting people displaced71 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees52 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting people falling ill12 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about India and the US

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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