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14,673 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 Srebrenica, protests in Havana (Cuba) and a disaster in Karachi. Bosnia's coverage was about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 42 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostPakistan 53 in 100 of its 203 stories, usually 34
RegionCentral Asia 37 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

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Conflict & violence

Bosnia

40 of its 44 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Srebrenica accounted for 39 of Bosnia's 40 stories about harm, carried by 87 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Bosnia over 30 days → its stories → Srebrenica stories →
Protests & strikes

Cuba

44 of its 84 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. 14 of Havana's 15 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Cuba over 30 days → its stories → Havana stories →
Rights & justice

Czechia

26 of its 74 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Prague accounted for 21 of the Czechia's 26 stories about harm, carried by 9 outlets. Drownings were named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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

Lebanon

34 of its 65 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Beirut accounted for 25 of Lebanon's 34 stories about harm, carried by 86 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Portugal

37 of its 106 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories). Wildfires were named in 20 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with drought and heatwave.

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Conflict & violence

Togo

14 of its 24 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Kashmir

45 of its 71 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 8 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

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Health

Qatar

15 of its 66 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Health

South Africa

309 of its 802 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (72 stories). Its coverage was about twice 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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Also named far more than usual: wildfires in Portugal (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); avalanche in Kyrgyzstan (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in New Zealand (19 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); heatwave in UK (123 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hunger in India (15 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 22; 23 the day before
24 in 10021 in 10012 Jun19 Jun26 Jun3 Jul11 Jul12 Jun: 23 in 10013 Jun: 22 in 10014 Jun: 22 in 10015 Jun: 22 in 10016 Jun: 22 in 10017 Jun: 22 in 10018 Jun: 23 in 10019 Jun: 22 in 10020 Jun: 22 in 10021 Jun: 21 in 10022 Jun: 22 in 10023 Jun: 21 in 10024 Jun: 21 in 10025 Jun: 23 in 10026 Jun: 23 in 10027 Jun: 21 in 10028 Jun: 22 in 10029 Jun: 21 in 10030 Jun: 21 in 1001 Jul: 21 in 1002 Jul: 23 in 1003 Jul: 24 in 1004 Jul: 23 in 1005 Jul: 23 in 1006 Jul: 23 in 1007 Jul: 21 in 1008 Jul: 21 in 1009 Jul: 22 in 10010 Jul: 23 in 10011 Jul: 22 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 11 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 14,673 stories about harm among 68,232 counted on 11 Jul.

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Bosnia stood out: 91% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 39%. 22 in every 100 of the day's 68,232 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. On 11 July 2021, a year earlier, the share was 25 in every 100, against 22 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Macao75 in 100 of its 64 stories · usually 54 · mostly health Kashmir63 in 100 of its 71 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence Syria54 in 100 of its 50 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Pakistan53 in 100 of its 203 stories · usually 34 · mostly disasters & accidents Cuba52 in 100 of its 84 stories · usually 37 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US182 stories about protests or strikes, of its 524 Colombo Sri Lanka110 stories about protests or strikes, of its 125 Chicago US34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 185 Henan China22 stories about protests or strikes, of its 24 Tokyo Japan20 stories about protests or strikes, of its 109

Stories, not people.

Where harm was most of the news

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: near the world's share or lessZambia: near the world's share or lessVietnam: near the world's share or lessVenezuela: near the world's share or lessVanuatu: near the world's share or lessUzbekistan: near the world's share or lessUruguay: near the world's share or lessMicronesia: near the world's share or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessGuam: near the world's share or lessPuerto Rico: near the world's share or lessUnited States: near the world's share or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: no storiesFalkland Islands: no storiesCayman Islands: near the world's share or lessIsle of Man: near the world's share or lessUnited Kingdom: near the world's share or lessUnited Arab Emirates: near the world's share or lessUganda: near the world's share or lessTurkmenistan: near the world's share or lessTurkey: near the world's share or lessTunisia: near the world's share or lessTrinidad & Tobago: near the world's share or lessTonga: near the world's share or lessTimor-Leste: near the world's share or lessThailand: near the world's share or lessTanzania: near the world's share or lessTajikistan: near the world's share or lessSwitzerland: near the world's share or lessSweden: near the world's share or lessEswatini: near the world's share or lessSuriname: near the world's share or lessSpain: near the world's share or lessSouth Korea: near the world's share or lessSomaliland: no storiesSolomon Islands: near the world's share or lessSlovakia: near the world's share or lessSlovenia: near the world's share or lessSingapore: near the world's share or lessSierra Leone: near the world's share or lessSeychelles: near the world's share or lessSerbia: no storiesSenegal: near the world's share or lessSão Tomé: no storiesSamoa: near the world's share or lessSt Vincent: near the world's share or lessSt. Lucia: near the world's share or lessRwanda: near the world's share or lessRussia: near the world's share or lessRomania: near the world's share or lessQatar: near the world's share or lessPeru: near the world's share or lessParaguay: near the world's share or lessPapua New Guinea: near the world's share or lessPanama: near the world's share or lessPalau: no storiesNorway: near the world's share or lessNorth Korea: near the world's share or lessNiger: near the world's share or lessNicaragua: near the world's share or lessNiue: near the world's share or lessNetherlands: near the world's share or lessCuraçao: no storiesNepal: near the world's share or lessNamibia: near the world's share or lessMorocco: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara: near the world's share or lessMontenegro: near the world's share or lessMongolia: near the world's share or lessMoldova: near the world's share or lessMexico: near the world's share or lessMauritius: near the world's share or lessMauritania: near the world's share or lessMalta: near the world's share or lessMali: near the world's share or lessMalawi: near the world's share or lessMadagascar: near the world's share or lessNorth Macedonia: near the world's share or lessLuxembourg: near the world's share or lessLithuania: near the world's share or lessLibya: near the world's share or lessLiberia: near the world's share or lessLesotho: near the world's share or lessLatvia: near the world's share or lessLaos: near the world's share or lessKuwait: near the world's share or lessKosovo: no storiesKiribati: near the world's share or lessKenya: near the world's share or lessKazakhstan: near the world's share or lessJordan: near the world's share or lessJapan: near the world's share or lessJamaica: near the world's share or lessItaly: near the world's share or lessIreland: near the world's share or lessIraq: near the world's share or lessIceland: near the world's share or lessHungary: near the world's share or lessHonduras: near the world's share or lessHaiti: near the world's share or lessGuyana: near the world's share or lessGuinea-Bissau: near the world's share or lessGuinea: near the world's share or lessGuatemala: near the world's share or lessGrenada: near the world's share or lessGreece: near the world's share or lessGhana: near the world's share or lessGermany: near the world's share or lessGeorgia: near the world's share or lessGambia: near the world's share or lessGabon: near the world's share or lessFrance: near the world's share or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: no storiesFrench Polynesia: no storiesNew Caledonia: no storiesFrench Southern Territories: no storiesÅland Islands: no storiesFinland: near the world's share or lessFiji: near the world's share or lessEstonia: near the world's share or lessEritrea: near the world's share or lessEquatorial Guinea: no storiesEl Salvador: near the world's share or lessEgypt: near the world's share or lessDominican Republic: near the world's share or lessDominica: near the world's share or lessDjibouti: near the world's share or lessGreenland: near the world's share or lessDenmark: near the world's share or lessN. Cyprus: no storiesCyprus: near the world's share or lessCroatia: near the world's share or lessCôte d'Ivoire: near the world's share or lessCosta Rica: near the world's share or lessCongo: near the world's share or lessComoros: near the world's share or lessChina: near the world's share or lessChile: near the world's share or lessChad: near the world's share or lessCentral African Republic: near the world's share or lessCape Verde: no storiesCanada: near the world's share or lessCameroon: near the world's share or lessCambodia: near the world's share or lessBurundi: near the world's share or lessBulgaria: near the world's share or lessBrunei: near the world's share or lessBrazil: near the world's share or lessBotswana: near the world's share or lessBolivia: near the world's share or lessBhutan: near the world's share or lessBenin: near the world's share or lessBelize: near the world's share or lessBelgium: near the world's share or lessBelarus: near the world's share or lessBarbados: near the world's share or lessBahrain: near the world's share or lessBahamas: near the world's share or lessAzerbaijan: near the world's share or lessAustria: near the world's share or lessAustralia: near the world's share or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: no storiesArmenia: near the world's share or lessArgentina: near the world's share or lessAntigua & Barbuda: near the world's share or lessAngola: near the world's share or lessAndorra: no storiesAlgeria: near the world's share or lessAlbania: near the world's share or lessAksai Chin: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): near the world's share or lessVatican City: near the world's share or lessMarshall Islands: near the world's share or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: near the world's share or lessAmerican Samoa: no storiesChagos Islands: no storiesSt. Helena: no storiesPitcairn: no storiesAnguilla: no storiesBermuda: near the world's share or lessBritish Virgin Islands: no storiesTurks & Caicos Islands: no storiesMontserrat: near the world's share or lessJersey: near the world's share or lessGuernsey: near the world's share or lessSan Marino: no storiesSt Kitts & Nevis: near the world's share or lessCook Islands: no storiesAruba: no storiesNauru: no storiesMonaco: near the world's share or lessMaldives: near the world's share or lessLiechtenstein: no storiesWallis & Futuna: no storiesSt. Martin: near the world's share or lessSt. Barthélemy: no storiesNorfolk Island: no storiesSint Maarten: no storiesChristmas Island: no storiesGibraltar: near the world's share or lessMayotte: no storiesYemen: 61 in 100 of its 31 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Ukraine: 48 in 100 of its 709 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Togo: 58 in 100 of its 24 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Taiwan: 31 in 100 of its 112 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Syria: 54 in 100 of its 50 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)South Sudan: 50 in 100 of its 14 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Sudan: 43 in 100 of its 23 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Sri Lanka: 32 in 100 of its 533 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)South Africa: 39 in 100 of its 802 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Somalia: 75 in 100 of its 16 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Saudi Arabia: 31 in 100 of its 237 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Portugal: 35 in 100 of its 106 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Poland: 39 in 100 of its 80 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Philippines: 34 in 100 of its 534 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Pakistan: 53 in 100 of its 203 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Oman: 64 in 100 of its 11 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Nigeria: 29 in 100 of its 975 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)New Zealand: 32 in 100 of its 431 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Mozambique: 41 in 100 of its 27 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Malaysia: 33 in 100 of its 213 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Lebanon: 52 in 100 of its 65 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Kyrgyzstan: 56 in 100 of its 36 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Israel: 34 in 100 of its 407 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Palestine: 48 in 100 of its 27 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Iran: 31 in 100 of its 154 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Indonesia: 31 in 100 of its 128 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)India: 27 in 100 of its 3,391 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Ethiopia: 57 in 100 of its 44 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Ecuador: 71 in 100 of its 7 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Faroe Islands: 78 in 100 of its 9 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Czechia: 35 in 100 of its 74 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Cuba: 52 in 100 of its 84 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)DR Congo: 86 in 100 of its 7 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Colombia: 37 in 100 of its 35 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Hong Kong: 45 in 100 of its 55 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Myanmar: 69 in 100 of its 26 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Burkina Faso: 100 in 100 of its 9 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Bosnia: 91 in 100 of its 44 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Bangladesh: 37 in 100 of its 84 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Afghanistan: 49 in 100 of its 68 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Kashmir: 63 in 100 of its 71 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Palestine: 48 in 100 of its 27 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Palestine: 48 in 100 of its 27 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Kashmir: 63 in 100 of its 71 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Kashmir: 63 in 100 of its 71 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Ukraine: 48 in 100 of its 709 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Palestine: 48 in 100 of its 27 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Kashmir: 63 in 100 of its 71 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Macao: 75 in 100 of its 64 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)
A quarter or more above the world's share Near the world's or lessNo stories

Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 22 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.

Most of its news about harm

● Macao 75 in 100 of its 64 stories · mostly health ● Pakistan 53 in 100 of its 203 stories · mostly disasters & accidents ● Kashmir 63 in 100 of its 71 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Ukraine 48 in 100 of its 709 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Cuba 52 in 100 of its 84 stories · mostly rights & justice ● Lebanon 52 in 100 of its 65 stories · mostly conflict & violence

Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 stories.

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health42% 6,026 stories · more than usual (usually 39%) Rights & justice18% 2,572 stories · less than usual (usually 21%) Disasters & accidents14% 2,016 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence11% 1,630 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood6% 886 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 676 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 435 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 250 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 killed3,413 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,209 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,186 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured987 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees112 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the UK Stories reporting evacuations109 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced84 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting abductions82 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people falling ill5 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Germany

Stories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.

How it felt 30 days →

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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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