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What the world's news said happened to people.
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17,871 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 Cite Soleil, the drought in Portugal and illness in Budapest. Haiti's coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 41 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostPortugal 41 in 100 of its 124 stories, usually 18
RegionOceania 24 in 100 of its stories, usually 22
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

Haiti

23 of its 33 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Cite Soleil accounted for 17 of Haiti's 23 stories about harm, carried by 104 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Haiti over 30 days → its stories → Cite Soleil stories →
Disasters & accidents

Portugal

51 of its 124 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (22 stories). Drought was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with storms.

Portugal over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Pakistan

208 of its 493 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Drownings were named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Mali

17 of its 25 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Bamako accounted for 15 of Mali's 17 stories about harm, carried by 23 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (13 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Rwanda

7 of Gikongoro's 12 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Kazakhstan

5 of Almaty's 7 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Belarus

17 of its 49 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 3 of Minsk's 4 stories were about protests or strikes.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Greece

54 of its 188 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 8 times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: tsunami in Japan (31 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); drought in Spain (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in Nigeria (17 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); drownings in Pakistan (13 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); storms in UK (23 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 13 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 17,871 stories about harm among 83,849 counted on 13 Jul.

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Of the day's 83,849 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 13 July 2021, 23 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Palestine59 in 100 of its 56 stories · usually 50 · mostly conflict & violence Syria58 in 100 of its 72 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan53 in 100 of its 128 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir50 in 100 of its 94 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence Cambodia50 in 100 of its 64 stories · usually 38 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Colombo Sri Lanka286 stories about protests or strikes, of its 320 Washington US222 stories about protests or strikes, of its 836 London UK37 stories about protests or strikes, of its 256 Chicago US31 stories about protests or strikes, of its 167 Moscow Russia28 stories about protests or strikes, of its 137

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'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: 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'sUnited States: 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 readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTimor-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'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: 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'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: feelings about like the world'sSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: 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'sPalau: too little coverage to readNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: too little coverage to readNiue: 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: too little coverage to readWestern 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'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: 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: too little coverage to readLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKenya: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndia: 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'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sFrance: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: 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'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 readBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: too little coverage to readBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: 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 readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: 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: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: feelings about like the world'sJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan 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: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: feelings about like the world'sWallis & 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 a little warmer than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTogo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRwanda: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPoland: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPanama: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sOman: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNiger: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sJapan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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 fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGuyana: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGreece: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGhana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGambia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFiji: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEstonia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFaroe Islands: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDR Congo: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCameroon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBrazil: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBosnia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelize: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelarus: 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 a little angrier than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAngola: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful 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 fearful 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

● Rwanda few stories about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 23 stories about harm ● Kashmir few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 47 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 335 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 208 stories about harm ● Syria few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 42 stories about harm ● Bangladesh few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 47 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health41% 7,205 stories · about as usual Rights & justice19% 3,384 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents13% 2,324 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence10% 1,775 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood9% 1,522 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 638 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 558 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 269 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 killed3,594 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,492 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,458 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured870 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting evacuations171 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees133 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the UK Stories reporting people displaced95 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US Stories reporting abductions92 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill8 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and France

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
● Griefa little less than 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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