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15,826 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 Yangon (Myanmar), a disaster in New Providence and arrests in Cambodia. Myanmar's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and India → Help and hope: reports of aid and relief ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeHealth 41 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostBahamas 76 in 100 of its 91 stories, usually 27
RegionSoutheast Asia 36 in 100 of its stories, usually 31
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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Protests & strikes

Myanmar

87 of its 92 stories (95%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Yangon accounted for 57 of Myanmar's 87 stories about harm, carried by 227 outlets. 56 of Yangon's 57 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Landslides were named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Myanmar over 30 days → its stories → Yangon stories →
Disasters & accidents

Bahamas

69 of its 91 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. New Providence accounted for 52 of the Bahamas' 69 stories about harm, carried by 122 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 8 times the usual rate (44 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Bahamas over 30 days → its stories → New Providence stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Palestine

34 of its 54 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Nablus accounted for 22 of Palestine's 34 stories about harm, carried by 26 outlets. 13 of Nablus' 22 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Sri Lanka

Colombo accounted for 49 of Sri Lanka's 85 stories about harm, carried by 97 outlets. 42 of Colombo's 49 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 9 times the usual rate (5 stories). Natural hazards were named in 10 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. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Greece

183 of its 296 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Athens accounted for 150 of Greece's 183 stories about harm, carried by 37 outlets. Wildfires were named in 156 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with covid.

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Disasters & accidents

Kenya

104 of its 280 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Cameroon

10 of its 18 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. 3 of Yaounde's 4 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Health

Papua New Guinea

17 of its 34 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: wildfires in Greece (156 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); illness in Denmark (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Japan (55 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in Norway (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); drought in Egypt (14 of its stories, more than ten 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 25 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 15,826 stories about harm among 70,798 counted on 25 Jul.

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People falling ill were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and India. Stories about people being harmed made up 22 in every 100 of the day's 70,798 stories, as usual. Help and hope: reports of aid and relief ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. A year earlier, on 25 July 2021, 25 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 today. Myanmar stood out: 95% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 62%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Myanmar95 in 100 of its 92 stories · usually 62 · mostly rights & justice Bahamas76 in 100 of its 91 stories · usually 27 · mostly disasters & accidents Cambodia64 in 100 of its 76 stories · usually 42 · mostly health Palestine63 in 100 of its 54 stories · usually 49 · mostly conflict & violence Greece62 in 100 of its 296 stories · usually 26 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US117 stories about protests or strikes, of its 687 Yangon Myanmar56 stories about protests or strikes, of its 57 Colombo Sri Lanka42 stories about protests or strikes, of its 49 Chicago US36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 134 London UK35 stories about protests or strikes, of its 262

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'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSudan: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: 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: 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'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: too little coverage to readNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: 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'sLiberia: 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'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: 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'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGhana: 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 readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: too little coverage to readDominican 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 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'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: feelings about like the world'sAlgeria: too little coverage to readAlbania: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sMontserrat: 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: 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 readYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSolomon Islands: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little more fearful than 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'sPapua New Guinea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPanama: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sOman: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLibya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKenya: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sJordan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sItaly: coverage a little more fearful than 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'sIreland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGrenada: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGreece: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGambia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEcuador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCyprus: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCambodia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMyanmar: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBahamas: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than 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 one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken 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 one and a half times as grief-stricken 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

● Myanmar about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 87 stories about harm ● Nigeria about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 337 stories about harm ● Bangladesh about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 81 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 279 stories about harm ● Iraq few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 26 stories about harm ● Syria few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 34 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health41% 6,376 stories · about as usual Rights & justice18% 2,822 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 2,573 stories · more than usual (usually 14%) Conflict & violence9% 1,465 stories · less than usual (usually 11%) Food & livelihood6% 975 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 677 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 442 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 299 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 killed3,618 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,406 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,376 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured843 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting evacuations224 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Japan Stories reporting people displaced109 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees107 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions100 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill40 at about three times the usual rate · most about the US and India

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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