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17,810 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 the earthquake in the Philippines, protests in Butembo (DR Congo) and violence in Afgoye. Somalia's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 40 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostCongo 79 in 100 of its 62 stories, usually 47
RegionCentral Asia 32 in 100 of its stories, usually 26
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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Disasters & accidents

Philippines

463 of its 880 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Philippine accounted for 262 of the Philippines' 463 stories about harm, carried by 403 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (44 stories). Earthquake was named in 339 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with landslides, typhoon and tsunami.

Philippines over 30 days → its stories → Philippine stories →
Protests & strikes

DR Congo

19 of its 21 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. 6 of Butembo's 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

DR Congo over 30 days → its stories → Butembo stories →
Conflict & violence

Somalia

26 of its 35 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Afgoye accounted for 17 of Somalia's 26 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Congo

49 of its 62 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Myanmar

Yangon accounted for 17 of Myanmar's 32 stories about harm, carried by 15 outlets. 14 of Yangon's 17 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Sri Lanka

Colombo accounted for 51 of Sri Lanka's 83 stories about harm, carried by 44 outlets. 38 of Colombo's 51 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (17 stories).

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Rights & justice

Hungary

41 of its 94 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Health

Finland

17 of its 49 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

United Arab Emirates

44 of its 205 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Flooding was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain.

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Also named far more than usual: flooding in United Arab Emirates (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Bangladesh (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Malaysia (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tornadoes in Ukraine (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Canada (32 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 22; 22 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 27 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 17,810 stories about harm among 83,193 counted on 27 Jul.

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Mentions of the earthquake ran more than ten times their usual in the Philippines' news. of the day's 83,193 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Philippines stood out: 53% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 35%. A year earlier, on 27 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 →

Congo79 in 100 of its 62 stories · usually 47 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan68 in 100 of its 155 stories · usually 56 · mostly rights & justice Syria58 in 100 of its 60 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir56 in 100 of its 104 stories · usually 49 · mostly conflict & violence Philippines53 in 100 of its 880 stories · usually 35 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US185 stories about protests or strikes, of its 857 Delhi India54 stories about protests or strikes, of its 190 London UK52 stories about protests or strikes, of its 248 Moscow Russia42 stories about protests or strikes, of its 150 Colombo Sri Lanka38 stories about protests or strikes, of its 51

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: near the world's share or lessCayman Islands: near the world's share or lessIsle of Man: no storiesUnited 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 lessTogo: 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 lessTaiwan: 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 lessSouth Africa: near the world's share or lessSomaliland: no storiesSolomon Islands: near the world's share or lessSlovakia: 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 lessSaudi Arabia: near the world's share or lessSão Tomé: near the world's share or lessSamoa: near the world's share or lessSt Vincent: near the world's share or lessSt. Lucia: 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 lessPortugal: near the world's share or lessPoland: 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 storiesPakistan: near the world's share or lessOman: near the world's share or lessNorway: 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 storiesNamibia: near the world's share or lessMozambique: near the world's share or lessMorocco: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara: no storiesMontenegro: no storiesMongolia: 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 lessMalaysia: 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 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: no storiesKenya: 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 lessIndonesia: near the world's share or lessIceland: near the world's share or lessHonduras: 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: near the world's share or lessNew Caledonia: no storiesFrench Southern Territories: no storiesÅland Islands: no storiesFiji: 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 lessEcuador: 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 lessFaroe Islands: near the world's share or lessDenmark: near the world's share or lessN. Cyprus: no storiesCyprus: near the world's share or lessCuba: 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 lessComoros: no storiesColombia: near the world's share or lessChile: near the world's share or lessChad: near the world's share or lessCape Verde: no storiesCanada: near the world's share or lessBurundi: near the world's share or lessBurkina Faso: 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 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 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 lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): no storiesWestern Sahara (Free Zone): no storiesVatican 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: near the world's share or lessPitcairn: near the world's share or lessAnguilla: no storiesBermuda: near the world's share or lessBritish Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: 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: near the world's share or lessNauru: 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 storiesMacao: near the world's share or lessNorfolk Island: no storiesSint Maarten: no storiesChristmas Island: no storiesGibraltar: near the world's share or lessMayotte: near the world's share or lessYemen: 50 in 100 of its 16 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Ukraine: 34 in 100 of its 729 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Tajikistan: 67 in 100 of its 9 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Syria: 58 in 100 of its 60 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)South Sudan: 65 in 100 of its 17 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Sudan: 69 in 100 of its 35 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Sri Lanka: 40 in 100 of its 205 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Somalia: 74 in 100 of its 35 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Slovenia: 47 in 100 of its 19 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Rwanda: 43 in 100 of its 21 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Philippines: 53 in 100 of its 880 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)North Korea: 50 in 100 of its 32 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Nigeria: 29 in 100 of its 1,006 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)New Zealand: 30 in 100 of its 489 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Nepal: 55 in 100 of its 22 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Mali: 80 in 100 of its 10 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Libya: 42 in 100 of its 24 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Liberia: 33 in 100 of its 51 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Lebanon: 33 in 100 of its 90 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Kyrgyzstan: 35 in 100 of its 31 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Israel: 34 in 100 of its 440 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Palestine: 42 in 100 of its 52 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Iraq: 36 in 100 of its 128 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Iran: 35 in 100 of its 216 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)India: 27 in 100 of its 3,643 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Hungary: 44 in 100 of its 94 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Haiti: 53 in 100 of its 30 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Finland: 35 in 100 of its 49 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Ethiopia: 50 in 100 of its 48 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Czechia: 33 in 100 of its 51 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)DR Congo: 90 in 100 of its 21 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Congo: 79 in 100 of its 62 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)China: 27 in 100 of its 1,751 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Hong Kong: 32 in 100 of its 94 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Central African Republic: 50 in 100 of its 18 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Cameroon: 43 in 100 of its 21 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Cambodia: 35 in 100 of its 46 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Myanmar: 78 in 100 of its 41 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Bosnia: 100 in 100 of its 5 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Benin: 73 in 100 of its 11 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Bangladesh: 33 in 100 of its 275 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Bahamas: 31 in 100 of its 83 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Afghanistan: 68 in 100 of its 155 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Kashmir: 56 in 100 of its 104 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)China: 27 in 100 of its 1,751 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Palestine: 42 in 100 of its 52 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Palestine: 42 in 100 of its 52 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Kashmir: 56 in 100 of its 104 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Kashmir: 56 in 100 of its 104 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Ukraine: 34 in 100 of its 729 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Palestine: 42 in 100 of its 52 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Kashmir: 56 in 100 of its 104 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Montserrat: 79 in 100 of its 14 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)
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 21 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

● Afghanistan 68 in 100 of its 155 stories · mostly rights & justice ● Congo 79 in 100 of its 62 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Philippines 53 in 100 of its 880 stories · mostly disasters & accidents ● Kashmir 56 in 100 of its 104 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Syria 58 in 100 of its 60 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Sri Lanka 40 in 100 of its 205 stories · mostly rights & justice

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

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health40% 6,986 stories · about as usual Rights & justice20% 3,529 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents15% 2,601 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence9% 1,497 stories · less than usual (usually 11%) Food & livelihood8% 1,471 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 701 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 538 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 238 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 killed3,930 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,641 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,430 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured992 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations150 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced119 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions97 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees96 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Ukraine and Syria Stories reporting people falling ill15 at about the usual rate

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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