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17,586 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 news turned to violence in Sanaa, a disaster in Tehran and protests in Monrovia (Liberia). Iran's coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was about as usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and India →
Part of lifeHealth 40 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostMorocco 42 in 100 of its 62 stories, usually 22
RegionEvery region about as usual
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Conflict & violence

Yemen

18 of its 19 stories (95%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Sanaa accounted for 12 of Yemen's 18 stories about harm, carried by 14 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Yemen over 30 days → its stories → Sanaa stories →
Rights & justice

Iran

79 of its 165 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Tehran accounted for 53 of Iran's 79 stories about harm, carried by 69 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Philippines

312 of its 722 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (25 stories). Earthquake was named in 148 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with volcanic eruption.

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

Morocco

26 of its 62 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 6 of Rabat's 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Haiti

28 of its 39 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 19 of Haiti's 28 stories about harm, carried by 89 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Malawi

30 of its 71 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. 9 of Lilongwe's 12 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

Israel

158 of its 422 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Myanmar

25 of its 29 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. 8 of Yangon's 9 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Nigeria

358 of its 1,027 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in South Korea (22 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); covid in Türkiye (14 of its stories, about three times its usual); poisoning in Bangladesh (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hepatitis in India (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in China (10 of its stories, more than ten 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 28 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 17,586 stories about harm among 82,659 counted on 28 Jul.

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Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and India. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 82,659 stories, as usual. Yemen's news was 95% about people being harmed, against a usual 59%. On 28 July 2021, a year earlier, the share was 23 in every 100, against 21 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Afghanistan59 in 100 of its 113 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence Syria58 in 100 of its 57 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Ethiopia55 in 100 of its 64 stories · usually 44 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir52 in 100 of its 92 stories · usually 49 · mostly disasters & accidents Iran48 in 100 of its 165 stories · usually 40 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US113 stories about protests or strikes, of its 753 Colombo Sri Lanka30 stories about protests or strikes, of its 41 London UK30 stories about protests or strikes, of its 260 Delhi India26 stories about protests or strikes, of its 123 Kyiv Ukraine26 stories about protests or strikes, of its 80

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or lessZambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessYemen: about as warm as its own usual or lessVietnam: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited States: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited Kingdom: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited Arab Emirates: about as warm as its own usual or lessUkraine: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: too little coverage to readSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: about as warm as its own usual or lessSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri Lanka: about as warm as its own usual or lessSpain: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Africa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomalia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: too little coverage to readSeychelles: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: about as warm as its own usual or lessSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: about as warm as its own usual or lessQatar: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: about as warm as its own usual or lessPoland: about as warm as its own usual or lessPhilippines: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: too little coverage to readParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: too little coverage to readNorway: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessNigeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiger: about as warm as its own usual or lessNicaragua: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiue: about as warm as its own usual or lessNetherlands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: too little coverage to readNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: about as warm as its own usual or lessLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: too little coverage to readKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJapan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: about as warm as its own usual or lessIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndonesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: too little coverage to readHungary: about as warm as its own usual or lessHonduras: about as warm as its own usual or lessHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: too little coverage to readGermany: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: too little coverage to readSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFiji: about as warm as its own usual or lessEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: about as warm as its own usual or lessCzech Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or lessChile: about as warm as its own usual or lessChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral African Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: about as warm as its own usual or lessCambodia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: about as warm as its own usual or lessBangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: too little coverage to readBahamas: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustralia: about as warm as its own usual or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessArgentina: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJammu & Kashmir: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or lessGaza: about as warm as its own usual or lessWest Bank: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSiachen Glacier: about as warm as its own usual or lessCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorfolk 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 readSouth Korea: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualGhana: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualDR Congo: warmth about its own usualCongo: warmth about its own usualAzerbaijan: warmth about its own usualDoha, Qatar -- health: 11 stories, carried by 10 outletsOregon, US -- health: 18 stories, carried by 19 outletsArizona, US -- rights & justice: 27 stories, carried by 19 outletsHong Kong Special Administrative Region, Hong Kong -- rights & justice: 11 stories, carried by 12 outletsAccra, Ghana -- health: 15 stories, carried by 10 outletsAbuja, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 111 stories, carried by 37 outletsTowie, UK -- health: 16 stories, carried by 22 outletsAdelaide, Australia -- health: 11 stories, carried by 13 outlets
Warmer than its own usual The warmest eventsAbout as warm or lessToo little news

Each country shaded by the warmth in its news — care, help, gratitude — against its own last 30 days. Stronger colour: further above. Dots: the events whose coverage carried the most warmth, even where the event itself began as harm. Warm words, not good outcomes. Click a country or a dot.

Warmest news

No country's news was much warmer than its usual (a quarter or more).

Warmest events

● Doha Qatar about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Oregon US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 18 stories ● Arizona US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 27 stories ● Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Hong Kong about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 11 stories ● Accra Ghana about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 15 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health40% 6,995 stories · about as usual Rights & justice20% 3,461 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents14% 2,517 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence9% 1,524 stories · less than usual (usually 11%) Food & livelihood8% 1,446 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 663 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 522 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 245 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 killed3,865 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,593 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,558 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured925 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the Philippines Stories reporting people displaced180 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting refugees135 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations114 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the Philippines Stories reporting abductions108 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill32 at about twice 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 →

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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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