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8,475 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 Nepal, arrests in Ukraine and protests in Guatemala City (Guatemala). Ukraine's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Help and hope: reports of aid and relief ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeHealth 35 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostLebanon 53 in 100 of its 116 stories, usually 29
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 36 in 100 of its stories, usually 30
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Disasters & accidents

Nepal

26 of its 46 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Kathmandu accounted for 20 of Nepal's 26 stories about harm, carried by 24 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (12 stories). Earthquake was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with avalanche.

Nepal over 30 days → its stories → Kathmandu stories →
Conflict & violence

Ukraine

240 of its 413 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (101 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Iran

Tehran accounted for 39 of Iran's 65 stories about harm, carried by 57 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (31 stories). Heavy rain was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with landslides. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Lebanon

62 of its 116 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Beirut accounted for 54 of Lebanon's 62 stories about harm, carried by 236 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (23 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Uganda

19 of its 31 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

DR Congo

19 of its 20 stories (95%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Kasindi accounted for 16 of the DR Congo's 19 stories about harm, carried by 17 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Russia

186 of its 511 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (68 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Italy

21 of Civitanova Marche's 22 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Spain (22 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); heavy rain in Iran (16 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); illness in Mexico (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); drownings in Pakistan (19 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hiv in Canada (16 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).

23 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 31 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 8,475 stories about harm among 36,564 counted on 31 Jul.

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On the side of help, reports of aid and relief ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Stories about people being harmed made up 23 in every 100 of the day's 36,564 stories, above the usual 22. Mentions of the earthquake ran about 8 times their usual in Nepal's news. In Nepal, 57% of the news was about people being harmed, where 36% is usual. On 31 July 2021, a year earlier, the share was 25 in every 100, against 23 today. This week the news turned most often to Iran, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 3 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Ukraine58 in 100 of its 413 stories · usually 40 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir56 in 100 of its 98 stories · usually 49 · mostly conflict & violence Lebanon53 in 100 of its 116 stories · usually 29 · mostly disasters & accidents Iraq52 in 100 of its 136 stories · usually 47 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan49 in 100 of its 98 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Baghdad Iraq54 stories about protests or strikes, of its 57 Washington US44 stories about protests or strikes, of its 349 Civitanova Marche Italy21 stories about protests or strikes, of its 22 Kyiv Ukraine21 stories about protests or strikes, of its 64 Chicago US20 stories about protests or strikes, of its 99

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: too little coverage to readVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: too little coverage to readUnited 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'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: too little coverage to readTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: 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 readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: too little coverage to readSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSaudi 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'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: 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'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNiger: too little coverage to readNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: 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: too little coverage to readGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: too little coverage to readGambia: too little coverage to readGabon: 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 readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: 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: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: 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: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: too little coverage to readComoros: 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'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: 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: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: 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: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: too little coverage to readAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican 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: too little coverage to readBritish 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: too little coverage to readSan 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: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: feelings about like the world'sGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSenegal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNigeria: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more fearful than 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'sMadagascar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLithuania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKuwait: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJapan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIreland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIraq: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCongo: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAustria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times 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

● Kashmir about three times as fearful as the world's · 55 stories about harm ● Ukraine about three times as angry as the world's · 240 stories about harm ● Nigeria about twice as fearful as the world's · 213 stories about harm ● Bangladesh about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 67 stories about harm ● Russia about twice as angry as the world's · 186 stories about harm ● Italy about twice as angry as the world's · 54 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health35% 2,903 stories · less than usual (usually 39%) Rights & justice19% 1,588 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents18% 1,528 stories · more than usual (usually 15%) Conflict & violence13% 1,111 stories · more than usual (usually 11%) Food & livelihood5% 431 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 404 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 257 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 180 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 killed2,349 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting arrests783 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected771 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured753 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting evacuations157 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting refugees62 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced50 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions49 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill6 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 much harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more 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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