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17,151 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 Kabul, protests in Colombo (Sri Lanka) and people killed in Fiji. Afghanistan's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeHealth 39 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostAfghanistan 85 in 100 of its 681 stories, usually 54
RegionSouth Asia 35 in 100 of its stories, usually 30
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

Afghanistan

578 of its 681 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Kabul accounted for 528 of Afghanistan's 578 stories about harm, carried by 707 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (323 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Kabul stories →
Protests & strikes

Sri Lanka

76 of its 160 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Colombo accounted for 46 of Sri Lanka's 76 stories about harm, carried by 28 outlets. 24 of Colombo's 46 stories were about protests or strikes. Heavy rain was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with landslides.

Sri Lanka over 30 days → its stories → Colombo stories →
Health

Fiji

20 of its 64 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Fiji over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Uganda

26 of its 64 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Egypt

83 of its 190 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Cairo accounted for 64 of Egypt's 83 stories about harm, carried by 246 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (33 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

52 of its 78 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Senegal

17 of its 41 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Israel

142 of its 383 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Poland

28 of its 87 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 8 times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Nigeria

Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (60 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: snowstorms in Switzerland (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Canada (42 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); helicopter crash in Pakistan (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storm surge in US (17 of its stories, about three 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 2 Aug. 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 17,151 stories about harm among 80,361 counted on 2 Aug.

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Mentions of snowstorms ran more than ten times their usual in Switzerland's news. of the day's 80,361 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of people freed or reunited, a sign of help, ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. A year earlier, on 2 August 2021, 24 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 today. In Afghanistan, 85% of the news was about people being harmed, where 54% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Afghanistan85 in 100 of its 681 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine67 in 100 of its 78 stories · usually 48 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen59 in 100 of its 54 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Sri Lanka48 in 100 of its 160 stories · usually 39 · mostly health Kashmir44 in 100 of its 93 stories · usually 51 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US135 stories about protests or strikes, of its 798 Tembisa South Africa49 stories about protests or strikes, of its 93 Kabul Afghanistan48 stories about protests or strikes, of its 528 Beijing China32 stories about protests or strikes, of its 106 London UK26 stories about protests or strikes, of its 289

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Vietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: 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: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: 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: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: 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'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIraq: 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'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: 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 readFinland: 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'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: 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'sCuba: 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'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: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: too little coverage to readBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMarshall 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: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: 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 readZimbabwe: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sZambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTurkmenistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than 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'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPeru: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sParaguay: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMontenegro: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMadagascar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLithuania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLesotho: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: 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'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGreece: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFiji: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFaroe Islands: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBrazil: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: 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'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times 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 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

● Afghanistan about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 578 stories about harm ● Saudi Arabia about twice as fearful as the world's · 55 stories about harm ● Nigeria about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 329 stories about harm ● Yemen few stories a little warmer than the world's · 32 stories about harm ● Palestine about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 52 stories about harm ● Ukraine about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 232 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health39% 6,569 stories · about as usual Rights & justice18% 3,047 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents15% 2,506 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence14% 2,392 stories · more than usual (usually 11%) Food & livelihood6% 1,062 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 649 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 505 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 236 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 killed4,060 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,454 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,337 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured852 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting evacuations206 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions130 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced117 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees99 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US Stories reporting people falling ill21 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about India and the US

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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