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9,911 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 Tel Aviv, deaths in Zagreb and a disaster in Matanzas. Israel's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 34 in 100 of the stories about harm · much less than usual Country that rose mostIsrael 77 in 100 of its 552 stories, usually 32
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 50 in 100 of its stories, usually 31
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Israel

425 of its 552 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Tel Aviv accounted for 177 of Israel's 425 stories about harm, carried by 502 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (209 stories). Power cuts were named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Israel over 30 days → its stories → Tel Aviv stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Croatia

40 of its 54 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Zagreb accounted for 22 of Croatia's 40 stories about harm, carried by 133 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Croatia over 30 days → its stories → Zagreb stories →
Disasters & accidents

Cuba

55 of its 72 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Matanzas accounted for 40 of Cuba's 55 stories about harm, carried by 220 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories).

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

Palestine

92 of its 109 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Gaza accounted for 80 of Palestine's 92 stories about harm, carried by 61 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (53 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

138 of its 175 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Kabul accounted for 117 of Afghanistan's 138 stories about harm, carried by 145 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (68 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Japan

140 of its 473 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people affected ran at about 8 times the usual rate (39 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Sri Lanka

52 of its 109 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Colombo accounted for 28 of Sri Lanka's 52 stories about harm, carried by 22 outlets.

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Disasters & accidents

Thailand

41 of its 115 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (17 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Ukraine

Power cuts were named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: flooding in Mexico (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Philippines (14 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); helicopter crash in Pakistan (13 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); power cuts in Ukraine (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in US (64 of its stories, about 4 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 6 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 9,911 stories about harm among 42,350 counted on 6 Aug.

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For the second day running, the news turned to Israel. Israel stood out: 77% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 32%. On 6 August 2021, a year earlier, the share was 24 in every 100, against 23 today. of the day's 42,350 news stories, 23 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 22.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Palestine84 in 100 of its 109 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan79 in 100 of its 175 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Israel77 in 100 of its 552 stories · usually 32 · mostly conflict & violence Cuba76 in 100 of its 72 stories · usually 34 · mostly disasters & accidents Croatia74 in 100 of its 54 stories · usually 17 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US60 stories about protests or strikes, of its 365 Delhi India35 stories about protests or strikes, of its 137 Tel Aviv Israel27 stories about protests or strikes, of its 177 Beijing China23 stories about protests or strikes, of its 73 Indianapolis US22 stories about protests or strikes, of its 40

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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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: too little coverage to readVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited 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: too little coverage to readTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSyria: 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: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: too little coverage to readSudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSpain: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Korea: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: too little coverage to readSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSamoa: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua 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: too little coverage to readNorth Korea: 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: too little coverage to readNetherlands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: too little coverage to readMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: 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 lessKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: too little coverage to readJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessItaly: 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 lessIraq: 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: too little coverage to readGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: too little coverage to readGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: too little coverage to readGabon: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt 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: 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: too little coverage to readEquatorial 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: too little coverage to readDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: too little coverage to readComoros: 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: too little coverage to readCameroon: 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: too little coverage to readBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: too little coverage to readBelgium: 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 lessAzerbaijan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: 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: too little coverage to readMarshall 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. 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 readSri Lanka: warmth about its own usualNigeria: warmth about its own usualKyrgyzstan: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about one and a half times its own usualAbuja, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 18 stories, carried by 12 outletsArizona, US -- rights & justice: 20 stories, carried by 15 outletsGlasgow, UK -- health: 22 stories, carried by 14 outletsNashville, US -- health: 11 stories, carried by 14 outletsRiver Thames, UK -- health: 13 stories, carried by 11 outletsLagos, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 35 stories, carried by 20 outletsPhnom Penh, Cambodia -- rights & justice: 17 stories, carried by 26 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

● Greece warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Abuja Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 18 stories ● Arizona US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 20 stories ● Glasgow UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 22 stories ● Nashville US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● River Thames UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health34% 3,323 stories · much less than usual (usually 39%) Rights & justice19% 1,884 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 1,614 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence16% 1,581 stories · much more than usual (usually 11%) Food & livelihood5% 513 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 456 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 279 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 150 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 killed2,789 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people injured1,015 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting arrests944 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected806 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations108 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions78 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting refugees67 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced54 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill13 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 much harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little more than 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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