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8,453 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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Violence in Jerusalem, a disaster in Matanzas and arrests in Thailand drew the news. Israel's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Nigeria and India →
Part of lifeHealth 32 in 100 of the stories about harm · much less than usual Country that rose mostIsrael 76 in 100 of its 774 stories, usually 35
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 51 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

how these are picked →
Conflict & violence

Israel

587 of its 774 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Jerusalem accounted for 286 of Israel's 587 stories about harm, carried by 499 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (233 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Israel over 30 days → its stories → Jerusalem stories →
Disasters & accidents

Cuba

106 of its 119 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Matanzas accounted for 78 of Cuba's 106 stories about harm, carried by 233 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (64 stories).

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

Palestine

149 of its 183 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Gaza accounted for 117 of Palestine's 149 stories about harm, carried by 92 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (69 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Colombia

27 of its 52 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Bogota accounted for 25 of Colombia's 27 stories about harm, carried by 183 outlets. Earthquake was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Ukraine

195 of its 408 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

Kabul accounted for 60 of Afghanistan's 81 stories about harm, carried by 50 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (31 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Solomon Islands

17 of its 30 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (12 stories).

its stories →
Health

Austria

13 of its 34 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Colombia (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Mexico (10 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); extreme cold in South Africa (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); helicopter crash in Pakistan (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); volcanic eruption in US (23 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).

24 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 22; 23 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 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 8,453 stories about harm among 35,518 counted on 7 Aug.

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The share of stories about people being harmed was the highest since 22 May 2022. 24 in every 100 of the day's 35,518 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 22. In Colombia's news, mentions of the earthquake ran more than ten times their usual. the news turned to Israel for the third day running. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Nigeria and India. This week the news turned most often to Lebanon, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 1 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Cuba89 in 100 of its 119 stories · usually 36 · mostly disasters & accidents Palestine81 in 100 of its 183 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence Israel76 in 100 of its 774 stories · usually 35 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan70 in 100 of its 116 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Colombia52 in 100 of its 52 stories · usually 27 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Jerusalem Israel75 stories about protests or strikes, of its 286 Washington US63 stories about protests or strikes, of its 321 Delhi India23 stories about protests or strikes, of its 129 Beijing China14 stories about protests or strikes, of its 72 Colombo Sri Lanka11 stories about protests or strikes, of its 20

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: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: 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: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: 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 readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: 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: too little coverage to readRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: 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'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: 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 readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: too little coverage to readMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: 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'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: 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'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: 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'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: 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'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: 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: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: too little coverage to readBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: 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: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall 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: feelings about like the world'sBritish 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: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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 readYemen: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: 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'sUganda: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEswatini: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSolomon Islands: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJapan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIran: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCroatia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBarbados: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry 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 twice as angry 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

● Palestine about twice as angry as the world's · 149 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 587 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 81 stories about harm ● Russia about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 97 stories about harm ● Nigeria a little warmer than the world's · 226 stories about harm ● Kashmir few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 17 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health32% 2,646 stories · much less than usual (usually 39%) Conflict & violence20% 1,643 stories · much more than usual (usually 11%) Rights & justice18% 1,473 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 1,339 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood6% 509 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 377 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 236 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 155 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 killed2,302 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people injured899 at about twice the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting arrests803 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected732 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations165 at about twice the usual rate · most about Cuba and Israel Stories reporting abductions100 at about twice the usual rate · most about Nigeria and India Stories reporting refugees76 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting people displaced44 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.

● 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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