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16,888 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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Protests in Freetown (Sierra Leone), evacuations in South Korea and landslides in Kashmir drew the news. Kashmir's coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was 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 38 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostNorth Korea 81 in 100 of its 89 stories, usually 33
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

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Protests & strikes

Sierra Leone

37 of its 47 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Freetown accounted for 35 of Sierra Leone's 37 stories about harm, carried by 40 outlets. 34 of Freetown's 35 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Sierra Leone over 30 days → its stories → Freetown stories →
Health

South Korea

144 of its 371 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (13 stories). Outbreaks were named in 53 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with drownings. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

South Korea over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

80 of its 124 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (54 stories). Landslides were named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's.

Kashmir over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

France

171 of its 581 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (34 stories). Drought was named in 64 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

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

Lebanon

82 of its 150 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Beirut accounted for 68 of Lebanon's 82 stories about harm, carried by 183 outlets. 34 of Beirut's 68 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (39 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

Kabul accounted for 92 of Afghanistan's 144 stories about harm, carried by 93 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Hunger was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Health

North Korea

72 of its 89 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Pyongyang accounted for 51 of North Korea's 72 stories about harm, carried by 74 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Rwanda

59 of its 85 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Kigali accounted for 36 of Rwanda's 59 stories about harm, carried by 45 outlets. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Mali

38 of its 45 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (19 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.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Somalia

26 of its 32 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. 6 of Somalia's 6 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (11 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: drought in UK (103 of its stories, about three times its usual); nipah virus in China (25 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Afghanistan (12 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); accidents in Ukraine (20 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); heavy rain in Canada (14 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 11 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 16,888 stories about harm among 78,853 counted on 11 Aug.

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Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. of the day's 78,853 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Sierra Leone stood out: 79% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 28%. It was the second day running that the news turned to Sierra Leone. In France's news, mentions of the drought ran about three times their usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

North Korea81 in 100 of its 89 stories · usually 33 · mostly health Rwanda69 in 100 of its 85 stories · usually 42 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine67 in 100 of its 100 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir65 in 100 of its 124 stories · usually 47 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan62 in 100 of its 233 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US126 stories about protests or strikes, of its 592 Seoul South Korea42 stories about protests or strikes, of its 108 Moscow Russia37 stories about protests or strikes, of its 122 Beirut Lebanon34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 68 Freetown Sierra Leone34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 35

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: 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: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCayman Islands: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: 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: too little coverage to readTurkey: 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 readTanzania: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSaudi Arabia: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. 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 lessParaguay: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: 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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: too little coverage to readLiberia: 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: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: 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 lessJapan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessItaly: too little coverage to readIsrael: 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: too little coverage to readIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: about as warm as its own usual or lessHungary: 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: too little coverage to readGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrench 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: 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: too little coverage to readCape 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: 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: too little coverage to readBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: 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 lessAzerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustria: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: 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: too little coverage to readMarshall 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: warmth about its own usualUnited Arab Emirates: warmth about its own usualThailand: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualPeru: warmth about its own usualAustralia: warmth about its own usualDubai, United Arab Emirates -- health: 21 stories, carried by 15 outletsOklahoma City, US -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 11 stories, carried by 13 outletsArizona, US -- rights & justice: 35 stories, carried by 17 outletsEdinburgh, UK -- health: 47 stories, carried by 73 outletsHamburg, Germany -- health: 13 stories, carried by 34 outletsSwindon, UK -- health: 17 stories, carried by 17 outletsPhnom Penh, Cambodia -- health: 12 stories, carried by 13 outletsDamascus, Syria -- conflict & violence: 20 stories, carried by 36 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

● Dubai United Arab Emirates about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 21 stories ● Oklahoma City US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 11 stories ● Arizona US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 35 stories ● Edinburgh UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 47 stories ● Hamburg Germany 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 →

Health38% 6,406 stories · about as usual Rights & justice20% 3,322 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents14% 2,313 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence11% 1,885 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood7% 1,236 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 643 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 579 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 298 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 killed3,583 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,510 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,452 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured926 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions197 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Nigeria and Lebanon Stories reporting evacuations175 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees143 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced129 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill13 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 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.