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16,018 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 protests in Freetown (Sierra Leone), violence in Cetinje and people killed in Hong Kong. Montenegro's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 39 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostPoland 41 in 100 of its 83 stories, usually 24
RegionCentral Asia 27 in 100 of its stories, usually 24
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

35 of its 43 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Freetown accounted for 27 of Sierra Leone's 35 stories about harm, carried by 32 outlets. 24 of Freetown's 27 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Sierra Leone over 30 days → its stories → Freetown stories →
Conflict & violence

Montenegro

44 of its 48 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Cetinje accounted for 29 of Montenegro's 44 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (32 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Montenegro over 30 days → its stories → Cetinje stories →
Health

Hong Kong

31 of its 73 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Croatia

20 of its 31 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Varazdin accounted for 18 of Croatia's 20 stories about harm, carried by 64 outlets. 18 of Varazdin's 18 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (18 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Lebanon

44 of its 96 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Beirut accounted for 35 of Lebanon's 44 stories about harm, carried by 52 outlets. 22 of Beirut's 35 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 7 times the usual rate (17 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

Kabul accounted for 103 of Afghanistan's 147 stories about harm, carried by 200 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Hunger was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Somalia

31 of its 35 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. 12 of Somalia's 13 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Tunisia

13 of its 29 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. 3 of Tunis' 6 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Ukraine

Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (17 stories). Illness was named in 21 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: illness in Ukraine (21 of its stories, about three times its usual); hunger in Afghanistan (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); nipah virus in China (13 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); road crashes in US (191 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); power cuts in Canada (18 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 22; 21 the day before
24 in 10020 in 10014 Jul21 Jul28 Jul4 Aug12 Aug14 Jul: 22 in 10015 Jul: 21 in 10016 Jul: 22 in 10017 Jul: 22 in 10018 Jul: 23 in 10019 Jul: 22 in 10020 Jul: 22 in 10021 Jul: 21 in 10022 Jul: 21 in 10023 Jul: 23 in 10024 Jul: 24 in 10025 Jul: 22 in 10026 Jul: 22 in 10027 Jul: 21 in 10028 Jul: 21 in 10029 Jul: 21 in 10030 Jul: 23 in 10031 Jul: 23 in 1001 Aug: 21 in 1002 Aug: 21 in 1003 Aug: 20 in 1004 Aug: 21 in 1005 Aug: 22 in 1006 Aug: 23 in 1007 Aug: 24 in 1008 Aug: 22 in 1009 Aug: 21 in 10010 Aug: 21 in 10011 Aug: 21 in 10012 Aug: 22 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 12 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 16,018 stories about harm among 73,782 counted on 12 Aug.

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For the third day running, the news turned to Sierra Leone. Stories about people being harmed made up 22 in every 100 of the day's 73,782 stories, as usual. Sierra Leone's news was 81% about people being harmed, against a usual 36%. A year earlier, on 12 August 2021, 24 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Palestine64 in 100 of its 55 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan58 in 100 of its 253 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Syria55 in 100 of its 55 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence Iran52 in 100 of its 254 stories · usually 40 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir50 in 100 of its 115 stories · usually 48 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US104 stories about protests or strikes, of its 512 Cincinnati US54 stories about protests or strikes, of its 111 London UK43 stories about protests or strikes, of its 306 Kabul Afghanistan29 stories about protests or strikes, of its 103 Moscow Russia25 stories about protests or strikes, of its 80

Stories, not people.

Where harm was most of the news

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: near the world's share or lessZambia: near the world's share or lessVenezuela: near the world's share or lessVanuatu: near the world's share or lessUzbekistan: near the world's share or lessUruguay: near the world's share or lessMicronesia: near the world's share or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessGuam: near the world's share or lessPuerto Rico: near the world's share or lessUnited States: near the world's share or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: no storiesFalkland Islands: near the world's share or lessCayman Islands: near the world's share or lessIsle of Man: near the world's share or lessUnited Kingdom: near the world's share or lessUnited Arab Emirates: near the world's share or lessTurkmenistan: near the world's share or lessTrinidad & Tobago: near the world's share or lessTonga: near the world's share or lessTogo: near the world's share or lessTimor-Leste: near the world's share or lessTanzania: near the world's share or lessTajikistan: near the world's share or lessTaiwan: near the world's share or lessSwitzerland: near the world's share or lessSweden: near the world's share or lessEswatini: near the world's share or lessSuriname: near the world's share or lessSpain: near the world's share or lessSouth Africa: near the world's share or lessSomaliland: no storiesSolomon Islands: near the world's share or lessSlovakia: near the world's share or lessSlovenia: near the world's share or lessSingapore: near the world's share or lessSeychelles: near the world's share or lessSerbia: no storiesSenegal: near the world's share or lessSaudi Arabia: near the world's share or lessSão Tomé: no storiesSamoa: near the world's share or lessSt Vincent: near the world's share or lessSt. Lucia: near the world's share or lessRussia: near the world's share or lessRomania: near the world's share or lessQatar: near the world's share or lessPortugal: near the world's share or lessPeru: near the world's share or lessParaguay: near the world's share or lessPapua New Guinea: near the world's share or lessPanama: near the world's share or lessPalau: near the world's share or lessOman: near the world's share or lessNorway: near the world's share or lessNigeria: near the world's share or lessNiger: near the world's share or lessNew Zealand: near the world's share or lessNiue: no storiesNetherlands: near the world's share or lessCuraçao: no storiesNepal: near the world's share or lessNamibia: near the world's share or lessMozambique: near the world's share or lessMorocco: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara: no storiesMongolia: near the world's share or lessMoldova: near the world's share or lessMauritius: near the world's share or lessMauritania: near the world's share or lessMalta: near the world's share or lessMalaysia: near the world's share or lessMalawi: near the world's share or lessMadagascar: near the world's share or lessNorth Macedonia: near the world's share or lessLuxembourg: near the world's share or lessLithuania: near the world's share or lessLibya: near the world's share or lessLiberia: near the world's share or lessLesotho: near the world's share or lessLatvia: near the world's share or lessLaos: near the world's share or lessKyrgyzstan: near the world's share or lessKuwait: near the world's share or lessKosovo: no storiesKiribati: near the world's share or lessKenya: near the world's share or lessKazakhstan: near the world's share or lessJordan: near the world's share or lessJapan: near the world's share or lessItaly: near the world's share or lessIreland: near the world's share or lessIndia: near the world's share or lessIceland: near the world's share or lessHungary: near the world's share or lessHonduras: near the world's share or lessGuyana: near the world's share or lessGuinea-Bissau: no storiesGrenada: near the world's share or lessGreece: near the world's share or lessGhana: near the world's share or lessGermany: near the world's share or lessGeorgia: near the world's share or lessGambia: near the world's share or lessGabon: near the world's share or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: no storiesFrench Polynesia: near the world's share or lessNew Caledonia: near the world's share or lessFrench Southern Territories: no storiesÅland Islands: no storiesFinland: near the world's share or lessFiji: near the world's share or lessEthiopia: near the world's share or lessEstonia: near the world's share or lessEritrea: near the world's share or lessEquatorial Guinea: near the world's share or lessEl Salvador: near the world's share or lessEgypt: near the world's share or lessDominican Republic: near the world's share or lessDominica: near the world's share or lessDjibouti: near the world's share or lessFaroe Islands: no storiesDenmark: near the world's share or lessCzech Republic: near the world's share or lessN. Cyprus: no storiesCyprus: near the world's share or lessCôte d'Ivoire: near the world's share or lessCosta Rica: near the world's share or lessDR Congo: near the world's share or lessComoros: near the world's share or lessChina: near the world's share or lessChile: near the world's share or lessChad: near the world's share or lessCape Verde: near the world's share or lessCanada: near the world's share or lessCameroon: near the world's share or lessCambodia: near the world's share or lessBurundi: near the world's share or lessBulgaria: near the world's share or lessBrazil: near the world's share or lessBotswana: near the world's share or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: near the world's share or lessBolivia: near the world's share or lessBhutan: near the world's share or lessBenin: near the world's share or lessBelize: near the world's share or lessBelgium: near the world's share or lessBelarus: near the world's share or lessBarbados: near the world's share or lessBahrain: near the world's share or lessBahamas: near the world's share or lessAzerbaijan: near the world's share or lessAustria: near the world's share or lessAustralia: near the world's share or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: no storiesArmenia: near the world's share or lessArgentina: near the world's share or lessAntigua & Barbuda: near the world's share or lessAngola: near the world's share or lessAndorra: near the world's share or lessAlgeria: near the world's share or lessAlbania: near the world's share or lessAksai Chin: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): no storiesWestern Sahara (Free Zone): no storiesVatican City: near the world's share or lessMarshall Islands: near the world's share or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: no storiesAmerican Samoa: no storiesChagos Islands: no storiesSt. Helena: no storiesPitcairn: no storiesAnguilla: near the world's share or lessBermuda: near the world's share or lessBritish Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: no storiesMontserrat: no storiesJersey: near the world's share or lessGuernsey: near the world's share or lessSan Marino: no storiesSt Kitts & Nevis: near the world's share or lessCook Islands: no storiesAruba: near the world's share or lessNauru: no storiesMonaco: near the world's share or lessMaldives: near the world's share or lessLiechtenstein: no storiesWallis & Futuna: no storiesSt. Martin: no storiesSt. Barthélemy: no storiesMacao: near the world's share or lessNorfolk Island: no storiesSint Maarten: no storiesChristmas Island: no storiesGibraltar: near the world's share or lessMayotte: no storiesYemen: 71 in 100 of its 21 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Vietnam: 36 in 100 of its 195 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Ukraine: 35 in 100 of its 646 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Uganda: 45 in 100 of its 60 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Türkiye: 31 in 100 of its 179 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Tunisia: 45 in 100 of its 29 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Thailand: 29 in 100 of its 156 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Syria: 55 in 100 of its 55 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)South Sudan: 60 in 100 of its 15 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Sudan: 53 in 100 of its 19 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Sri Lanka: 37 in 100 of its 135 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)South Korea: 28 in 100 of its 379 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Somalia: 89 in 100 of its 35 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Sierra Leone: 81 in 100 of its 43 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Rwanda: 44 in 100 of its 59 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Poland: 41 in 100 of its 83 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Philippines: 28 in 100 of its 579 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Pakistan: 32 in 100 of its 614 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)North Korea: 56 in 100 of its 45 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Nicaragua: 64 in 100 of its 11 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Montenegro: 92 in 100 of its 48 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Mexico: 32 in 100 of its 233 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Mali: 60 in 100 of its 25 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Lebanon: 46 in 100 of its 96 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Jamaica: 34 in 100 of its 122 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Israel: 46 in 100 of its 286 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Palestine: 64 in 100 of its 55 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Iraq: 39 in 100 of its 61 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Iran: 52 in 100 of its 254 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Indonesia: 31 in 100 of its 161 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Haiti: 53 in 100 of its 19 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Guinea: 50 in 100 of its 14 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Guatemala: 47 in 100 of its 15 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)France: 29 in 100 of its 607 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Ecuador: 53 in 100 of its 17 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Greenland: 59 in 100 of its 17 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Cuba: 53 in 100 of its 49 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Croatia: 65 in 100 of its 31 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Congo: 73 in 100 of its 15 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Colombia: 42 in 100 of its 60 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Hong Kong: 42 in 100 of its 73 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Central African Republic: 80 in 100 of its 10 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Myanmar: 53 in 100 of its 30 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Burkina Faso: 71 in 100 of its 7 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Brunei: 50 in 100 of its 14 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Bangladesh: 43 in 100 of its 151 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Afghanistan: 58 in 100 of its 253 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Kashmir: 50 in 100 of its 115 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Palestine: 64 in 100 of its 55 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Palestine: 64 in 100 of its 55 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Kashmir: 50 in 100 of its 115 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Kashmir: 50 in 100 of its 115 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Ukraine: 35 in 100 of its 646 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Palestine: 64 in 100 of its 55 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Kashmir: 50 in 100 of its 115 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)
A quarter or more above the world's share Near the world's or lessNo stories

Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 22 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.

Most of its news about harm

● Afghanistan 58 in 100 of its 253 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Iran 52 in 100 of its 254 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Palestine 64 in 100 of its 55 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Israel 46 in 100 of its 286 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Kashmir 50 in 100 of its 115 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Syria 55 in 100 of its 55 stories · mostly conflict & violence

Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 stories.

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health39% 6,091 stories · about as usual Rights & justice19% 3,041 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 2,584 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence10% 1,598 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood7% 1,042 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 568 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 566 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 329 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 killed3,226 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,371 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,274 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured728 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting evacuations190 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions143 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting refugees123 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced122 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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