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8,180 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 Jerusalem, a disaster in Cairo and people killed in Poland. 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 people injured ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Israel →
Part of lifeHealth 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · much less than usual Country that rose mostEgypt 75 in 100 of its 246 stories, usually 27
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 45 in 100 of its stories, usually 33
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

254 of its 410 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Jerusalem accounted for 191 of Israel's 254 stories about harm, carried by 410 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (159 stories). Illness was named in 74 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

Egypt

185 of its 246 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Cairo accounted for 166 of Egypt's 185 stories about harm, carried by 445 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (146 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Egypt over 30 days → its stories → Cairo stories →
Health

Poland

22 of its 49 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Illness was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

Poland over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Armenia

60 of its 82 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Yerevan accounted for 59 of Armenia's 60 stories about harm, carried by 217 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (51 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

40 of its 64 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Damascus accounted for 21 of Syria's 40 stories about harm, carried by 178 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Health

UK

725 of its 2,459 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Drought was named in 81 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with heavy rain.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

Kabul accounted for 122 of Afghanistan's 160 stories about harm, carried by 155 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Health

South Korea

39 of its 127 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Iran

80 of its 164 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: hunger in Ukraine (25 of its stories, about three times its usual); drought in UK (81 of its stories, about three times its usual); house fires in US (65 of its stories, about 10 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 14 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 8,180 stories about harm among 35,185 counted on 14 Aug.

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People injured were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Israel. of the day's 35,185 news stories, 23 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 22. Ukraine's news mentioned the hunger about three times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 14 August 2021, 27 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 23 today. In Israel, 62% of the news was about people being harmed, where 44% is usual. This week the news turned most often to Sierra Leone, on 4 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 →

Egypt75 in 100 of its 246 stories · usually 27 · mostly disasters & accidents Armenia73 in 100 of its 82 stories · usually 17 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria62 in 100 of its 64 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence Israel62 in 100 of its 410 stories · usually 44 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan58 in 100 of its 274 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Chautauqua Institution US43 stories about protests or strikes, of its 110 Kabul Afghanistan40 stories about protests or strikes, of its 122 Washington US37 stories about protests or strikes, of its 170 Fairview US27 stories about protests or strikes, of its 58 London UK19 stories about protests or strikes, of its 133

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: too little coverage to readPuerto Rico: too little coverage to readUnited 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: too little coverage to readIsle 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: 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: too little coverage to readTaiwan: 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: too little coverage to readEswatini: 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 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: too little coverage to readPanama: too little coverage to readPalau: too little coverage to readNorway: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: too little coverage to readNigeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiger: too little coverage to readNicaragua: 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: too little coverage to readMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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: 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: too little coverage to readLesotho: 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: too little coverage to readKuwait: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: 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: 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 lessIndonesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: 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: 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: too little coverage to readEritrea: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe 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: 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: too little coverage to readChad: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: 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 lessBahrain: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: 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 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 readCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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 readSpain: warmth about its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualOman: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualHaiti: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKaduna, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 19 stories, carried by 13 outletsJammu, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 28 stories, carried by 21 outletsNewcastle Upon Tyne, UK -- health: 20 stories, carried by 14 outletsEdinburgh, UK -- health: 41 stories, carried by 25 outletsMissouri, US -- rights & justice: 10 stories, carried by 13 outletsAbuja, Nigeria -- health: 16 stories, carried by 10 outletsMontreal, Canada -- health: 18 stories, carried by 21 outletsLos Angeles, US -- disasters & accidents: 90 stories, carried by 184 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

● Kashmir warmth about one and a half times usual ● Bangladesh warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Kaduna Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 19 stories ● Jammu Kashmir about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 28 stories ● Newcastle Upon Tyne UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 20 stories ● Edinburgh UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 41 stories ● Missouri US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 10 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health30% 2,418 stories · much less than usual (usually 39%) Rights & justice20% 1,625 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents20% 1,585 stories · more than usual (usually 16%) Conflict & violence15% 1,236 stories · more than usual (usually 11%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 428 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 382 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 238 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 196 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 killed2,187 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured939 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting arrests803 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected670 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations86 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced83 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about India and the US Stories reporting refugees77 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the UK and Pakistan Stories reporting abductions73 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Nigeria 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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