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What the world's news said happened to people.
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15,020 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 landslides in Iraq, rights and justice in Islamabad and violence in Moscow. Russia's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Norway →
Part of lifeHealth 39 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostPakistan 54 in 100 of its 792 stories, usually 35
RegionEast Asia 23 in 100 of its stories, usually 20
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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Disasters & accidents

Iraq

57 of its 86 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Karbala accounted for 38 of Iraq's 57 stories about harm, carried by 55 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (36 stories). Landslides were named in 39 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Iraq over 30 days → its stories → Karbala stories →
Conflict & violence

Russia

447 of its 1,183 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Moscow accounted for 236 of Russia's 447 stories about harm, carried by 389 outlets. 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.

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

Kyrgyzstan

18 of its 33 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Sudan

32 of its 39 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (20 stories). Heavy rain was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Somalia

Mogadishu accounted for 53 of Somalia's 61 stories about harm, carried by 65 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

Kabul accounted for 81 of Afghanistan's 117 stories about harm, carried by 98 outlets. Flooding was named in 23 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with heavy rain. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Algeria

11 of its 17 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Haiti

19 of its 27 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Earthquake was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with flooding.

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Also named far more than usual: drought in China (102 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); heavy rain in Sudan (18 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); ebola in Congo (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Haiti (12 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in Afghanistan (23 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 22 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 15,020 stories about harm among 68,700 counted on 22 Aug.

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People falling ill were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Norway. 22 in every 100 of the day's 68,700 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Iraq's news, mentions of landslides ran more than ten times their usual. the news turned to Iraq for the second day running. On 22 August 2021, a year earlier, the share was 29 in every 100, against 22 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Somalia80 in 100 of its 76 stories · usually 77 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq66 in 100 of its 86 stories · usually 43 · mostly disasters & accidents Afghanistan60 in 100 of its 194 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Pakistan54 in 100 of its 792 stories · usually 35 · mostly rights & justice Palestine46 in 100 of its 57 stories · usually 66 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Islamabad Pakistan70 stories about protests or strikes, of its 237 Washington US58 stories about protests or strikes, of its 404 Delhi India57 stories about protests or strikes, of its 181 Felixstowe UK37 stories about protests or strikes, of its 52 Moscow Russia35 stories about protests or strikes, of its 236

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: 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: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: 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'sNiger: too little coverage to readNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: 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'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench 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: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican 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: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan 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 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 readZimbabwe: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSomalia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSlovenia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSingapore: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPeru: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalta: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLiberia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIreland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHungary: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuinea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChad: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBurundi: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sMaldives: coverage a little more fearful than 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

● Kashmir few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 40 stories about harm ● Somalia about twice as angry as the world's · 61 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 272 stories about harm ● Russia about twice as angry as the world's · 447 stories about harm ● Yemen few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 14 stories about harm ● Denmark 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 →

Health39% 5,717 stories · about as usual Rights & justice20% 2,959 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents15% 2,274 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence11% 1,567 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood7% 1,003 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 639 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 459 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 211 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 killed2,909 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,320 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,278 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured867 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions184 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting evacuations118 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and China Stories reporting refugees108 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced98 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill51 at about three times the usual rate · most about the US and Norway

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
● Griefa little less 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.