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16,763 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 news turned to violence in Tigray, rights and justice in Islamabad and heavy rain in Bangladesh. Ethiopia's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 40 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostSyria 81 in 100 of its 136 stories, usually 55
RegionEurope 25 in 100 of its stories, usually 22
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Ethiopia

61 of its 114 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Tigray accounted for 54 of Ethiopia's 61 stories about harm, carried by 64 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Ethiopia over 30 days → its stories → Tigray stories →
Rights & justice

Bangladesh

135 of its 268 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (11 stories). Heavy rain was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

Bangladesh over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Switzerland

43 of its 278 stories (15%) were about people being harmed, usually 6%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Russia

359 of its 1,092 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Tsunami was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with earthquake and wildfires. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

Kabul accounted for 59 of Afghanistan's 112 stories about harm, carried by 110 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories). Flooding was named in 24 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with heavy rain. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

110 of its 136 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (39 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Ukraine

432 of its 970 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Dust storm was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Myanmar

5 of Yangon's 10 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Bulgaria

26 of its 57 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: drought in China (98 of its stories, about three times its usual); tropical storm in Philippines (48 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); flooding in Afghanistan (24 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hiv in Spain (12 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hiv in Italy (11 of its stories, more than ten 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 25 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 16,763 stories about harm among 80,410 counted on 25 Aug.

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The news turned to Ethiopia for the second day running. 21 in every 100 of the day's 80,410 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 25 August 2021, 25 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 today. Ethiopia stood out: 54% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 41%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria81 in 100 of its 136 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan67 in 100 of its 167 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence North Korea63 in 100 of its 52 stories · usually 35 · mostly health Palestine61 in 100 of its 64 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Ethiopia54 in 100 of its 114 stories · usually 41 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US73 stories about protests or strikes, of its 588 Hyderabad India46 stories about protests or strikes, of its 67 London UK30 stories about protests or strikes, of its 231 Uvalde US24 stories about protests or strikes, of its 160 Los Angeles US24 stories about protests or strikes, of its 147

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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 Kingdom: 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'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: 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'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSri 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'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: 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: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: 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'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: 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: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: 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'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: too little coverage to readCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: 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: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: 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'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorthern 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 readBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & 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: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: feelings about like the world'sZimbabwe: coverage a little angrier than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSudan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSierra Leone: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMalta: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLuxembourg: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sEritrea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEcuador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCyprus: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCongo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAngola: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sBermuda: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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 three times as fearful as the world's · 47 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 432 stories about harm ● Syria about three times as angry as the world's · 110 stories about harm ● Ethiopia about three times as angry as the world's · 61 stories about harm ● Pakistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 339 stories about harm ● Russia about twice as angry as the world's · 359 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health40% 6,682 stories · more than usual (usually 38%) Rights & justice20% 3,301 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents13% 2,221 stories · less than usual (usually 16%) Conflict & violence11% 1,807 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood7% 1,127 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 571 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 502 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 326 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 killed3,488 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,554 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,443 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured798 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting refugees188 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Bangladesh and the UK Stories reporting people displaced144 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions124 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations115 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the Philippines Stories reporting people falling ill14 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Canada

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 softer than 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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