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What the world's news said happened to people.
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7,369 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 violence in Tripoli, flooding in Pakistan and rights and justice in Nieuw-Beijerland. Libya's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 33 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostLibya 75 in 100 of its 143 stories, usually 39
RegionSouth Asia 35 in 100 of its stories, usually 30
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Libya

107 of its 143 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Tripoli accounted for 97 of Libya's 107 stories about harm, carried by 326 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (15 stories). Power cuts were named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Libya over 30 days → its stories → Tripoli stories →
Disasters & accidents

Pakistan

424 of its 630 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Islamabad accounted for 93 of Pakistan's 424 stories about harm, carried by 66 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (31 stories). Flooding was named in 310 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with storms, wildfires and heatwave.

Pakistan over 30 days → its stories → Islamabad stories →
Rights & justice

Netherlands

59 of its 156 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Nieuw-Beijerland accounted for 27 of the Netherlands' 59 stories about harm, carried by 130 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Netherlands over 30 days → its stories → Nieuw-Beijerland stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Ethiopia

22 of its 33 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Tigray accounted for 18 of Ethiopia's 22 stories about harm, carried by 22 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Health

UK

Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories). Drownings were named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Health

Philippines

Philippine accounted for 50 of the Philippines' 129 stories about harm, carried by 17 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 7 times the usual rate (6 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Argentina

12 of Buenos Aires' 12 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories).

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Health

India

Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (22 stories). Drought was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with drownings.

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Conflict & violence

Ukraine

Power cuts were named in 24 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: power cuts in Ukraine (24 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); flooding in Nigeria (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); drownings in UK (16 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); drought in India (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); train derailment in US (13 of its stories, about 4 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 28 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 7,369 stories about harm among 35,063 counted on 28 Aug.

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The news turned to Libya for the second day running. 21 in every 100 of the day's 35,063 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Libya, 75% of the news was about people being harmed, where 39% is usual. A year earlier, on 28 August 2021, 33 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 today. This week the news turned most often to Pakistan, on 6 of 7 days.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Libya75 in 100 of its 143 stories · usually 39 · mostly conflict & violence Pakistan67 in 100 of its 630 stories · usually 39 · mostly disasters & accidents Afghanistan54 in 100 of its 155 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Ukraine40 in 100 of its 379 stories · usually 40 · mostly conflict & violence Philippines39 in 100 of its 331 stories · usually 35 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US19 stories about protests or strikes, of its 156 London UK16 stories about protests or strikes, of its 107 Uvalde US13 stories about protests or strikes, of its 28 Buenos Aires Argentina12 stories about protests or strikes, of its 12 Tripoli Libya10 stories about protests or strikes, of its 97

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sYemen: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: too little coverage to readPuerto Rico: too little coverage to readUnited States: feelings about like the world'sSouth 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 Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: 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'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: too little coverage to readSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSaudi 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: too little coverage to readPanama: too little coverage to readPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNiger: too little coverage to readNicaragua: too little coverage to readNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: too little coverage to readMozambique: 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: too little coverage to readMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: too little coverage to readLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: 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: too little coverage to readGuatemala: 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: 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 readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl 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: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: 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: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBulgaria: 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: too little coverage to readBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: too little coverage to readBarbados: 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 readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: 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: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish 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: too little coverage to readSan 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: 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 readUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKenya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJapan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sItaly: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIraq: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIran: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFrance: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sColombia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBurkina Faso: 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'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAngola: 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 one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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

● Libya about twice as angry as the world's · 107 stories about harm ● Ethiopia few stories about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 22 stories about harm ● Kashmir few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 19 stories about harm ● Syria few stories about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 35 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's · 84 stories about harm ● Angola few stories about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's · 10 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health33% 2,418 stories · less than usual (usually 37%) Disasters & accidents20% 1,473 stories · more than usual (usually 16%) Rights & justice18% 1,324 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence11% 830 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood6% 426 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 366 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 223 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 219 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 killed1,917 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected836 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Pakistan and the US Stories reporting arrests699 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured592 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Libya Stories reporting evacuations141 at about twice the usual rate · most about Pakistan and India Stories reporting people displaced78 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Pakistan and Ukraine Stories reporting refugees66 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions55 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill16 at about twice the usual rate · most about the UK 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 harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

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