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19,637 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 Jerusalem, rights and justice in Tunis and evacuations in Italy. Italy's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostTunisia 54 in 100 of its 76 stories, usually 36
RegionCentral Asia 28 in 100 of its stories, usually 16
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

Israel

183 of its 382 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Jerusalem accounted for 101 of Israel's 183 stories about harm, carried by 194 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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

Italy

165 of its 665 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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

Palestine

Jenin accounted for 134 of Palestine's 159 stories about harm, carried by 254 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Health

UK

Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (108 stories). Storms were named in 48 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with bird flu. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Kyrgyzstan

16 of its 49 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

Iraq

36 of its 75 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Baghdad accounted for 26 of Iraq's 36 stories about harm, carried by 52 outlets.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Ecuador

16 of its 33 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people affected ran at about 9 times the usual rate (15 stories).

its stories →
Displacement

Netherlands

89 of its 382 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (46 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: heavy rain in Pakistan (63 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); tsunami in South Korea (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tsunami in Vietnam (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); natural hazards in New Zealand (13 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); diphtheria in Nigeria (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 Jul. 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 19,637 stories about harm among 107,093 counted on 7 Jul.

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18 in every 100 of the day's 107,093 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. On 7 July 2022, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 18 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan77 in 100 of its 97 stories · usually 70 · mostly rights & justice Palestine76 in 100 of its 209 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Haiti59 in 100 of its 83 stories · usually 52 · mostly conflict & violence Syria57 in 100 of its 87 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Tunisia54 in 100 of its 76 stories · usually 36 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US97 stories about protests or strikes, of its 621 Paris France57 stories about protests or strikes, of its 113 Hollywood US43 stories about protests or strikes, of its 189 Jenin Palestine41 stories about protests or strikes, of its 134 London UK38 stories about protests or strikes, of its 311

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'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: 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: feelings about like the world'sCayman Islands: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readTurkmenistan: 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'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: 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. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: 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 readNiger: 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: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: 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 readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIraq: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: 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 readGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: 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 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'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: 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'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: 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'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: 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 readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAfghanistan: 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 readBritish 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: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk 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 readVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTunisia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSpain: 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 grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSt Vincent: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sOman: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorway: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMozambique: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMalta: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLuxembourg: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sJamaica: coverage a little warmer than the world'sItaly: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sHungary: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNew Caledonia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCroatia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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 angrier than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as 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 twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBermuda: 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

● Palestine about twice as angry as the world's · 159 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as fearful as the world's · 183 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 352 stories about harm ● Italy about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 165 stories about harm ● Russia about twice as angry as the world's · 266 stories about harm ● Sweden about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 89 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health30% 5,757 stories · about as usual Rights & justice25% 4,913 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents17% 3,365 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Conflict & violence11% 2,084 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 984 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 983 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 758 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 440 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 killed4,727 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,232 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,938 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,472 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees272 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions179 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced177 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations169 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Italy Stories reporting people falling ill24 at about one and a half 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 harsher 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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