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21,507 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 helicopter crash in Nepal, protests in Nairobi (Kenya) and people injured in Vietnam. Nepal's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostIceland 75 in 100 of its 77 stories, usually 32
RegionSouth Asia 27 in 100 of its stories, usually 24
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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Disasters & accidents

Nepal

78 of its 148 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Kathmandu accounted for 56 of Nepal's 78 stories about harm, carried by 74 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (60 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Nepal over 30 days → its stories → Kathmandu stories →
Protests & strikes

Kenya

135 of its 419 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 59 of Nairobi's 77 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Kenya over 30 days → its stories → Nairobi stories →
Health

Vietnam

395 of its 1,211 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (54 stories). Outbreaks were named in 49 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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

Iceland

58 of its 77 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reykjavik accounted for 26 of Iceland's 58 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Cuba

40 of its 79 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. 12 of Unitas' 12 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (25 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Mexico

19 of Jalisco's 29 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (36 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Israel

60 of Tel Aviv's 107 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Health

UK

Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Bird flu was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Health

Trinidad & Tobago

30 of its 71 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (18 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: flooding in India (227 of its stories, about three times its usual); dengue in Bangladesh (17 of its stories, about three times its usual); volcanic eruption in New Zealand (22 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); heatwave in Italy (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in Spain (15 of its stories, about three times its usual).

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 12 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 21,507 stories about harm among 120,413 counted on 12 Jul.

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The share of stories about people being harmed was the lowest since 1 June 2023. 18 in every 100 of the day's 120,413 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Nepal, 53% of the news was about people being harmed, where 30% is usual. A year earlier, on 12 July 2022, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Iceland75 in 100 of its 77 stories · usually 32 · mostly disasters & accidents Palestine74 in 100 of its 119 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan73 in 100 of its 143 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia62 in 100 of its 52 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Nepal53 in 100 of its 148 stories · usually 30 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US134 stories about protests or strikes, of its 632 Tel Aviv Israel60 stories about protests or strikes, of its 107 Nairobi Kenya59 stories about protests or strikes, of its 77 Hanoi Vietnam52 stories about protests or strikes, of its 225 Chicago US37 stories about protests or strikes, of its 225

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: too little coverage to readVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsle 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 lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: about as warm as its own usual or lessSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: 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 lessSpain: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Korea: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: too little coverage to readSeychelles: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: about as warm as its own usual or lessSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua New Guinea: too little coverage to readPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: about as warm as its own usual or lessPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessNigeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiger: about as warm as its own usual or lessNicaragua: too little coverage to readNew 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: about as warm as its own usual or lessLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: 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 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: too little coverage to readHaiti: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: too little coverage to readGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: too little coverage to readSt 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: 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: too little coverage to readDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessDenmark: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: too little coverage to readBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: 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 lessBangladesh: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: 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 lessJammu & Kashmir: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSiachen Glacier: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessChagos 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorfolk 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 readUkraine: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualRwanda: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualCzechia: warmth about its own usualCentral African Republic: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualMaine, US -- health: 20 stories, carried by 28 outletsDarjeeling, India -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 10 stories, carried by 11 outletsZhob, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 23 stories, carried by 28 outletsAjit, India -- conflict & violence: 14 stories, carried by 24 outletsGateshead, UK -- health: 14 stories, carried by 50 outletsWaterloo, Canada -- rights & justice: 10 stories, carried by 14 outletsDubai, United Arab Emirates -- disasters & accidents: 13 stories, carried by 12 outletsKaduna, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 12 stories, carried by 11 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

No country's news was much warmer than its usual (a quarter or more).

Warmest events

● Maine US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 20 stories ● Darjeeling India about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 10 stories ● Zhob Pakistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 23 stories ● Ajit India about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 14 stories ● Gateshead UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 14 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health30% 6,324 stories · about as usual Rights & justice24% 5,001 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents19% 3,965 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence10% 2,080 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 1,154 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,150 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 918 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 436 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 killed4,701 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,335 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,249 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,256 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting evacuations243 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced237 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees170 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Sudan Stories reporting abductions165 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill8 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Finland

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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