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20,126 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 protests in Nairobi (Kenya) and people killed in Trinidad & Tobago and Namibia. Kenya's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostKenya 36 in 100 of its 356 stories, usually 24
RegionEvery region about as usual
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Food & livelihood

Namibia

11 of its 35 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Namibia over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Russia

Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (45 stories). Illness was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Russia over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Libya

21 of its 38 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. 6 of Tripoli's 12 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 7 times the usual rate (7 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Sudan

Darfur accounted for 63 of Sudan's 129 stories about harm, carried by 73 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Health

China

Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Poisoning was named in 31 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Senegal

18 of its 26 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).

its stories →
Health

Gambia

16 of its 41 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Bhutan

8 of its 18 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: heatwave in Greece (29 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); dengue in Vietnam (31 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in Italy (25 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); landslides in Philippines (29 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); tornadoes in Canada (71 of its stories, about 5 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 14 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 20,126 stories about harm among 108,812 counted on 14 Jul.

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For the third day running, the news turned to Kenya. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 108,812 stories, as usual. On 14 July 2022, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, against 18 today. In Kenya, 36% of the news was about people being harmed, where 24% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan73 in 100 of its 177 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine61 in 100 of its 100 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Syria52 in 100 of its 90 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence Haiti52 in 100 of its 50 stories · usually 48 · mostly rights & justice Tunisia44 in 100 of its 85 stories · usually 41 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Hollywood US210 stories about protests or strikes, of its 447 Washington US139 stories about protests or strikes, of its 601 Paris France71 stories about protests or strikes, of its 135 Moscow Russia68 stories about protests or strikes, of its 172 London UK65 stories about protests or strikes, of its 318

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'sVenezuela: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readTurkmenistan: 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'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSaudi 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: 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'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'sNiger: too little coverage to readNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: 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'sLuxembourg: 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'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: 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: 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'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial 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: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: 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: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: 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'sBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: 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'sAzerbaijan: 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'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican 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: 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: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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 readMayotte: too little coverage to readVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than 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 angrier than the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSenegal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPeru: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNamibia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMoldova: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKiribati: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKenya: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sItaly: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: 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'sIraq: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuinea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFrance: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEstonia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFaroe Islands: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCyprus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCuba: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCroatia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBosnia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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'sBahamas: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAustria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than 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'sGibraltar: 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

● Sudan about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 129 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 222 stories about harm ● Kashmir few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 33 stories about harm ● Kenya about twice as angry as the world's · 127 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 194 stories about harm ● Russia about twice as angry as the world's · 290 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health31% 6,071 stories · about as usual Rights & justice25% 4,990 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents20% 3,859 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence9% 1,753 stories · less than usual (usually 11%) Food & livelihood5% 1,066 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 840 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 814 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 393 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 killed4,522 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,183 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,953 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured922 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people displaced202 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations192 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees169 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the UK and the US Stories reporting abductions147 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill11 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and China

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
● 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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