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20,062 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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Protests in Stockholm (Sweden), illness in Paphos and violence in Kingstown drew the news. Cyprus' coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostCyprus 48 in 100 of its 109 stories, usually 23
RegionSouth Asia 26 in 100 of its stories, usually 23
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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Protests & strikes

Sweden

213 of its 416 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Stockholm accounted for 170 of Sweden's 213 stories about harm, carried by 233 outlets. 137 of Stockholm's 170 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 10 times the usual rate (32 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Sweden over 30 days → its stories → Stockholm stories →
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Protests & strikes

Kenya

148 of its 396 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. 48 of Nairobi's 73 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (50 stories). Flu was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Yemen

24 of its 32 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

South Korea

111 of its 469 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (33 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Russia

Moscow accounted for 218 of Russia's 345 stories about harm, carried by 337 outlets. Hunger was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Hong Kong

3 of Victoria Harbour's 6 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Health

Austria

24 of its 72 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: hurricane in Mexico (18 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); storms in Greece (20 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); typhoon in Philippines (25 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); outbreaks in Nigeria (43 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); gas explosion in South Africa (36 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 21 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 20,062 stories about harm among 109,987 counted on 21 Jul.

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Mexico's news mentioned the hurricane about 6 times as often as usual. 18 in every 100 of the day's 109,987 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 21 July 2022, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today. Sweden stood out: 51% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 35%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan71 in 100 of its 97 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Syria64 in 100 of its 67 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine60 in 100 of its 63 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Sweden51 in 100 of its 416 stories · usually 35 · mostly rights & justice Cyprus48 in 100 of its 109 stories · usually 23 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US156 stories about protests or strikes, of its 606 Stockholm Sweden137 stories about protests or strikes, of its 170 Manipur India123 stories about protests or strikes, of its 248 Hollywood US64 stories about protests or strikes, of its 280 London UK52 stories about protests or strikes, of its 283

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: 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: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: 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 readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: 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'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt. 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'sPeru: 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 readNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: 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: too little coverage to readJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGhana: 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 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'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: 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: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: 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'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'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: 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'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: 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: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos 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: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little angrier than the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUruguay: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSweden: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSenegal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSt Vincent: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sOman: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNorway: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNiger: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sJordan: 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 grief-stricken as the world'sIreland: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCyprus: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sCroatia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChad: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBosnia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBolivia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBhutan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBenin: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelize: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahamas: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAustria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: 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'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: 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'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 one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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

● Cyprus about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 52 stories about harm ● Sweden about twice as angry as the world's · 213 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 274 stories about harm ● Türkiye about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 53 stories about harm ● Russia about twice as angry as the world's · 345 stories about harm ● Pakistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 206 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health31% 6,135 stories · about as usual Rights & justice26% 5,110 stories · more than usual (usually 24%) Disasters & accidents17% 3,423 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Conflict & violence10% 2,026 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 946 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 861 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 805 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 346 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 killed4,476 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,225 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,964 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,141 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions171 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees171 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people displaced137 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Sudan and the US Stories reporting evacuations137 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting people falling ill10 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Australia

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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