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18,981 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 building collapse in Cameroon, protests in Baghdad (Iraq) and violence in Mogadishu. Somalia's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Greece and the US →
Part of lifeHealth 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostGreece 63 in 100 of its 570 stories, usually 30
RegionSoutheast Asia 27 in 100 of its stories, usually 22
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 →
Disasters & accidents

Cameroon

32 of its 45 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Douala accounted for 27 of Cameroon's 32 stories about harm, carried by 41 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (24 stories). Building collapse was named in 20 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Cameroon over 30 days → its stories → Douala stories →
Protests & strikes

Iraq

59 of its 95 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Baghdad accounted for 40 of Iraq's 59 stories about harm, carried by 91 outlets. 31 of Baghdad's 40 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories).

Iraq over 30 days → its stories → Baghdad stories →
Conflict & violence

Somalia

44 of its 54 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Mogadishu accounted for 25 of Somalia's 44 stories about harm, carried by 50 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Somalia over 30 days → its stories → Mogadishu stories →
Rights & justice

Mali

24 of its 38 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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

Algeria

41 of its 50 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (27 stories). Heatwave was named in 26 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with storms. 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.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

129 of its 296 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people affected ran at about 10 times the usual rate (78 stories). Drownings were named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Denmark

49 of its 106 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 15 of Copenhagen's 30 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful 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

Ecuador

31 of its 55 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Ukraine

348 of its 856 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Cambodia

77 of its 188 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Phnom Penh accounted for 52 of Cambodia's 77 stories about harm, carried by 127 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: flooding in Afghanistan (43 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in Algeria (26 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in New Zealand (50 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); typhoon in Philippines (38 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hunger in Sudan (25 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 24 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 18,981 stories about harm among 98,449 counted on 24 Jul.

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Evacuations were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about Greece and the US. 19 in every 100 of the day's 98,449 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Afghanistan's news, mentions of flooding ran more than ten times their usual. Cameroon stood out: 71% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 34%. On 24 July 2022, a year earlier, the share was 24 in every 100, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Algeria82 in 100 of its 50 stories · usually 25 · mostly disasters & accidents Somalia81 in 100 of its 54 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan79 in 100 of its 152 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Greece63 in 100 of its 570 stories · usually 30 · mostly disasters & accidents Iraq62 in 100 of its 95 stories · usually 40 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Jerusalem Israel188 stories about protests or strikes, of its 228 Manipur India96 stories about protests or strikes, of its 176 Washington US85 stories about protests or strikes, of its 408 Lagos Nigeria55 stories about protests or strikes, of its 94 Hollywood US46 stories about protests or strikes, of its 208

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
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 lessVenezuela: too little coverage to readVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.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 lessUkraine: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: 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: too little coverage to readTimor-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 lessSyria: 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: too little coverage to readSudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri Lanka: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Korea: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: 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: too little coverage to readParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: 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 readNamibia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: 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: too little coverage to readLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: 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 lessPalestine: 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 lessIran: 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: too little coverage to readHungary: about as warm as its own usual or lessHonduras: about as warm as its own usual or lessHaiti: 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 lessGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: too little coverage to readGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: about as warm as its own usual or lessCzech Republic: 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 lessCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: 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 lessGaza: about as warm as its own usual or lessWest Bank: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSiachen Glacier: about as warm as its own usual or lessCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: 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: too little coverage to readJersey: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: 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 readVietnam: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSpain: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSouth Africa: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualCambodia: warmth about its own usualAjit, India -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 26 outletsCanberra, Australia -- rights & justice: 33 stories, carried by 94 outletsPhnom Penh, Cambodia -- rights & justice: 52 stories, carried by 127 outletsNuffield, UK -- health: 24 stories, carried by 21 outletsMadrid, Spain -- rights & justice: 49 stories, carried by 170 outletsHanoi, Vietnam -- health: 123 stories, carried by 14 outletsTennessee, US -- rights & justice: 12 stories, carried by 11 outletsIllinois, US -- disasters & accidents: 21 stories, carried by 28 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

● Spain warmth about one and a half times usual ● Vietnam warmth about one and a half times usual ● Nepal warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Ajit India about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 11 stories ● Canberra Australia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 33 stories ● Phnom Penh Cambodia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 52 stories ● Nuffield UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 24 stories ● Madrid Spain about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 49 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health28% 5,313 stories · about as usual Rights & justice23% 4,326 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents22% 4,015 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence11% 1,992 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 957 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 751 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 697 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 608 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 killed4,222 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,244 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,855 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,435 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations520 at about twice the usual rate · most about Greece and the US Stories reporting refugees198 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced170 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions113 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill18 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Bangladesh

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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