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21,082 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 drought in Algeria, violence in Brussels and protests in Copenhagen (Denmark) drew the news. Belgium's coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostAlgeria 75 in 100 of its 120 stories, usually 29
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 28 in 100 of its stories, usually 25
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Algeria

90 of its 120 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 9 times the usual rate (54 stories). Drought was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Algeria over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Belgium

87 of its 168 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Brussels accounted for 81 of Belgium's 87 stories about harm, carried by 283 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (55 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

Belgium over 30 days → its stories → Brussels stories →
Protests & strikes

Denmark

68 of its 133 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Copenhagen accounted for 55 of Denmark's 68 stories about harm, carried by 72 outlets. 39 of Copenhagen's 55 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Denmark over 30 days → its stories → Copenhagen stories →
Rights & justice

Ecuador

30 of its 61 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Cameroon

25 of its 34 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Douala accounted for 19 of Cameroon's 25 stories about harm, carried by 31 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Building collapse was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Somalia

42 of its 52 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Mogadishu accounted for 32 of Somalia's 42 stories about harm, carried by 33 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Greece

364 of its 625 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (111 stories). Plane crash was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Taiwan

54 of its 215 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (7 stories). Typhoon was named in 31 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Singapore

13 of Ang Mo Kio's 25 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Yemen

69 of its 91 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Oil spill was named in 35 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: typhoon in Taiwan (31 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); oil spill in Yemen (35 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); typhoon in Philippines (77 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); hunger in Sudan (18 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); building collapse in Cameroon (10 of its stories, about 4 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 25 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 21,082 stories about harm among 113,160 counted on 25 Jul.

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Algeria's news was 75% about people being harmed, against a usual 29%. of the day's 113,160 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 25 July 2022, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Somalia81 in 100 of its 52 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan78 in 100 of its 99 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine77 in 100 of its 115 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen76 in 100 of its 91 stories · usually 54 · mostly disasters & accidents Algeria75 in 100 of its 120 stories · usually 29 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US138 stories about protests or strikes, of its 651 Jerusalem Israel131 stories about protests or strikes, of its 157 Tel Aviv Israel74 stories about protests or strikes, of its 84 Manipur India72 stories about protests or strikes, of its 167 Hollywood US63 stories about protests or strikes, of its 209

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: 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: too little coverage to readGuam: 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: too little coverage to readIsle 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: 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: too little coverage to readTaiwan: 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: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: 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: too little coverage to readPhilippines: too little coverage to readPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: 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: too little coverage to readNicaragua: too little coverage to readNew Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiue: about as warm as its own usual or lessNetherlands: 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: too little coverage to readMongolia: 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 lessMalaysia: 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: too little coverage to readLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: 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: too little coverage to readKenya: 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: too little coverage to readIndia: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrench 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: 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: too little coverage to readCongo: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: 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: too little coverage to readBahrain: 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): 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBermuda: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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 readSouth Korea: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualBilawal, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 11 outletsPortland, US -- health: 26 stories, carried by 82 outletsVirginia, US -- health: 21 stories, carried by 27 outletsTorquay, UK -- food & livelihood: 16 stories, carried by 16 outletsMiddlesbrough, UK -- health: 16 stories, carried by 28 outletsHodeida, Yemen -- disasters & accidents: 16 stories, carried by 27 outletsDonegal, Ireland -- rights & justice: 14 stories, carried by 19 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

● Bilawal Pakistan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 13 stories ● Portland US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 26 stories ● Virginia US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 21 stories ● Torquay UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · food & livelihood · 16 stories ● Middlesbrough UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 16 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health29% 5,968 stories · about as usual Rights & justice24% 5,073 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents21% 4,451 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence9% 1,951 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,040 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 912 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 773 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 543 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 killed4,547 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,315 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,100 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,208 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations422 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Greece and Canada Stories reporting refugees226 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions203 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced144 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Sudan and the US Stories reporting people falling ill24 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India

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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