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What the world's news said happened to people.
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20,818 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 a disaster in Bejaia, violence in Brussels and people killed in Ireland. Belgium's coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Canada →
Part of lifeHealth 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostAlgeria 72 in 100 of its 64 stories, usually 36
RegionOceania 20 in 100 of its stories, usually 17
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

Algeria

46 of its 64 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Bejaia accounted for 26 of Algeria's 46 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (32 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Algeria over 30 days → its stories → Bejaia stories →
Conflict & violence

Belgium

62 of its 155 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Brussels accounted for 57 of Belgium's 62 stories about harm, carried by 73 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (34 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

Belgium over 30 days → its stories → Brussels stories →
Rights & justice

Ireland

553 of its 1,741 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (342 stories). Train derailment was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Ireland over 30 days → its stories →
Shelter & services

Malta

31 of its 91 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Heatwave was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

Malta over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Ecuador

28 of its 46 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Guayaquil accounted for 22 of Ecuador's 28 stories about harm, carried by 36 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Mali

33 of its 41 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 7 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Ghana

133 of its 391 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Portugal

34 of its 121 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (13 stories). Storms were named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Philippines

243 of its 739 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 8 times the usual rate (26 stories). Storms were named in 60 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with flooding, heavy rain and landslides.

its stories →
Health

Singapore

65 of its 325 stories (20%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: storms in Philippines (60 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); storms in Portugal (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Taiwan (14 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); covid in France (18 of its stories, about three times its usual); tornadoes in Italy (13 of its stories, more than ten 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 26 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 20,818 stories about harm among 114,709 counted on 26 Jul.

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People falling ill were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Canada. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 114,709 stories, as usual. It was the second day running that the news turned to Algeria. In the Philippines' news, mentions of storms ran about 7 times their usual. Algeria stood out: 72% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 36%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Algeria72 in 100 of its 64 stories · usually 36 · mostly disasters & accidents Sudan64 in 100 of its 84 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Tunisia63 in 100 of its 52 stories · usually 40 · mostly disasters & accidents Palestine55 in 100 of its 105 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Greece54 in 100 of its 476 stories · usually 34 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US138 stories about protests or strikes, of its 688 Dublin Ireland122 stories about protests or strikes, of its 267 London UK97 stories about protests or strikes, of its 339 Manipur India72 stories about protests or strikes, of its 170 Jerusalem Israel70 stories about protests or strikes, of its 96

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 lessVietnam: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri Lanka: too little coverage to readSpain: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew 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: too little coverage to readMozambique: 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: too little coverage to readMoldova: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: 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: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: 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: 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: too little coverage to readEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEgypt: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: 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: too little coverage to readDR 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: 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: too little coverage to readBrunei: 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: too little coverage to readBolivia: 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 readBangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: too little coverage to readAzerbaijan: too little coverage to readAustria: 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: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readSudan: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualAjit, India -- conflict & violence: 18 stories, carried by 22 outletsNottingham, UK -- health: 24 stories, carried by 17 outletsNew Hampshire, US -- rights & justice: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsMissouri, US -- rights & justice: 19 stories, carried by 18 outletsMogadishu, Somalia -- conflict & violence: 14 stories, carried by 21 outletsBali, India -- health: 12 stories, carried by 11 outletsWellington, New Zealand -- rights & justice: 17 stories, carried by 10 outletsPhnom Penh, Cambodia -- rights & justice: 25 stories, carried by 63 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

● Ajit India about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 18 stories ● Nottingham UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 24 stories ● New Hampshire US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 11 stories ● Missouri US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 19 stories ● Mogadishu Somalia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 14 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health29% 5,863 stories · about as usual Rights & justice25% 5,071 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents21% 4,194 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence10% 1,983 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 1,115 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 988 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 788 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 447 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 killed4,916 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,276 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,036 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,064 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting evacuations406 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Greece and the US Stories reporting people displaced196 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees184 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting abductions155 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill53 at about three times the usual rate · most about the US and Canada

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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.