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11,704 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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Violence in Karbala, protests in Dhaka (Bangladesh) and people killed in Germany drew the news. Iraq's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostThailand 46 in 100 of its 136 stories, usually 19
RegionCentral Asia 26 in 100 of its stories, usually 15
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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Conflict & violence

Iraq

49 of its 76 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Karbala accounted for 24 of Iraq's 49 stories about harm, carried by 42 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Iraq over 30 days → its stories → Karbala stories →
Protests & strikes

Bangladesh

97 of its 192 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Dhaka accounted for 69 of Bangladesh's 97 stories about harm, carried by 78 outlets. 53 of Dhaka's 69 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (36 stories).

Bangladesh over 30 days → its stories → Dhaka stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Germany

120 of its 349 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (68 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Germany over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Philippines

168 of its 442 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Tropical storm was named in 31 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

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

Azerbaijan

67 of its 174 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Lachin accounted for 52 of Azerbaijan's 67 stories about harm, carried by 18 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 9 times the usual rate (6 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Kashmir

51 of its 101 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Jammu accounted for 23 of Kashmir's 51 stories about harm, carried by 16 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Israel

20 of Jerusalem's 31 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Thailand

62 of its 136 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (37 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Puerto Rico

11 of its 24 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Rights & justice

Nigeria

288 of its 984 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (37 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: covid in Taiwan (21 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in Vietnam (40 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); illness in Egypt (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); natural hazards in Italy (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in China (30 of its stories, about 6 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 29 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 11,704 stories about harm among 62,549 counted on 29 Jul.

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In Taiwan's news, mentions of Covid ran about 4 times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 62,549 stories, as usual. A year earlier, on 29 July 2022, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today. In Iraq, 64% of the news was about people being harmed, where 40% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Iraq64 in 100 of its 76 stories · usually 40 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan52 in 100 of its 116 stories · usually 45 · mostly conflict & violence Bangladesh51 in 100 of its 192 stories · usually 34 · mostly rights & justice Kashmir50 in 100 of its 101 stories · usually 40 · mostly conflict & violence Niger49 in 100 of its 302 stories · usually 42 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US75 stories about protests or strikes, of its 345 Dhaka Bangladesh53 stories about protests or strikes, of its 69 Manipur India47 stories about protests or strikes, of its 124 Hollywood US27 stories about protests or strikes, of its 120 San Francisco US25 stories about protests or strikes, of its 73

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'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'sUnited States: feelings about like the world'sSouth 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 Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: too little coverage to readTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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: 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: too little coverage to readPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: 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: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt 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: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: feelings about like the world'sDenmark: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR Congo: too little coverage to readCongo: 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'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'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: too little coverage to readBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: 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 readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sGaza: feelings about like the world'sWest Bank: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern 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: 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: too little coverage to readGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan 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: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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 about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sYemen: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTaiwan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSingapore: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSenegal: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPeru: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNiger: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMali: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalaysia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKuwait: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJapan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGermany: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sEcuador: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGreenland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCuba: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCroatia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBelize: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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'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'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

● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 151 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 135 stories about harm ● Iraq few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 49 stories about harm ● Singapore few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 32 stories about harm ● Germany about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 120 stories about harm ● Russia about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 159 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health28% 3,131 stories · about as usual Rights & justice25% 2,803 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents20% 2,309 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence12% 1,317 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 656 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 480 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 408 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 256 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 killed2,687 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,542 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,155 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured833 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations180 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions134 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting refugees118 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced116 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill9 at about the usual rate

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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