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21,058 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 protests in Port-au-Prince (Haiti), violence in Moscow and people injured in Sri Lanka. Russia's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostNiger 58 in 100 of its 383 stories, usually 42
RegionCentral Asia 25 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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Protests & strikes

Haiti

95 of its 158 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 72 of Haiti's 95 stories about harm, carried by 194 outlets. 49 of Port-au-Prince's 72 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (65 stories). Earthquake was named in 45 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

Haiti over 30 days → its stories → Port-au-Prince stories →
Conflict & violence

Russia

356 of its 992 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Moscow accounted for 226 of Russia's 356 stories about harm, carried by 305 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Hunger was named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Russia over 30 days → its stories → Moscow stories →
Health

Sri Lanka

53 of its 152 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Illness was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

Sri Lanka over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

75 of its 237 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories). Drought was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

Indonesia over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Sweden

109 of its 234 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Stockholm accounted for 55 of Sweden's 109 stories about harm, carried by 66 outlets. 28 of Stockholm's 55 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Niger

223 of its 383 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Niamey accounted for 174 of Niger's 223 stories about harm, carried by 388 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (31 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Pakistan

367 of its 876 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Polio was named in 39 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.

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Health

Brazil

56 of its 264 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Outbreaks were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.

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Health

Ireland

300 of its 1,229 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Yemen

30 of its 42 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: heavy rain in Vietnam (62 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heavy rain in China (122 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hunger in South Sudan (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in South Korea (16 of its stories, about three times its usual); heatwave in Iran (13 of its stories, more than ten 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 1 Aug. 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 21,058 stories about harm among 111,633 counted on 1 Aug.

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In Haiti's news, mentions of the earthquake ran about 4 times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 111,633 stories, as usual. On 1 August 2022, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 19 today. In Haiti, 60% of the news was about people being harmed, where 43% is usual. Over July, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 in July 2022.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Haiti60 in 100 of its 158 stories · usually 43 · mostly rights & justice Sudan60 in 100 of its 60 stories · usually 71 · mostly displacement Myanmar59 in 100 of its 76 stories · usually 52 · mostly rights & justice Niger58 in 100 of its 383 stories · usually 42 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan55 in 100 of its 176 stories · usually 45 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US130 stories about protests or strikes, of its 579 Niamey Niger80 stories about protests or strikes, of its 174 Hollywood US62 stories about protests or strikes, of its 253 Haryana India59 stories about protests or strikes, of its 152 Jerusalem Israel53 stories about protests or strikes, of its 117

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.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: 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 lessSwitzerland: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readSt. 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: too little coverage to readPalau: 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 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: 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 lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: 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: 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: too little coverage to readKuwait: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: too little coverage to readGhana: 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 readFrance: 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: 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: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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: 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 readBrazil: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: too little coverage to readBelarus: 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: too little coverage to readAngola: 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 lessAksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern 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: too little coverage to readCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: 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: 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 readSyria: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about its own usualSierra Leone: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualAlaska, US -- health: 10 stories, carried by 13 outletsShenzhen, China -- health: 18 stories, carried by 70 outletsMexico City, Mexico -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 15 stories, carried by 19 outletsVermont, US -- disasters & accidents: 18 stories, carried by 18 outletsDubai, United Arab Emirates -- rights & justice: 28 stories, carried by 30 outletsGreat Barrier Reef, Australia -- shelter & services: 13 stories, carried by 66 outletsAccra, Ghana -- health: 18 stories, carried by 10 outletsAnambra, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 16 stories, carried by 16 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

● Alaska US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Shenzhen China about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 18 stories ● Mexico City Mexico about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 15 stories ● Vermont US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 18 stories ● Dubai United Arab Emirates about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 28 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health31% 6,387 stories · more than usual (usually 29%) Rights & justice23% 4,739 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents18% 3,665 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Conflict & violence12% 2,510 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,140 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 938 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 795 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 519 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 killed5,359 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,297 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,968 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,461 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations379 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions221 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Haiti and the US Stories reporting refugees204 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced187 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill10 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Haiti

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.