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19,709 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 news turned to landslides in Georgia, people displaced in Beirut and people falling ill in South Korea. Georgia's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostRomania 47 in 100 of its 232 stories, usually 13
RegionCentral Asia 18 in 100 of its stories, usually 16
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

Georgia

46 of its 57 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Shovi accounted for 39 of Georgia's 46 stories about harm, carried by 33 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (22 stories). Landslides were named in 42 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Georgia over 30 days → its stories → Shovi stories →
Rights & justice

Lebanon

104 of its 159 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Beirut accounted for 95 of Lebanon's 104 stories about harm, carried by 121 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 7 times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Lebanon over 30 days → its stories → Beirut stories →
Conflict & violence

South Korea

163 of its 494 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

South Korea over 30 days → its stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Thailand

72 of its 238 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (43 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Thailand over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Rights & justice

Sudan

84 of its 101 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Darfur accounted for 37 of Sudan's 84 stories about harm, carried by 62 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 7 times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Romania

110 of its 232 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Bucharest accounted for 99 of Romania's 110 stories about harm, carried by 308 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (51 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Slovenia

26 of its 43 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about 9 times the usual rate (9 stories). Flooding was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with landslides.

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Rights & justice

Mexico

134 of its 455 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of refugees ran at about 7 times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Syria

61 of its 89 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Illness was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Zimbabwe

87 of its 277 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 22 of Harare's 40 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (30 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: flooding in Slovenia (20 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); poisoning in Russia (106 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in Haiti (19 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flooding in Ireland (41 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); typhoon in Japan (24 of its stories, about 4 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 4 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 19,709 stories about harm among 108,880 counted on 4 Aug.

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In Georgia's news, mentions of landslides ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 108,880 stories, as usual. Georgia's news was 81% about people being harmed, against a usual 32%. On 4 August 2022, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 18 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan83 in 100 of its 101 stories · usually 71 · mostly rights & justice Georgia81 in 100 of its 57 stories · usually 32 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria69 in 100 of its 89 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence Lebanon65 in 100 of its 159 stories · usually 30 · mostly rights & justice Palestine65 in 100 of its 124 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US278 stories about protests or strikes, of its 648 Niamey Niger75 stories about protests or strikes, of its 155 Moscow Russia67 stories about protests or strikes, of its 227 Hollywood US33 stories about protests or strikes, of its 223 Manipur India32 stories about protests or strikes, of its 74

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'sPuerto Rico: 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: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUganda: 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: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSpain: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth 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: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: 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'sEstonia: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: 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: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: too little coverage to readBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: 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 readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: too little coverage to readAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: too little coverage to readBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: feelings about like the world'sJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: 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: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: feelings about like the world'sWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: feelings about like the world'sSt. 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sYemen: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSweden: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSlovenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSt Vincent: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sOman: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNepal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIreland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHungary: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGeorgia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sFrance: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFiji: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEritrea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCyprus: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCroatia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBotswana: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBelize: coverage about twice as warm as the world'sBelgium: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBelarus: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAustria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sVatican City: coverage a little more fearful than 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

● Belize few stories about twice as warm as the world's · 36 stories about harm ● Kashmir about twice as fearful as the world's · 73 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 61 stories about harm ● Russia about twice as angry as the world's · 396 stories about harm ● Sudan about twice as angry as the world's · 84 stories about harm ● Mexico about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 134 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health29% 5,665 stories · about as usual Rights & justice26% 5,075 stories · more than usual (usually 24%) Disasters & accidents17% 3,326 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Conflict & violence10% 1,982 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 1,012 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 977 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 709 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 497 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 killed4,431 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,323 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,303 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,285 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations266 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees251 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced163 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions153 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill30 at about twice the usual rate · most about South Korea and the US

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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