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10,488 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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Wildfires in Russia, deaths in Demnate and train derailment in Pakistan drew the news. Morocco's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeHealth 25 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostMorocco 68 in 100 of its 57 stories, usually 13
RegionEast Asia 28 in 100 of its stories, usually 17
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Conflict & violence

Russia

205 of its 571 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Moscow accounted for 128 of Russia's 205 stories about harm, carried by 382 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (54 stories). Wildfires were named in 28 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Russia over 30 days → its stories → Moscow stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Morocco

39 of its 57 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Demnate accounted for 29 of Morocco's 39 stories about harm, carried by 60 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Morocco over 30 days → its stories → Demnate stories →
Disasters & accidents

Pakistan

494 of its 897 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (203 stories). Train derailment was named in 209 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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

Lebanon

37 of its 75 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Beirut accounted for 30 of Lebanon's 37 stories about harm, carried by 48 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Japan

186 of its 623 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (95 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Austria

17 of its 44 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (10 stories). Flooding was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Italy

91 of its 301 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (54 stories). Storms were named in 34 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

China

251 of its 900 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (55 stories). Earthquake was named in 63 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Israel

170 of its 370 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (82 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: road crashes in Vietnam (34 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in Italy (34 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); earthquake in Türkiye (21 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); earthquake in China (63 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Austria (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 6 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 10,488 stories about harm among 51,343 counted on 6 Aug.

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Mentions of train derailment ran more than ten times their usual in Pakistan's news. of the day's 51,343 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 19. Reports of people freed or reunited, a sign of help, ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. On 6 August 2022, a year earlier, the share was 23 in every 100, against 20 today. In Russia, 36% of the news was about people being harmed, where 28% is usual. This week the news turned most often to Russia, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 1 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Palestine71 in 100 of its 119 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Syria69 in 100 of its 75 stories · usually 57 · mostly disasters & accidents Morocco68 in 100 of its 57 stories · usually 13 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given Pakistan55 in 100 of its 897 stories · usually 32 · mostly disasters & accidents Kashmir50 in 100 of its 173 stories · usually 42 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US80 stories about protests or strikes, of its 267 Islamabad Pakistan35 stories about protests or strikes, of its 79 Haryana India34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 76 Delhi India30 stories about protests or strikes, of its 102 New York US28 stories about protests or strikes, of its 90

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: too little coverage to readUnited 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: 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: too little coverage to readSyria: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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: too little coverage to readSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: about as warm as its own usual or lessSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. 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: 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: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: too little coverage to readMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: too little coverage to readLiberia: 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: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: 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: too little coverage to readJordan: 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: too little coverage to readPalestine: about as warm as its own usual or lessIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: 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: too little coverage to readHaiti: 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 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: too little coverage to readGabon: 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: too little coverage to readEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEgypt: too little coverage to readEcuador: 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: too little coverage to readFaroe 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: too little coverage to readBurkina 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: too little coverage to readBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: 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: 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: too little coverage to readAlbania: 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 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 readCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall 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: too little coverage to readBritish 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: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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 readIsrael: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualMichigan, US -- health: 11 stories, carried by 19 outletsBaghdad, Iraq -- rights & justice: 24 stories, carried by 42 outletsEdinburgh, UK -- rights & justice: 25 stories, carried by 167 outletsFerozepur, India -- health: 10 stories, carried by 11 outletsJacksonville, US -- disasters & accidents: 11 stories, carried by 22 outletsTel Aviv, Israel -- conflict & violence: 68 stories, carried by 69 outletsSt Helens, UK -- health: 13 stories, carried by 10 outletsToronto, Canada -- rights & justice: 35 stories, carried by 68 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

● Iraq warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Michigan US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Baghdad Iraq about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 24 stories ● Edinburgh UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 25 stories ● Ferozepur India about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Jacksonville US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 11 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health25% 2,615 stories · less than usual (usually 29%) Disasters & accidents24% 2,462 stories · more than usual (usually 20%) Rights & justice23% 2,329 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence15% 1,561 stories · more than usual (usually 11%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 519 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 331 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 304 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 213 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 killed2,750 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,213 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,190 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,048 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Pakistan and the US Stories reporting evacuations151 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions111 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the UK and Nigeria Stories reporting refugees108 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced85 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill25 at about three times the usual rate · most about the UK and South Korea

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 much harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little more than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more than 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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