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18,368 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 storms in Slovenia, violence in Damascus and people injured in Morocco. Syria's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were harsher than usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about South Korea and the UK →
Part of lifeHealth 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostMorocco 39 in 100 of its 80 stories, usually 15
RegionCentral Asia 24 in 100 of its stories, usually 15
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Disasters & accidents

Slovenia

40 of its 46 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Ljubljana accounted for 26 of Slovenia's 40 stories about harm, carried by 60 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (20 stories). Storms were named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

Slovenia over 30 days → its stories → Ljubljana stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

114 of its 157 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Damascus accounted for 88 of Syria's 114 stories about harm, carried by 124 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (87 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Syria over 30 days → its stories → Damascus stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Morocco

31 of its 80 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Morocco over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

South Korea

175 of its 499 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Seoul accounted for 139 of South Korea's 175 stories about harm, carried by 356 outlets. Reports of people falling ill ran at about 9 times the usual rate (14 stories). Typhoon was named in 72 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tropical storm and heatwave.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Tunisia

41 of its 62 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (31 stories). Drownings were named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Cyprus

41 of its 96 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories). Storms were named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with wildfires.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Palestine

86 of its 121 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Jenin accounted for 39 of Palestine's 86 stories about harm, carried by 37 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Tanzania

15 of its 55 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 5 of Dar es Salaam's 7 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (7 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Rwanda

27 of its 61 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: typhoon in South Korea (72 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Vietnam (71 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); train derailment in Pakistan (96 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); storms in Cyprus (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Latvia (12 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 7 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 18,368 stories about harm among 95,189 counted on 7 Aug.

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People falling ill were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about South Korea and the UK. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 95,189 stories, as usual. Slovenia's news was 87% about people being harmed, against a usual 29%. In South Korea's news, mentions of the typhoon ran more than ten times their usual. On 7 August 2022, a year earlier, the share was 24 in every 100, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria73 in 100 of its 157 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine71 in 100 of its 121 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan66 in 100 of its 65 stories · usually 72 · mostly health Tunisia66 in 100 of its 62 stories · usually 41 · mostly disasters & accidents Kashmir50 in 100 of its 167 stories · usually 43 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US101 stories about protests or strikes, of its 485 Jerusalem Israel45 stories about protests or strikes, of its 103 London UK43 stories about protests or strikes, of its 227 New York US36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 213 Delhi India35 stories about protests or strikes, of its 150

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: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsle 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: too little coverage to readTunisia: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSpain: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Korea: too little coverage to readSouth Africa: 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: too little coverage to readSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readNorway: too little coverage to readNorth 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: too little coverage to readNew 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: too little coverage to readMauritius: 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: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: too little coverage to readLiberia: 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: too little coverage to readLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: too little coverage to readKosovo: 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: too little coverage to readGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: 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 lessFrance: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readN. 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: too little coverage to readCosta 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: 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 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): about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad 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: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessChagos 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: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: about as warm as its own usual or lessWallis & 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 readSomalia: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualPortland, US -- conflict & violence: 41 stories, carried by 187 outletsMogadishu, Somalia -- conflict & violence: 14 stories, carried by 18 outletsBrussels, Belgium -- health: 11 stories, carried by 10 outletsGulgong, Australia -- rights & justice: 11 stories, carried by 83 outletsUtah, US -- health: 12 stories, carried by 27 outletsEdinburgh, UK -- rights & justice: 33 stories, carried by 26 outletsPeshawar, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 26 stories, carried by 19 outletsKuala Lumpur, Malaysia -- health: 16 stories, carried by 14 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

● Portland US about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 41 stories ● Mogadishu Somalia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 14 stories ● Brussels Belgium about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Gulgong Australia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 11 stories ● Utah US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health29% 5,252 stories · about as usual Rights & justice23% 4,081 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents22% 3,905 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence11% 2,025 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,001 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 778 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 586 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 467 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 killed4,300 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,967 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,806 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,308 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations313 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees232 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the UK and the US Stories reporting abductions140 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced125 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Sudan and India Stories reporting people falling ill48 at about three times the usual rate · most about South Korea and the UK

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 harsher than 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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