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What the world's news said happened to people.
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22,070 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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Drownings in Ecuador, rights and justice in Tehran and flooding in Norway drew the news. Ecuador's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was about as usual.

Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeHealth 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostIran 64 in 100 of its 289 stories, usually 35
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 25 in 100 of its stories, usually 20
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Conflict & violence

Ecuador

221 of its 399 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Quito accounted for 187 of Ecuador's 221 stories about harm, carried by 527 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (114 stories). Drownings were named in 35 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Ecuador over 30 days → its stories → Quito stories →
Rights & justice

Iran

185 of its 289 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Tehran accounted for 143 of Iran's 185 stories about harm, carried by 272 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories).

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Disasters & accidents

Norway

46 of its 147 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Flooding was named in 30 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with landslides and heavy rain.

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

Bangladesh

133 of its 280 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (27 stories). Cyclone was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with drownings.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Ukraine

Reports of abductions ran at about 8 times the usual rate (5 stories). Wildfires were named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Niger

Niamey accounted for 123 of Niger's 187 stories about harm, carried by 387 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (31 stories). Power cuts were named in 34 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Ethiopia

48 of its 86 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

Tunisia

31 of its 59 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (26 stories).

its stories →
Food & livelihood

Argentina

23 of its 96 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: typhoon in South Korea (61 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Vietnam (43 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Thailand (23 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); wildfires in US (1263 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); power cuts in Niger (34 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 10 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 22,070 stories about harm among 114,984 counted on 10 Aug.

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On the side of help, reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 114,984 stories, as usual. Ecuador's news was 55% about people being harmed, against a usual 37%. On 10 August 2022, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan79 in 100 of its 75 stories · usually 72 · mostly displacement Palestine65 in 100 of its 111 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Iran64 in 100 of its 289 stories · usually 35 · mostly rights & justice Syria57 in 100 of its 110 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Ethiopia56 in 100 of its 86 stories · usually 34 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US105 stories about protests or strikes, of its 615 Manipur India66 stories about protests or strikes, of its 166 Cape Town South Africa59 stories about protests or strikes, of its 107 New York US45 stories about protests or strikes, of its 261 Hollywood US42 stories about protests or strikes, of its 201

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: 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'sU.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 readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: 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: too little coverage to readQatar: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: 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: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: 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: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIran: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: 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'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: 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'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt 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 readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEgypt: 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 readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: 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: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern 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: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk 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 a little warmer than the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sMicronesia: coverage a little more fearful than 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 about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTanzania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNiger: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIreland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFrance: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFinland: 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 a little more fearful than the world'sEcuador: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sCyprus: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArgentina: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than 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 twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice 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

● Ecuador about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 221 stories about harm ● Kashmir about twice as fearful as the world's · 51 stories about harm ● Russia about twice as angry as the world's · 290 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 204 stories about harm ● Türkiye about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 76 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 72 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health29% 6,382 stories · about as usual Rights & justice22% 4,699 stories · less than usual (usually 24%) Disasters & accidents22% 4,672 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence10% 2,232 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood6% 1,199 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,163 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 796 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 525 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 killed5,686 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,664 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,309 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,367 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations497 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Russia Stories reporting people displaced313 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Niger Stories reporting refugees209 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions148 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill16 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Australia 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.