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12,041 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 rights and justice in Tehran, violence in Kabul and abductions in Yemen. Yemen's coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeDisasters & accidents 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostIran 60 in 100 of its 172 stories, usually 39
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 33 in 100 of its stories, usually 30
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Rights & justice

Iran

104 of its 172 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Tehran accounted for 76 of Iran's 104 stories about harm, carried by 124 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (81 stories). Illness was named in 23 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

63 of its 106 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Kabul accounted for 29 of Afghanistan's 63 stories about harm, carried by 167 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Kabul stories →
Disasters & accidents

Yemen

43 of its 50 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Yemen over 30 days → its stories →
Health

UK

Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (38 stories). Respiratory illness was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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

Niger

Niamey accounted for 74 of Niger's 126 stories about harm, carried by 177 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

South Korea

12 of Seoul's 24 stories were about protests or strikes. Earthquake was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tsunami. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

France

149 of its 469 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (16 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

52 of its 64 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Tunisia

25 of its 38 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (24 stories).

its stories →
Health

Bangladesh

91 of its 187 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Dhaka accounted for 42 of Bangladesh's 91 stories about harm, carried by 40 outlets.

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Also named far more than usual: wildfires in US (935 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); plane crash in Colombia (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in Sweden (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); covid in Brazil (15 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flooding in Myanmar (12 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 12 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 12,041 stories about harm among 61,462 counted on 12 Aug.

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It was the third day running that the news turned to Iran. of the day's 61,462 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Iran stood out: 60% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 39%. On 12 August 2022, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, against 20 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen86 in 100 of its 50 stories · usually 63 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria81 in 100 of its 64 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Iran60 in 100 of its 172 stories · usually 39 · mostly rights & justice Afghanistan59 in 100 of its 106 stories · usually 47 · mostly conflict & violence Ecuador53 in 100 of its 72 stories · usually 47 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US52 stories about protests or strikes, of its 291 Niamey Niger35 stories about protests or strikes, of its 74 Monterey US31 stories about protests or strikes, of its 34 Manipur India24 stories about protests or strikes, of its 62 Chicago US20 stories about protests or strikes, of its 135

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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 readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: 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'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: 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 readSaudi Arabia: 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: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: 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 readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: 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'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: 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'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIran: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: too little coverage to readHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: 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: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: 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 readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: too little coverage to readBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: too little coverage to readBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: 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'sAksai Chin: 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: too little coverage to readSan 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: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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 readYemen: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sUzbekistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSenegal: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEcuador: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChile: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBosnia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelize: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahamas: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlbania: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken 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

● Syria about three times as angry as the world's · 52 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 138 stories about harm ● Yemen few stories about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 43 stories about harm ● Pakistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 175 stories about harm ● Russia about twice as angry as the world's · 141 stories about harm ● Sudan few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 31 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Disasters & accidents27% 3,178 stories · much more than usual (usually 21%) Health26% 3,092 stories · less than usual (usually 29%) Rights & justice22% 2,582 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence11% 1,248 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 534 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 413 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 396 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 337 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 killed3,293 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,598 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,314 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured688 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations254 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees154 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the UK and France Stories reporting abductions140 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about India and Nigeria Stories reporting people displaced111 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill9 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about India 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 much 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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