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21,430 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 road crashes in Nepal and violence in Moscow and Jerusalem. Russia's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostDominican Republic 72 in 100 of its 69 stories, usually 35
RegionEvery region about as usual
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Nepal

50 of its 130 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Kathmandu accounted for 34 of Nepal's 50 stories about harm, carried by 45 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (17 stories). Road crashes were named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Nepal over 30 days → its stories → Kathmandu stories →
Conflict & violence

Russia

1,013 of its 2,165 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Moscow accounted for 783 of Russia's 1,013 stories about harm, carried by 1,001 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (806 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Russia over 30 days → its stories → Moscow stories →
Rights & justice

Israel

221 of its 548 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Jerusalem accounted for 100 of Israel's 221 stories about harm, carried by 149 outlets. Earthquake was named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain and avalanche. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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

Dominican Republic

50 of its 69 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 10 times the usual rate (21 stories). Flooding was named in 41 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with heavy rain, landslides and power cuts.

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Disasters & accidents

Antarctica

36 of its 58 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (17 stories). Drownings were named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Japan

389 of its 1,592 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (61 stories). Earthquake was named in 211 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with tsunami.

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Rights & justice

Zimbabwe

100 of its 313 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Harare accounted for 64 of Zimbabwe's 100 stories about harm, carried by 104 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Vietnam

Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (30 stories). Drownings were named in 36 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

Ramallah accounted for 31 of Palestine's 56 stories about harm, carried by 49 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Japan (211 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flooding in Dominican Republic (41 of its stories, about three times its usual); drownings in Vietnam (36 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Antarctica (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); covid in Thailand (14 of its stories, about 4 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 24 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 21,430 stories about harm among 113,897 counted on 24 Aug.

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19 in every 100 of the day's 113,897 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. On 24 August 2022, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Dominican Republic72 in 100 of its 69 stories · usually 35 · mostly disasters & accidents Sudan69 in 100 of its 78 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Antarctica62 in 100 of its 58 stories · usually 40 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria57 in 100 of its 86 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine55 in 100 of its 101 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US136 stories about protests or strikes, of its 596 Tokyo Japan107 stories about protests or strikes, of its 253 Fulton County US95 stories about protests or strikes, of its 353 Moscow Russia78 stories about protests or strikes, of its 783 London UK38 stories about protests or strikes, of its 246

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited States: too little coverage to readSouth 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 lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: too little coverage to readTonga: 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSaudi 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: 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: too little coverage to readPeru: 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: too little coverage to readPalau: too little coverage to readOman: 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 readCuraçao: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: too little coverage to readMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: 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 readKazakhstan: 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 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readEquatorial 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessDenmark: 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: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: 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 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: too little coverage to readHeard & 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: 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 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 readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSiachen Glacier: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall 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: 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: too little coverage to readGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readUkraine: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualNetherlands: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualMyanmar: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualAustralia: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualLancaster County, US -- health: 16 stories, carried by 15 outletsCanberra, Australia -- health: 73 stories, carried by 94 outletsYorkshire, UK -- disasters & accidents: 15 stories, carried by 95 outletsNorthumbria, UK -- health: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsAccra, Ghana -- health: 29 stories, carried by 12 outletsNew Hampshire, US -- health: 10 stories, carried by 11 outletsBattagram, Pakistan -- disasters & accidents: 18 stories, carried by 17 outletsPune, India -- health: 13 stories, carried by 18 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

● Lancaster County US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 16 stories ● Canberra Australia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 73 stories ● Yorkshire UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 15 stories ● Northumbria UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Accra Ghana about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 29 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health30% 6,224 stories · about as usual Rights & justice23% 4,861 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents21% 4,315 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence12% 2,422 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 952 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 914 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 717 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 602 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 killed5,139 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,312 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,211 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,133 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations296 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Canada and the US Stories reporting refugees223 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions190 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced187 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill27 at about the usual rate

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 softer 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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