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18,691 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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Most of the day's attention went to protests in Nairobi (Kenya), the heatwave in Grenada and the cholera in Haiti. Palestine's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostGrenada 89 in 100 of its 221 stories, usually 47
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 42 in 100 of its stories, usually 25
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Kenya

180 of its 402 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Nairobi accounted for 115 of Kenya's 180 stories about harm, carried by 132 outlets. 100 of Nairobi's 115 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Kenya over 30 days → its stories → Nairobi stories →
Disasters & accidents

Grenada

197 of its 221 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Carriacou accounted for 180 of Grenada's 197 stories about harm, carried by 487 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (96 stories). Heatwave was named in 20 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Grenada over 30 days → its stories → Carriacou stories →
Shelter & services

Haiti

40 of its 51 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Cholera was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Haiti over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Cambodia

45 of its 91 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Phnom Penh accounted for 32 of Cambodia's 45 stories about harm, carried by 63 outlets. 25 of Phnom Penh's 32 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (24 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Syria

42 of its 64 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. 9 of Afrin's 14 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

India

1,366 of its 5,234 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Dengue was named in 33 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with chikungunya, dust storm and food poisoning. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Jamaica

134 of its 226 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Flooding was named in 50 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Uruguay

49 of its 88 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Montevideo accounted for 43 of Uruguay's 49 stories about harm, carried by 68 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (46 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Mauritania

19 of its 26 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. 10 of Nouakchott's 10 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: flooding in Jamaica (50 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); flooding in Malaysia (17 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); drought in Greece (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Brazil (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); road crashes in South Korea (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 2 Jul. 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 18,691 stories about harm among 103,558 counted on 2 Jul.

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In Jamaica's news, mentions of flooding ran about 6 times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 103,558 stories, as usual. Kenya's news was 45% about people being harmed, against a usual 35%. A year earlier, on 3 July 2023, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Grenada89 in 100 of its 221 stories · usually 47 · mostly disasters & accidents Haiti78 in 100 of its 51 stories · usually 45 · mostly shelter & services Palestine69 in 100 of its 280 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan67 in 100 of its 63 stories · usually 69 · mostly displacement Syria66 in 100 of its 64 stories · usually 52 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US165 stories about protests or strikes, of its 617 Nairobi Kenya100 stories about protests or strikes, of its 115 London UK45 stories about protests or strikes, of its 247 Jerusalem Israel42 stories about protests or strikes, of its 140 Gaza Palestine29 stories about protests or strikes, of its 164

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sYemen: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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: too little coverage to readTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: 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'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSaudi 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'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPoland: 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: feelings about like the world'sOman: 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 readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: 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'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: 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'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt 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: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: 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'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: feelings about like the world'sColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: too little coverage to readBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sArgentina: 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'sAlbania: 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: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: feelings about like the world'sWallis & 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUzbekistan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTonga: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPeru: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNepal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMontenegro: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMauritania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMalaysia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLithuania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKuwait: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKenya: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sItaly: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIceland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEstonia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEgypt: coverage a little warmer than the world'sDjibouti: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChile: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChad: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBulgaria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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 one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times 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 one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJersey: 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

● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 546 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 192 stories about harm ● Pakistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 219 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 125 stories about harm ● Kashmir few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 33 stories about harm ● Kenya about twice as angry as the world's · 180 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health30% 5,471 stories · about as usual Rights & justice24% 4,392 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents21% 3,789 stories · more than usual (usually 18%) Conflict & violence10% 1,824 stories · less than usual (usually 13%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 967 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 702 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 620 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 502 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 killed4,326 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,112 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,992 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,211 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions386 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and Nigeria Stories reporting people displaced248 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations201 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees180 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people falling ill37 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India

Stories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.

How it felt 30 days →

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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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