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18,926 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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Tropical storm in St Vincent, road crashes in Ireland and illness in Montevideo drew the news. Ireland's coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and the UK →
Part of lifeHealth 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostJamaica 63 in 100 of its 299 stories, usually 22
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 40 in 100 of its stories, usually 26
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 →
Disasters & accidents

St Vincent

34 of its 39 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Union Island accounted for 27 of St Vincent's 34 stories about harm, carried by 126 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (24 stories). Tropical storm was named in 26 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with heatwave.

St Vincent over 30 days → its stories → Union Island stories →
Rights & justice

Ireland

275 of its 1,224 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (87 stories). Road crashes were named in 31 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Haiti

42 of its 60 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 24 of Haiti's 42 stories about harm, carried by 27 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Jamaica

189 of its 299 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Cyclone was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with power cuts.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Grenada

170 of its 194 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Carriacou accounted for 160 of Grenada's 170 stories about harm, carried by 478 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 9 times the usual rate (56 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Mali

22 of its 29 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Cambodia

29 of its 74 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 10 of Phnom Penh's 20 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (16 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

India

1,430 of its 5,122 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (268 stories). Dengue was named in 33 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with bridge collapse, dust storm and chikungunya.

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Also named far more than usual: drownings in Taiwan (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); covid in Germany (15 of its stories, about three times its usual); cyclone in Jamaica (16 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); plague in Japan (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); helicopter crash in Russia (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 3 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 18,926 stories about harm among 102,863 counted on 3 Jul.

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St Vincent stood out: 87% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 25%. 18 in every 100 of the day's 102,863 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and the UK. St Vincent's news mentioned tropical storm about 9 times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 4 July 2023, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Grenada88 in 100 of its 194 stories · usually 59 · mostly disasters & accidents Haiti70 in 100 of its 60 stories · usually 47 · mostly disasters & accidents Palestine68 in 100 of its 281 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Israel64 in 100 of its 919 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Jamaica63 in 100 of its 299 stories · usually 22 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US140 stories about protests or strikes, of its 601 Nairobi Kenya67 stories about protests or strikes, of its 76 London UK38 stories about protests or strikes, of its 262 Toronto Canada37 stories about protests or strikes, of its 77 Gaza Palestine23 stories about protests or strikes, of its 140

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 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: too little coverage to readUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.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: 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: too little coverage to readIsle 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: 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: 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: too little coverage to readNicaragua: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew 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: too little coverage to readMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: too little coverage to readMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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 lessMalaysia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth 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 lessKosovo: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: 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: too little coverage to readFrance: 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: too little coverage to readEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: 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: 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: 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 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: 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 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 lessBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia 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 lessBangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: too little coverage to readBahamas: 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): 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 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorfolk 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: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about its own usualKuwait: warmth about its own usualGrenada: warmth about its own usualFort Good Hope, Canada -- disasters & accidents: 10 stories, carried by 32 outletsGwoza, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 15 stories, carried by 11 outletsShanghai, China -- conflict & violence: 19 stories, carried by 20 outletsQuetta, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsGainesville, US -- rights & justice: 13 stories, carried by 18 outletsBajaur, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 18 stories, carried by 17 outletsKaduna, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 14 stories, carried by 12 outletsMaine, US -- health: 13 stories, carried by 17 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

● Fort Good Hope Canada about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 10 stories ● Gwoza Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 15 stories ● Shanghai China about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 19 stories ● Quetta Pakistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 10 stories ● Gainesville US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 13 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health29% 5,326 stories · about as usual Rights & justice24% 4,380 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents21% 3,894 stories · more than usual (usually 18%) Conflict & violence11% 1,966 stories · less than usual (usually 13%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,140 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 749 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 617 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 424 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 killed4,686 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,273 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,090 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,270 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions297 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and Nigeria Stories reporting people displaced272 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations226 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting refugees190 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people falling ill58 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US 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 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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