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17,540 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 day's news pointed at a disaster in Kathmandu, violence in Niamey and protests in Damascus (Syria). Nepal's coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was much softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostNepal 60 in 100 of its 290 stories, usually 32
RegionEvery region about as usual
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Disasters & accidents

Nepal

173 of its 290 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Kathmandu accounted for 113 of Nepal's 173 stories about harm, carried by 328 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (128 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Niger

32 of its 42 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Niamey accounted for 24 of Niger's 32 stories about harm, carried by 29 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Niger over 30 days → its stories → Niamey stories →
Displacement

Sudan

Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories). Outbreaks were named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Sudan over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Bosnia

16 of its 19 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Srebrenica accounted for 16 of Bosnia's 16 stories about harm, carried by 27 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

South Africa

227 of its 722 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Flooding was named in 35 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with storms, heavy rain and rabies.

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Protests & strikes

Kenya

Nairobi accounted for 87 of Kenya's 153 stories about harm, carried by 59 outlets. 51 of Nairobi's 87 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Liberia

29 of its 77 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).

its stories →
Protests & strikes

South Sudan

17 of its 27 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. 4 of Juba's 7 stories were about protests or strikes.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Bangladesh

53 of its 123 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: flooding in South Africa (35 of its stories, about three times its usual); illness in Iran (10 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); heatwave in Italy (11 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); hypothermia in Japan (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); building collapse in Nigeria (23 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 12 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 17,540 stories about harm among 100,149 counted on 12 Jul.

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Sudan's news mentioned outbreaks about 4 times as often as usual. 18 in every 100 of the day's 100,149 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Nepal, 60% of the news was about people being harmed, where 32% is usual. A year earlier, on 13 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 →

Sudan72 in 100 of its 80 stories · usually 65 · mostly displacement Syria71 in 100 of its 51 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence Israel64 in 100 of its 794 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine62 in 100 of its 223 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Nepal60 in 100 of its 290 stories · usually 32 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US78 stories about protests or strikes, of its 439 Nairobi Kenya51 stories about protests or strikes, of its 87 Jerusalem Israel34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 163 San Francisco US33 stories about protests or strikes, of its 126 Hollywood US29 stories about protests or strikes, of its 213

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: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: too little coverage to readUnited States: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCayman 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-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 lessSyria: 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: too little coverage to readSuriname: 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 Korea: 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: too little coverage to readParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: too little coverage to readPalau: about as warm as its own usual or lessPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: too little coverage to readNorway: 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 readNetherlands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: too little coverage to readMozambique: 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 lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: 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: too little coverage to readLebanon: 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: too little coverage to readJordan: 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 lessIreland: 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: too little coverage to readGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: 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: too little coverage to readEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe 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 lessCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readChina: 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: too little coverage to readCanada: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: too little coverage to readBrunei: 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: 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: 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: 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 lessAksai Chin: 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 lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican 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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readSaudi Arabia: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualKuwait: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualGrenada: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualCuba: warmth about its own usualColombia: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualInverness, UK -- health: 11 stories, carried by 14 outletsColumbia River, Canada -- disasters & accidents: 13 stories, carried by 57 outletsLeicester, UK -- health: 20 stories, carried by 15 outletsPeshawar, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 10 outletsRaleigh, US -- health: 17 stories, carried by 50 outletsCleveland, US -- rights & justice: 16 stories, carried by 119 outletsBangkok, Thailand -- health: 13 stories, carried by 15 outletsBali, Indonesia -- health: 10 stories, carried by 83 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

● Inverness UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Columbia River Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 13 stories ● Leicester UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 20 stories ● Peshawar Pakistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 13 stories ● Raleigh US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 17 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health28% 4,854 stories · about as usual Rights & justice24% 4,041 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents22% 3,688 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence11% 1,818 stories · less than usual (usually 13%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 852 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 843 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 654 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 374 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 killed3,790 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,214 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,916 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured770 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting abductions344 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced230 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations170 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees131 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting people falling ill10 at about half 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 →

harshwarm

The words in the day's stories were much 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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