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10,607 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 violence in Mogadishu, landslides in Vietnam and people killed in Trinidad & Tobago. Vietnam's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostNepal 53 in 100 of its 139 stories, usually 35
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 51 in 100 of its stories, usually 44
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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Conflict & violence

Somalia

27 of its 30 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Mogadishu accounted for 22 of Somalia's 27 stories about harm, carried by 37 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Somalia over 30 days → its stories → Mogadishu stories →
Disasters & accidents

Vietnam

32 of its 110 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (18 stories). Landslides were named in 22 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Vietnam over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Chile

14 of its 37 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).

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

Israel

480 of its 629 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (237 stories). Flooding was named in 22 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with train derailment. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Ecuador

21 of its 31 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Quito accounted for 14 of Ecuador's 21 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Nepal

73 of its 139 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Kathmandu accounted for 51 of Nepal's 73 stories about harm, carried by 223 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (45 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

183 of its 248 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Gaza accounted for 145 of Palestine's 183 stories about harm, carried by 146 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Argentina

19 of its 59 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Health

Switzerland

30 of its 112 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (6 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: illness in New Zealand (16 of its stories, about three times its usual); building collapse in Nigeria (52 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); house fires in Australia (20 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); covid in Pakistan (14 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); flooding in Israel (22 of its stories, about three 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 13 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 10,607 stories about harm among 58,674 counted on 13 Jul.

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Mentions of landslides ran more than ten times their usual in Vietnam's news. of the day's 58,674 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Somalia stood out: 90% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 52%. On 14 July 2023, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Israel76 in 100 of its 629 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine74 in 100 of its 248 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Nepal53 in 100 of its 139 stories · usually 35 · mostly disasters & accidents Kenya45 in 100 of its 190 stories · usually 39 · mostly rights & justice Kashmir42 in 100 of its 131 stories · usually 46 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US52 stories about protests or strikes, of its 252 Islamabad Pakistan27 stories about protests or strikes, of its 90 Denver US25 stories about protests or strikes, of its 50 Nairobi Kenya22 stories about protests or strikes, of its 42 Hollywood US14 stories about protests or strikes, of its 123

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: 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 Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: 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'sNorth Korea: too little coverage to readNicaragua: 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'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: too little coverage to readJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIraq: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: 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: too little coverage to readEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech 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'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: too little coverage to readCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: 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: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: too little coverage to readBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: 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: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos 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: feelings about like the world'sSan 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: too little coverage to readMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little angrier than the world'sYemen: coverage a little angrier than the world'sVietnam: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNiger: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalta: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLibya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIsrael: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIceland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEcuador: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChad: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArgentina: 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 fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry 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 angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful 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 three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 480 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as angry as the world's · 183 stories about harm ● Russia about twice as angry as the world's · 108 stories about harm ● Türkiye few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 25 stories about harm ● Vietnam few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 32 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 77 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health27% 2,776 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents22% 2,309 stories · more than usual (usually 20%) Rights & justice22% 2,263 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence13% 1,380 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 575 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 408 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 344 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 282 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 killed2,817 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,589 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting arrests1,080 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured971 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting abductions298 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting people displaced243 at about twice the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting refugees144 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations115 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill9 at about two-thirds of 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
● Griefa little more than 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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