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17,473 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 a disaster in Gofa, people killed in Papua New Guinea and protests in Dhaka (Bangladesh). Ethiopia's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was much softer than usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Italy →
Part of lifeHealth 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostEthiopia 66 in 100 of its 102 stories, usually 43
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 45 in 100 of its stories, usually 42
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

Ethiopia

67 of its 102 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Gofa accounted for 28 of Ethiopia's 67 stories about harm, carried by 172 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Ethiopia over 30 days → its stories → Gofa stories →
Rights & justice

Papua New Guinea

21 of its 52 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories). Natural hazards were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Papua New Guinea over 30 days → its stories →
Protests & strikes

Bangladesh

98 of its 171 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Dhaka accounted for 57 of Bangladesh's 98 stories about harm, carried by 49 outlets. 44 of Dhaka's 57 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Philippines

247 of its 480 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Philippine accounted for 123 of the Philippines' 247 stories about harm, carried by 76 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (18 stories). Oil spill was named in 49 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with drownings and tropical storm.

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Protests & strikes

Belarus

21 of its 40 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Minsk accounted for 17 of Belarus' 21 stories about harm, carried by 10 outlets. 13 of Minsk's 17 stories were about protests or strikes.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Taiwan

49 of its 176 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (25 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Morocco

13 of its 40 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

Tunisia

14 of its 42 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Canada

Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (91 stories). Storms were named in 49 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: poisoning in Mexico (37 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); oil spill in Philippines (49 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plane crash in Nepal (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); dengue in Brazil (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Japan (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

17 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 26 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 17,473 stories about harm among 101,452 counted on 26 Jul.

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In Mexico's news, mentions of poisoning ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 17 in every 100 of the day's 101,452 stories, below the usual 18. People falling ill were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Italy. In Ethiopia, 66% of the news was about people being harmed, where 43% is usual. On 27 July 2023, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, against 17 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Ethiopia66 in 100 of its 102 stories · usually 43 · mostly disasters & accidents Israel64 in 100 of its 1,180 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Bangladesh57 in 100 of its 171 stories · usually 50 · mostly rights & justice Palestine54 in 100 of its 248 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Philippines51 in 100 of its 480 stories · usually 36 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US159 stories about protests or strikes, of its 558 Jerusalem Israel83 stories about protests or strikes, of its 216 Islamabad Pakistan46 stories about protests or strikes, of its 72 Dhaka Bangladesh44 stories about protests or strikes, of its 57 Manchester UK44 stories about protests or strikes, of its 102

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: 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: too little coverage to readIsle 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'sSweden: 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'sSomalia: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: too little coverage to readSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: 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: too little coverage to readRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sOman: too little coverage to readNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: feelings about like the world'sNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: 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: feelings about like the world'sNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: 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 readCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: 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: too little coverage to readAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern 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 readBritish 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: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNiger: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNepal: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMexico: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMauritania: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJordan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIreland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuinea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCyprus: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCroatia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBenin: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelize: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelarus: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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 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 one and a half times 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'sBermuda: 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

● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 271 stories about harm ● Ethiopia about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 67 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 755 stories about harm ● Bangladesh about twice as angry as the world's · 98 stories about harm ● Singapore few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 31 stories about harm ● Nepal few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 44 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health28% 4,741 stories · about as usual Rights & justice25% 4,251 stories · more than usual (usually 22%) Disasters & accidents20% 3,399 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence12% 2,085 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 695 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 661 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 644 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 467 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 killed3,570 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,259 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,993 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured881 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting evacuations383 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting abductions357 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced213 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees114 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Palestine Stories reporting people falling ill56 at about three times the usual rate · most about the US and Italy

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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