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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.

its stories →
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.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: too little coverage to readZambia: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited States: too little coverage to readSouth 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: too little coverage to readTurkey: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: about as warm as its own usual or lessSaudi Arabia: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt 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: too little coverage to readPortugal: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNetherlands: 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: too little coverage to readMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth 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 lessKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: 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 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 lessIceland: about as warm as its own usual or lessHungary: about as warm as its own usual or lessHonduras: too little coverage to readHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEthiopia: 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: too little coverage to readDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: 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 lessCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta 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: too little coverage to readCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: too little coverage to readCambodia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessWallis & 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readVenezuela: warmth about its own usualPoland: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualIndia: warmth about its own usualBarbados: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualTennessee, US -- health: 13 stories, carried by 17 outletsTiger Hill, India -- conflict & violence: 23 stories, carried by 19 outletsWellington, New Zealand -- health: 34 stories, carried by 24 outletsCanberra, Australia -- rights & justice: 22 stories, carried by 51 outletsWarsaw, Poland -- rights & justice: 12 stories, carried by 42 outletsKentucky, US -- health: 22 stories, carried by 31 outletsAccra, Ghana -- health: 20 stories, carried by 14 outletsParkstone, UK -- disasters & accidents: 12 stories, carried by 10 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

● Tennessee US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● Tiger Hill India about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 23 stories ● Wellington New Zealand about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 34 stories ● Canberra Australia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 22 stories ● Warsaw Poland about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 12 stories

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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