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10,482 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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Oil spill in the Philippines, the typhoon in China and protests in Dhaka (Bangladesh) drew the news. Pakistan's coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were harsher than usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Canada → Reports of people falling ill ran at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about the US and India →
Part of lifeHealth 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostPhilippines 52 in 100 of its 340 stories, usually 36
RegionEast Asia 18 in 100 of its stories, usually 13
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Disasters & accidents

Philippines

177 of its 340 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Philippine accounted for 82 of the Philippines' 177 stories about harm, carried by 51 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Oil spill was named in 31 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.

Philippines over 30 days → its stories → Philippine stories →
Rights & justice

China

226 of its 979 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (17 stories). Typhoon was named in 31 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with tropical storm. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

China over 30 days → its stories →
Protests & strikes

Bangladesh

Dhaka accounted for 54 of Bangladesh's 86 stories about harm, carried by 49 outlets. 37 of Dhaka's 54 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (35 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times 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 →
Conflict & violence

Pakistan

278 of its 666 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Kashmir

84 of its 142 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Jammu accounted for 36 of Kashmir's 84 stories about harm, carried by 27 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Palestine

Gaza accounted for 99 of Palestine's 125 stories about harm, carried by 152 outlets. Polio was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Ethiopia

37 of its 52 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Taiwan

24 of its 75 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Iraq

22 of its 37 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Sudan

28 of its 34 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: illness in France (33 of its stories, about three times its usual); polio in Palestine (18 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); poisoning in Mexico (10 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); building collapse in India (29 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plane crash in US (90 of its stories, about 10 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 27 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 10,482 stories about harm among 59,887 counted on 27 Jul.

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Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Canada. 18 in every 100 of the day's 59,887 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In the Philippines, 52% of the news was about people being harmed, where 36% is usual. On 28 July 2023, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, against 18 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Ethiopia71 in 100 of its 52 stories · usually 45 · mostly disasters & accidents Palestine61 in 100 of its 204 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir59 in 100 of its 142 stories · usually 50 · mostly conflict & violence Israel58 in 100 of its 751 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Bangladesh56 in 100 of its 154 stories · usually 51 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US74 stories about protests or strikes, of its 334 Dhaka Bangladesh37 stories about protests or strikes, of its 54 Delhi India37 stories about protests or strikes, of its 140 London UK33 stories about protests or strikes, of its 134 Islamabad Pakistan31 stories about protests or strikes, of its 73

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'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sUnited 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'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: 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 readSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: 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 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: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: 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'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: 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'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: too little coverage to readKuwait: 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'sIran: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: 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'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: 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 readSt 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: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: 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: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: 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 readBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: 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 readAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: 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: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican 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: feelings about like the world'sJersey: 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: feelings about like the world'sAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage a little angrier than the world'sVenezuela: 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 about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMalta: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMalaysia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLaos: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKenya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIsrael: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sCzechia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBahamas: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than 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 three times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three 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 three 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

● Kashmir about three times as fearful as the world's · 84 stories about harm ● Israel about three times as angry as the world's · 436 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 278 stories about harm ● Laos few stories about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 13 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 125 stories about harm ● Iraq few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 22 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health26% 2,633 stories · about as usual Rights & justice23% 2,312 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents21% 2,155 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence15% 1,574 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 451 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 399 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 382 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 301 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 killed2,474 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,418 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,069 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured815 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations289 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting abductions234 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced187 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting refugees86 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill52 at about 4 times 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 harsher 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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