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19,053 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 protests in Southport (UK), violence in Tehran and people injured in Switzerland. Iran's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostVenezuela 51 in 100 of its 184 stories, usually 37
RegionEurope 19 in 100 of its stories, usually 17
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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Protests & strikes

UK

1,806 of its 6,969 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 312 of Southport's 426 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (100 stories). Tuberculosis was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

UK over 30 days → its stories → Southport stories →
Conflict & violence

Iran

233 of its 423 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Tehran accounted for 155 of Iran's 233 stories about harm, carried by 146 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Bangladesh

Dhaka accounted for 587 of Bangladesh's 839 stories about harm, carried by 530 outlets. 469 of Dhaka's 587 stories were about protests or strikes. Hunger was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Chad

20 of its 43 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 8 of Koro Toro's 10 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Venezuela

93 of its 184 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. 36 of Caracas' 44 stories were about protests or strikes. Avalanche was named in 21 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Iraq

75 of its 142 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Lebanon

Beirut accounted for 41 of Lebanon's 58 stories about harm, carried by 112 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Bahamas

21 of its 61 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 11 of Nassau's 15 stories were about protests or strikes.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: avalanche in Venezuela (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tropical storm in US (820 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); outbreaks in China (22 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); landslides in Canada (37 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); hunger in Bangladesh (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 6 Aug. 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 19,053 stories about harm among 100,637 counted on 6 Aug.

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Mentions of heavy rain ran about 6 times their usual in Sudan's news. of the day's 100,637 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. UK stood out: 26% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 18%. On 7 August 2023, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan69 in 100 of its 84 stories · usually 66 · mostly disasters & accidents Israel63 in 100 of its 1,171 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine58 in 100 of its 268 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Bangladesh58 in 100 of its 1,457 stories · usually 60 · mostly rights & justice Iran55 in 100 of its 423 stories · usually 47 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Dhaka Bangladesh469 stories about protests or strikes, of its 587 Southport UK312 stories about protests or strikes, of its 426 London UK112 stories about protests or strikes, of its 291 Washington US97 stories about protests or strikes, of its 439 Rotherham UK85 stories about protests or strikes, of its 101

Stories, not people.

Where harm was most of the news

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: near the world's share or lessZambia: near the world's share or lessVietnam: near the world's share or lessVanuatu: near the world's share or lessUzbekistan: near the world's share or lessUruguay: near the world's share or lessMicronesia: near the world's share or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessGuam: near the world's share or lessPuerto Rico: near the world's share or lessUnited States: near the world's share or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: no storiesFalkland Islands: near the world's share or lessCayman Islands: near the world's share or lessIsle of Man: near the world's share or lessUnited Arab Emirates: near the world's share or lessUkraine: near the world's share or lessUganda: near the world's share or lessTurkmenistan: near the world's share or lessTurkey: near the world's share or lessTrinidad & Tobago: near the world's share or lessTonga: near the world's share or lessTogo: near the world's share or lessTimor-Leste: near the world's share or lessThailand: near the world's share or lessTanzania: near the world's share or lessTajikistan: near the world's share or lessTaiwan: near the world's share or lessSweden: near the world's share or lessEswatini: no storiesSuriname: near the world's share or lessSri Lanka: near the world's share or lessSpain: near the world's share or lessSouth Korea: near the world's share or lessSomaliland: no storiesSolomon Islands: near the world's share or lessSlovakia: near the world's share or lessSlovenia: near the world's share or lessSingapore: near the world's share or lessSeychelles: near the world's share or lessSerbia: no storiesSenegal: near the world's share or lessSaudi Arabia: near the world's share or lessSão Tomé: no storiesSamoa: near the world's share or lessSt Vincent: near the world's share or lessSt. Lucia: near the world's share or lessRomania: near the world's share or lessQatar: near the world's share or lessPortugal: near the world's share or lessPoland: near the world's share or lessPeru: near the world's share or lessParaguay: near the world's share or lessPapua New Guinea: near the world's share or lessPanama: near the world's share or lessPalau: near the world's share or lessNorway: near the world's share or lessNew Zealand: near the world's share or lessNiue: near the world's share or lessNetherlands: near the world's share or lessCuraçao: no storiesNamibia: near the world's share or lessMorocco: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara: no storiesMontenegro: near the world's share or lessMongolia: near the world's share or lessMoldova: near the world's share or lessMexico: near the world's share or lessMauritius: near the world's share or lessMauritania: near the world's share or lessMalta: near the world's share or lessMalaysia: near the world's share or lessMalawi: near the world's share or lessMadagascar: near the world's share or lessNorth Macedonia: near the world's share or lessLuxembourg: near the world's share or lessLithuania: near the world's share or lessLibya: near the world's share or lessLiberia: near the world's share or lessLesotho: near the world's share or lessLatvia: near the world's share or lessLaos: near the world's share or lessKyrgyzstan: near the world's share or lessKuwait: near the world's share or lessKosovo: no storiesKiribati: no storiesKenya: near the world's share or lessKazakhstan: near the world's share or lessJordan: near the world's share or lessJapan: near the world's share or lessJamaica: near the world's share or lessItaly: near the world's share or lessIreland: near the world's share or lessIndia: near the world's share or lessIceland: near the world's share or lessHungary: near the world's share or lessHonduras: near the world's share or lessHaiti: near the world's share or lessGuyana: near the world's share or lessGuinea-Bissau: near the world's share or lessGuatemala: near the world's share or lessGrenada: near the world's share or lessGreece: near the world's share or lessGhana: near the world's share or lessGermany: near the world's share or lessGambia: near the world's share or lessGabon: near the world's share or lessFrance: near the world's share or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: no storiesFrench Polynesia: near the world's share or lessNew Caledonia: near the world's share or lessFrench Southern Territories: no storiesÅland Islands: no storiesFinland: near the world's share or lessFiji: near the world's share or lessEstonia: near the world's share or lessEritrea: near the world's share or lessEquatorial Guinea: near the world's share or lessEgypt: near the world's share or lessEcuador: near the world's share or lessDominican Republic: near the world's share or lessDominica: near the world's share or lessFaroe Islands: near the world's share or lessDenmark: near the world's share or lessCzech Republic: near the world's share or lessN. Cyprus: no storiesCyprus: near the world's share or lessCroatia: near the world's share or lessCôte d'Ivoire: near the world's share or lessCosta Rica: near the world's share or lessDR Congo: near the world's share or lessComoros: near the world's share or lessColombia: near the world's share or lessChina: near the world's share or lessHong Kong: near the world's share or lessChile: near the world's share or lessCentral African Republic: near the world's share or lessCape Verde: near the world's share or lessCanada: near the world's share or lessCambodia: near the world's share or lessBurundi: no storiesBurkina Faso: near the world's share or lessBulgaria: near the world's share or lessBrunei: near the world's share or lessBrazil: near the world's share or lessBotswana: near the world's share or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: near the world's share or lessBolivia: near the world's share or lessBhutan: near the world's share or lessBenin: near the world's share or lessBelize: near the world's share or lessBelgium: near the world's share or lessBelarus: near the world's share or lessBarbados: near the world's share or lessBahrain: near the world's share or lessAzerbaijan: near the world's share or lessAustralia: near the world's share or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: no storiesArmenia: near the world's share or lessArgentina: near the world's share or lessAntigua & Barbuda: near the world's share or lessAngola: near the world's share or lessAndorra: no storiesAlgeria: near the world's share or lessAlbania: near the world's share or lessAfghanistan: near the world's share or lessAksai Chin: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): no storiesWestern Sahara (Free Zone): no storiesCrimea: near the world's share or lessVatican City: near the world's share or lessMarshall Islands: near the world's share or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: near the world's share or lessAmerican Samoa: near the world's share or lessChagos Islands: no storiesSt. Helena: no storiesPitcairn: near the world's share or lessAnguilla: no storiesBermuda: near the world's share or lessBritish Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: near the world's share or lessMontserrat: near the world's share or lessJersey: near the world's share or lessGuernsey: near the world's share or lessSan Marino: near the world's share or lessSt Kitts & Nevis: near the world's share or lessCook Islands: near the world's share or lessAruba: near the world's share or lessNauru: no storiesMonaco: near the world's share or lessMaldives: near the world's share or lessLiechtenstein: near the world's share or lessWallis & Futuna: no storiesSt. Martin: no storiesSt. Barthélemy: no storiesMacao: near the world's share or lessNorfolk Island: no storiesSint Maarten: no storiesChristmas Island: no storiesGibraltar: near the world's share or lessMayotte: no storiesYemen: 54 in 100 of its 13 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Venezuela: 51 in 100 of its 184 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)UK: 26 in 100 of its 6,969 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Tunisia: 48 in 100 of its 25 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Syria: 42 in 100 of its 19 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Switzerland: 27 in 100 of its 218 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)South Sudan: 54 in 100 of its 24 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Sudan: 69 in 100 of its 84 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)South Africa: 28 in 100 of its 708 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Somalia: 67 in 100 of its 46 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Sierra Leone: 42 in 100 of its 19 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Rwanda: 47 in 100 of its 34 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Russia: 35 in 100 of its 518 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Philippines: 33 in 100 of its 546 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Pakistan: 27 in 100 of its 645 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Oman: 30 in 100 of its 50 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)North Korea: 36 in 100 of its 25 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Nigeria: 29 in 100 of its 1,438 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Niger: 55 in 100 of its 29 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Nicaragua: 58 in 100 of its 12 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Nepal: 35 in 100 of its 63 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Mozambique: 48 in 100 of its 21 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Mali: 59 in 100 of its 27 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Lebanon: 48 in 100 of its 121 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Israel: 63 in 100 of its 1,171 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Palestine: 58 in 100 of its 268 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Iraq: 53 in 100 of its 142 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Iran: 55 in 100 of its 423 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Indonesia: 28 in 100 of its 245 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Guinea: 41 in 100 of its 17 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Georgia: 44 in 100 of its 25 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Ethiopia: 49 in 100 of its 61 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)El Salvador: 45 in 100 of its 11 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Djibouti: 47 in 100 of its 17 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Greenland: 52 in 100 of its 21 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Cuba: 32 in 100 of its 69 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Congo: 64 in 100 of its 11 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Chad: 47 in 100 of its 43 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Cameroon: 38 in 100 of its 21 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Myanmar: 49 in 100 of its 43 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Bangladesh: 58 in 100 of its 1,457 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Bahamas: 34 in 100 of its 61 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Austria: 27 in 100 of its 66 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Kashmir: 39 in 100 of its 133 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Palestine: 58 in 100 of its 268 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Palestine: 58 in 100 of its 268 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Kashmir: 39 in 100 of its 133 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Kashmir: 39 in 100 of its 133 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Palestine: 58 in 100 of its 268 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Kashmir: 39 in 100 of its 133 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)
A quarter or more above the world's share Near the world's or lessNo stories

Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 19 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.

Most of its news about harm

● Israel 63 in 100 of its 1,171 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Bangladesh 58 in 100 of its 1,457 stories · mostly rights & justice ● Palestine 58 in 100 of its 268 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Iran 55 in 100 of its 423 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Sudan 69 in 100 of its 84 stories · mostly disasters & accidents ● Iraq 53 in 100 of its 142 stories · mostly conflict & violence

Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 stories.

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice26% 4,822 stories · more than usual (usually 23%) Health25% 4,589 stories · less than usual (usually 27%) Disasters & accidents21% 3,890 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence15% 2,823 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 767 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 719 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 673 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 416 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 killed4,774 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,230 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,948 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,191 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting abductions310 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees234 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the UK and Israel Stories reporting evacuations193 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people displaced147 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Sudan and Israel Stories reporting people falling ill19 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about India and the US

Stories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.

How it felt 30 days →

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The words in the day's stories were about as 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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