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11,751 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 Kursk, plane crash in Brazil and protests in Seoul (South Korea). Russia's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were much harsher than usual.

Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Israel and Palestine →
Part of lifeHealth 25 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostBrazil 49 in 100 of its 441 stories, usually 16
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 30 in 100 of its stories, usually 23
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Russia

271 of its 597 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Kursk accounted for 141 of Russia's 271 stories about harm, carried by 315 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 9 times the usual rate (7 stories). Accidents were named in 22 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Russia over 30 days → its stories → Kursk stories →
Disasters & accidents

Brazil

215 of its 441 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Sao Paulo accounted for 105 of Brazil's 215 stories about harm, carried by 261 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (186 stories). Plane crash was named in 96 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Brazil over 30 days → its stories → Sao Paulo stories →
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Conflict & violence

Palestine

200 of its 248 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Gaza accounted for 181 of Palestine's 200 stories about harm, carried by 501 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (59 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Kashmir

91 of its 146 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Anantnag accounted for 46 of Kashmir's 91 stories about harm, carried by 33 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (40 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

North Korea

24 of its 42 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Uiju accounted for 19 of North Korea's 24 stories about harm, carried by 75 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories). Flooding was named in 22 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with heavy rain, outbreaks and covid.

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Disasters & accidents

Japan

137 of its 668 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (24 stories). Earthquake was named in 80 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with tsunami. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Israel

540 of its 713 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (61 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Saudi Arabia

30 of its 106 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Japan (80 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in North Korea (22 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); landslides in Uganda (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); covid in France (14 of its stories, about three times its usual); power cuts in Iran (12 of its stories, more than ten 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 10 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 11,751 stories about harm among 60,505 counted on 10 Aug.

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Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Israel and Palestine. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 60,505 stories, as usual. Mentions of the earthquake ran about 4 times their usual in Japan's news. In Russia, 45% of the news was about people being harmed, where 31% is usual. A year earlier, on 11 August 2023, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Palestine81 in 100 of its 248 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Israel76 in 100 of its 713 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir62 in 100 of its 146 stories · usually 45 · mostly conflict & violence Austria53 in 100 of its 99 stories · usually 45 · mostly conflict & violence Brazil49 in 100 of its 441 stories · usually 16 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Dhaka Bangladesh86 stories about protests or strikes, of its 113 Southport UK76 stories about protests or strikes, of its 119 Belfast UK66 stories about protests or strikes, of its 90 London UK59 stories about protests or strikes, of its 150 Washington US56 stories about protests or strikes, of its 241

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: too little coverage to readVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.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: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: feelings about like the world'sUnited 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: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: 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: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. 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'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: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: 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 readNamibia: 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: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIraq: 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'sGuyana: 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'sGhana: 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: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe 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: 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'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: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: too little coverage to readCambodia: 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'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: 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: feelings about like the world'sAngola: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: feelings about like the world'sMontserrat: 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: feelings about like the world'sAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk 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 about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNiger: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNepal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLesotho: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKenya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJapan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sIsrael: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelarus: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBahamas: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAustria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAustralia: 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 4 times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about 4 times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about 4 times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about 4 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 4 times as fearful as the world's · 91 stories about harm ● Israel about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 540 stories about harm ● Palestine about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 200 stories about harm ● Russia about twice as angry as the world's · 271 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 164 stories about harm ● Iran about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 70 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health25% 2,829 stories · about as usual Rights & justice24% 2,784 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents22% 2,487 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence15% 1,703 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 537 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 468 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 433 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 285 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 killed3,352 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people affected1,430 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,241 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,028 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced283 at about twice the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting abductions246 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting refugees186 at about twice the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting evacuations154 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill16 at about the usual rate

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 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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