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9,219 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 plane crash in Brazil, violence in Kyiv and protests in Kolkata (India). Ukraine's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Israel and Palestine →
Part of lifeHealth 23 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostBrazil 49 in 100 of its 220 stories, usually 19
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 29 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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Disasters & accidents

Brazil

108 of its 220 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Sao Paulo accounted for 69 of Brazil's 108 stories about harm, carried by 309 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (101 stories). Plane crash was named in 46 of its stories about harm, about 4 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.

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

Ukraine

111 of its 248 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Kyiv accounted for 81 of Ukraine's 111 stories about harm, carried by 233 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 8 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

Uganda

68 of its 115 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Kampala accounted for 61 of Uganda's 68 stories about harm, carried by 159 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (18 stories). Landslides were named in 35 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Russia

212 of its 444 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Kursk accounted for 125 of Russia's 212 stories about harm, carried by 361 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

148 of its 186 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Gaza accounted for 124 of Palestine's 148 stories about harm, carried by 201 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Greece

64 of its 192 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (27 stories). Storms were named in 33 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual, with wildfires and drought.

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Conflict & violence

Kashmir

99 of its 165 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Israel

451 of its 647 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (85 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: landslides in Uganda (35 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in Greece (33 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); flooding in Ireland (17 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); storms in UK (32 of its stories, about 7 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 11 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 9,219 stories about harm among 49,148 counted on 11 Aug.

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Brazil stood out: 49% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 19%. 19 in every 100 of the day's 49,148 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. People displaced were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about Israel and Palestine. the news turned to Brazil for the second day running. On 12 August 2023, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 19 today. This week the news turned most often to Japan, on 3 of 7 days.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Palestine80 in 100 of its 186 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Israel70 in 100 of its 647 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir60 in 100 of its 165 stories · usually 45 · mostly conflict & violence Uganda59 in 100 of its 115 stories · usually 30 · mostly disasters & accidents Afghanistan52 in 100 of its 67 stories · usually 45 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Dhaka Bangladesh79 stories about protests or strikes, of its 108 Southport UK71 stories about protests or strikes, of its 119 Belfast UK62 stories about protests or strikes, of its 98 Kolkata India55 stories about protests or strikes, of its 87 London UK38 stories about protests or strikes, of its 126

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'sYemen: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: 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 readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: 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'sSudan: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: 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: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: 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'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: 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: too little coverage to readMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: too little coverage to readLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: 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: too little coverage to readHaiti: 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'sGermany: 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 readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial 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'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR 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 readCameroon: too little coverage to readCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: too little coverage to readBahrain: too little coverage to readBahamas: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sNorthern 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 readBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little warmer than the world'sThailand: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMali: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLibya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFinland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEstonia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAustria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about 4 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 4 times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about 4 times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about 4 times as fearful as the world'sBermuda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJersey: coverage a little angrier than 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 · 99 stories about harm ● Israel about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 451 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 111 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 148 stories about harm ● Russia about twice as angry as the world's · 212 stories about harm ● Uganda about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 68 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health23% 2,102 stories · less than usual (usually 26%) Rights & justice23% 2,049 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents21% 1,870 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence18% 1,586 stories · more than usual (usually 15%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 443 stories · about as usual Displacement5% 418 stories · more than usual (usually 3%) Shelter & services3% 274 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 271 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 killed2,418 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,206 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests950 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured918 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced215 at about twice the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting abductions178 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations172 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Russia and Greece Stories reporting refugees127 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and the UK Stories reporting people falling ill13 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.

● Angera little more than 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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