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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

how these are picked →
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.

its stories →
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.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or lessZambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessYemen: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited States: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth 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 readTunisia: 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: too little coverage to readTaiwan: too little coverage to readSyria: 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: too little coverage to readSouth 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão 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: too little coverage to readQatar: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: about as warm as its own usual or lessPoland: 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: too little coverage to readPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: 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: too little coverage to readNew Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: 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: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: too little coverage to readKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: 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 lessIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: about as warm as its own usual or lessIreland: too little coverage to readIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndonesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: 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: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe 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: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR 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: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: too little coverage to readBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: too little coverage to readBangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: too little coverage to readBahamas: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzerbaijan: 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: too little coverage to readAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: 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 lessGaza: about as warm as its own usual or lessWest Bank: 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 lessEast Jerusalem: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAmerican 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorfolk 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: warmth about its own usualTürkiye: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualAustria: warmth about its own usualOklahoma, US -- disasters & accidents: 10 stories, carried by 13 outletsVienna, Austria -- conflict & violence: 31 stories, carried by 26 outletsDallas, US -- health: 15 stories, carried by 14 outletsCambridge, UK -- health: 12 stories, carried by 26 outletsJammu, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 38 stories, carried by 21 outletsToronto, Canada -- health: 21 stories, carried by 20 outletsNottingham, UK -- health: 17 stories, carried by 15 outletsPeshawar, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 13 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

● Oklahoma US about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 10 stories ● Vienna Austria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 31 stories ● Dallas US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 15 stories ● Cambridge UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Jammu Kashmir about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 38 stories

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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