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16,609 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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Wildfires in Greece, violence in Kursk and arrests in Hong Kong drew the news. Russia's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were harsher than usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Greece and Australia →
Part of lifeHealth 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostPuerto Rico 84 in 100 of its 74 stories, usually 32
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 31 in 100 of its stories, usually 23
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

Greece

271 of its 536 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Athens accounted for 237 of Greece's 271 stories about harm, carried by 528 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (135 stories). Wildfires were named in 141 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with drought. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Greece over 30 days → its stories → Athens stories →
Conflict & violence

Russia

398 of its 853 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Kursk accounted for 236 of Russia's 398 stories about harm, carried by 462 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Russia over 30 days → its stories → Kursk stories →
Rights & justice

Hong Kong

46 of its 135 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (24 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Hong Kong over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Malta

29 of its 115 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Uganda

76 of its 143 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Kampala accounted for 63 of Uganda's 76 stories about harm, carried by 72 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

156 of its 217 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Gaza accounted for 115 of Palestine's 156 stories about harm, carried by 272 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Guadeloupe

31 of its 31 stories (100%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. the Leeward Islands accounted for 28 of Guadeloupe's 31 stories about harm, carried by 23 outlets. Hurricane was named in 29 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Ukraine

126 of its 358 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Puerto Rico

62 of its 74 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Brazil

103 of its 239 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (83 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: hurricane in Guadeloupe (29 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); hurricane in Bermuda (17 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); power cuts in Ireland (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); typhoon in Japan (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Kenya (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 19; 19 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 12 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 16,609 stories about harm among 87,775 counted on 12 Aug.

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Greece's news was 51% about people being harmed, against a usual 18%. of the day's 87,775 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Greece and Australia. Mentions of wildfires ran about three times their usual in Greece's news. A year earlier, on 13 August 2023, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Puerto Rico84 in 100 of its 74 stories · usually 32 · mostly disasters & accidents Palestine72 in 100 of its 217 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Israel66 in 100 of its 1,131 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan63 in 100 of its 93 stories · usually 67 · mostly disasters & accidents Uganda53 in 100 of its 143 stories · usually 31 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Kolkata India119 stories about protests or strikes, of its 186 Southport UK106 stories about protests or strikes, of its 147 Dhaka Bangladesh81 stories about protests or strikes, of its 115 London UK77 stories about protests or strikes, of its 276 Washington US50 stories about protests or strikes, of its 262

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessYemen: about as warm as its own usual or lessVietnam: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsle 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSyria: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: 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 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: too little coverage to readSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: too little coverage to readSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: about as warm as its own usual or lessSaudi 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessQatar: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: about as warm as its own usual or lessPakistan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew 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 readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrance: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR 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: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: about as warm as its own usual or lessCambodia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: too little coverage to readBelarus: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: too little coverage to readBangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustria: 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: too little coverage to readAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: 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 readCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessChagos 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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: 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 readZimbabwe: warmth about its own usualThailand: warmth about its own usualSouth Africa: warmth about its own usualEthiopia: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualMassachusetts, US -- health: 17 stories, carried by 16 outletsWellington, New Zealand -- disasters & accidents: 35 stories, carried by 51 outletsOklahoma, US -- disasters & accidents: 15 stories, carried by 16 outletsKaduna, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 17 stories, carried by 12 outletsJammu, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 24 stories, carried by 16 outletsHarare, Zimbabwe -- rights & justice: 22 stories, carried by 21 outletsKigali, Rwanda -- conflict & violence: 15 stories, carried by 16 outletsDurban, South Africa -- health: 21 stories, carried by 18 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

● Massachusetts US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 17 stories ● Wellington New Zealand about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 35 stories ● Oklahoma US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 15 stories ● Kaduna Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 17 stories ● Jammu Kashmir about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 24 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health26% 4,205 stories · about as usual Rights & justice24% 3,976 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents20% 3,300 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence13% 2,144 stories · less than usual (usually 16%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 806 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 663 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 610 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 582 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 killed3,982 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,947 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,783 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,192 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations480 at about twice the usual rate · most about Greece and Australia Stories reporting people displaced307 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting abductions280 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees157 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill18 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Canada

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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.