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17,898 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 day's news pointed at protests in Sanaa (Yemen), a disaster in Athens and violence in Gaza. Palestine's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostPuerto Rico 87 in 100 of its 106 stories, usually 38
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 27 in 100 of its stories, usually 23
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

Yemen

38 of its 49 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Sanaa accounted for 22 of Yemen's 38 stories about harm, carried by 45 outlets. 11 of Sanaa's 22 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Yemen over 30 days → its stories → Sanaa stories →
Disasters & accidents

Greece

222 of its 445 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Athens accounted for 175 of Greece's 222 stories about harm, carried by 229 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (23 stories). Drownings were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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

Tanzania

32 of its 74 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 11 of Mbeya's 18 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (22 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Spain

83 of its 440 stories (19%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (32 stories). Heatwave was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Uganda

55 of its 136 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Bangladesh

Dhaka accounted for 185 of Bangladesh's 296 stories about harm, carried by 370 outlets. 133 of Dhaka's 185 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Puerto Rico

92 of its 106 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Storms were named in 46 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with flooding, landslides and heavy rain.

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Disasters & accidents

U.S. Virgin Islands

18 of its 30 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Hurricane was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: storms in Puerto Rico (46 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); hurricane in Bermuda (18 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); earthquake in Syria (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in U.S. Virgin Islands (14 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); power cuts in Venezuela (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 13 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 17,898 stories about harm among 99,570 counted on 13 Aug.

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In Puerto Rico's news, mentions of storms ran about 6 times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 99,570 stories, as usual. Yemen's news was 78% about people being harmed, against a usual 56%. A year earlier, on 14 August 2023, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Puerto Rico87 in 100 of its 106 stories · usually 38 · mostly disasters & accidents Congo84 in 100 of its 55 stories · usually 56 · mostly health Sudan79 in 100 of its 72 stories · usually 67 · mostly disasters & accidents Palestine64 in 100 of its 201 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Syria63 in 100 of its 63 stories · usually 49 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Kolkata India217 stories about protests or strikes, of its 293 Dhaka Bangladesh133 stories about protests or strikes, of its 185 Washington US89 stories about protests or strikes, of its 361 Southport UK59 stories about protests or strikes, of its 88 London UK56 stories about protests or strikes, of its 310

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: 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'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: 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: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: 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'sSri Lanka: 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'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: 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'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: 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: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: 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 readMali: too little coverage to readMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: 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: too little coverage to readGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sFrance: 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'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl 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'sGreenland: 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: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: 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'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: too little coverage to readAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: 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: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican 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: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook 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 readZimbabwe: coverage a little warmer than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTanzania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSpain: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPortugal: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPanama: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMalta: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLithuania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJordan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJapan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJamaica: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sDjibouti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sColombia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChile: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCameroon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBahamas: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice 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 twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as 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 few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 34 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 665 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 128 stories about harm ● Russia about twice as angry as the world's · 298 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as angry as the world's · 139 stories about harm ● Spain about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 83 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health28% 4,959 stories · more than usual (usually 26%) Rights & justice26% 4,534 stories · more than usual (usually 23%) Disasters & accidents18% 3,176 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence12% 2,093 stories · less than usual (usually 16%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 836 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 732 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 684 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 527 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 killed4,042 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,038 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,832 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured943 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting evacuations344 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Greece and the US Stories reporting abductions312 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced234 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees145 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill35 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 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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