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What the world's news said happened to people.
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18,331 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 flooding in Puerto Rico, the hunger in Congo and protests in Mbeya (Tanzania). Kashmir's coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeHealth 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostPuerto Rico 92 in 100 of its 203 stories, usually 44
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 31 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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Disasters & accidents

Puerto Rico

187 of its 203 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories). Flooding was named in 134 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with storms and heavy rain.

Puerto Rico over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Congo

167 of its 184 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Hunger was named in 44 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with measles. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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

Greece

117 of its 340 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Athens accounted for 88 of Greece's 117 stories about harm, carried by 200 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (18 stories).

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Rights & justice

Uganda

67 of its 157 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of abductions ran at about 9 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Russia

Kursk accounted for 198 of Russia's 337 stories about harm, carried by 314 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (38 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

India

204 of Kolkata's 274 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Bangladesh

Dhaka accounted for 125 of Bangladesh's 202 stories about harm, carried by 144 outlets. 85 of Dhaka's 125 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Bermuda

44 of its 105 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Hurricane was named in 40 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with flooding and storms.

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Also named far more than usual: hurricane in Bermuda (40 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); tropical storm in U.S. Virgin Islands (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); illness in Rwanda (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); dengue in Brazil (16 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); tsunami in Indonesia (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 19; 18 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 14 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 18,331 stories about harm among 103,033 counted on 14 Aug.

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Reports of vaccination, a sign of help, ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. 18 in every 100 of the day's 103,033 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Puerto Rico, 92% of the news was about people being harmed, where 44% is usual. Puerto Rico's news mentioned flooding about 4 times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 15 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 Rico92 in 100 of its 203 stories · usually 44 · mostly disasters & accidents Congo91 in 100 of its 184 stories · usually 59 · mostly health Palestine65 in 100 of its 202 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan65 in 100 of its 121 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir56 in 100 of its 170 stories · usually 46 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Kolkata India204 stories about protests or strikes, of its 274 Dhaka Bangladesh85 stories about protests or strikes, of its 125 Washington US74 stories about protests or strikes, of its 435 Southport UK69 stories about protests or strikes, of its 134 Jerusalem Israel47 stories about protests or strikes, of its 199

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: 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 readCayman Islands: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: 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'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSri 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: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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'sSaudi Arabia: 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'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua 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: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKenya: feelings about like the world'sJapan: 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: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: 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'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'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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'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'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: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: 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: too little coverage to readBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: too little coverage to readBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: 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 readAlbania: 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: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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 readZambia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFalkland Islands: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice 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 angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPeru: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMalta: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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 angry 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'sHaiti: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEcuador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDjibouti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurundi: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelize: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about three 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 three times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three 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 three 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 three times as fearful as the world's · 96 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 132 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 630 stories about harm ● Russia about twice as angry as the world's · 337 stories about harm ● Congo about twice as fearful as the world's · 167 stories about harm ● Lebanon few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 35 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health30% 5,390 stories · more than usual (usually 26%) Rights & justice25% 4,558 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 2,950 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Conflict & violence12% 2,071 stories · less than usual (usually 15%) Food & livelihood6% 1,002 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 788 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 688 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 497 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 killed4,014 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,061 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,786 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured906 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting abductions299 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced215 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations180 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Russia and Greece Stories reporting refugees127 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the UK and the US Stories reporting people falling ill16 at about half 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 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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