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18,398 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 a disaster in Porticello, people killed in Spain and rights and justice in Bucharest. Bosnia's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostItaly 47 in 100 of its 758 stories, usually 17
RegionEurope 21 in 100 of its stories, usually 19
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

Italy

353 of its 758 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Porticello accounted for 263 of Italy's 353 stories about harm, carried by 520 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (185 stories). Accidents were named in 51 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Italy over 30 days → its stories → Porticello stories →
Health

Spain

96 of its 453 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (42 stories). Flu was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Spain over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Bosnia

35 of its 59 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Bosnia over 30 days → its stories →
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Conflict & violence

Iran

164 of its 291 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (69 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Lebanon

56 of its 95 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (35 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Health

Thailand

Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (19 stories). Illness was named in 33 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

India

182 of Kolkata's 251 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people falling ill ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Health

Philippines

Philippine accounted for 143 of the Philippines' 227 stories about harm, carried by 33 outlets. Volcanic eruption was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Bangladesh

28 of Dhaka's 40 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (26 stories). Flooding was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: illness in Thailand (33 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flooding in Bangladesh (20 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); storms in Ireland (13 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Philippines (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); house fires in UK (55 of its stories, about 8 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 21 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 18,398 stories about harm among 102,900 counted on 21 Aug.

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It was the third day running that the news turned to Italy. of the day's 102,900 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Italy stood out: 47% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 17%. Mentions of flooding ran about 4 times their usual in Bangladesh's news. On 22 August 2023, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, against 18 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Congo83 in 100 of its 63 stories · usually 79 · mostly health Sudan71 in 100 of its 78 stories · usually 67 · mostly health Israel67 in 100 of its 1,131 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Bosnia59 in 100 of its 59 stories · usually 19 · mostly conflict & violence Lebanon59 in 100 of its 95 stories · usually 49 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Chicago US284 stories about protests or strikes, of its 551 Kolkata India182 stories about protests or strikes, of its 251 Badlapur India134 stories about protests or strikes, of its 197 Washington US103 stories about protests or strikes, of its 425 Southport UK46 stories about protests or strikes, of its 120

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'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 readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: too little coverage to readSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRomania: feelings about like the world'sPoland: 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'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: 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: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: 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: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: 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'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench 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: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: 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: 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 readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: 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'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAfghanistan: 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: feelings about like the world'sAnguilla: too little coverage to readBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsle of Man: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSolomon Islands: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSingapore: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more fearful 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'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMali: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLebanon: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry 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 twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sHonduras: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGhana: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDR Congo: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChad: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurundi: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBosnia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBelarus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAustria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half 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 one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: 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'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBermuda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken 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

● Iran about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 164 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 763 stories about harm ● Russia about twice as angry as the world's · 258 stories about harm ● Lebanon about twice as angry as the world's · 56 stories about harm ● Bosnia few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 35 stories about harm ● Thailand about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 64 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health29% 5,254 stories · more than usual (usually 27%) Rights & justice28% 5,031 stories · more than usual (usually 25%) Disasters & accidents17% 3,084 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Conflict & violence11% 2,052 stories · less than usual (usually 14%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 900 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 677 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 622 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 369 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 killed4,311 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,251 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,180 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,166 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions396 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced203 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations164 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Russia Stories reporting refugees147 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill17 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and India

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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