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17,866 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 heavy rain in Thailand, deaths in Kathmandu and a disaster in Porticello. Italy's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was softer than usual.

Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeHealth 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostIceland 81 in 100 of its 126 stories, usually 25
RegionSoutheast Asia 29 in 100 of its stories, usually 24
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Health

Thailand

118 of its 263 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (60 stories). Heavy rain was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with landslides. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Thailand over 30 days → its stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Nepal

139 of its 219 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Kathmandu accounted for 79 of Nepal's 139 stories about harm, carried by 155 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (70 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Nepal over 30 days → its stories → Kathmandu stories →
Disasters & accidents

Italy

247 of its 677 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Porticello accounted for 160 of Italy's 247 stories about harm, carried by 456 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (167 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Italy over 30 days → its stories → Porticello stories →
Conflict & violence

Djibouti

21 of its 37 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. the Red Sea accounted for 20 of Djibouti's 21 stories about harm, carried by 39 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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

Iceland

102 of its 126 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Grindavik accounted for 95 of Iceland's 102 stories about harm, carried by 293 outlets. Volcanic eruption was named in 84 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with earthquake.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Bangladesh

192 of its 299 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories). Heavy rain was named in 31 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with landslides and drownings.

its stories →
Health

Germany

178 of its 679 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (34 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Singapore

54 of its 245 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

Gaza accounted for 143 of Palestine's 172 stories about harm, carried by 157 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (35 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

India

90 of Kolkata's 159 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in Iceland (84 of its stories, about three times its usual); cholera in Sudan (18 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heavy rain in Bangladesh (31 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in Ukraine (18 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); covid in Zimbabwe (10 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 23 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 17,866 stories about harm among 97,036 counted on 23 Aug.

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Reports of vaccination, a sign of help, ran at about twice the usual rate. 18 in every 100 of the day's 97,036 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Thailand, 45% of the news was about people being harmed, where 17% is usual. the news turned to Thailand for the second day running. Mentions of volcanic eruption ran about three times their usual in Iceland's news.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Iceland81 in 100 of its 126 stories · usually 25 · mostly disasters & accidents Palestine67 in 100 of its 257 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Bangladesh64 in 100 of its 299 stories · usually 53 · mostly disasters & accidents Israel64 in 100 of its 768 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Nepal63 in 100 of its 219 stories · usually 38 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Chicago US251 stories about protests or strikes, of its 485 Washington US103 stories about protests or strikes, of its 466 Kolkata India90 stories about protests or strikes, of its 159 Badlapur India79 stories about protests or strikes, of its 141 Gaza Palestine47 stories about protests or strikes, of its 143

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
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 lessVietnam: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: about as warm as its own usual or lessSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. 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 lessParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: 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: too little coverage to readNigeria: 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: too little coverage to readMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: too little coverage to readMauritius: 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: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: 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: 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: too little coverage to readItaly: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIraq: 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: too little coverage to readGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: 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 lessEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial 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: too little coverage to readDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe 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: too little coverage to readChad: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: too little coverage to readBrunei: too little coverage to readBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: about as warm as its own usual or lessBangladesh: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: 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 lessJammu & Kashmir: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: 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 lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican 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: 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: 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 readUK: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPeru: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualCambodia: warmth about its own usualMyanmar: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualGeilenkirchen, Germany -- conflict & violence: 21 stories, carried by 37 outletsNutzen, Germany -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 18 stories, carried by 32 outletsAccra, Ghana -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 18 stories, carried by 11 outletsMeng Meng, China -- health: 13 stories, carried by 47 outletsMacclesfield, UK -- rights & justice: 38 stories, carried by 25 outletsWest Yorkshire, UK -- disasters & accidents: 34 stories, carried by 97 outletsIllinois, US -- health: 14 stories, carried by 11 outletsNebraska, US -- rights & justice: 13 stories, carried by 21 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

● Ukraine warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Geilenkirchen Germany about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 21 stories ● Nutzen Germany about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 18 stories ● Accra Ghana about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 18 stories ● Meng Meng China about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● Macclesfield UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 38 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health30% 5,181 stories · more than usual (usually 27%) Rights & justice26% 4,480 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents18% 3,163 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence11% 1,880 stories · less than usual (usually 14%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 921 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 860 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 684 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 339 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 killed4,244 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,091 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,073 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured981 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions378 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced224 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations156 at about half the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting refugees142 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill22 at about two-thirds of 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 softer 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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