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9,544 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 illness in Philippine, violence in Solingen and people injured in Indonesia. Germany's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 24 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostGermany 55 in 100 of its 460 stories, usually 18
RegionSoutheast Asia 35 in 100 of its stories, usually 24
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Health

Philippines

196 of its 429 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Philippine accounted for 137 of the Philippines' 196 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Accidents were named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Philippines over 30 days → its stories → Philippine stories →
Conflict & violence

Germany

253 of its 460 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Solingen accounted for 219 of Germany's 253 stories about harm, carried by 652 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Germany over 30 days → its stories → Solingen stories →
Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

44 of its 107 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Nepal

36 of its 69 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Nepal over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Ukraine

150 of its 332 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (111 stories). Illness was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Yemen

29 of its 34 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Venezuela

29 of its 51 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Pakistan

242 of its 618 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (82 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

France

219 of its 656 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 7%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (58 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Thailand

44 of its 97 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (15 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: wildfires in Brazil (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in Ukraine (20 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); road crashes in Australia (17 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 25 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 9,544 stories about harm among 48,128 counted on 25 Aug.

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Of the day's 48,128 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 19. A year earlier, on 26 August 2023, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 today. This week the news turned most often to Italy, on 6 of 7 days; help rose on 1 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Israel64 in 100 of its 1,258 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan64 in 100 of its 58 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine57 in 100 of its 115 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Venezuela57 in 100 of its 51 stories · usually 41 · mostly rights & justice Germany55 in 100 of its 460 stories · usually 18 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Jerusalem Israel94 stories about protests or strikes, of its 215 Kolkata India49 stories about protests or strikes, of its 108 Tel Aviv Israel36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 183 Washington US32 stories about protests or strikes, of its 175 Dhaka Bangladesh28 stories about protests or strikes, of its 67

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: 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'sSouth 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: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTurkey: 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 readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth 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 readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: too little coverage to readSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: 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: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua 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'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 readNamibia: 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: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalaysia: 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: too little coverage to readLatvia: 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 readJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: 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: too little coverage to readGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: too little coverage to readGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: 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: 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: too little coverage to readDominica: 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: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: too little coverage to readBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: 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: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern 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: too little coverage to readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish 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: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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 readZimbabwe: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUS: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sThailand: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSolomon Islands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMalta: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKenya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: 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 one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGreece: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sFrance: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEritrea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDjibouti: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sDR Congo: 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 grief-stricken than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCape Verde: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBurundi: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more fearful 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'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

● Germany about three times as angry as the world's · 253 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 804 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 66 stories about harm ● Philippines about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 196 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 242 stories about harm ● Kashmir few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 44 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice24% 2,240 stories · about as usual Health23% 2,179 stories · less than usual (usually 27%) Conflict & violence20% 1,886 stories · much more than usual (usually 14%) Disasters & accidents19% 1,759 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 545 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 312 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 238 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 201 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 killed2,695 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,180 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,099 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,078 at about twice the usual rate · most about Germany and Israel Stories reporting people displaced193 at about twice the usual rate · most about Israel and Bangladesh Stories reporting abductions173 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees133 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Bangladesh and the US Stories reporting evacuations102 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 much harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little more than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more than 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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