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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.

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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).

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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.

Where the news was warmest

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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: too little coverage to readUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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 lessUkraine: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: 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: too little coverage to readSuriname: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Sudan: too little coverage to readSri 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: too little coverage to readSomalia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: too little coverage to readRussia: about as warm as its own usual or lessQatar: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: too little coverage to readPoland: about as warm as its own usual or lessPhilippines: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: too little coverage to readPanama: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNigeria: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: 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: too little coverage to readLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessItaly: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: 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 lessIran: 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: too little coverage to readHonduras: 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: too little coverage to readGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: too little coverage to readGambia: too little coverage to readGabon: 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: too little coverage to readEritrea: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: too little coverage to readCambodia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: 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: too little coverage to readBarbados: too little coverage to readBangladesh: 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: too little coverage to readAngola: 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 lessGaza: about as warm as its own usual or lessWest Bank: 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 lessCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: 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: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readUK: warmth about its own usualTrinidad & Tobago: warmth about its own usualSudan: warmth about its own usualRomania: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualJammu, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 17 stories, carried by 13 outletsAlaska, US -- health: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsBristol, UK -- health: 13 stories, carried by 14 outletsDubai, United Arab Emirates -- rights & justice: 10 stories, carried by 15 outletsOttawa, Canada -- health: 17 stories, carried by 19 outletsToronto, Canada -- rights & justice: 25 stories, carried by 58 outletsHerne Bay, UK -- rights & justice: 14 stories, carried by 19 outletsAnambra, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 17 stories, carried by 18 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

No country's news was much warmer than its usual (a quarter or more).

Warmest events

● Jammu Kashmir about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 17 stories ● Alaska US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Bristol UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● Dubai United Arab Emirates about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 10 stories ● Ottawa Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 17 stories

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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