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17,628 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 violence in Gaza, heavy rain in Bangladesh and protests in Hong Kong. Palestine's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostBrazil 40 in 100 of its 423 stories, usually 25
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 27 in 100 of its stories, usually 24
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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Conflict & violence

Palestine

300 of its 380 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Gaza accounted for 196 of Palestine's 300 stories about harm, carried by 180 outlets. Polio was named in 92 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with outbreaks. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Palestine over 30 days → its stories → Gaza stories →
Rights & justice

Bangladesh

147 of its 244 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Dhaka accounted for 65 of Bangladesh's 147 stories about harm, carried by 58 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (6 stories). Heavy rain was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with storms.

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

Pakistan

333 of its 832 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 10 times the usual rate (5 stories). Storms were named in 26 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

107 of its 198 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Kabul accounted for 45 of Afghanistan's 107 stories about harm, carried by 124 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Brazil

169 of its 423 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 16 of Rio de Janeiro's 29 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Rights & justice

Dominican Republic

16 of its 30 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (8 stories).

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Rights & justice

France

184 of its 951 stories (19%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (17 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Czechia

18 of its 65 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: typhoon in Japan (75 of its stories, about three times its usual); polio in Israel (107 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); oil spill in Greece (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Spain (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in Pakistan (26 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 30 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 17,628 stories about harm among 97,383 counted on 30 Aug.

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Mentions of the typhoon ran about three times their usual in Japan's news. of the day's 97,383 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 31 August 2023, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today. Palestine's news was 79% about people being harmed, against a usual 67%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Palestine79 in 100 of its 380 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan65 in 100 of its 66 stories · usually 68 · mostly disasters & accidents Bangladesh60 in 100 of its 244 stories · usually 53 · mostly rights & justice Israel58 in 100 of its 837 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan54 in 100 of its 198 stories · usually 47 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US54 stories about protests or strikes, of its 366 Kolkata India44 stories about protests or strikes, of its 75 Chicago US35 stories about protests or strikes, of its 149 Gaza Palestine32 stories about protests or strikes, of its 196 Dhaka Bangladesh30 stories about protests or strikes, of its 65

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: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: 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'sUnited States: 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 readTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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: too little coverage to readRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPoland: 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'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: 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: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: 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: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: 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'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: 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: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: 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: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: 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'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sJersey: 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: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: feelings about like the world'sWallis & 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 angrier than the world'sYemen: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTanzania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSyria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPeru: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLibya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKenya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIreland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIraq: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGuinea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGreece: 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'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sDjibouti: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCyprus: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBotswana: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little angrier than 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 about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry 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 twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry 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

● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 333 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 159 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as angry as the world's · 300 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 485 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 107 stories about harm ● Ghana about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 86 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health29% 5,084 stories · more than usual (usually 27%) Rights & justice27% 4,628 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 2,740 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Conflict & violence12% 2,027 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 936 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 779 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 690 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 375 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 killed4,304 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,030 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,936 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,053 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions256 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and Nigeria Stories reporting people displaced208 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations195 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees160 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill14 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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