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13,667 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 wildfires in Greece, violence in Kigali and rights and justice in Dhaka. Zambia's coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 25 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostRwanda 69 in 100 of its 54 stories, usually 33
RegionSoutheast Asia 22 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

Greece

96 of its 276 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (24 stories). Wildfires were named in 46 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with heatwave. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Greece over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Rwanda

37 of its 54 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Kigali accounted for 18 of Rwanda's 37 stories about harm, carried by 36 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories).

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

Zambia

18 of its 41 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Zambia over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Shelter & services

Czechia

24 of its 91 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (13 stories). Power cuts were named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Armenia

19 of its 55 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

84 of its 258 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (40 stories). Drownings were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with volcanic eruption.

its stories →
Rights & justice

El Salvador

19 of its 32 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Türkiye

69 of its 199 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (10 stories). Wildfires were named in 35 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Israel

439 of its 656 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (75 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: wildfires in Türkiye (35 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Czechia (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); covid in Trinidad & Tobago (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Portugal (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); building collapse in Pakistan (47 of its stories, more than ten 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 4 Jul. 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 13,667 stories about harm among 74,946 counted on 4 Jul.

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Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 74,946 stories, as usual. On 4 July 2024, a year earlier, the share was 17 in every 100, against 18 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Rwanda69 in 100 of its 54 stories · usually 33 · mostly conflict & violence Israel67 in 100 of its 656 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan66 in 100 of its 62 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence South Sudan61 in 100 of its 79 stories · usually 51 · mostly rights & justice Palestine56 in 100 of its 261 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US58 stories about protests or strikes, of its 314 London UK53 stories about protests or strikes, of its 194 Philadelphia US38 stories about protests or strikes, of its 87 Hollywood US36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 213 Paris France27 stories about protests or strikes, of its 63

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: too little coverage to readVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: too little coverage to readPuerto Rico: too little coverage to readUnited 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited 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: too little coverage to readTogo: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSuriname: 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: too little coverage to readSouth 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: about as warm as its own usual or lessSaudi 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: 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: too little coverage to readPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: too little coverage to readPanama: too little coverage to readPalau: 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: too little coverage to readNew 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: 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 lessMadagascar: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: about as warm as its own usual or lessLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: 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: too little coverage to readIceland: too little coverage to readHungary: too little coverage to readHonduras: about as warm as its own usual or lessHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: too little coverage to readGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: too little coverage to readSt 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: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: about as warm as its own usual or lessCambodia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: 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: too little coverage to readBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: too little coverage to readBarbados: 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: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: warmth about one and a half times its own usualRwanda: warmth about its own usualPapua New Guinea: warmth about its own usualMalawi: warmth about its own usualNorth Waziristan, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 26 stories, carried by 29 outletsOhio, US -- health: 12 stories, carried by 45 outletsArizona, US -- health: 12 stories, carried by 13 outletsPahalgam, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 14 stories, carried by 14 outletsIslamabad, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 69 stories, carried by 58 outletsEnglish Channel, UK -- disasters & accidents: 11 stories, carried by 143 outletsKigali, Rwanda -- conflict & violence: 18 stories, carried by 36 outletsEdinburgh, UK -- health: 37 stories, carried by 112 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

● Trinidad & Tobago warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● North Waziristan Pakistan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 26 stories ● Ohio US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Arizona US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Pahalgam Kashmir about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 14 stories ● Islamabad Pakistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 69 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice25% 3,325 stories · about as usual Health23% 3,061 stories · less than usual (usually 26%) Disasters & accidents22% 2,890 stories · more than usual (usually 19%) Conflict & violence15% 1,990 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 785 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 551 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 408 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 348 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 killed3,368 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,691 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,688 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,037 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions285 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced221 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting evacuations192 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Greece Stories reporting refugees145 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill8 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Germany

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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