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What the world's news said happened to people.
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18,111 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 protests in Nairobi (Kenya), the earthquake in Guatemala and rights and justice in Dhaka. Kenya's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Language across the world's news ran softer than usual.

Part of lifeDisasters & accidents 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostNepal 68 in 100 of its 75 stories, usually 33
RegionNorth America 24 in 100 of its stories, usually 22
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Kenya

128 of its 303 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Nairobi accounted for 74 of Kenya's 128 stories about harm, carried by 42 outlets. 59 of Nairobi's 74 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (32 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Kenya over 30 days → its stories → Nairobi stories →
Disasters & accidents

Guatemala

32 of its 39 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Guatemala City accounted for 28 of Guatemala's 32 stories about harm, carried by 49 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories). Earthquake was named in 25 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with landslides.

Guatemala over 30 days → its stories → Guatemala City stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Mexico

111 of its 314 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (32 stories). Heavy rain was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Nepal

51 of its 75 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (32 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

Afghanistan

58 of its 86 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (18 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Bosnia

17 of its 20 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Tunisia

13 of its 19 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

Jordan

27 of its 96 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: malaria in Switzerland (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Mexico (14 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); storms in France (17 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); bridge collapse in India (70 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); typhoon in China (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 9 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 18,111 stories about harm among 95,440 counted on 9 Jul.

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For the third day running, the news turned to Kenya. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 95,440 stories, as usual. Mentions of the earthquake ran more than ten times their usual in Guatemala's news. In Kenya, 42% of the news was about people being harmed, where 31% is usual. On 9 July 2024, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Nepal68 in 100 of its 75 stories · usually 33 · mostly disasters & accidents Afghanistan67 in 100 of its 86 stories · usually 46 · mostly rights & justice Yemen62 in 100 of its 77 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence Israel61 in 100 of its 911 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Djibouti58 in 100 of its 59 stories · usually 49 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US97 stories about protests or strikes, of its 627 Nairobi Kenya59 stories about protests or strikes, of its 74 Philadelphia US36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 123 Boston US34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 109 Los Angeles US30 stories about protests or strikes, of its 181

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: 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: feelings about like the world'sSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readTurkmenistan: 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: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: 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: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: 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'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'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: 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'sGrenada: 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: 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'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: 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'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: feelings about like the world'sColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: 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'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: feelings about like the world'sAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: 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: feelings about like the world'sMarshall 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'sSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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 readZambia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSpain: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sOman: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNiger: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNamibia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMalta: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKenya: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sGuinea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGuatemala: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDjibouti: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sCroatia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBosnia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBarbados: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: 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 twice 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'sSan Marino: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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 · 206 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 559 stories about harm ● Kenya about twice as angry as the world's · 128 stories about harm ● Bosnia few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 17 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 136 stories about harm ● Armenia few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 19 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Disasters & accidents27% 4,791 stories · much more than usual (usually 20%) Health25% 4,384 stories · about as usual Rights & justice23% 4,115 stories · less than usual (usually 25%) Conflict & violence12% 2,113 stories · less than usual (usually 15%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 796 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 751 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 456 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 349 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 killed4,900 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,454 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting arrests2,016 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,005 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions283 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations223 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced154 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting refugees116 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill13 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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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