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10,100 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 protests in Havana (Cuba), rights and justice in Phnom Penh and violence in Srebrenica. Bosnia's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeDisasters & accidents 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostCuba 65 in 100 of its 96 stories, usually 32
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 46 in 100 of its stories, usually 40
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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Protests & strikes

Cuba

62 of its 96 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Havana accounted for 46 of Cuba's 62 stories about harm, carried by 145 outlets. 38 of Havana's 46 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Cuba over 30 days → its stories → Havana stories →
Rights & justice

Cambodia

26 of its 38 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Phnom Penh accounted for 17 of Cambodia's 26 stories about harm, carried by 49 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (18 stories). Hunger was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Cambodia over 30 days → its stories → Phnom Penh stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Ethiopia

34 of its 78 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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

Israel

301 of its 407 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (44 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

166 of its 231 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Gaza accounted for 104 of Palestine's 166 stories about harm, carried by 84 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Türkiye

58 of its 122 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Iraq

18 of its 31 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Ukraine

138 of its 301 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Health

Sweden

22 of its 82 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 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.

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Also named far more than usual: heatwave in UK (101 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flooding in Spain (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Malaysia (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); heatwave in Ireland (12 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); building collapse in India (34 of its stories, more than ten 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 12 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 10,100 stories about harm among 50,863 counted on 12 Jul.

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In Cambodia's news, mentions of the hunger ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 50,863 stories, as usual. Cuba's news was 65% about people being harmed, against a usual 32%. On 12 July 2024, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, against 20 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Israel74 in 100 of its 407 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine72 in 100 of its 231 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Cuba65 in 100 of its 96 stories · usually 32 · mostly rights & justice Afghanistan51 in 100 of its 65 stories · usually 48 · mostly rights & justice Türkiye48 in 100 of its 122 stories · usually 31 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US84 stories about protests or strikes, of its 369 Camarillo US83 stories about protests or strikes, of its 86 London UK39 stories about protests or strikes, of its 169 Los Angeles US39 stories about protests or strikes, of its 127 Havana Cuba38 stories about protests or strikes, of its 46

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: too little coverage to readPuerto 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 readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: 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: too little coverage to readSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: feelings about like the world'sSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: 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: too little coverage to readMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: 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: 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'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: too little coverage to readHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: too little coverage to readGabon: too little coverage to readSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew 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 readEritrea: 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: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: 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'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: 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 readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: too little coverage to readBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: too little coverage to readBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readGuernsey: 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: too little coverage to readMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sThailand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSudan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNepal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMadagascar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sJamaica: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIsrael: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCuba: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCambodia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBosnia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sBenin: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAlbania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJersey: 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

● Türkiye about twice as fearful as the world's · 58 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 138 stories about harm ● Israel about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 301 stories about harm ● Bosnia few stories about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 23 stories about harm ● Palestine about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 166 stories about harm ● Sweden few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 22 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Disasters & accidents26% 2,604 stories · much more than usual (usually 21%) Rights & justice24% 2,365 stories · about as usual Health21% 2,096 stories · less than usual (usually 25%) Conflict & violence14% 1,368 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 649 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 435 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 212 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 186 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 killed2,909 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,306 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,220 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured721 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions183 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced129 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations86 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees84 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.

● 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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