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16,100 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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Protests in Caracas (Venezuela), violence in Sweida and evacuations in Pakistan drew the news. Syria'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 lifeRights & justice 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostVenezuela 72 in 100 of its 107 stories, usually 23
RegionCentral Asia 15 in 100 of its stories, usually 11
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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Protests & strikes

Venezuela

77 of its 107 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Caracas accounted for 41 of Venezuela's 77 stories about harm, carried by 112 outlets. 30 of Caracas' 41 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories).

Venezuela over 30 days → its stories → Caracas stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

Sweida accounted for 115 of Syria's 211 stories about harm, carried by 308 outlets. Natural hazards were named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Syria over 30 days → its stories → Sweida stories →
Disasters & accidents

Pakistan

Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Drownings were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Pakistan over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Bangladesh

92 of its 213 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. 19 of Dhaka's 37 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (22 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Israel

Jerusalem accounted for 201 of Israel's 450 stories about harm, carried by 304 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (40 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

South Korea

84 of its 307 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Mozambique

9 of its 10 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories).

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Protests & strikes

El Salvador

20 of its 30 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. 3 of el Faro's 6 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Disasters & accidents

Portugal

24 of its 94 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (13 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Mexico (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tropical storm in Philippines (19 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); poisoning in Russia (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); food poisoning in Canada (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); tsunami in US (89 of its stories, about 4 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 18 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 16,100 stories about harm among 87,092 counted on 18 Jul.

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In Venezuela, 72% of the news was about people being harmed, where 23% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 87,092 stories, as usual. Mentions of outbreaks ran more than ten times their usual in Mexico's news. For the second day running, the news turned to Venezuela. A year earlier, on 18 July 2024, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Venezuela72 in 100 of its 107 stories · usually 23 · mostly rights & justice Palestine64 in 100 of its 170 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Israel62 in 100 of its 724 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Syria57 in 100 of its 368 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Bangladesh43 in 100 of its 213 stories · usually 37 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US111 stories about protests or strikes, of its 850 Jerusalem Israel44 stories about protests or strikes, of its 201 London UK40 stories about protests or strikes, of its 247 Cincinnati US34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 46 Los Angeles US32 stories about protests or strikes, of its 334

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: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: 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: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTonga: 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'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSpain: 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'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: 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'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'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'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: 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 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'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: 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'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIreland: 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'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt 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'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial 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: too little coverage to readGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe 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'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: feelings about like the world'sColombia: feelings about like the world'sChile: 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'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sAustria: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican 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: feelings about like the world'sJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: 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: 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 readYemen: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTogo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPortugal: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPanama: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJapan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sItaly: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGhana: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChad: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBelize: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahamas: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than 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 twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice 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 twice as fearful as the world'sSt Kitts & Nevis: 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

● Israel about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 450 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 109 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 236 stories about harm ● Kashmir few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 45 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 211 stories about harm ● United Arab Emirates few stories a little warmer than the world's · 16 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice27% 4,238 stories · about as usual Health25% 3,881 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents21% 3,339 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence13% 2,019 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 773 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 679 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 493 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 393 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 killed3,702 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,042 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,641 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured906 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting abductions203 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and Nigeria Stories reporting people displaced173 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees172 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting evacuations136 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and South Korea Stories reporting people falling ill27 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Mexico

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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