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8,784 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 Sweida, a disaster in Hanoi and rights and justice in Dosso. Syria's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeDisasters & accidents 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostVietnam 70 in 100 of its 192 stories, usually 15
RegionSoutheast Asia 37 in 100 of its stories, usually 19
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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Conflict & violence

Syria

141 of its 214 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Sweida accounted for 95 of Syria's 141 stories about harm, carried by 180 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (18 stories). Power cuts 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

Vietnam

135 of its 192 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Hanoi accounted for 59 of Vietnam's 135 stories about harm, carried by 159 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (105 stories). Drownings were named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Vietnam over 30 days → its stories → Hanoi stories →
Rights & justice

Niger

27 of its 29 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Dosso accounted for 20 of Niger's 27 stories about harm, carried by 28 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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

South Korea

88 of its 193 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (35 stories). Landslides were named in 51 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heatwave. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Saudi Arabia

51 of its 144 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Riyadh accounted for 43 of Saudi Arabia's 51 stories about harm, carried by 46 outlets. Road crashes were named in 33 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Israel

453 of its 617 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (162 stories). Poisoning was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with food poisoning. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

124 of its 185 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Gaza accounted for 107 of Palestine's 124 stories about harm, carried by 252 outlets. Hunger was named in 39 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Hong Kong

39 of its 68 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (13 stories). Hurricane was named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with cyclone.

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Disasters & accidents

Philippines

96 of its 312 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 9 times the usual rate (12 stories). Cyclone was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: tsunami in Russia (89 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in South Korea (51 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Saudi Arabia (33 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Palestine (39 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hurricane in Hong Kong (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 20 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 8,784 stories about harm among 42,100 counted on 20 Jul.

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Mentions of the tsunami ran more than ten times their usual in Russia's news. of the day's 42,100 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 19. the news turned to Syria for the third day running. Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. A year earlier, on 20 July 2024, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 today. This week the news turned most often to Syria, on 5 of 7 days; help rose on 1 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Israel73 in 100 of its 617 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Vietnam70 in 100 of its 192 stories · usually 15 · mostly disasters & accidents Palestine67 in 100 of its 185 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Syria66 in 100 of its 214 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Hong Kong57 in 100 of its 68 stories · usually 16 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Tel Aviv Israel60 stories about protests or strikes, of its 147 Washington US31 stories about protests or strikes, of its 191 London UK24 stories about protests or strikes, of its 143 Tokyo Japan23 stories about protests or strikes, of its 51 Delhi India22 stories about protests or strikes, of its 97

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: too little coverage to readYemen: about as warm as its own usual or lessVietnam: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited 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: too little coverage to readTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Africa: too little coverage to readSomalia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: 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: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: too little coverage to readRomania: 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: too little coverage to readParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: too little coverage to readNorway: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessNigeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessNicaragua: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew 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: too little coverage to readMozambique: 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: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: 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 lessMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: 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: too little coverage to readKosovo: 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 lessJamaica: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: about as warm as its own usual or lessHungary: about as warm as its own usual or lessHonduras: too little coverage to readHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: too little coverage to readGhana: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt 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: too little coverage to readEl 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: 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: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: too little coverage to readComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: too little coverage to readHong Kong: too little coverage to readChile: about as warm as its own usual or lessChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape 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: too little coverage to readBulgaria: too little coverage to readBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: 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: too little coverage to readAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: 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: too little coverage to readGaza: 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: too little coverage to readSan 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: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: 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 readQatar: warmth about its own usualNiger: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualCongo: warmth about its own usualFitna, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 15 stories, carried by 15 outletsRome, Italy -- conflict & violence: 15 stories, carried by 95 outletsFlorida, US -- health: 35 stories, carried by 44 outletsPeshawar, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 19 stories, carried by 16 outletsAbuja, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 30 stories, carried by 15 outletsPalm Beach, US -- health: 10 stories, carried by 56 outletsChelmsford, UK -- rights & justice: 23 stories, carried by 121 outletsDosso, Niger -- rights & justice: 20 stories, carried by 28 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

No country's news was much warmer than its usual (a quarter or more).

Warmest events

● Fitna Pakistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 15 stories ● Rome Italy about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 15 stories ● Florida US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 35 stories ● Peshawar Pakistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 19 stories ● Abuja Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 30 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Disasters & accidents28% 2,380 stories · much more than usual (usually 22%) Rights & justice22% 1,924 stories · less than usual (usually 25%) Health21% 1,784 stories · less than usual (usually 24%) Conflict & violence14% 1,238 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 469 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 346 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 324 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 172 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 killed2,530 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people affected1,238 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Vietnam Stories reporting arrests955 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured809 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting abductions244 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people displaced169 at about twice the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting evacuations132 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about South Korea and the US Stories reporting refugees113 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Afghanistan and the UK Stories reporting people falling ill11 at about one and a half times 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 much harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more than 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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