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8,474 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 day's news pointed at violence in Bangkok and Tehran and wildfires in Greece. Iran's coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Türkiye → Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeHealth 24 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostThailand 65 in 100 of its 233 stories, usually 27
RegionSoutheast Asia 36 in 100 of its stories, usually 22
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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Displacement

Thailand

151 of its 233 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Bangkok accounted for 53 of Thailand's 151 stories about harm, carried by 297 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (41 stories). Outbreaks were named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Thailand over 30 days → its stories → Bangkok stories →
Disasters & accidents

Greece

96 of its 193 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Athens accounted for 43 of Greece's 96 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (37 stories). Wildfires were named in 66 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

Greece over 30 days → its stories → Athens stories →
Conflict & violence

Iran

85 of its 158 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Tehran accounted for 42 of Iran's 85 stories about harm, carried by 41 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Rights & justice

Pakistan

207 of its 486 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Polio was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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

Türkiye

62 of its 124 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Bursa accounted for 34 of Türkiye's 62 stories about harm, carried by 198 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (40 stories). Wildfires were named in 42 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with heatwave.

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Disasters & accidents

Germany

75 of its 223 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (23 stories). Train derailment was named in 55 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Displacement

Cambodia

86 of its 128 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Congo

28 of its 29 stories (97%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

China

Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (14 stories). Flooding was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with landslides. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

DR Congo

11 of its 13 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: hunger in Israel (295 of its stories, about three times its usual); train derailment in Germany (55 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Türkiye (42 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flooding in China (20 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); poisoning in India (18 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 27 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 8,474 stories about harm among 43,924 counted on 27 Jul.

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For the fourth day running, the news turned to Thailand. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 43,924 stories, as usual. Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Türkiye. Thailand stood out: 65% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 27%. This week the news turned most often to Thailand, on 4 of 7 days; help rose on 2 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Cambodia67 in 100 of its 128 stories · usually 33 · mostly displacement Israel65 in 100 of its 815 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Thailand65 in 100 of its 233 stories · usually 27 · mostly displacement Syria58 in 100 of its 53 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine54 in 100 of its 301 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Tel Aviv Israel57 stories about protests or strikes, of its 124 Washington US28 stories about protests or strikes, of its 179 London UK24 stories about protests or strikes, of its 97 Gaza Palestine22 stories about protests or strikes, of its 142 Chicago US22 stories about protests or strikes, of its 76

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: too little coverage to readGuam: 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: too little coverage to readIsle 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: too little coverage to readTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: 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 lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: too little coverage to readPanama: 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 lessNiger: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: too little coverage to readMorocco: 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: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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: 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: too little coverage to readLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: 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: too little coverage to readGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: 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: too little coverage to readEritrea: 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: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: too little coverage to readCzech 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: too little coverage to readCosta 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: too little coverage to readCentral African Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: 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: 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: too little coverage to readAustria: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall 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: too little coverage to readSt 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: about as warm as its own usual or lessWallis & 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 readThailand: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualCambodia: warmth about its own usualIndiana, US -- health: 13 stories, carried by 17 outletsDoha, Qatar -- health: 10 stories, carried by 89 outletsNew York, US -- health: 52 stories, carried by 134 outletsEdinburgh, UK -- rights & justice: 31 stories, carried by 118 outletsTokyo, Japan -- rights & justice: 17 stories, carried by 33 outletsSamraong, Cambodia -- displacement: 11 stories, carried by 36 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

● Indiana US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● Doha Qatar about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● New York US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 52 stories ● Edinburgh UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 31 stories ● Tokyo Japan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 17 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health24% 1,996 stories · about as usual Rights & justice22% 1,858 stories · less than usual (usually 25%) Disasters & accidents21% 1,757 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence15% 1,268 stories · more than usual (usually 13%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 577 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 362 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 285 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 187 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 killed2,551 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,114 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured937 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting arrests923 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations238 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Türkiye Stories reporting abductions185 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and Nigeria Stories reporting people displaced178 at about twice the usual rate · most about Thailand and Israel Stories reporting refugees65 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill8 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.