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8,583 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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Drownings in Yemen, violence in Gaza and people killed in Saudi Arabia drew the news. Palestine's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 24 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostChile 70 in 100 of its 67 stories, usually 22
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 28 in 100 of its stories, usually 23
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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Disasters & accidents

Yemen

40 of its 45 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Abyan accounted for 30 of Yemen's 40 stories about harm, carried by 83 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (35 stories). Drownings were named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Yemen over 30 days → its stories → Abyan stories →
Rights & justice

Saudi Arabia

21 of its 112 stories (19%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Chile

47 of its 67 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. el Teniente accounted for 41 of Chile's 47 stories about harm, carried by 189 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Vietnam

27 of its 88 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (13 stories). Landslides were named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Russia

245 of its 580 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Volcanic eruption was named in 82 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Health

Ghana

70 of its 306 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Finland

7 of its 16 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Rights & justice

Peru

10 of its 26 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in Russia (82 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Vietnam (16 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); heatwave in South Korea (12 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); earthquake in Pakistan (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in UK (11 of its stories, about three 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 3 Aug. 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 8,583 stories about harm among 41,788 counted on 3 Aug.

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Reports of people freed or reunited, a sign of help, ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. 21 in every 100 of the day's 41,788 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 19. In Russia's news, mentions of volcanic eruption ran more than ten times their usual. Yemen stood out: 89% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 41%. A year earlier, on 3 August 2024, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 today. This week the news turned most often to Angola, on 4 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 →

Chile70 in 100 of its 67 stories · usually 22 · mostly disasters & accidents Israel69 in 100 of its 690 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine67 in 100 of its 238 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Syria66 in 100 of its 86 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Russia42 in 100 of its 580 stories · usually 28 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Jerusalem Israel75 stories about protests or strikes, of its 196 London UK33 stories about protests or strikes, of its 169 Sydney Australia32 stories about protests or strikes, of its 56 Washington US30 stories about protests or strikes, of its 211 Dhaka Bangladesh23 stories about protests or strikes, of its 52

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'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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: 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 readTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: 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: too little coverage to readTanzania: too little coverage to readTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRussia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: too little coverage to readPortugal: 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: 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: too little coverage to readNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: 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 readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: too little coverage to readJordan: 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'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: 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: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: 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: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: 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: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChad: too little coverage to readCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: 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'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: 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: 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'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 readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt 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: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sThailand: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than 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'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sOman: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little warmer than 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 grief-stricken than the world'sIran: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIndia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChile: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three 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 three times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as 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

● Kashmir few stories about three times as fearful as the world's · 45 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 57 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 474 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 159 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 267 stories about harm ● Yemen few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 40 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice24% 2,061 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents24% 2,033 stories · about as usual Health21% 1,791 stories · less than usual (usually 24%) Conflict & violence14% 1,219 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 567 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 283 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 263 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 205 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 killed2,371 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,010 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected879 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured800 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting abductions239 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting evacuations114 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced99 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees77 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
● 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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