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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

how these are picked →
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).

its stories →
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).

its stories →
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

usually 19; 19 the day before
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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.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or lessZambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessYemen: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: 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: 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: too little coverage to readTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: too little coverage to readTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: too little coverage to readSyria: 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: too little coverage to readSuriname: 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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readPortugal: about as warm as its own usual or lessPoland: too little coverage to readPhilippines: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: too little coverage to readPalau: about as warm as its own usual or lessPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: 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: too little coverage to readNew 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: 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: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: too little coverage to readLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: 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: too little coverage to readJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJapan: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessHaiti: 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: too little coverage to readGrenada: 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: too little coverage to readGabon: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessChad: 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustria: too little coverage to readAustralia: about as warm as its own usual or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: too little coverage to readArgentina: too little coverage to readAntigua & 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorfolk 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 readIran: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualArizona, US -- health: 13 stories, carried by 17 outletsPennsylvania, US -- health: 11 stories, carried by 12 outletsVancouver, Canada -- health: 13 stories, carried by 17 outletsAccra, Ghana -- health: 20 stories, carried by 12 outletsBrighton, UK -- health: 11 stories, carried by 10 outletsTehran, Iran -- conflict & violence: 23 stories, carried by 21 outletsYorkshire, UK -- health: 23 stories, carried by 16 outletsChennai, India -- health: 16 stories, carried by 11 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

● Arizona US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● Pennsylvania US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Vancouver Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● Accra Ghana about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 20 stories ● Brighton UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories

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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