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15,897 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 flooding in Venezuela, helicopter crash in Ghana and people injured in Kenya. Ghana's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was softer than usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Italy → Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostVenezuela 72 in 100 of its 135 stories, usually 41
RegionOceania 21 in 100 of its stories, usually 18
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Conflict & violence

Venezuela

97 of its 135 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Caracas accounted for 38 of Venezuela's 97 stories about harm, carried by 65 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (80 stories). Flooding was named in 30 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Venezuela over 30 days → its stories → Caracas stories →
Disasters & accidents

Ghana

197 of its 504 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (158 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 145 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Ghana over 30 days → its stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Kenya

89 of its 264 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Kenya over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Iran

54 of its 105 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Tehran accounted for 23 of Iran's 54 stories about harm, carried by 23 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

France

147 of its 549 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (56 stories). Wildfires were named in 35 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with storms, heatwave and road crashes.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

Gaza accounted for 211 of Palestine's 245 stories about harm, carried by 209 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Mali

8 of its 10 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Lebanon

Beirut accounted for 28 of Lebanon's 42 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Australia

Poisoning was named in 46 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: storms in Greece (35 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); wildfires in France (35 of its stories, about three times its usual); poisoning in Australia (46 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Japan (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tropical storm in UK (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 19; 18 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 8 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 15,897 stories about harm among 85,751 counted on 8 Aug.

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People falling ill were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Italy. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 85,751 stories, as usual. Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. In Venezuela, 72% of the news was about people being harmed, where 41% is usual. On 8 August 2024, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, 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 135 stories · usually 41 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan72 in 100 of its 60 stories · usually 67 · mostly health Israel59 in 100 of its 1,297 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine56 in 100 of its 435 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Iran51 in 100 of its 105 stories · usually 36 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US122 stories about protests or strikes, of its 600 Gaza Palestine48 stories about protests or strikes, of its 211 London UK45 stories about protests or strikes, of its 228 Jerusalem Israel44 stories about protests or strikes, of its 149 Tel Aviv Israel42 stories about protests or strikes, of its 84

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Yemen: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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 readUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTurkey: 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 readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: 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'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: 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'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: 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: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: too little coverage to readNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: 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'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: 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'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIraq: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: 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: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench 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: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: too little coverage to readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta 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'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: 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: too little coverage to readBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: too little coverage to readBahamas: 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: 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: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sAruba: 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 readZimbabwe: coverage a little warmer than the world'sZambia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSyria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSingapore: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPeru: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sOman: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNorway: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNepal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLibya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKenya: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sJapan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIreland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGhana: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFinland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sDominican Republic: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCambodia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sAngola: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice 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

● Ghana about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 197 stories about harm ● Kashmir few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 45 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 769 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 212 stories about harm ● Armenia few stories about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 29 stories about harm ● Lebanon few stories about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 42 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice26% 4,074 stories · about as usual Health26% 4,037 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents20% 3,157 stories · less than usual (usually 23%) Conflict & violence14% 2,123 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 754 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 562 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 475 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 403 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 killed3,743 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,995 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,719 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured865 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting abductions401 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting evacuations262 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people displaced210 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees94 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the UK and Israel Stories reporting people falling ill62 at about three times the usual rate · most about the US and Italy

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 softer 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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