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15,090 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 earthquake in Türkiye, rights and justice in Bogota and protests in Rabat (Morocco) drew the news. Colombia's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 25 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostBermuda 51 in 100 of its 70 stories, usually 14
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 47 in 100 of its stories, usually 43
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Türkiye

106 of its 223 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Sindirgi accounted for 44 of Türkiye's 106 stories about harm, carried by 63 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (62 stories). Earthquake was named in 78 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Türkiye over 30 days → its stories → Sindirgi stories →
Rights & justice

Colombia

77 of its 144 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Bogota accounted for 45 of Colombia's 77 stories about harm, carried by 86 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (32 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Colombia over 30 days → its stories → Bogota stories →
Protests & strikes

Morocco

15 of its 54 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. 4 of Rabat's 7 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). 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.

Morocco over 30 days → its stories → Rabat stories →
Conflict & violence

Ecuador

18 of its 25 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Ecuador over 30 days → its stories →
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Protests & strikes

Belarus

17 of its 43 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 3 of Minsk's 5 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Mali

18 of its 26 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Bamako accounted for 13 of Mali's 18 stories about harm, carried by 22 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Ghana

151 of its 498 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (101 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Spain

6 of Las Medulas' 11 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories). Wildfires were named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with storms.

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Disasters & accidents

Bermuda

36 of its 70 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Hurricane was named in 32 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with tropical storm.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Gambia

11 of its 28 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: hurricane in Bermuda (32 of its stories, about three times its usual); wildfires in Spain (18 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heavy rain in Japan (29 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); food poisoning in Italy (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in Mexico (12 of its stories, about 5 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 11 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 15,090 stories about harm among 78,514 counted on 11 Aug.

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For the second day running, the news turned to Türkiye. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 78,514 stories, as usual. Türkiye's news was 48% about people being harmed, against a usual 28%. On 11 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 →

Israel67 in 100 of its 1,244 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine61 in 100 of its 505 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan57 in 100 of its 56 stories · usually 66 · mostly health Syria55 in 100 of its 69 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Colombia53 in 100 of its 144 stories · usually 29 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Delhi India120 stories about protests or strikes, of its 264 Washington US111 stories about protests or strikes, of its 558 Jerusalem Israel69 stories about protests or strikes, of its 185 Gaza Palestine61 stories about protests or strikes, of its 273 London UK42 stories about protests or strikes, of its 237

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'sYemen: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: 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'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: 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: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRomania: 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'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: 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: feelings about like the world'sNiue: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: 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'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: 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 readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: 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'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: 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 readChina: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAfghanistan: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: feelings about like the world'sSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: 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: feelings about like the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTanzania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPanama: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMalaysia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sJapan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIsrael: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIran: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGermany: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEcuador: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sCuba: coverage a little angrier than the world'sColombia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelarus: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAngola: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice 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 twice 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

● Israel about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 833 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 292 stories about harm ● Kashmir about twice as fearful as the world's · 51 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as angry as the world's · 310 stories about harm ● Ghana about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 151 stories about harm ● Australia about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 313 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health25% 3,727 stories · about as usual Rights & justice23% 3,432 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents21% 3,104 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence15% 2,198 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 847 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 652 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 507 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 330 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 killed3,850 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,859 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,561 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,062 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions306 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations211 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced156 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees109 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill18 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 about as 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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