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17,031 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 rights and justice in Bogota and Port-au-Prince and wildfires in Spain. Sudan's coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostColombia 56 in 100 of its 73 stories, usually 31
RegionEvery region about as usual
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

Spain

129 of its 504 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (43 stories). Wildfires were named in 60 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

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

Guatemala

14 of its 18 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Guatemala City accounted for 11 of Guatemala's 14 stories about harm, carried by 27 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (13 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Bahamas

24 of its 74 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Hurricane was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with tropical storm.

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Disasters & accidents

Taiwan

41 of its 147 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (10 stories). Typhoon was named in 22 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Pakistan

367 of its 818 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of abductions ran at about 9 times the usual rate (39 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Ghana

134 of its 502 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (86 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Iran

Tehran accounted for 47 of Iran's 59 stories about harm, carried by 139 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: typhoon in Taiwan (22 of its stories, about three times its usual); hurricane in Bahamas (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); rabies in India (78 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Canada (41 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in Israel (35 of its stories, about three 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 12 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 17,031 stories about harm among 89,384 counted on 12 Aug.

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The news turned to Colombia for the second day running. 19 in every 100 of the day's 89,384 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Colombia, 56% of the news was about people being harmed, where 31% is usual. A year earlier, on 12 August 2024, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan71 in 100 of its 62 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Haiti70 in 100 of its 50 stories · usually 57 · mostly rights & justice Israel68 in 100 of its 1,085 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine61 in 100 of its 392 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Colombia56 in 100 of its 73 stories · usually 31 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US208 stories about protests or strikes, of its 698 Delhi India96 stories about protests or strikes, of its 220 Gaza Palestine48 stories about protests or strikes, of its 207 Bihar India46 stories about protests or strikes, of its 61 London UK41 stories about protests or strikes, of its 249

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: 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: too little coverage to readMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: 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: too little coverage to readTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSyria: feelings about like the world'sSweden: 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'sSomalia: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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'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: too little coverage to readRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: 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 readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalaysia: 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'sLibya: 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: 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'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: too little coverage to readHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: too little coverage to readGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt 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: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial 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 readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: too little coverage to readComoros: too little coverage to readChina: 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: 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: 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'sBelgium: 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 readAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: 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): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sVatican 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: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: 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: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sYemen: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: 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'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNamibia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMorocco: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalta: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKenya: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJapan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sIreland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIraq: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGermany: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGambia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFrance: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFiji: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCzechia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCongo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelize: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArgentina: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half 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

● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 367 stories about harm ● Israel about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 739 stories about harm ● Palestine about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 239 stories about harm ● Ukraine about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 124 stories about harm ● Sudan few stories about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 44 stories about harm ● Ghana about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 134 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health27% 4,425 stories · about as usual Rights & justice24% 4,072 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents20% 3,395 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence13% 2,182 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 801 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 761 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 685 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 371 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 killed3,926 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,070 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,690 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured961 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions322 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations231 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced198 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees111 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the UK and the US Stories reporting people falling ill18 at about two-thirds of 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 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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