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17,031 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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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

how these are picked →
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.

its stories →
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.

its stories →
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

usually 19; 19 the day before
21 in 10018 in 10014 Jul21 Jul28 Jul4 Aug12 Aug14 Jul: 19 in 10015 Jul: 18 in 10016 Jul: 18 in 10017 Jul: 19 in 10018 Jul: 18 in 10019 Jul: 20 in 10020 Jul: 21 in 10021 Jul: 19 in 10022 Jul: 19 in 10023 Jul: 19 in 10024 Jul: 18 in 10025 Jul: 18 in 10026 Jul: 19 in 10027 Jul: 19 in 10028 Jul: 19 in 10029 Jul: 19 in 10030 Jul: 20 in 10031 Jul: 19 in 1001 Aug: 19 in 1002 Aug: 19 in 1003 Aug: 21 in 1004 Aug: 19 in 1005 Aug: 19 in 1006 Aug: 19 in 1007 Aug: 18 in 1008 Aug: 19 in 1009 Aug: 20 in 10010 Aug: 20 in 10011 Aug: 19 in 10012 Aug: 19 in 100 · this day

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.

Where harm was most of the news

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: near the world's share or lessZambia: near the world's share or lessYemen: near the world's share or lessVietnam: near the world's share or lessUzbekistan: near the world's share or lessUruguay: near the world's share or lessMicronesia: near the world's share or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessGuam: near the world's share or lessUnited States: near the world's share or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: no storiesFalkland Islands: near the world's share or lessCayman Islands: near the world's share or lessIsle of Man: near the world's share or lessUnited Kingdom: near the world's share or lessUnited Arab Emirates: near the world's share or lessUkraine: near the world's share or lessTurkmenistan: near the world's share or lessTunisia: near the world's share or lessTrinidad & Tobago: near the world's share or lessTonga: near the world's share or lessTogo: near the world's share or lessTanzania: near the world's share or lessTajikistan: near the world's share or lessSwitzerland: near the world's share or lessSweden: near the world's share or lessEswatini: near the world's share or lessSuriname: near the world's share or lessSri Lanka: near the world's share or lessSouth Korea: near the world's share or lessSouth Africa: near the world's share or lessSomaliland: no storiesSolomon Islands: near the world's share or lessSlovakia: near the world's share or lessSlovenia: near the world's share or lessSingapore: near the world's share or lessSierra Leone: near the world's share or lessSeychelles: near the world's share or lessSerbia: no storiesSenegal: near the world's share or lessSaudi Arabia: near the world's share or lessSão Tomé: no storiesSamoa: near the world's share or lessSt Vincent: near the world's share or lessSt. Lucia: near the world's share or lessRomania: near the world's share or lessQatar: near the world's share or lessPortugal: near the world's share or lessPoland: near the world's share or lessPhilippines: near the world's share or lessPeru: near the world's share or lessParaguay: near the world's share or lessPapua New Guinea: near the world's share or lessPanama: near the world's share or lessPalau: near the world's share or lessOman: near the world's share or lessNorway: near the world's share or lessNorth Korea: near the world's share or lessNigeria: near the world's share or lessNiger: near the world's share or lessNew Zealand: near the world's share or lessNiue: no storiesNetherlands: near the world's share or lessCuraçao: no storiesNepal: near the world's share or lessNamibia: near the world's share or lessMozambique: near the world's share or lessMorocco: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara: near the world's share or lessMontenegro: near the world's share or lessMongolia: near the world's share or lessMoldova: near the world's share or lessMexico: near the world's share or lessMauritius: near the world's share or lessMauritania: near the world's share or lessMalta: near the world's share or lessMalaysia: near the world's share or lessMalawi: near the world's share or lessMadagascar: near the world's share or lessNorth Macedonia: near the world's share or lessLuxembourg: near the world's share or lessLithuania: near the world's share or lessLibya: near the world's share or lessLiberia: near the world's share or lessLesotho: near the world's share or lessLatvia: near the world's share or lessLaos: near the world's share or lessKyrgyzstan: near the world's share or lessKuwait: near the world's share or lessKosovo: no storiesKiribati: near the world's share or lessKenya: near the world's share or lessKazakhstan: near the world's share or lessJordan: near the world's share or lessJapan: near the world's share or lessJamaica: near the world's share or lessItaly: near the world's share or lessIreland: near the world's share or lessIndia: near the world's share or lessIceland: near the world's share or lessHungary: near the world's share or lessHonduras: near the world's share or lessGuyana: near the world's share or lessGuinea-Bissau: near the world's share or lessGuinea: near the world's share or lessGrenada: near the world's share or lessGermany: near the world's share or lessGeorgia: near the world's share or lessGabon: near the world's share or lessFrance: near the world's share or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: no storiesFrench Polynesia: near the world's share or lessNew Caledonia: no storiesFrench Southern Territories: no storiesÅland Islands: no storiesFinland: near the world's share or lessFiji: near the world's share or lessEthiopia: near the world's share or lessEstonia: near the world's share or lessEritrea: near the world's share or lessEquatorial Guinea: no storiesEl Salvador: near the world's share or lessEgypt: near the world's share or lessEcuador: near the world's share or lessDominican Republic: near the world's share or lessDominica: near the world's share or lessDjibouti: near the world's share or lessGreenland: near the world's share or lessFaroe Islands: no storiesDenmark: near the world's share or lessCzech Republic: near the world's share or lessN. Cyprus: no storiesCyprus: near the world's share or lessCuba: near the world's share or lessCroatia: near the world's share or lessCôte d'Ivoire: near the world's share or lessCosta Rica: near the world's share or lessDR Congo: near the world's share or lessComoros: no storiesChina: near the world's share or lessHong Kong: near the world's share or lessChile: near the world's share or lessCentral African Republic: near the world's share or lessCanada: near the world's share or lessCameroon: near the world's share or lessCambodia: near the world's share or lessMyanmar: near the world's share or lessBurundi: near the world's share or lessBurkina Faso: near the world's share or lessBulgaria: near the world's share or lessBrunei: near the world's share or lessBrazil: near the world's share or lessBotswana: near the world's share or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: near the world's share or lessBolivia: near the world's share or lessBhutan: near the world's share or lessBenin: near the world's share or lessBelgium: near the world's share or lessBelarus: near the world's share or lessBarbados: near the world's share or lessBahrain: near the world's share or lessAzerbaijan: near the world's share or lessAustria: near the world's share or lessAustralia: near the world's share or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: no storiesArmenia: near the world's share or lessArgentina: near the world's share or lessAntigua & Barbuda: near the world's share or lessAngola: near the world's share or lessAndorra: no storiesAlgeria: near the world's share or lessAksai Chin: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): near the world's share or lessCrimea: near the world's share or lessVatican City: near the world's share or lessMarshall Islands: near the world's share or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: near the world's share or lessAmerican Samoa: near the world's share or lessChagos Islands: no storiesSt. Helena: no storiesPitcairn: no storiesAnguilla: no storiesBritish Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: no storiesMontserrat: no storiesJersey: near the world's share or lessGuernsey: near the world's share or lessSan Marino: near the world's share or lessSt Kitts & Nevis: near the world's share or lessCook Islands: near the world's share or lessAruba: near the world's share or lessNauru: near the world's share or lessMonaco: near the world's share or lessMaldives: near the world's share or lessLiechtenstein: near the world's share or lessWallis & Futuna: no storiesSt. Martin: no storiesSt. Barthélemy: no storiesMacao: near the world's share or lessNorfolk Island: near the world's share or lessSint Maarten: no storiesChristmas Island: no storiesGibraltar: near the world's share or lessMayotte: near the world's share or lessVenezuela: 30 in 100 of its 46 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Vanuatu: 75 in 100 of its 8 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Puerto Rico: 67 in 100 of its 39 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Uganda: 28 in 100 of its 87 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Türkiye: 29 in 100 of its 150 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Timor-Leste: 83 in 100 of its 6 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Thailand: 27 in 100 of its 177 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Taiwan: 28 in 100 of its 147 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Syria: 41 in 100 of its 59 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)South Sudan: 44 in 100 of its 36 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Sudan: 71 in 100 of its 62 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Spain: 26 in 100 of its 504 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Somalia: 42 in 100 of its 24 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Rwanda: 46 in 100 of its 41 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Russia: 25 in 100 of its 678 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Pakistan: 45 in 100 of its 818 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Nicaragua: 50 in 100 of its 10 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Mali: 59 in 100 of its 22 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Lebanon: 32 in 100 of its 79 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Israel: 68 in 100 of its 1,085 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Palestine: 61 in 100 of its 392 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Iraq: 27 in 100 of its 73 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Iran: 40 in 100 of its 149 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Indonesia: 27 in 100 of its 211 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Haiti: 70 in 100 of its 50 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Guatemala: 78 in 100 of its 18 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Greece: 32 in 100 of its 256 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Ghana: 27 in 100 of its 502 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Gambia: 52 in 100 of its 29 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Congo: 46 in 100 of its 24 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Colombia: 56 in 100 of its 73 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Chad: 33 in 100 of its 27 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Cape Verde: 71 in 100 of its 14 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Belize: 30 in 100 of its 40 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Bangladesh: 30 in 100 of its 278 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Bahamas: 32 in 100 of its 74 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Albania: 42 in 100 of its 33 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Afghanistan: 44 in 100 of its 54 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Kashmir: 42 in 100 of its 146 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Palestine: 61 in 100 of its 392 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Palestine: 61 in 100 of its 392 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Kashmir: 42 in 100 of its 146 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Kashmir: 42 in 100 of its 146 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Palestine: 61 in 100 of its 392 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Kashmir: 42 in 100 of its 146 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Bermuda: 38 in 100 of its 64 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)
A quarter or more above the world's share Near the world's or lessNo stories

Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 19 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.

Most of its news about harm

● Israel 68 in 100 of its 1,085 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Palestine 61 in 100 of its 392 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Sudan 71 in 100 of its 62 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Haiti 70 in 100 of its 50 stories · mostly rights & justice ● Pakistan 45 in 100 of its 818 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Colombia 56 in 100 of its 73 stories · mostly conflict & violence

Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 stories.

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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