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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.

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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.

Where the news was warmest

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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: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.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: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsle 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: 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: too little coverage to readSouth 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: too little coverage to readQatar: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: about as warm as its own usual or lessPoland: about as warm as its own usual or lessPhilippines: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readOman: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: about as warm as its own usual or lessLebanon: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJapan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: too little coverage to readItaly: 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 lessIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: 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: too little coverage to readHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: too little coverage to readGuinea-Bissau: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: too little coverage to readCongo: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral African Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: 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: too little coverage to readBahrain: too little coverage to readBahamas: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustralia: about as warm as its own usual or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & 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): about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSiachen Glacier: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAmerican 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: too little coverage to readBritish 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: 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 readUkraine: warmth about its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualNew Zealand: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about its own usualIreland: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualArmenia: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualSambaza, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 14 stories, carried by 14 outletsKeffi, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 12 stories, carried by 10 outletsWisconsin, US -- health: 20 stories, carried by 20 outletsSeoul, South Korea -- rights & justice: 21 stories, carried by 30 outletsGrand Rapids, US -- rights & justice: 14 stories, carried by 18 outletsSussex, UK -- rights & justice: 16 stories, carried by 50 outletsNagasaki, Japan -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 96 outletsCalgary, Canada -- disasters & accidents: 12 stories, carried by 10 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

● Sambaza Pakistan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 14 stories ● Keffi Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 12 stories ● Wisconsin US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 20 stories ● Seoul South Korea about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 21 stories ● Grand Rapids US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 14 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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