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9,259 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 a disaster in Buner, arrests in Nigeria and the earthquake in Australia. Pakistan's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were about as usual.

Part of lifeDisasters & accidents 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostKashmir 65 in 100 of its 137 stories, usually 44
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 29 in 100 of its stories, usually 24
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

Pakistan

356 of its 706 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Buner accounted for 118 of Pakistan's 356 stories about harm, carried by 323 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (27 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 19 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Pakistan over 30 days → its stories → Buner stories →
Rights & justice

Nigeria

303 of its 946 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (91 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Nigeria over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Australia

Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Earthquake was named in 28 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tsunami and power cuts. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Australia over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Kashmir

89 of its 137 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Kishtwar accounted for 55 of Kashmir's 89 stories about harm, carried by 34 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (41 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Algeria

15 of its 23 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Israel

Jerusalem accounted for 86 of Israel's 283 stories about harm, carried by 224 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Canada

31 of Toronto's 50 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (96 stories). Train derailment was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Disasters & accidents

U.S. Virgin Islands

14 of its 19 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Tropical storm was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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Conflict & violence

South Korea

32 of its 107 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (6 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: tropical storm in U.S. Virgin Islands (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); tropical storm in US (152 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); train derailment in Canada (11 of its stories, more than ten 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 16 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 9,259 stories about harm among 49,148 counted on 16 Aug.

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Mentions of tropical storm ran about 4 times their usual in the U.S. Virgin Islands' news. of the day's 49,148 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Pakistan stood out: 50% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 38%. A year earlier, on 16 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 →

Israel67 in 100 of its 421 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir65 in 100 of its 137 stories · usually 44 · mostly disasters & accidents Palestine62 in 100 of its 200 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan53 in 100 of its 78 stories · usually 46 · mostly rights & justice Pakistan50 in 100 of its 706 stories · usually 38 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US92 stories about protests or strikes, of its 315 Gaza Palestine36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 91 Toronto Canada31 stories about protests or strikes, of its 50 London UK28 stories about protests or strikes, of its 134 Ottawa Canada19 stories about protests or strikes, of its 26

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: 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: too little coverage to readIsle 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: too little coverage to readTogo: 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'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: 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'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: too little coverage to readNiger: 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'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: too little coverage to readMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: 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'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: too little coverage to readLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: too little coverage to readJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: 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: too little coverage to readGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: 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: 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'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: 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 readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: 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: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: too little coverage to readCentral 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'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: too little coverage to readBosnia 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'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: 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'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: 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: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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 readZambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little angrier 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'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRussia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sQatar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLatvia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJordan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJapan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sItaly: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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 about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFrance: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBermuda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJersey: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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 twice as angry as the world's · 283 stories about harm ● Ukraine about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 149 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 356 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as angry as the world's · 125 stories about harm ● Australia about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 221 stories about harm ● Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 303 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Disasters & accidents26% 2,405 stories · more than usual (usually 22%) Rights & justice23% 2,089 stories · about as usual Health23% 2,057 stories · less than usual (usually 25%) Conflict & violence14% 1,234 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 442 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 339 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 310 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 201 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 killed2,416 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,107 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,073 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured735 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions158 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations127 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced97 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees82 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill13 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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