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14,874 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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Most of the day's attention went to rights and justice in Dakar, illness in Vang Vieng and landslides in Kashmir. Israel's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were softer than usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Canada →
Part of lifeHealth 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostBahamas 56 in 100 of its 136 stories, usually 21
RegionEvery region about as usual
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Rights & justice

Senegal

21 of its 30 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Dakar accounted for 20 of Senegal's 21 stories about harm, carried by 21 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 8 times the usual rate (5 stories). HIV was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Senegal over 30 days → its stories → Dakar stories →
Health

Laos

13 of its 22 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Vang Vieng accounted for 11 of Laos' 13 stories about harm, carried by 21 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (11 stories). Poisoning was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Laos over 30 days → its stories → Vang Vieng stories →
Disasters & accidents

Kashmir

82 of its 139 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Jammu accounted for 25 of Kashmir's 82 stories about harm, carried by 18 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (25 stories). Landslides were named in 31 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with heavy rain.

Kashmir over 30 days → its stories → Jammu stories →
Protests & strikes

Israel

Tel Aviv accounted for 129 of Israel's 539 stories about harm, carried by 239 outlets. 79 of Tel Aviv's 129 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Pakistan

358 of its 728 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (120 stories). Flooding was named in 180 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Bahamas

76 of its 136 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Storms were named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with drownings.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Spain

154 of its 400 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (19 stories). Drought was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with road crashes.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Chad

12 of its 19 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 5 of Ndjamena's 9 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Palestine

216 of its 320 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Gaza accounted for 172 of Palestine's 216 stories about harm, carried by 387 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Nigeria

Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (95 stories). Drownings were named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: flooding in Pakistan (180 of its stories, about three times its usual); illness in France (29 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in Puerto Rico (18 of its stories, about three times its usual); storms in Bahamas (21 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); illness in Russia (23 of its stories, about 4 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 18 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 14,874 stories about harm among 78,968 counted on 18 Aug.

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Senegal stood out: 70% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 13%. 19 in every 100 of the day's 78,968 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. People falling ill were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Canada. Pakistan's news mentioned flooding about three times as often as usual. On 18 August 2024, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Israel69 in 100 of its 786 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine68 in 100 of its 320 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir59 in 100 of its 139 stories · usually 47 · mostly disasters & accidents Bahamas56 in 100 of its 136 stories · usually 21 · mostly disasters & accidents Lebanon53 in 100 of its 79 stories · usually 42 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US156 stories about protests or strikes, of its 546 Tel Aviv Israel79 stories about protests or strikes, of its 129 Gaza Palestine52 stories about protests or strikes, of its 172 Toronto Canada37 stories about protests or strikes, of its 64 London UK37 stories about protests or strikes, of its 248

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: too little coverage to readUruguay: 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'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 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: 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'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: 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 readSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRomania: 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'sNorth Korea: too little coverage to readNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: 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: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: 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: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: 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'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: 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'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'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGermany: 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: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe 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'sCuba: 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'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: 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: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: 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: feelings about like the world'sBelize: too little coverage to readBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: 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: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAfghanistan: 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'sBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: feelings about like the world'sMontserrat: too little coverage to readGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan 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'sLiechtenstein: 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sYemen: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSenegal: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSt Vincent: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorway: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLaos: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKuwait: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHungary: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGrenada: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGambia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFiji: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEcuador: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDR Congo: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBenin: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahamas: 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 a little more fearful than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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 grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken 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 twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJersey: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMaldives: coverage a little more fearful 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 grief-stricken as the world's · 539 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 397 stories about harm ● Norway few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 37 stories about harm ● Iran about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 52 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 216 stories about harm ● Ghana a little warmer than the world's · 95 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health26% 3,709 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents23% 3,410 stories · about as usual Rights & justice23% 3,403 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence13% 1,948 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 734 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 498 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 492 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 351 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 killed3,730 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,838 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,704 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,283 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting abductions362 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people displaced205 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations190 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees109 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill66 at about three times the usual rate · most about the US and Canada

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 softer than 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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