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What the world's news said happened to people.
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15,578 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 news turned to protests in Jakarta (Indonesia), violence in Kyiv and evacuations in Pakistan. Ukraine's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was about as usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Canada → Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeHealth 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostUkraine 42 in 100 of its 537 stories, usually 24
RegionSoutheast Asia 23 in 100 of its stories, usually 20
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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Protests & strikes

Indonesia

87 of its 267 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Jakarta accounted for 64 of Indonesia's 87 stories about harm, carried by 105 outlets. 54 of Jakarta's 64 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (36 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Indonesia over 30 days → its stories → Jakarta stories →
Conflict & violence

Ukraine

228 of its 537 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Kyiv accounted for 170 of Ukraine's 228 stories about harm, carried by 308 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (184 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Ukraine over 30 days → its stories → Kyiv stories →
Disasters & accidents

Pakistan

248 of its 527 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (43 stories). Natural hazards were named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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

Russia

259 of its 666 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (123 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Gambia

17 of its 38 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. 3 of Bathurst's 6 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Mauritania

16 of its 18 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (10 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Saudi Arabia

29 of its 110 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Sudan

28 of its 33 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Health

South Korea

68 of its 340 stories (20%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Malaysia (14 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Japan (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); chickenpox in UK (41 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); polio in Nigeria (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); food poisoning in US (76 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 19; 19 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 29 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 15,578 stories about harm among 83,150 counted on 29 Aug.

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On the side of help, reports of vaccination ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 83,150 stories, as usual. Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Canada. In Indonesia, 33% of the news was about people being harmed, where 22% is usual. A year earlier, on 29 August 2024, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Israel66 in 100 of its 778 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine60 in 100 of its 356 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Haiti59 in 100 of its 64 stories · usually 54 · mostly rights & justice Kashmir55 in 100 of its 100 stories · usually 51 · mostly disasters & accidents Afghanistan50 in 100 of its 105 stories · usually 49 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US186 stories about protests or strikes, of its 746 London UK56 stories about protests or strikes, of its 258 Jakarta Indonesia54 stories about protests or strikes, of its 64 Kyiv Ukraine51 stories about protests or strikes, of its 170 Chicago US28 stories about protests or strikes, of its 174

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: 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: too little coverage to readGuam: 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 readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: 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: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSyria: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: 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: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: 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'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: too little coverage to readNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMali: 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: 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: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew 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: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: too little coverage to readBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: 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'sJammu & Kashmir: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sSiachen Glacier: feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: feelings about like the world'sPitcairn: 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: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: 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 warmer than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer 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 grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMauritania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMalta: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKenya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJapan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGambia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGreenland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sColombia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChad: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little angrier than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArgentina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice 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'sGuernsey: 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

● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 228 stories about harm ● Haiti few stories about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 38 stories about harm ● Ghana about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 56 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 515 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 213 stories about harm ● Japan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 140 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health27% 4,136 stories · about as usual Rights & justice24% 3,690 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents19% 2,985 stories · less than usual (usually 22%) Conflict & violence14% 2,160 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 798 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 588 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 575 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 390 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 killed4,012 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,772 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,745 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,317 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting abductions326 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced255 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting refugees239 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the UK and Israel Stories reporting evacuations172 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Pakistan and the US Stories reporting people falling ill60 at about twice 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 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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