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40,896 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 protests in la Paz (Bolivia), violence in Dhaka and a disaster in Amatrice. Italy's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 32 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostMicronesia 94 in 100 of its 232 stories, usually 14
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 35 in 100 of its stories, usually 21
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

Bolivia

127 of its 148 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. la Paz accounted for 93 of Bolivia's 127 stories about harm, carried by 111 outlets. 92 of la Paz's 93 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (76 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Bolivia over 30 days → its stories → La Paz stories →
Conflict & violence

Bangladesh

865 of its 1,173 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Dhaka accounted for 770 of Bangladesh's 865 stories about harm, carried by 740 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (735 stories). Road crashes were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Bangladesh over 30 days → its stories → Dhaka stories →
Disasters & accidents

Italy

1,559 of its 2,418 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Amatrice accounted for 1,272 of Italy's 1,559 stories about harm, carried by 1,047 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Italy over 30 days → its stories → Amatrice stories →
Rights & justice

Venezuela

171 of its 290 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (123 stories). Landslides were named in 27 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Venezuela over 30 days → its stories →
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Conflict & violence

Paraguay

123 of its 128 stories (96%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Asuncion accounted for 112 of Paraguay's 123 stories about harm, carried by 118 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (40 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Moldova

66 of its 96 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. 65 of Chisinau's 66 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (62 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Zimbabwe

376 of its 717 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. 256 of Harare's 320 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Syria

1,216 of its 1,447 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 76%. 342 of Aleppo's 508 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at about 9 times the usual rate (322 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Micronesia

218 of its 232 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Tamatam Island accounted for 196 of Micronesia's 218 stories about harm, carried by 371 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (217 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Romania

80 of its 137 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (79 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: bird flu in Togo (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Chad (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Philippines (98 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in Cuba (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); chikungunya in Puerto Rico (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

24 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 27 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 40,896 stories about harm among 170,420 counted on 27 Aug.

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Mentions of bird flu ran more than ten times their usual in Togo's news. For the second day running, the news turned to Bolivia. Bolivia stood out: 86% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 53%. 24 in every 100 of the day's 170,420 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 22.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Paraguay96 in 100 of its 128 stories · usually 37 · mostly conflict & violence Micronesia94 in 100 of its 232 stories · usually 14 · mostly disasters & accidents Bolivia86 in 100 of its 148 stories · usually 53 · mostly rights & justice South Sudan84 in 100 of its 217 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Syria84 in 100 of its 1,447 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US580 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2039 Aleppo Syria342 stories about protests or strikes, of its 508 Harare Zimbabwe256 stories about protests or strikes, of its 320 Dallas US222 stories about protests or strikes, of its 288 Dhaka Bangladesh144 stories about protests or strikes, of its 770

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'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: 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: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNiger: 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 readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: 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'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: 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'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: 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 readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: feelings about like the world'sCzech 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 readDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sChile: 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'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: 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'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: 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 readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican 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: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUzbekistan: 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 about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTunisia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTogo: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about twice as warm as the world'sSomalia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSierra Leone: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRomania: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPoland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sParaguay: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNepal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMoldova: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKenya: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sItaly: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sGuyana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFrance: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEl Salvador: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCuba: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCosta Rica: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChad: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCameroon: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBolivia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBenin: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sBelgium: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sBahamas: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: 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'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: 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'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

● South Sudan about twice as warm as the world's · 183 stories about harm ● Italy about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 1,559 stories about harm ● Paraguay about three times as angry as the world's · 123 stories about harm ● Moldova about twice as fearful as the world's · 66 stories about harm ● Bangladesh about three times as angry as the world's · 865 stories about harm ● Romania about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 80 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice32% 12,715 stories · more than usual (usually 28%) Conflict & violence23% 9,136 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents17% 7,017 stories · about as usual Health16% 6,538 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 2,113 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,044 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,010 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 646 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 killed15,169 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Italy Stories reporting arrests6,234 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people affected4,726 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,451 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions892 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Bangladesh Stories reporting evacuations494 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees423 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Australia Stories reporting people displaced253 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Italy Stories reporting people falling ill93 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India

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
● Griefa little more than usual
● Feara little less than 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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