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35,160 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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Protests in Libreville (Gabon), violence in Cartagena and the hunger in North Korea drew the news. Uzbekistan's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were much softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostGabon 86 in 100 of its 229 stories, usually 41
RegionCentral Asia 69 in 100 of its stories, usually 40
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Gabon

196 of its 229 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Libreville accounted for 176 of Gabon's 196 stories about harm, carried by 147 outlets. 99 of Libreville's 176 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (168 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Gabon over 30 days → its stories → Libreville stories →
Conflict & violence

Colombia

146 of its 220 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Cartagena accounted for 98 of Colombia's 146 stories about harm, carried by 93 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (89 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Colombia over 30 days → its stories → Cartagena stories →
Disasters & accidents

North Korea

83 of its 195 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (72 stories). Hunger was named in 25 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with drought, typhoon and building collapse.

North Korea over 30 days → its stories →
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Conflict & violence

Bangladesh

585 of its 942 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Dhaka accounted for 357 of Bangladesh's 585 stories about harm, carried by 223 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (97 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Syria

75 of Damascus' 124 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (46 stories). Hunger was named in 47 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with meningitis. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Philippines

1,596 of its 2,418 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (1,183 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Niger

25 of its 28 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Venezuela

124 of its 243 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. 94 of Caracas' 99 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (21 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

246 of its 395 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (74 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: dengue in Malaysia (73 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); polio in Nigeria (194 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); tropical storm in Jersey (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tsunami in Puerto Rico (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Nepal (20 of its stories, about 8 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 3 Sep. 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 35,160 stories about harm among 147,974 counted on 3 Sep.

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In Malaysia's news, mentions of the dengue ran more than ten times their usual. the news turned to Gabon for the second day running. Gabon's news was 86% about people being harmed, against a usual 41%. of the day's 147,974 news stories, 24 in every 100 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 →

Gabon86 in 100 of its 229 stories · usually 41 · mostly rights & justice Sudan83 in 100 of its 100 stories · usually 59 · mostly rights & justice Yemen82 in 100 of its 116 stories · usually 82 · mostly conflict & violence Uzbekistan74 in 100 of its 875 stories · usually 59 · mostly rights & justice South Sudan72 in 100 of its 151 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Detroit US271 stories about protests or strikes, of its 321 Stanford US184 stories about protests or strikes, of its 323 Philadelphia US155 stories about protests or strikes, of its 286 Delhi India135 stories about protests or strikes, of its 428 Tashkent Uzbekistan118 stories about protests or strikes, of its 367

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'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: feelings about like the world'sCayman Islands: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: 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'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: 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'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSaudi Arabia: 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 readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPoland: 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'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: 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 readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: 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: too little coverage to readLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sIsrael: 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'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: 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'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: feelings about like the world'sDenmark: 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: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChile: 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'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: 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: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: too little coverage to readBarbados: 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 readAntigua & 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: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern 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: feelings about like the world'sSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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 readZimbabwe: coverage a little angrier than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUzbekistan: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTonga: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEswatini: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPanama: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNiger: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sMali: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMalaysia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJamaica: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sItaly: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIreland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sHonduras: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuinea-Bissau: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGuatemala: coverage about twice 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 about one and a half times as warm as the world'sGabon: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFrench Polynesia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArgentina: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more fearful than 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 warmer 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 a little angrier than 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'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

● Uzbekistan about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 648 stories about harm ● Bangladesh about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 585 stories about harm ● Sudan about three times as angry as the world's · 83 stories about harm ● South Sudan about three times as angry as the world's · 109 stories about harm ● Colombia about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 146 stories about harm ● Türkiye about twice as fearful as the world's · 994 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice26% 8,970 stories · less than usual (usually 28%) Conflict & violence23% 7,814 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents22% 7,554 stories · much more than usual (usually 17%) Health18% 6,210 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,881 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,087 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 589 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 589 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 killed11,810 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,868 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,743 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests3,630 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions811 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting refugees548 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations518 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced366 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill63 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 much 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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