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35,158 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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Building collapse in Bangladesh, protests in Santiago (Chile) and violence in Niamey drew the news. Niger's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeConflict & violence 36 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostTanzania 84 in 100 of its 362 stories, usually 26
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 40 in 100 of its stories, usually 31
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Disasters & accidents

Bangladesh

495 of its 780 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Dhaka accounted for 401 of Bangladesh's 495 stories about harm, carried by 218 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (279 stories). Building collapse was named in 86 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Bangladesh over 30 days → its stories → Dhaka stories →
Protests & strikes

Chile

84 of its 155 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 34 of Santiago's 65 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (69 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Chile over 30 days → its stories → Santiago stories →
Conflict & violence

Niger

112 of its 119 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Niamey accounted for 87 of Niger's 112 stories about harm, carried by 115 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 8 times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Niger over 30 days → its stories → Niamey stories →
Health

New Zealand

Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). House fires were named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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

Tanzania

304 of its 362 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Bukoba accounted for 153 of Tanzania's 304 stories about harm, carried by 126 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (239 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Australia

1,533 of its 5,902 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (59 stories). House fires were named in 76 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with malaria and heatwave. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

North Macedonia

238 of its 298 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Skopje accounted for 233 of North Macedonia's 238 stories about harm, carried by 285 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (202 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Kenya

456 of its 733 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (215 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Gabon

95 of its 105 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. 3 of Libreville's 3 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

376 of its 498 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (176 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: wildfires in Greece (40 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Belgium (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Nigeria (97 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flooding in North Korea (27 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hiv in Thailand (35 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

25 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 11 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 35,158 stories about harm among 139,028 counted on 11 Sep.

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It was the highest share of stories about people being harmed since 17 July 2016. of the day's 139,028 news stories, 25 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 22. Reports of people freed or reunited, a sign of help, ran at about twice the usual rate. Mentions of wildfires ran more than ten times their usual in Greece's news. For the second day running, the news turned to Bangladesh. This week the news turned most often to Uruguay, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 2 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Niger94 in 100 of its 119 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Gabon90 in 100 of its 105 stories · usually 52 · mostly conflict & violence South Sudan87 in 100 of its 119 stories · usually 66 · mostly rights & justice Syria85 in 100 of its 1,304 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence Tanzania84 in 100 of its 362 stories · usually 26 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US317 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2374 Aleppo Syria250 stories about protests or strikes, of its 565 Manhattan US165 stories about protests or strikes, of its 963 Leamington UK119 stories about protests or strikes, of its 144 Delhi India93 stories about protests or strikes, of its 372

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or lessZambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessYemen: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited States: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCayman Islands: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited Arab Emirates: about as warm as its own usual or lessUkraine: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri Lanka: too little coverage to readSouth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Africa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: about as warm as its own usual or lessSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: too little coverage to readRomania: about as warm as its own usual or lessQatar: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: about as warm as its own usual or lessPoland: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: too little coverage to readNorway: about as warm as its own usual or lessNigeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessNicaragua: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: too little coverage to readJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessItaly: too little coverage to readIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: about as warm as its own usual or lessHungary: about as warm as its own usual or lessHonduras: too little coverage to readHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: too little coverage to readGermany: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: about as warm as its own usual or lessEthiopia: too little coverage to readEstonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: about as warm as its own usual or lessCzech Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or lessChile: about as warm as its own usual or lessChad: too little coverage to readCentral African Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: about as warm as its own usual or lessCambodia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: too little coverage to readBelarus: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: about as warm as its own usual or lessBangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustralia: about as warm as its own usual or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJammu & Kashmir: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSiachen Glacier: about as warm as its own usual or lessCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall 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: too little coverage to readBermuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorfolk 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 readVietnam: warmth about its own usualTürkiye: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualSwitzerland: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSingapore: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualNorth Korea: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNiger: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualMali: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGuinea-Bissau: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGuinea: warmth about its own usualGhana: warmth about its own usualGabon: warmth about its own usualFiji: warmth about its own usualCanada: warmth about its own usualMyanmar: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMogadishu, Somalia -- conflict & violence: 19 stories, carried by 13 outletsBissau, Guinea-Bissau -- conflict & violence: 18 stories, carried by 13 outletsMissouri, US -- conflict & violence: 35 stories, carried by 37 outletsNampa, US -- rights & justice: 13 stories, carried by 16 outletsJuba, South Sudan -- rights & justice: 15 stories, carried by 14 outletsChibok, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 32 stories, carried by 24 outletsAjit, India -- conflict & violence: 19 stories, carried by 13 outletsKumasi, Ghana -- disasters & accidents: 19 stories, carried by 14 outlets
Warmer than its own usual The warmest eventsAbout as warm or lessToo little news

Each country shaded by the warmth in its news — care, help, gratitude — against its own last 30 days. Stronger colour: further above. Dots: the events whose coverage carried the most warmth, even where the event itself began as harm. Warm words, not good outcomes. Click a country or a dot.

Warmest news

● Guinea-Bissau warmth about one and a half times usual ● Palestine warmth about one and a half times usual ● Switzerland warmth about one and a half times usual ● Somalia warmth about one and a half times usual ● North Korea warmth about one and a half times usual ● Japan warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Mogadishu Somalia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 19 stories ● Bissau Guinea-Bissau about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 18 stories ● Missouri US about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 35 stories ● Nampa US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 13 stories ● Juba South Sudan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 15 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence36% 12,566 stories · much more than usual (usually 23%) Rights & justice23% 7,914 stories · less than usual (usually 28%) Health15% 5,143 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Disasters & accidents14% 4,782 stories · less than usual (usually 17%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 2,412 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 779 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 623 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 522 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 killed13,383 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people injured3,912 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting arrests3,428 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,188 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions421 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees401 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Germany Stories reporting people displaced334 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations213 at about half the usual rate · most about the UK and Greece Stories reporting people falling ill111 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Bangladesh

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 harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little more than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more than usual
● Fearabout one and a half times 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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