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53,269 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 Aleppo (Syria), rights and justice in Montevideo and road crashes in Tajikistan. the Netherlands' coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostSweden 60 in 100 of its 815 stories, usually 18
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 53 in 100 of its stories, usually 49
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

Syria

1,897 of its 2,355 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 75%. Aleppo accounted for 1,129 of Syria's 1,897 stories about harm, carried by 709 outlets. 753 of Aleppo's 1,129 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (645 stories). Heatwave was named in 36 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Syria over 30 days → its stories → Aleppo stories →
Rights & justice

Uruguay

117 of its 128 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Montevideo accounted for 109 of Uruguay's 117 stories about harm, carried by 100 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (42 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Uruguay over 30 days → its stories → Montevideo stories →
Disasters & accidents

Tajikistan

40 of its 52 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Dushanbe accounted for 34 of Tajikistan's 40 stories about harm, carried by 12 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (32 stories). Road crashes were named in 30 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Tajikistan over 30 days → its stories → Dushanbe stories →
Conflict & violence

Netherlands

124 of its 494 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Earthquake was named in 24 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Netherlands over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Burkina Faso

19 of its 29 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 17 of Ouagadougou's 17 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Ethiopia

80 of its 170 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. 16 of Oromo's 21 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Rights & justice

Sweden

491 of its 815 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (150 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Rights & justice

Panama

72 of its 143 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Panama City accounted for 59 of Panama's 72 stories about harm, carried by 62 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

North Korea

155 of its 299 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (99 stories). Drought was named in 93 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.

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Displacement

Sudan

306 of its 375 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (280 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: drought in North Korea (93 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); tropical storm in Taiwan (45 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); helicopter crash in Austria (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plane crash in Poland (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); chikungunya in Thailand (29 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 16 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 53,269 stories about harm among 262,515 counted on 16 Sep.

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North Korea's news mentioned the drought about 8 times as often as usual. Syria's news was 81% about people being harmed, against a usual 75%. of the day's 262,515 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 22.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Uruguay91 in 100 of its 128 stories · usually 48 · mostly rights & justice Yemen82 in 100 of its 340 stories · usually 79 · mostly food & livelihood Sudan82 in 100 of its 375 stories · usually 56 · mostly displacement Syria81 in 100 of its 2,355 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence South Sudan78 in 100 of its 184 stories · usually 67 · mostly displacement

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Aleppo Syria753 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1129 Washington US461 stories about protests or strikes, of its 3073 Los Angeles US259 stories about protests or strikes, of its 566 Delhi India245 stories about protests or strikes, of its 832 New York US189 stories about protests or strikes, of its 969

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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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 lessVietnam: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: too little coverage to readVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: 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: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsle 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: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: too little coverage to readTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: too little coverage to readSweden: 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 lessSouth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Africa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomalia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: about as warm as its own usual or lessQatar: about as warm as its own usual or lessPoland: too little coverage to readPhilippines: 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 lessNorway: about as warm as its own usual or lessNigeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiger: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalawi: too little coverage to readMadagascar: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessItaly: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: about as warm as its own usual or lessIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndonesia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: too little coverage to readGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: 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 lessGabon: 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 lessFiji: about as warm as its own usual or lessEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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 readCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta 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 readChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or lessChile: too little coverage to readChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral African Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: 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 lessBrazil: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: too little coverage to readBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: 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 lessAustria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustralia: too little coverage to readHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlgeria: 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 lessGaza: about as warm as its own usual or lessWest Bank: 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 lessEast Jerusalem: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: 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: 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 readUzbekistan: warmth about its own usualTürkiye: warmth about its own usualTanzania: warmth about its own usualSri Lanka: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualSlovakia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualPortugal: warmth about its own usualOman: warmth about its own usualNorth Korea: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about one and a half times its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualCyprus: warmth about its own usualColombia: warmth about its own usualCameroon: warmth about its own usualMyanmar: warmth about its own usualAzerbaijan: warmth about its own usualArgentina: warmth about its own usualBogota, Colombia -- conflict & violence: 30 stories, carried by 25 outletsRichland County, US -- rights & justice: 13 stories, carried by 12 outletsCharlottesville, US -- health: 20 stories, carried by 20 outletsBendigo, Australia -- health: 11 stories, carried by 10 outletsHangzhou, China -- rights & justice: 12 stories, carried by 11 outletsHakkari, Türkiye -- conflict & violence: 27 stories, carried by 20 outletsYorkshire, UK -- health: 46 stories, carried by 35 outletsKathmandu, Nepal -- rights & justice: 54 stories, carried by 46 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

● Nepal warmth about one and a half times usual ● Slovakia warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Bogota Colombia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 30 stories ● Richland County US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 13 stories ● Charlottesville US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 20 stories ● Bendigo Australia about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Hangzhou China about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 12 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 14,916 stories · about as usual Health22% 11,713 stories · more than usual (usually 20%) Conflict & violence18% 9,600 stories · less than usual (usually 22%) Disasters & accidents14% 7,263 stories · less than usual (usually 17%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 3,242 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 2,116 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,736 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,714 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 killed15,625 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected7,102 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,330 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,519 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees2,031 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Sudan Stories reporting people displaced1,073 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Yemen and Sudan Stories reporting abductions561 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people falling ill257 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting evacuations240 at about a third of the usual rate · most about France and the US

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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