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34,036 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 Aleppo (Syria), violence in Diffa and arrests in Sweden. Niger's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were about as usual.

Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Niger → Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostMorocco 84 in 100 of its 232 stories, usually 21
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 60 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

1,871 of its 2,207 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 75%. Aleppo accounted for 1,061 of Syria's 1,871 stories about harm, carried by 672 outlets. 603 of Aleppo's 1,061 stories were about protests or strikes. Heatwave was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Syria over 30 days → its stories → Aleppo stories →
Conflict & violence

Niger

202 of its 204 stories (99%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Diffa accounted for 156 of Niger's 202 stories about harm, carried by 187 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 7 times the usual rate (144 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Niger over 30 days → its stories → Diffa stories →
Rights & justice

Sweden

117 of its 242 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Sweden over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

China

434 of its 1,818 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (187 stories). Storms were named in 68 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with power cuts and plane crash.

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

Burkina Faso

74 of its 79 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Ouagadougou accounted for 71 of Burkina Faso's 74 stories about harm, carried by 67 outlets. 71 of Ouagadougou's 71 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (61 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Uruguay

85 of its 98 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Montevideo accounted for 82 of Uruguay's 85 stories about harm, carried by 99 outlets. 69 of Montevideo's 82 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Morocco

196 of its 232 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Rabat accounted for 184 of Morocco's 196 stories about harm, carried by 122 outlets. 184 of Rabat's 184 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Protests & strikes

Egypt

308 of its 481 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Cairo accounted for 245 of Egypt's 308 stories about harm, carried by 268 outlets. 167 of Cairo's 245 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Conflict & violence

Central African Republic

41 of its 41 stories (100%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (39 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Israel

786 of its 1,237 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (478 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: tuberculosis in Canada (179 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in North Korea (18 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); hepatitis in Jordan (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Yemen (16 of its stories, about three times its usual); poisoning in Nigeria (85 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 17 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 34,036 stories about harm among 152,107 counted on 17 Sep.

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Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about twice the usual rate. of the day's 152,107 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Niger. It was the second day running that the news turned to Syria. In Syria, 85% of the news was about people being harmed, where 75% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Niger99 in 100 of its 204 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Burkina Faso94 in 100 of its 79 stories · usually 20 · mostly rights & justice Uruguay87 in 100 of its 98 stories · usually 52 · mostly rights & justice Syria85 in 100 of its 2,207 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence Morocco84 in 100 of its 232 stories · usually 21 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Philadelphia US607 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1024 Aleppo Syria603 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1061 Miami US308 stories about protests or strikes, of its 628 Washington US292 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1455 Rabat Morocco184 stories about protests or strikes, of its 184

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Vietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUkraine: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: 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: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: 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'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: 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 readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: 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'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: too little coverage to readHaiti: 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: too little coverage to readGhana: 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: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench 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'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: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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: too little coverage to readCôte 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 readHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: 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: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: 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'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: 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'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readCrimea: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: feelings about like the world'sAnguilla: 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'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: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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 a little angrier than the world'sZambia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sYemen: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUzbekistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUruguay: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTaiwan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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 a little more fearful than 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'sSpain: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSomalia: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSlovakia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPoland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPeru: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPanama: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNiger: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMauritania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sIreland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sFrance: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCuba: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sCape Verde: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBarbados: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArgentina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about three 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'sPalestine: coverage about three 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

● Niger about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 202 stories about harm ● Somalia about three times as angry as the world's · 117 stories about harm ● France about twice as fearful as the world's · 277 stories about harm ● Central African Republic few stories about three times as angry as the world's · 41 stories about harm ● Palestine about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 260 stories about harm ● Italy about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 237 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 9,273 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence28% 9,243 stories · much more than usual (usually 22%) Health20% 6,698 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents11% 3,569 stories · much less than usual (usually 16%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 2,235 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,159 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 833 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 556 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 killed11,004 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,366 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting people affected4,176 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests3,554 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,224 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Sudan Stories reporting people displaced894 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Niger Stories reporting abductions640 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the Philippines and the US Stories reporting evacuations290 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and China Stories reporting people falling ill40 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Australia

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
● 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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