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What the world's news said happened to people.
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37,452 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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Most of the day's attention went to protests in Aleppo (Syria), violence in Kaga-Bandoro and people affected in Thailand. the Central African Republic's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about the US and Syria → Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeConflict & violence 45 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostCentral African Republic 90 in 100 of its 166 stories, usually 44
RegionSouth Asia 46 in 100 of its stories, usually 30
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Syria

2,065 of its 2,409 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 76%. Aleppo accounted for 1,015 of Syria's 2,065 stories about harm, carried by 713 outlets. 678 of Aleppo's 1,015 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (1,101 stories). Power cuts were named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 4 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 →
Disasters & accidents

Thailand

303 of its 516 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people affected ran at about 8 times the usual rate (93 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Thailand over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Sweden

81 of its 185 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Sweden over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

605 of its 686 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Jammu accounted for 345 of Kashmir's 605 stories about harm, carried by 69 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Libya

226 of its 344 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Ras Lanuf accounted for 159 of Libya's 226 stories about harm, carried by 140 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (123 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Russia

1,148 of its 2,217 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Moscow accounted for 909 of Russia's 1,148 stories about harm, carried by 691 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (239 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Taiwan

84 of its 186 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (44 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Pakistan

1,330 of its 1,972 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (44 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

India

2,668 of its 7,215 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (557 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: typhoon in China (135 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); drownings in Bolivia (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); chikungunya in Trinidad & Tobago (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tuberculosis in Canada (99 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Chile (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

27 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 18 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 37,452 stories about harm among 140,483 counted on 18 Sep.

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No day had a higher share of stories about people being harmed since 17 July 2016. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about the US and Syria. 27 in every 100 of the day's 140,483 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 22. For the third day running, the news turned to Syria. This week the news turned most often to Syria, on 4 of 7 days; help rose on 4 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Central African Republic90 in 100 of its 166 stories · usually 44 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir88 in 100 of its 686 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence Syria86 in 100 of its 2,409 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia83 in 100 of its 382 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan74 in 100 of its 86 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Aleppo Syria678 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1015 Moscow Russia336 stories about protests or strikes, of its 909 Belgrade 158 stories about protests or strikes, of its 158 Islamabad Pakistan153 stories about protests or strikes, of its 388 Washington US125 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1318

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: 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: too little coverage to readGuam: 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'sTurkey: 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: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: 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'sRussia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: too little coverage to readPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: 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 readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: 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'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'sKyrgyzstan: 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'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIran: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: too little coverage to readHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sFrance: 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 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: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: too little coverage to readBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: 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 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: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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 readZambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage a little angrier than the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUzbekistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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 warm as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sThailand: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sTaiwan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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 a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSomalia: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sQatar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNorway: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLibya: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKuwait: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIreland: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHungary: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuyana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEgypt: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: 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 more grief-stricken than the world'sChile: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBrunei: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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 three times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful 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 three times as fearful 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

● Somalia about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 318 stories about harm ● Kashmir about three times as fearful as the world's · 605 stories about harm ● Central African Republic about three times as angry as the world's · 150 stories about harm ● Colombia about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 65 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as angry as the world's · 1,330 stories about harm ● Germany about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 247 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence45% 16,656 stories · much more than usual (usually 22%) Rights & justice18% 6,691 stories · much less than usual (usually 28%) Health15% 5,630 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Disasters & accidents10% 3,741 stories · much less than usual (usually 16%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,084 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,019 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 721 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 557 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 killed14,269 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting people injured10,687 at about 4 times the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting people affected3,741 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,991 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,038 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Russia and the US Stories reporting abductions698 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the Philippines and Nigeria Stories reporting people displaced583 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Russia and the US Stories reporting evacuations407 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Pakistan Stories reporting people falling ill51 at about half 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 much harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little more than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout as 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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