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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

how these are picked →
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.

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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.

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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.

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 lessVietnam: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.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: 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 lessUkraine: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: too little coverage to readTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: 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 lessSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSpain: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSerbia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: 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 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: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: too little coverage to readPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: 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: too little coverage to readNew 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: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: 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 lessMalaysia: too little coverage to readMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: 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: too little coverage to readLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: 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 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 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: too little coverage to readGuyana: 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 readGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: too little coverage to readGabon: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrance: too little coverage to readSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrench 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: too little coverage to readEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: too little coverage to readCzech 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: 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 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: 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 lessCameroon: about as warm as its own usual or lessCambodia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: 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 lessAzerbaijan: 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 lessArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: 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: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAmerican 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: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: warmth about its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSingapore: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualNorway: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualMali: warmth about its own usualKuwait: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualJamaica: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about one and a half times its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualCambridge, UK -- rights & justice: 44 stories, carried by 42 outletsOregon, US -- disasters & accidents: 10 stories, carried by 11 outletsMaiduguri, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 21 stories, carried by 17 outletsUtah, US -- health: 23 stories, carried by 24 outletsMunich, Germany -- conflict & violence: 47 stories, carried by 46 outletsBelgrade, -- conflict & violence: 158 stories, carried by 193 outletsSergipe, Brazil -- disasters & accidents: 11 stories, carried by 34 outletsOttawa, Canada -- conflict & violence: 47 stories, carried by 41 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

● South Korea warmth about one and a half times usual ● Germany warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Cambridge UK about three times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 44 stories ● Oregon US about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 10 stories ● Maiduguri Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 21 stories ● Utah US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 23 stories ● Munich Germany about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 47 stories

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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