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64,401 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), people displaced in Vienna and train derailment in Colombia. Croatia's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read harsher than usual.

Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about Syria and the US → Help and hope: reports of aid and relief ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeConflict & violence 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostBotswana 58 in 100 of its 278 stories, usually 16
RegionSouth Asia 35 in 100 of its stories, usually 30
Tone of the words 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

Aleppo accounted for 2,124 of Syria's 4,105 stories about harm, carried by 1,025 outlets. 1,248 of Aleppo's 2,124 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 7 times the usual rate (159 stories). Poisoning was named in 444 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with ebola. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Syria over 30 days → its stories → Aleppo stories →
Displacement

Austria

226 of its 456 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Vienna accounted for 213 of Austria's 226 stories about harm, carried by 175 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (131 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Austria over 30 days → its stories → Vienna stories →
Conflict & violence

Colombia

269 of its 396 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (140 stories). Train derailment was named in 121 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Colombia over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Croatia

126 of its 265 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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

DR Congo

43 of its 56 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Kinshasa accounted for 39 of the DR Congo's 43 stories about harm, carried by 37 outlets. 36 of Kinshasa's 39 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Thailand

398 of its 903 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. 130 of Bangkok's 240 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories). Drownings were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Congo

540 of its 573 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (145 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Displacement

Greece

652 of its 1,200 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (40 stories). Storms were named in 35 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Nepal

183 of its 297 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Kathmandu accounted for 162 of Nepal's 183 stories about harm, carried by 159 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (138 stories).

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Uruguay

49 of its 59 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Montevideo accounted for 43 of Uruguay's 49 stories about harm, carried by 62 outlets. 43 of Montevideo's 43 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in Costa Rica (38 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); drought in Somalia (148 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); avalanche in France (309 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in Japan (101 of its stories, about three times its usual); helicopter crash in Libya (43 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

23 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 20 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 64,401 stories about harm among 282,898 counted on 20 Sep.

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Help and hope: reports of aid and relief ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. of the day's 282,898 news stories, 23 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Refugees were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about Syria and the US. Mentions of volcanic eruption ran about 6 times their usual in Costa Rica's news.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Congo94 in 100 of its 573 stories · usually 62 · mostly rights & justice Uruguay83 in 100 of its 59 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan79 in 100 of its 211 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence DR Congo77 in 100 of its 56 stories · usually 37 · mostly rights & justice Syria76 in 100 of its 5,404 stories · usually 77 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Aleppo Syria1248 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2124 Washington US349 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2974 Tulsa US310 stories about protests or strikes, of its 401 Harare Zimbabwe190 stories about protests or strikes, of its 239 Ramallah Palestine148 stories about protests or strikes, of its 251

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: too little coverage to readYemen: 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: too little coverage to readU.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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth 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 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 readSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: 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: too little coverage to readSaudi 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 lessRussia: 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 lessPhilippines: 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: 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: 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 lessNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: 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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readLatvia: 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 lessJapan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: 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 lessHungary: about as warm as its own usual or lessHonduras: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: 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 lessSt 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: too little coverage to readComoros: about as warm as its own usual or lessColombia: 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 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 lessBrunei: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: 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 lessAzerbaijan: 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 lessAntigua & Barbuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: too little coverage to readAlbania: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessChagos 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: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: about as warm as its own usual or lessJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: 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 readZimbabwe: warmth about one and a half times its own usualTürkiye: warmth about its own usualSolomon Islands: warmth about its own usualRwanda: warmth about its own usualRomania: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNorth Korea: warmth about its own usualNew Zealand: warmth about its own usualNetherlands: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMali: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualIceland: warmth about its own usualHaiti: warmth about one and a half times its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualCyprus: warmth about its own usualDR Congo: warmth about its own usualCongo: warmth about one and a half times its own usualCentral African Republic: warmth about its own usualBurkina Faso: warmth about its own usualBulgaria: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualBosnia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBahamas: warmth about its own usualAustria: warmth about its own usualArgentina: warmth about its own usualCartagena, Colombia -- conflict & violence: 15 stories, carried by 19 outletsJeffersonville, US -- health: 19 stories, carried by 17 outletsSarajevo, Bosnia -- conflict & violence: 24 stories, carried by 24 outletsJeddah, Saudi Arabia -- conflict & violence: 31 stories, carried by 46 outletsNew Hampshire, US -- disasters & accidents: 21 stories, carried by 11 outletsNagoya, Japan -- rights & justice: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsHarare, Zimbabwe -- rights & justice: 239 stories, carried by 188 outletsBaramulla, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 66 stories, carried by 31 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

● Netherlands warmth about one and a half times usual ● Zimbabwe warmth about one and a half times usual ● Congo warmth about one and a half times usual ● Bosnia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Haiti warmth about one and a half times usual ● Romania warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Cartagena Colombia about three times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 15 stories ● Jeffersonville US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 19 stories ● Sarajevo Bosnia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 24 stories ● Jeddah Saudi Arabia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 31 stories ● New Hampshire US about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 21 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence30% 19,195 stories · much more than usual (usually 24%) Rights & justice25% 15,561 stories · less than usual (usually 27%) Health19% 12,339 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents11% 6,672 stories · much less than usual (usually 16%) Displacement6% 3,850 stories · more than usual (usually 3%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 2,925 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,522 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 1,397 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 killed18,766 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected8,749 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests8,121 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured6,589 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees3,652 at about three times the usual rate · most about Syria and the US Stories reporting people displaced1,321 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Syria and the US Stories reporting abductions865 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations394 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Japan and Syria Stories reporting people falling ill55 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 harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little less than usual
● Feara little more than 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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