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63,531 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 landslides in Indonesia, violence in Aleppo and livelihoods in Paramaribo. Indonesia's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostSuriname 96 in 100 of its 105 stories, usually 21
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 33 in 100 of its stories, usually 31
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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Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

529 of its 939 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (127 stories). Landslides were named in 306 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with respiratory illness. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Indonesia over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

Aleppo accounted for 1,338 of Syria's 2,383 stories about harm, carried by 861 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 8 times the usual rate (168 stories). Poisoning was named in 166 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with building collapse. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

Guinea

119 of its 152 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Conakry accounted for 119 of Guinea's 119 stories about harm, carried by 92 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (118 stories).

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

DR Congo

51 of its 58 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. 36 of Kinshasa's 41 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (7 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Egypt

608 of its 1,068 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (324 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Congo

266 of its 288 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. 3 of Brazzaville's 3 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Croatia

37 of its 95 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Niger

64 of its 72 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 72%. Malam Fatori accounted for 53 of Niger's 64 stories about harm, carried by 40 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Brazil

247 of its 936 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (19 stories). Hypothermia was named in 19 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with storm surge and typhoon.

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Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in Costa Rica (20 of its stories, about three times its usual); chikungunya in Trinidad & Tobago (17 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); hunger in Somalia (31 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); typhoon in Armenia (26 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); food poisoning in Denmark (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 22; 23 the day before
27 in 10019 in 10023 Aug30 Aug6 Sep13 Sep21 Sep23 Aug: 22 in 10024 Aug: 23 in 10025 Aug: 22 in 10026 Aug: 22 in 10027 Aug: 24 in 10028 Aug: 23 in 10029 Aug: 23 in 10030 Aug: 22 in 10031 Aug: 21 in 1001 Sep: 21 in 1002 Sep: 22 in 1003 Sep: 24 in 1004 Sep: 24 in 1005 Sep: 22 in 1006 Sep: 20 in 1007 Sep: 20 in 1008 Sep: 19 in 1009 Sep: 20 in 10010 Sep: 23 in 10011 Sep: 25 in 10012 Sep: 22 in 10013 Sep: 20 in 10014 Sep: 20 in 10015 Sep: 21 in 10016 Sep: 20 in 10017 Sep: 22 in 10018 Sep: 27 in 10019 Sep: 24 in 10020 Sep: 23 in 10021 Sep: 22 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 21 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 63,531 stories about harm among 287,943 counted on 21 Sep.

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In Indonesia's news, mentions of landslides ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 22 in every 100 of the day's 287,943 stories, as usual. Indonesia's news was 56% about people being harmed, against a usual 36%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Suriname96 in 100 of its 105 stories · usually 21 · mostly food & livelihood Congo92 in 100 of its 288 stories · usually 68 · mostly rights & justice Niger89 in 100 of its 72 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence DR Congo88 in 100 of its 58 stories · usually 40 · mostly rights & justice Burundi84 in 100 of its 56 stories · usually 59 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Charlotte US1319 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1582 Aleppo Syria418 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1338 Washington US399 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2678 Tulsa US346 stories about protests or strikes, of its 476 Cleveland US175 stories about protests or strikes, of its 275

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: 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'sPuerto Rico: 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 readTurkmenistan: 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'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: 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: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: 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'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: too little coverage to readMoldova: 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'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: 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'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: 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 readNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readEthiopia: 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: feelings about like the world'sDominica: 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'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: 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'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: 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: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sGaza: feelings about like the world'sWest Bank: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern 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: 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: too little coverage to readSan Marino: feelings about like the world'sSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: feelings about like the world'sWallis & 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: feelings about like the world'sGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as 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 about one and a half times as warm as the world'sUganda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTunisia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSuriname: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSenegal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPeru: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPanama: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNiger: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMorocco: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sMexico: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sMali: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLithuania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLatvia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKuwait: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKenya: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIraq: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrench Polynesia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFinland: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sFiji: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEgypt: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCroatia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sDR Congo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage about twice as warm as the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBurundi: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBotswana: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAustria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlbania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sVatican City: coverage a little warmer than 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

● Pakistan about three times as fearful as the world's · 1,337 stories about harm ● Colombia about twice as warm as the world's · 186 stories about harm ● Indonesia about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 529 stories about harm ● Kashmir about twice as fearful as the world's · 212 stories about harm ● Morocco about twice as fearful as the world's · 66 stories about harm ● Niger about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 64 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 18,266 stories · more than usual (usually 27%) Conflict & violence24% 15,021 stories · about as usual Health19% 12,146 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents12% 7,302 stories · less than usual (usually 15%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 3,164 stories · about as usual Displacement5% 2,935 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,936 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,793 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 killed19,433 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected7,748 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests7,725 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured6,455 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees2,465 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting abductions663 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Syria and the US Stories reporting people displaced612 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Syria and Nigeria Stories reporting evacuations509 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill77 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Mexico

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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