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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.

its stories →
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
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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.

Where the news was warmest

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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: 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 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 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 lessSouth Korea: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: too little coverage to readQatar: 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 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 readOman: too little coverage to readNigeria: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: 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: 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 lessLaos: 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 lessKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: 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 lessIraq: 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 lessIceland: about as warm as its own usual or lessHungary: too little coverage to readHonduras: 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: too little coverage to readGrenada: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl 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 lessDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: 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: too little coverage to readDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: 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 lessChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: about as warm as its own usual or lessCambodia: too little coverage to readMyanmar: 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 lessBrazil: too little coverage to readBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: 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 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: 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 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: about as warm as its own usual or lessWallis & 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGibraltar: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualTürkiye: warmth about its own usualTanzania: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualSouth Africa: warmth about its own usualSlovenia: warmth about its own usualSingapore: warmth about its own usualRwanda: warmth about its own usualPeru: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualNorway: warmth about its own usualNorth Korea: warmth about its own usualNew Zealand: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualMali: warmth about one and a half times its own usualLebanon: warmth about its own usualLatvia: warmth about its own usualKuwait: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about one and a half times its own usualHaiti: warmth about its own usualGuatemala: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualFiji: warmth about its own usualDominican Republic: warmth about its own usualDenmark: warmth about its own usualCongo: warmth about its own usualColombia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualChile: warmth about its own usualCentral African Republic: warmth about its own usualBosnia: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about its own usualBahamas: warmth about its own usualAzerbaijan: warmth about its own usualAustria: warmth about its own usualArgentina: warmth about its own usualAlbania: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualUkraine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualCartagena, Colombia -- conflict & violence: 84 stories, carried by 85 outletsKokrajhar, India -- conflict & violence: 19 stories, carried by 13 outletsKabul, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 50 stories, carried by 36 outletsSunny Corner, Australia -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 32 stories, carried by 29 outletsLuhansk, Ukraine -- conflict & violence: 79 stories, carried by 75 outletsAntigonish, Canada -- displacement: 27 stories, carried by 32 outletsBandar Abbas, Iran -- conflict & violence: 35 stories, carried by 33 outletsSharm el-Sheikh, Egypt -- conflict & violence: 23 stories, carried by 96 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

● Ukraine warmth about one and a half times usual ● Iran warmth about one and a half times usual ● Colombia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Afghanistan warmth about one and a half times usual ● Mali warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Cartagena Colombia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 84 stories ● Kokrajhar India about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 19 stories ● Kabul Afghanistan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 50 stories ● Sunny Corner Australia about twice as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 32 stories ● Luhansk Ukraine about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 79 stories

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 →

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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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