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54,750 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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Violence in Tehran, a disaster in Nile Delta and people killed in Guyana drew the news. Iran's coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was about as usual.

Help and hope: reports of volunteers ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostPuerto Rico 80 in 100 of its 303 stories, usually 39
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 52 in 100 of its stories, usually 49
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Conflict & violence

Iran

697 of its 1,231 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Tehran accounted for 531 of Iran's 697 stories about harm, carried by 306 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (352 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Disasters & accidents

Egypt

872 of its 1,216 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Nile Delta accounted for 386 of Egypt's 872 stories about harm, carried by 357 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (475 stories).

Egypt over 30 days → its stories → Nile Delta stories →
Health

Guyana

43 of its 113 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Kenya

264 of its 769 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Rwanda

73 of its 208 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (8 stories). Earthquake was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Romania

41 of Bucharest's 42 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (40 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Mexico

Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (92 stories). Poisoning was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

Aleppo accounted for 1,318 of Syria's 1,729 stories about harm, carried by 907 outlets. Earthquake was named in 77 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Shelter & services

Puerto Rico

242 of its 303 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (36 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: landslides in Nepal (52 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); building collapse in Bangladesh (65 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); tornadoes in Bermuda (28 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); natural hazards in Costa Rica (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Greenland (12 of its stories, about three times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 22; 22 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 23 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 54,750 stories about harm among 263,384 counted on 23 Sep.

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Help and hope: reports of volunteers ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. of the day's 263,384 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 22. the news turned to Iran for the second day running. Mentions of landslides ran about 8 times their usual in Nepal's news. In Iran, 57% of the news was about people being harmed, where 34% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Puerto Rico80 in 100 of its 303 stories · usually 39 · mostly shelter & services Yemen75 in 100 of its 255 stories · usually 78 · mostly conflict & violence Syria73 in 100 of its 2,367 stories · usually 77 · mostly conflict & violence Egypt72 in 100 of its 1,216 stories · usually 36 · mostly disasters & accidents Bermuda68 in 100 of its 127 stories · usually 31 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Charlotte US1416 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1799 Tulsa US584 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1024 Washington US535 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2049 Aleppo Syria441 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1318 Chicago US252 stories about protests or strikes, of its 605

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 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 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 lessTurkey: 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: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: 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 lessEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: 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 Africa: 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: too little coverage to readSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: 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 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: too little coverage to readPoland: about as warm as its own usual or lessPhilippines: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: too little coverage to readPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNigeria: too little coverage to readNicaragua: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew 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 readNepal: too little coverage to readNamibia: 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: 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 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readKenya: 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 lessPalestine: about as warm as its own usual or lessIraq: 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 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 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: 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 lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe 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: too little coverage to readCosta 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: 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 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 lessBrunei: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: 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: 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 lessBahrain: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: too little coverage to readAzerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustralia: about as warm as its own usual or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBritish 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: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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 readVietnam: warmth about its own usualSwitzerland: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about its own usualSouth Sudan: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualSierra Leone: warmth about its own usualPeru: warmth about its own usualNorway: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNorth Korea: warmth about its own usualNiger: warmth about its own usualMozambique: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMali: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualLibya: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualIreland: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualIceland: warmth about its own usualHaiti: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualDenmark: warmth about its own usualBulgaria: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about one and a half times its own usualArmenia: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualCook Islands: warmth about its own usualDinka, South Sudan -- conflict & violence: 74 stories, carried by 87 outletsKern County, US -- health: 14 stories, carried by 12 outletsKabul, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 113 stories, carried by 103 outletsEssex, UK -- health: 10 stories, carried by 11 outletsRavalli County, US -- disasters & accidents: 36 stories, carried by 31 outletsDiyarbakir, Türkiye -- rights & justice: 12 stories, carried by 12 outletsKidal, Mali -- conflict & violence: 23 stories, carried by 14 outletsTete, Mozambique -- conflict & violence: 36 stories, carried by 34 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

● Mali warmth about one and a half times usual ● Bangladesh warmth about one and a half times usual ● Norway warmth about one and a half times usual ● Haiti warmth about one and a half times usual ● Mozambique warmth about one and a half times usual ● Iran warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Dinka South Sudan about three times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 74 stories ● Kern County US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 14 stories ● Kabul Afghanistan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 113 stories ● Essex UK about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Ravalli County US about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 36 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice31% 16,642 stories · more than usual (usually 27%) Conflict & violence23% 12,142 stories · about as usual Health19% 10,108 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents13% 7,074 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 2,661 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 2,210 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,708 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,089 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 killed16,107 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests7,329 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,644 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,458 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting refugees1,491 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations731 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Australia Stories reporting abductions572 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people displaced452 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting people falling ill48 at about a third of 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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