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31,807 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 violence in Amman, illness in Kampala and protests in Bamako (Mali). Jordan's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was harsher than usual.

Part of lifeConflict & violence 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostHungary 86 in 100 of its 408 stories, usually 28
RegionSouth Asia 37 in 100 of its stories, usually 31
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Jordan

510 of its 805 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Amman accounted for 371 of Jordan's 510 stories about harm, carried by 307 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 10 times the usual rate (128 stories). Rabies was named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Jordan over 30 days → its stories → Amman stories →
Health

Uganda

195 of its 308 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Kampala accounted for 177 of Uganda's 195 stories about harm, carried by 204 outlets. HIV was named in 144 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Uganda over 30 days → its stories → Kampala stories →
Protests & strikes

Mali

36 of its 51 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. 15 of Bamako's 17 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Mali over 30 days → its stories → Bamako stories →
Disasters & accidents

Mexico

329 of its 895 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (38 stories). Plague was named in 20 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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

Hungary

351 of its 408 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Budapest accounted for 332 of Hungary's 351 stories about harm, carried by 289 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (333 stories). Gas explosion was named in 49 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Syria

1,870 of its 2,241 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 77%. Aleppo accounted for 1,617 of Syria's 1,870 stories about harm, carried by 944 outlets. Hunger was named in 114 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with polio. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

China

452 of its 2,288 stories (20%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. 85 of Longjing's 89 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories). Hunger was named in 86 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with drought.

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Protests & strikes

Finland

50 of its 105 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 44 of Helsinki's 48 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (21 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Sudan

162 of its 189 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Darfur accounted for 107 of Sudan's 162 stories about harm, carried by 98 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Health

United Arab Emirates

112 of its 506 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (85 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Fiji (35 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Indonesia (37 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Puerto Rico (16 of its stories, about three times its usual); typhoon in Philippines (109 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hunger in China (86 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 25 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 31,807 stories about harm among 138,324 counted on 25 Sep.

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Jordan stood out: 63% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 25%. 23 in every 100 of the day's 138,324 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Uganda's news, mentions of HIV ran about 9 times their usual. This week the news turned most often to Syria, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 3 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen87 in 100 of its 231 stories · usually 78 · mostly conflict & violence Hungary86 in 100 of its 408 stories · usually 28 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan86 in 100 of its 189 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Bosnia85 in 100 of its 109 stories · usually 39 · mostly conflict & violence Syria83 in 100 of its 2,241 stories · usually 77 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Aleppo Syria706 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1617 Charlotte US382 stories about protests or strikes, of its 434 Istanbul Türkiye182 stories about protests or strikes, of its 210 Washington US130 stories about protests or strikes, of its 749 Chicago US113 stories about protests or strikes, of its 317

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sUkraine: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão 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'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: too little coverage to readKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readItaly: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: too little coverage to readSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: 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: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: 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'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: 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'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sJammu & Kashmir: 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 readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sSiachen Glacier: feelings about like the world'sCrimea: feelings about like the world'sEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican 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: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: 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: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sUganda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTimor-Leste: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSweden: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSingapore: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPakistan: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLaos: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sJapan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIraq: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHungary: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGuinea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGabon: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEcuador: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChad: coverage a little angrier 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'sBrunei: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBosnia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAustria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful 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 · 1,075 stories about harm ● Iraq about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 388 stories about harm ● Singapore about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 84 stories about harm ● Switzerland about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 257 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 1,870 stories about harm ● Yemen about twice as angry as the world's · 200 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence31% 9,612 stories · much more than usual (usually 24%) Rights & justice27% 8,359 stories · about as usual Health16% 5,092 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Disasters & accidents12% 3,831 stories · less than usual (usually 15%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 2,191 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,077 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 661 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 606 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 killed11,779 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting arrests4,602 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people injured3,538 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,171 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees528 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the United Arab Emirates Stories reporting evacuations505 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Australia Stories reporting people displaced357 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions349 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill130 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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.

● Angera little more than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more than 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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