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49,079 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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Most of the day's attention went to gas explosion in Hungary, people killed in el Salvador and abductions in Mexico. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostEl Salvador 88 in 100 of its 56 stories, usually 34
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 35 in 100 of its stories, usually 25
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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Conflict & violence

Hungary

104 of its 247 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Budapest accounted for 83 of Hungary's 104 stories about harm, carried by 74 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (65 stories). Gas explosion was named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.

Hungary over 30 days → its stories → Budapest stories →
Health

El Salvador

49 of its 56 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (25 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

El Salvador over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Mexico

611 of its 1,317 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (85 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Mexico over 30 days → its stories →
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Conflict & violence

Colombia

623 of its 1,097 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Cartagena accounted for 481 of Colombia's 623 stories about harm, carried by 294 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (224 stories). Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Sudan

135 of its 181 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Khartoum accounted for 101 of Sudan's 135 stories about harm, carried by 96 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (88 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Taiwan

137 of its 359 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (17 stories). Landslides were named in 43 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Jordan

224 of its 519 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (83 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Azerbaijan

122 of its 469 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. 44 of Baku's 61 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (15 stories).

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Rights & justice

North Korea

150 of its 424 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (7 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: landslides in Taiwan (43 of its stories, about three times its usual); accidents in Greenland (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatstroke in Eritrea (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in New Zealand (25 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flooding in Ghana (18 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

20 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 26 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 49,079 stories about harm among 243,465 counted on 26 Sep.

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Mentions of landslides ran about three times their usual in Taiwan's news. In Hungary, 42% of the news was about people being harmed, where 31% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 243,465 stories, below the usual 22.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

El Salvador88 in 100 of its 56 stories · usually 34 · mostly health Syria79 in 100 of its 2,185 stories · usually 77 · mostly conflict & violence Gabon78 in 100 of its 93 stories · usually 57 · mostly rights & justice Sudan75 in 100 of its 181 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen72 in 100 of its 160 stories · usually 79 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Aleppo Syria540 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1321 Cartagena Colombia230 stories about protests or strikes, of its 481 Washington US216 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1327 Caracas Venezuela183 stories about protests or strikes, of its 186 Madrid Spain133 stories about protests or strikes, of its 162

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'sVietnam: 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: 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 readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: 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: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sOman: 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 readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: 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'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: 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'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sSt 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 readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEgypt: 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 readCzech Republic: 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: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: 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'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: 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'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: 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'sAlbania: 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): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern 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: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: feelings about like the world'sMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: 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'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUganda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTogo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTanzania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSweden: coverage a little angrier than 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 angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSlovakia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSingapore: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSt. Lucia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPhilippines: 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'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMorocco: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMauritius: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMalawi: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLuxembourg: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLithuania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKuwait: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sItaly: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHungary: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuinea: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGrenada: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGambia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGabon: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little angrier than the world'sDenmark: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sCongo: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage about twice as warm as the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBosnia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelize: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelgium: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: 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'sBahamas: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAustria: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as angry as 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

● Colombia about twice as warm as the world's · 623 stories about harm ● Pakistan about three times as fearful as the world's · 1,444 stories about harm ● Yemen about twice as angry as the world's · 116 stories about harm ● Singapore about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 97 stories about harm ● Denmark about twice as fearful as the world's · 59 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 1,726 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice26% 12,465 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence25% 12,237 stories · about as usual Health20% 9,696 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents14% 6,527 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 3,504 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,410 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,409 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,001 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 killed15,800 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,609 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,369 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,801 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,065 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Syria and Türkiye Stories reporting abductions818 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations787 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Australia Stories reporting people displaced425 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Colombia and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill129 at about the usual rate

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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