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What the world's news said happened to people.
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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.

its stories →
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.

its stories →
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.

its stories →
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).

its stories →
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.

its stories →

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
27 in 10019 in 10028 Aug4 Sep11 Sep18 Sep26 Sep28 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 10022 Sep: 22 in 10023 Sep: 21 in 10024 Sep: 23 in 10025 Sep: 23 in 10026 Sep: 20 in 100 · this day

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.

Where harm was most of the news

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: near the world's share or lessVietnam: near the world's share or lessVanuatu: near the world's share or lessUzbekistan: near the world's share or lessUruguay: near the world's share or lessMicronesia: near the world's share or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessGuam: near the world's share or lessPuerto Rico: near the world's share or lessUnited States: near the world's share or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: no storiesFalkland Islands: near the world's share or lessCayman Islands: near the world's share or lessIsle of Man: no storiesUnited Kingdom: near the world's share or lessUnited Arab Emirates: near the world's share or lessUganda: near the world's share or lessTurkmenistan: near the world's share or lessTunisia: near the world's share or lessTonga: near the world's share or lessTogo: near the world's share or lessTimor-Leste: near the world's share or lessThailand: near the world's share or lessTanzania: near the world's share or lessSwitzerland: near the world's share or lessEswatini: near the world's share or lessSuriname: near the world's share or lessSri Lanka: near the world's share or lessSpain: near the world's share or lessSouth Korea: near the world's share or lessSouth Africa: near the world's share or lessSomaliland: no storiesSolomon Islands: near the world's share or lessSlovakia: near the world's share or lessSlovenia: near the world's share or lessSingapore: near the world's share or lessSeychelles: near the world's share or lessSerbia: no storiesSenegal: near the world's share or lessSaudi Arabia: near the world's share or lessSão Tomé: no storiesSamoa: near the world's share or lessSt Vincent: near the world's share or lessSt. Lucia: near the world's share or lessRwanda: near the world's share or lessRussia: near the world's share or lessRomania: near the world's share or lessQatar: near the world's share or lessPortugal: near the world's share or lessPoland: near the world's share or lessPeru: near the world's share or lessParaguay: near the world's share or lessPapua New Guinea: near the world's share or lessPanama: near the world's share or lessPalau: near the world's share or lessNorway: near the world's share or lessNiger: near the world's share or lessNicaragua: near the world's share or lessNew Zealand: near the world's share or lessNiue: near the world's share or lessNetherlands: near the world's share or lessCuraçao: no storiesNamibia: near the world's share or lessMozambique: near the world's share or lessMorocco: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara: near the world's share or lessMontenegro: near the world's share or lessMongolia: near the world's share or lessMoldova: near the world's share or lessMauritius: near the world's share or lessMauritania: near the world's share or lessMalta: near the world's share or lessMalaysia: near the world's share or lessMadagascar: near the world's share or lessNorth Macedonia: near the world's share or lessLuxembourg: near the world's share or lessLithuania: near the world's share or lessLibya: near the world's share or lessLesotho: near the world's share or lessLebanon: near the world's share or lessLatvia: near the world's share or lessLaos: near the world's share or lessKyrgyzstan: near the world's share or lessKosovo: no storiesKiribati: near the world's share or lessKenya: near the world's share or lessKazakhstan: near the world's share or lessJapan: near the world's share or lessJamaica: near the world's share or lessItaly: near the world's share or lessIreland: near the world's share or lessIceland: near the world's share or lessHonduras: near the world's share or lessHaiti: near the world's share or lessGuyana: near the world's share or lessGuinea-Bissau: no storiesGuatemala: near the world's share or lessGrenada: near the world's share or lessGhana: near the world's share or lessGermany: near the world's share or lessGeorgia: near the world's share or lessFrance: near the world's share or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: no storiesFrench Polynesia: near the world's share or lessNew Caledonia: near the world's share or lessFrench Southern Territories: no storiesÅland Islands: no storiesFinland: near the world's share or lessFiji: near the world's share or lessEstonia: near the world's share or lessEquatorial Guinea: no storiesEcuador: near the world's share or lessDominican Republic: near the world's share or lessDominica: near the world's share or lessDjibouti: near the world's share or lessFaroe Islands: near the world's share or lessDenmark: near the world's share or lessCzech Republic: near the world's share or lessN. Cyprus: no storiesCyprus: near the world's share or lessCuba: near the world's share or lessCroatia: near the world's share or lessCôte d'Ivoire: near the world's share or lessCosta Rica: near the world's share or lessComoros: no storiesChina: near the world's share or lessHong Kong: near the world's share or lessChile: near the world's share or lessChad: near the world's share or lessCentral African Republic: near the world's share or lessCape Verde: near the world's share or lessCanada: near the world's share or lessCameroon: near the world's share or lessBurkina Faso: near the world's share or lessBulgaria: near the world's share or lessBrunei: near the world's share or lessBotswana: near the world's share or lessBolivia: near the world's share or lessBhutan: near the world's share or lessBenin: near the world's share or lessBelize: near the world's share or lessBelarus: near the world's share or lessBarbados: near the world's share or lessBahrain: near the world's share or lessBahamas: near the world's share or lessAustralia: near the world's share or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: no storiesArgentina: near the world's share or lessAntigua & Barbuda: near the world's share or lessAngola: near the world's share or lessAndorra: near the world's share or lessAlgeria: near the world's share or lessAlbania: near the world's share or lessAksai Chin: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): near the world's share or lessVatican City: near the world's share or lessMarshall Islands: near the world's share or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: near the world's share or lessAmerican Samoa: near the world's share or lessChagos Islands: no storiesSt. Helena: no storiesPitcairn: no storiesAnguilla: near the world's share or lessBermuda: near the world's share or lessBritish Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: near the world's share or lessMontserrat: near the world's share or lessJersey: near the world's share or lessGuernsey: near the world's share or lessSan Marino: near the world's share or lessSt Kitts & Nevis: near the world's share or lessCook Islands: near the world's share or lessAruba: near the world's share or lessNauru: near the world's share or lessMonaco: near the world's share or lessMaldives: near the world's share or lessLiechtenstein: near the world's share or lessWallis & Futuna: no storiesSt. Martin: near the world's share or lessSt. Barthélemy: no storiesMacao: near the world's share or lessNorfolk Island: near the world's share or lessSint Maarten: no storiesChristmas Island: near the world's share or lessGibraltar: near the world's share or lessMayotte: no storiesZimbabwe: 27 in 100 of its 511 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Yemen: 72 in 100 of its 160 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Venezuela: 66 in 100 of its 349 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Ukraine: 31 in 100 of its 284 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Türkiye: 41 in 100 of its 1,378 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Trinidad & Tobago: 34 in 100 of its 151 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Tajikistan: 32 in 100 of its 41 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Taiwan: 38 in 100 of its 359 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Syria: 79 in 100 of its 2,185 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Sweden: 30 in 100 of its 442 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)South Sudan: 69 in 100 of its 125 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Sudan: 75 in 100 of its 181 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Somalia: 53 in 100 of its 161 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Sierra Leone: 35 in 100 of its 81 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Philippines: 28 in 100 of its 2,152 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Pakistan: 56 in 100 of its 2,576 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Oman: 39 in 100 of its 203 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)North Korea: 35 in 100 of its 424 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Nigeria: 33 in 100 of its 3,061 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Nepal: 43 in 100 of its 195 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Mexico: 46 in 100 of its 1,317 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Mali: 66 in 100 of its 76 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Malawi: 40 in 100 of its 109 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Liberia: 31 in 100 of its 127 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Kuwait: 38 in 100 of its 134 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Jordan: 43 in 100 of its 519 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Israel: 28 in 100 of its 1,818 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Palestine: 60 in 100 of its 467 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Iraq: 56 in 100 of its 401 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Iran: 28 in 100 of its 1,406 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Indonesia: 39 in 100 of its 574 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)India: 27 in 100 of its 10,981 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Hungary: 42 in 100 of its 247 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Guinea: 49 in 100 of its 39 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Greece: 33 in 100 of its 574 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Gambia: 34 in 100 of its 126 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Gabon: 78 in 100 of its 93 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Ethiopia: 32 in 100 of its 164 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Eritrea: 39 in 100 of its 49 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)El Salvador: 88 in 100 of its 56 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Egypt: 62 in 100 of its 820 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Greenland: 66 in 100 of its 61 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)DR Congo: 46 in 100 of its 13 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Congo: 64 in 100 of its 76 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Colombia: 57 in 100 of its 1,097 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Cambodia: 34 in 100 of its 125 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Myanmar: 31 in 100 of its 139 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Burundi: 44 in 100 of its 18 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Brazil: 27 in 100 of its 763 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Bosnia: 48 in 100 of its 167 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Belgium: 28 in 100 of its 312 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Bangladesh: 32 in 100 of its 551 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Azerbaijan: 26 in 100 of its 469 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Austria: 27 in 100 of its 240 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Armenia: 29 in 100 of its 224 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Afghanistan: 47 in 100 of its 372 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Kashmir: 55 in 100 of its 264 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Palestine: 60 in 100 of its 467 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Palestine: 60 in 100 of its 467 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Kashmir: 55 in 100 of its 264 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Kashmir: 55 in 100 of its 264 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Ukraine: 31 in 100 of its 284 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Palestine: 60 in 100 of its 467 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Kashmir: 55 in 100 of its 264 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)
A quarter or more above the world's share Near the world's or lessNo stories

Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 20 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.

Most of its news about harm

● Syria 79 in 100 of its 2,185 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Sudan 75 in 100 of its 181 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Venezuela 66 in 100 of its 349 stories · mostly health ● Yemen 72 in 100 of its 160 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Egypt 62 in 100 of its 820 stories · mostly disasters & accidents ● Gabon 78 in 100 of its 93 stories · mostly rights & justice

Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 stories.

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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