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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 →
6 more places the news pointed at
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

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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.

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: too little coverage to readVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: 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: too little coverage to readGuam: 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 lessTunisia: too little coverage to readTrinidad & 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: 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: too little coverage to readSouth 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 lessSouth Africa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomalia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: 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: too little coverage to readSt. 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: too little coverage to readQatar: too little coverage to readPortugal: too little coverage to readPoland: about as warm as its own usual or lessPhilippines: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: about as warm as its own usual or lessPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNigeria: 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 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: 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 lessMali: 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: 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 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 readKazakhstan: 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 lessIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessHonduras: about as warm as its own usual or lessHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: 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 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 lessFrance: 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: too little coverage to readEl 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: about as warm as its own usual or lessCzech 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: 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: too little coverage to readChina: too little coverage to readHong Kong: too little coverage to readChile: 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: 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: 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 lessBangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzerbaijan: 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 readArmenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessArgentina: 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: too little coverage to readWestern 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 lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBermuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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 readPuerto Rico: warmth about its own usualTürkiye: warmth about one and a half times its own usualThailand: warmth about its own usualTanzania: warmth about one and a half times its own usualTajikistan: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualSwitzerland: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualSingapore: warmth about its own usualNorway: warmth about its own usualNorth Korea: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualLibya: warmth about one and a half times its own usualLaos: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualColombia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBelgium: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualTripoli, Libya -- rights & justice: 15 stories, carried by 14 outletsRumbek, South Sudan -- displacement: 20 stories, carried by 15 outletsCartagena, Colombia -- conflict & violence: 481 stories, carried by 294 outletsWonsan, North Korea -- rights & justice: 76 stories, carried by 98 outletsJuba, South Sudan -- conflict & violence: 17 stories, carried by 11 outletsKaruizawa, Japan -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 41 stories, carried by 41 outletsAnadolu, Türkiye -- conflict & violence: 123 stories, carried by 93 outletsWinterville, US -- health: 26 stories, carried by 26 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

● North Korea warmth about one and a half times usual ● Tanzania warmth about one and a half times usual ● Türkiye warmth about one and a half times usual ● Libya warmth about one and a half times usual ● Colombia warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Tripoli Libya about three times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 15 stories ● Rumbek South Sudan about twice as warm as the day's news · displacement · 20 stories ● Cartagena Colombia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 481 stories ● Wonsan North Korea about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 76 stories ● Juba South Sudan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 17 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 →

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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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