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59,445 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 Cabinda, landslides in Nepal and livelihoods in Tirana drew the news. Austria's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostTaiwan 73 in 100 of its 804 stories, usually 23
RegionEast Asia 20 in 100 of its stories, usually 16
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

Angola

159 of its 224 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Cabinda accounted for 125 of Angola's 159 stories about harm, carried by 118 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (152 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Angola over 30 days → its stories → Cabinda stories →
Disasters & accidents

Nepal

271 of its 374 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Kathmandu accounted for 224 of Nepal's 271 stories about harm, carried by 238 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (186 stories). Landslides were named in 124 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

Nepal over 30 days → its stories → Kathmandu stories →
Food & livelihood

Albania

97 of its 151 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Tirana accounted for 95 of Albania's 97 stories about harm, carried by 94 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (92 stories).

Albania over 30 days → its stories → Tirana stories →
Health

Austria

120 of its 283 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Colombia

788 of its 1,367 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Cartagena accounted for 597 of Colombia's 788 stories about harm, carried by 443 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (144 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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Disasters & accidents

Taiwan

586 of its 804 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (336 stories). Landslides were named in 324 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with drownings.

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Conflict & violence

Mali

456 of its 513 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (65 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Hungary

218 of its 384 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Budapest accounted for 183 of Hungary's 218 stories about harm, carried by 143 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (39 stories).

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Displacement

Poland

143 of its 400 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (106 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Guam

25 of its 60 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (19 stories). House fires were named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: landslides in Taiwan (324 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); chikungunya in Suriname (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); accidents in Vietnam (42 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); house fires in Guam (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Indonesia (44 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 22; 20 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 27 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 59,445 stories about harm among 280,874 counted on 27 Sep.

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In Angola, 71% of the news was about people being harmed, where 21% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 280,874 stories, as usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Mali89 in 100 of its 513 stories · usually 50 · mostly conflict & violence Syria81 in 100 of its 1,874 stories · usually 77 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia79 in 100 of its 406 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Taiwan73 in 100 of its 804 stories · usually 23 · mostly disasters & accidents Nepal72 in 100 of its 374 stories · usually 40 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US710 stories about protests or strikes, of its 3417 Aleppo Syria292 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1201 Charlotte US235 stories about protests or strikes, of its 541 Cartagena Colombia183 stories about protests or strikes, of its 597 Kingsbridge US154 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1064

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: 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: 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 lessThailand: too little coverage to readTajikistan: 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 lessSwitzerland: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Sudan: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readPakistan: 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 lessNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: 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: too little coverage to readMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: 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: too little coverage to readMalta: 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: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: 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: too little coverage to readLaos: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: too little coverage to readJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsrael: 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 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: too little coverage to readGuinea: 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 lessGermany: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: too little coverage to readGabon: 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: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFiji: too little coverage to readEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial 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: too little coverage to readFaroe 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 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 readColombia: 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: too little coverage to readBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: 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: too little coverage to readBenin: 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 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 lessAfghanistan: 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 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAmerican 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: 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: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readPuerto Rico: warmth about one and a half times its own usualTanzania: warmth about its own usualSudan: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualSingapore: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPoland: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNorway: warmth about its own usualNorth Korea: warmth about its own usualNew Zealand: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualIceland: warmth about one and a half times its own usualHaiti: warmth about its own usualGuatemala: warmth about its own usualDenmark: warmth about its own usualCuba: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about its own usualBahamas: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualCapitol Square, US -- health: 54 stories, carried by 52 outletsBogota, Colombia -- conflict & violence: 56 stories, carried by 51 outletsWoodlawn, US -- rights & justice: 12 stories, carried by 20 outletsKishtwar, Kashmir -- rights & justice: 18 stories, carried by 13 outletsKaruizawa, Japan -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 30 stories, carried by 31 outletsCartagena, Colombia -- conflict & violence: 597 stories, carried by 443 outletsHanoi, Vietnam -- health: 18 stories, carried by 32 outletsKhartoum, Sudan -- conflict & violence: 36 stories, carried by 27 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

● Puerto Rico warmth about one and a half times usual ● Singapore warmth about one and a half times usual ● Poland warmth about one and a half times usual ● Iceland warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Capitol Square US about three times as warm as the day's news · health · 54 stories ● Bogota Colombia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 56 stories ● Woodlawn US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 12 stories ● Kishtwar Kashmir about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 18 stories ● Karuizawa Japan about twice as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 30 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 16,622 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence23% 13,272 stories · about as usual Health19% 11,345 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents15% 8,661 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 3,672 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 2,108 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,725 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 857 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 killed17,404 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,909 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,836 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured5,024 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,116 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Hungary and Syria Stories reporting evacuations959 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Taiwan Stories reporting abductions865 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced585 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Colombia and Syria Stories reporting people falling ill94 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Israel

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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