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60,330 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 day's news pointed at a disaster in Taipei, people injured in Nicaragua and arrests in Rwanda. Rwanda's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostGuadeloupe 95 in 100 of its 99 stories, usually 21
RegionEast Asia 19 in 100 of its stories, usually 16
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Taiwan

331 of its 527 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Taipei accounted for 204 of Taiwan's 331 stories about harm, carried by 182 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (272 stories). Drownings were named in 33 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Taiwan over 30 days → its stories → Taipei stories →
Health

Nicaragua

50 of its 74 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (21 stories). Chikungunya was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.

Nicaragua over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Rwanda

103 of its 197 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (26 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Rwanda over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Guadeloupe

94 of its 99 stories (95%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. the Windward Islands accounted for 78 of Guadeloupe's 94 stories about harm, carried by 97 outlets. Power cuts were named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.

its stories →
Health

Moldova

82 of its 153 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Chisinau accounted for 75 of Moldova's 82 stories about harm, carried by 86 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

its stories →
Health

Israel

2,700 of its 4,890 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (53 stories). Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Peru

187 of its 464 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 79 of Lima's 144 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (59 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Libya

211 of its 316 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Tripoli accounted for 147 of Libya's 211 stories about harm, carried by 176 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (151 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Thailand

359 of its 788 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. 115 of Bangkok's 221 stories were about protests or strikes. Dengue was named in 35 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with hunger and meningitis.

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Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in Indonesia (365 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tuberculosis in Kenya (96 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); gas explosion in China (121 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Guadeloupe (21 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); poisoning in Austria (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 22; 21 the day before
27 in 10019 in 10030 Aug6 Sep13 Sep20 Sep28 Sep30 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 10027 Sep: 21 in 10028 Sep: 21 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 28 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 60,330 stories about harm among 287,517 counted on 28 Sep.

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Taiwan stood out: 63% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 27%. 21 in every 100 of the day's 287,517 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Guadeloupe95 in 100 of its 99 stories · usually 21 · mostly disasters & accidents Guatemala78 in 100 of its 97 stories · usually 46 · mostly disasters & accidents Yemen78 in 100 of its 191 stories · usually 79 · mostly conflict & violence Syria78 in 100 of its 2,252 stories · usually 77 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia73 in 100 of its 324 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US320 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2556 Aleppo Syria292 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1473 Charlotte US260 stories about protests or strikes, of its 411 San Diego US183 stories about protests or strikes, of its 310 Delhi India133 stories about protests or strikes, of its 707

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Vietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: 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'sUganda: 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'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: feelings about like the world'sSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: 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'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: 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'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew 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'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: 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: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: 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 readHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: 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'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: 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'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: 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: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: feelings about like the world'sPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: feelings about like the world'sGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sZambia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as 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 angry as the world'sTanzania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTaiwan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSomalia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sSlovakia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSlovenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSingapore: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSeychelles: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sRwanda: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPoland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPeru: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNicaragua: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMoldova: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sMali: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sMalaysia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMalawi: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLibya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as warm as the world'sIreland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sGuyana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuinea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuatemala: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGrenada: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sColombia: coverage about twice as warm as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChad: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurundi: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAngola: 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 fearful as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful 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

● Somalia about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 237 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as warm as the world's · 2,700 stories about harm ● Rwanda about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 103 stories about harm ● Colombia about twice as warm as the world's · 172 stories about harm ● Saudi Arabia about twice as fearful as the world's · 383 stories about harm ● Sri Lanka about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 123 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice26% 15,373 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence24% 13,936 stories · about as usual Health22% 13,248 stories · more than usual (usually 20%) Disasters & accidents14% 8,428 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 3,214 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 2,304 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,856 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 855 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 killed20,246 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,962 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,822 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,250 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting refugees982 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Greece Stories reporting evacuations953 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Indonesia Stories reporting abductions776 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced454 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Iraq Stories reporting people falling ill58 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Japan

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 softer than 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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