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57,146 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 people killed in the Seychelles, protests in South Ossetia (Georgia) and a disaster in Santa Catarina Pinula. the Seychelles' coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was about as usual.

Part of lifeConflict & violence 24 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostSeychelles 87 in 100 of its 137 stories, usually 19
RegionSouth Asia 37 in 100 of its stories, usually 31
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Health

Seychelles

119 of its 137 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (103 stories). Respiratory illness was named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with drownings. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Seychelles over 30 days → its stories →
Protests & strikes

Georgia

304 of its 434 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 120 of South Ossetia's 193 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (127 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Georgia over 30 days → its stories → South Ossetia stories →
Disasters & accidents

Guatemala

140 of its 174 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Santa Catarina Pinula accounted for 96 of Guatemala's 140 stories about harm, carried by 97 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (101 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Guatemala over 30 days → its stories → Santa Catarina Pinula stories →
Conflict & violence

Sudan

156 of its 201 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Poisoning was named in 33 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Sudan over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Somalia

195 of its 235 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Galmudug accounted for 122 of Somalia's 195 stories about harm, carried by 125 outlets. 98 of Galmudug's 122 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Norway

206 of its 519 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 87 of Stavanger's 88 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (89 stories). Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

India

3,252 of its 11,030 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 9 times the usual rate (187 stories). Meningitis was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Syria

Aleppo accounted for 1,407 of Syria's 1,643 stories about harm, carried by 857 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (706 stories). Earthquake was named in 29 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Mauritania

30 of its 43 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 22 of Zouerate's 22 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (27 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Libya

182 of its 264 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: dengue in Thailand (119 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); drownings in Philippines (275 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); rabies in Liberia (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Sri Lanka (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storm surge in Jamaica (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 22; 22 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 30 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 57,146 stories about harm among 268,893 counted on 30 Sep.

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In the Seychelles, 87% of the news was about people being harmed, where 19% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 268,893 stories, as usual. Mentions of the dengue ran about 7 times their usual in Thailand's news.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Timor-Leste98 in 100 of its 99 stories · usually 39 · mostly health Aruba92 in 100 of its 126 stories · usually 31 · mostly disasters & accidents Seychelles87 in 100 of its 137 stories · usually 19 · mostly health Somalia83 in 100 of its 235 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Uruguay82 in 100 of its 62 stories · usually 58 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Aleppo Syria539 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1407 Washington US276 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1274 Cajon US267 stories about protests or strikes, of its 380 Dallas US143 stories about protests or strikes, of its 283 Moscow Russia137 stories about protests or strikes, of its 557

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: too little coverage to readZambia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.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 lessUkraine: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: 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: too little coverage to readTimor-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 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: too little coverage to readQatar: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: 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: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessNigeria: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: too little coverage to readMalaysia: 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: too little coverage to readLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: 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: too little coverage to readIreland: 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 lessIceland: too little coverage to readHungary: too little coverage to readHonduras: 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 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: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: too little coverage to readFiji: about as warm as its own usual or lessEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEgypt: 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: too little coverage to readDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: about as warm as its own usual or lessCzech Republic: too little coverage to readN. 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 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 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: too little coverage to readBelgium: too little coverage to readBelarus: 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: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: 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): about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad 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: too little coverage to readBermuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Kitts & Nevis: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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: 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 readYemen: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPuerto Rico: warmth about one and a half times its own usualUnited Arab Emirates: warmth about its own usualTürkiye: warmth about its own usualTanzania: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualSingapore: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNorway: warmth about twice its own usualNiger: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNew Zealand: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMali: warmth about one and a half times its own usualLibya: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKuwait: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualGeorgia: warmth about its own usualChile: warmth about its own usualCameroon: warmth about its own usualBulgaria: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualStavanger, Norway -- rights & justice: 88 stories, carried by 111 outletsNadda, India -- health: 15 stories, carried by 10 outletsKulgam, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 19 stories, carried by 15 outletsCartagena, Colombia -- conflict & violence: 20 stories, carried by 18 outletsOslo, Norway -- rights & justice: 23 stories, carried by 17 outletsJerusalem, Israel -- conflict & violence: 961 stories, carried by 803 outletsBoise, US -- disasters & accidents: 29 stories, carried by 22 outletsDubai, United Arab Emirates -- conflict & violence: 37 stories, carried by 10 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

● Norway warmth about twice usual ● Israel warmth about one and a half times usual ● Niger warmth about one and a half times usual ● Mali warmth about one and a half times usual ● Bulgaria warmth about one and a half times usual ● Nepal warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Stavanger Norway about three times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 88 stories ● Nadda India about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 15 stories ● Kulgam Kashmir about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 19 stories ● Cartagena Colombia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 20 stories ● Oslo Norway about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 23 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence24% 13,707 stories · about as usual Rights & justice24% 13,646 stories · less than usual (usually 27%) Health20% 11,244 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 9,012 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 3,653 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,879 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,842 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,220 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 killed18,354 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,319 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured6,296 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,891 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,230 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced742 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations572 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions437 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill43 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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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