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37,811 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 violence in Copenhagen, protests in Bogota (Colombia) and volcanic eruption in Japan. Colombia's coverage was about three times as warm as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were harsher than usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Germany → Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Bangladesh and China → Reports of people falling ill ran at about 5 times the usual rate, most often about Haiti and the US → Help and hope: reports of aid and relief ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeConflict & violence 25 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostKuwait 87 in 100 of its 271 stories, usually 24
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 51 in 100 of its stories, usually 32
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Denmark

214 of its 328 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Copenhagen accounted for 178 of Denmark's 214 stories about harm, carried by 170 outlets. Storms were named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual, with heavy rain and tropical storm. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Denmark over 30 days → its stories → Copenhagen stories →
Protests & strikes

Colombia

105 of Bogota's 147 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (71 stories). Extreme cold was named in 67 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as warm as the world's.

Colombia over 30 days → its stories → Bogota stories →
Disasters & accidents

Japan

429 of its 1,274 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (180 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 271 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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

Bangladesh

516 of its 780 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Dhaka accounted for 392 of Bangladesh's 516 stories about harm, carried by 272 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (182 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Georgia

167 of its 275 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Tbilisi accounted for 165 of Georgia's 167 stories about harm, carried by 176 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (159 stories). Landslides were named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Yemen

698 of its 767 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 74%. Sanaa accounted for 653 of Yemen's 698 stories about harm, carried by 500 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (427 stories). Its coverage was about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Türkiye

698 of its 1,036 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Ankara accounted for 529 of Türkiye's 698 stories about harm, carried by 403 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (259 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Kuwait

237 of its 271 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (164 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Senegal

52 of its 66 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: cyclone in New Zealand (44 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); storm surge in US (2156 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Sri Lanka (18 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); chikungunya in Trinidad & Tobago (12 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); drownings in Greece (18 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).

24 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 22; 23 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 8 Oct. 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 37,811 stories about harm among 157,073 counted on 8 Oct.

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Denmark's news was 65% about people being harmed, against a usual 22%. of the day's 157,073 news stories, 24 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 22. Japan's news mentioned volcanic eruption more than ten times as often as usual. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Germany. On the side of help, reports of aid and relief ran at about one and a half times the usual rate.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen91 in 100 of its 767 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Haiti90 in 100 of its 1,349 stories · usually 78 · mostly disasters & accidents Kuwait87 in 100 of its 271 stories · usually 24 · mostly conflict & violence South Sudan80 in 100 of its 82 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Senegal79 in 100 of its 66 stories · usually 16 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Aleppo Syria256 stories about protests or strikes, of its 866 Moscow Russia180 stories about protests or strikes, of its 566 Hollywood US128 stories about protests or strikes, of its 395 Pierrefeu France120 stories about protests or strikes, of its 120 Ankara Türkiye120 stories about protests or strikes, of its 529

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 lessVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: 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: too little coverage to readSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited Arab Emirates: too little coverage to readUkraine: 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: too little coverage to readTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: 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: too little coverage to readSuriname: 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 lessSpain: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: 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 readSaudi 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: 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 lessPoland: about as warm as its own usual or lessPhilippines: 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: too little coverage to readPalau: 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 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: too little coverage to readWestern 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 lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessJapan: about as warm as its own usual or lessItaly: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsrael: too little coverage to readPalestine: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: too little coverage to readGhana: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: 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: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: too little coverage to readCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong 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: too little coverage to readCambodia: 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: too little coverage to readBosnia 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 lessBelgium: 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 readArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: 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 lessGaza: about as warm as its own usual or lessWest Bank: 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 lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall 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: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: too little coverage to readGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readVenezuela: warmth about twice its own usualUruguay: warmth about its own usualPuerto Rico: warmth about its own usualThailand: warmth about its own usualSouth Sudan: warmth about twice its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about its own usualSouth Africa: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualSenegal: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPeru: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNorway: warmth about its own usualNigeria: warmth about its own usualNiger: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualMorocco: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualMali: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about its own usualJordan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualJamaica: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGreece: warmth about one and a half times its own usualEgypt: warmth about one and a half times its own usualColombia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMyanmar: warmth about its own usualArmenia: warmth about its own usualGabriel Garcia Marquez, Colombia -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 11 outletsCartagena, Colombia -- conflict & violence: 24 stories, carried by 20 outletsCaracas, Venezuela -- conflict & violence: 27 stories, carried by 30 outletsAllentown, US -- health: 28 stories, carried by 10 outletsKidal, Mali -- conflict & violence: 40 stories, carried by 42 outletsTopeka, US -- health: 55 stories, carried by 58 outletsDakar, Senegal -- conflict & violence: 52 stories, carried by 40 outletsGreat Wall, China -- rights & justice: 15 stories, carried by 16 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

● Venezuela warmth about twice usual ● South Sudan warmth about twice usual ● Colombia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Egypt warmth about one and a half times usual ● Morocco warmth about one and a half times usual ● Mali warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Gabriel Garcia Marquez Colombia about 4 times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 12 stories ● Cartagena Colombia about 4 times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 24 stories ● Caracas Venezuela about three times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 27 stories ● Allentown US about three times as warm as the day's news · health · 28 stories ● Kidal Mali about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 40 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence25% 9,445 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents25% 9,148 stories · much more than usual (usually 15%) Rights & justice22% 8,148 stories · less than usual (usually 26%) Health16% 5,847 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 1,479 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 1,358 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,201 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 650 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 killed13,233 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Haiti Stories reporting people affected5,954 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Haiti Stories reporting arrests4,295 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,662 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations1,590 at about three times the usual rate · most about the US and Germany Stories reporting abductions926 at about twice the usual rate · most about Bangladesh and China Stories reporting refugees836 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced825 at about twice the usual rate · most about Syria and Yemen Stories reporting people falling ill478 at about 5 times the usual rate · most about Haiti and the US

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 harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more than 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.