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57,238 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 Ouagadougou, protests in Minsk (Belarus) and people killed in Thailand drew the news. Burkina Faso's coverage was about 4 times as angry as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was softer than usual.

Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Nigeria and the US →
Part of lifeRights & justice 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostBermuda 91 in 100 of its 927 stories, usually 47
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 36 in 100 of its stories, usually 30
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Conflict & violence

Burkina Faso

71 of its 77 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Ouagadougou accounted for 61 of Burkina Faso's 71 stories about harm, carried by 54 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (58 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as angry as the world's.

Burkina Faso over 30 days → its stories → Ouagadougou stories →
Protests & strikes

Belarus

80 of its 166 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. 66 of Minsk's 69 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (72 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Belarus over 30 days → its stories → Minsk stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Thailand

1,354 of its 2,985 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (1,179 stories). Road crashes were named in 41 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Thailand over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Nepal

145 of its 264 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Kathmandu accounted for 127 of Nepal's 145 stories about harm, carried by 132 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (130 stories).

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

Central African Republic

214 of its 225 stories (95%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Kaga-Bandoro accounted for 109 of the Central African Republic's 214 stories about harm, carried by 103 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (172 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Rwanda

185 of its 335 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Kigali accounted for 162 of Rwanda's 185 stories about harm, carried by 152 outlets. Rabies was named in 21 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

Aleppo accounted for 1,005 of Syria's 1,277 stories about harm, carried by 582 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (155 stories). Tornadoes were named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Austria

135 of its 355 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Plague was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Germany

938 of its 2,704 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (492 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Health

Botswana

45 of its 117 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (32 stories). Malaria was named in 33 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with cholera, measles and respiratory illness.

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Also named far more than usual: malaria in Botswana (33 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in Spain (32 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Armenia (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Tanzania (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Hong Kong (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 22; 21 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 13 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 57,238 stories about harm among 276,099 counted on 13 Oct.

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Botswana's news mentioned the malaria more than ten times as often as usual. 21 in every 100 of the day's 276,099 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 22. In Burkina Faso, 92% of the news was about people being harmed, where 32% is usual. Abductions were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about Nigeria and the US.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Central African Republic95 in 100 of its 225 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Burkina Faso92 in 100 of its 77 stories · usually 32 · mostly conflict & violence Bermuda91 in 100 of its 927 stories · usually 47 · mostly disasters & accidents Burundi85 in 100 of its 130 stories · usually 75 · mostly rights & justice Yemen76 in 100 of its 1,339 stories · usually 79 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Aleppo Syria376 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1005 Washington US259 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1518 Sanaa Yemen205 stories about protests or strikes, of its 587 Bangkok Thailand198 stories about protests or strikes, of its 985 London UK154 stories about protests or strikes, of its 679

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: too little coverage to readZambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessYemen: about as warm as its own usual or lessVietnam: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: 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: 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 lessSpain: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: 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 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 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 lessPoland: 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: too little coverage to readPapua 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: too little coverage to readNorth Korea: 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: too little coverage to readMozambique: 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 lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: too little coverage to readMali: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: 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: too little coverage to readJordan: 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 lessIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: 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 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: too little coverage to readGrenada: 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: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: 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: too little coverage to readDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessDenmark: 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: too little coverage to readCuba: 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 lessComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: 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 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 lessAntigua & Barbuda: 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 lessGaza: about as warm as its own usual or lessWest Bank: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readVenezuela: warmth about its own usualPuerto Rico: warmth about one and a half times its own usualThailand: warmth about one and a half times its own usualTaiwan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSweden: warmth about its own usualSingapore: warmth about its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about its own usualRwanda: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPortugal: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNorway: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNepal: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMorocco: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualMalawi: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualHaiti: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about one and a half times its own usualFinland: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about one and a half times its own usualCongo: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualAustria: warmth about its own usualArgentina: warmth about its own usualAngola: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualOslo, Norway -- conflict & violence: 55 stories, carried by 62 outletsAllentown, US -- health: 42 stories, carried by 15 outletsCaracol, Colombia -- conflict & violence: 20 stories, carried by 22 outletsBogota, Colombia -- rights & justice: 83 stories, carried by 79 outletsMinnesota, US -- rights & justice: 203 stories, carried by 191 outletsAjit, India -- conflict & violence: 17 stories, carried by 16 outletsKigali, Rwanda -- conflict & violence: 162 stories, carried by 152 outletsStockholm, Sweden -- conflict & violence: 43 stories, carried by 33 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

● Rwanda warmth about one and a half times usual ● Norway warmth about one and a half times usual ● Portugal warmth about one and a half times usual ● Taiwan warmth about one and a half times usual ● Nepal warmth about one and a half times usual ● Greece warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Oslo Norway about 4 times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 55 stories ● Allentown US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 42 stories ● Caracol Colombia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 20 stories ● Bogota Colombia about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 83 stories ● Minnesota US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 203 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 15,915 stories · more than usual (usually 26%) Conflict & violence21% 12,006 stories · less than usual (usually 25%) Health21% 11,766 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents15% 8,503 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 3,563 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,959 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 1,346 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,260 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 killed17,041 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests7,220 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,672 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,459 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Yemen Stories reporting abductions1,562 at about twice the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting refugees1,124 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Germany and Italy Stories reporting evacuations670 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting people displaced607 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people falling ill127 at about two-thirds of 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 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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