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35,916 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 news turned to violence in Baghdad, deaths in Cluj and protests in Bamako (Mali). Iraq's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were harsher than usual.

Part of lifeConflict & violence 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostBolivia 78 in 100 of its 93 stories, usually 18
RegionOceania 26 in 100 of its stories, usually 20
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

Iraq

955 of its 1,081 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Baghdad accounted for 700 of Iraq's 955 stories about harm, carried by 608 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (573 stories). Hurricane was named in 24 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with cholera. Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Iraq over 30 days → its stories → Baghdad stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Romania

90 of its 152 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Cluj accounted for 83 of Romania's 90 stories about harm, carried by 107 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (87 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Romania over 30 days → its stories → Cluj stories →
Protests & strikes

Mali

66 of its 77 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Bamako accounted for 54 of Mali's 66 stories about harm, carried by 104 outlets. 54 of Bamako's 54 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (51 stories).

Mali over 30 days → its stories → Bamako stories →
Health

Australia

1,107 of its 4,113 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (19 stories). Plague was named in 108 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with overdoses.

Australia over 30 days → its stories →
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Protests & strikes

South Africa

297 of its 807 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 97 of Johannesburg's 165 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (154 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

France

375 of its 1,272 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (275 stories). Hunger was named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Yemen

630 of its 741 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 79%. Sanaa accounted for 450 of Yemen's 630 stories about harm, carried by 414 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (144 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Niger

322 of its 335 stories (96%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. 79 of Tahoua's 124 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (119 stories).

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Shelter & services

Italy

217 of its 856 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (47 stories). Hurricane was named in 28 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

South Sudan

45 of its 63 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (31 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Greece (60 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Vietnam (46 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Rwanda (47 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Philippines (135 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); dengue in Malaysia (39 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

23 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 15 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 35,916 stories about harm among 156,271 counted on 15 Oct.

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In Greece's news, mentions of the earthquake ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 23 in every 100 of the day's 156,271 stories, as usual. Iraq's news was 88% about people being harmed, against a usual 59%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Niger96 in 100 of its 335 stories · usually 65 · mostly rights & justice Iraq88 in 100 of its 1,081 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Mali86 in 100 of its 77 stories · usually 65 · mostly rights & justice Yemen85 in 100 of its 741 stories · usually 79 · mostly conflict & violence Bolivia78 in 100 of its 93 stories · usually 18 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US322 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1085 Garden City US274 stories about protests or strikes, of its 681 Aleppo Syria183 stories about protests or strikes, of its 894 Boston US136 stories about protests or strikes, of its 374 Sydney Australia116 stories about protests or strikes, of its 350

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: too little coverage to readGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: 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: too little coverage to readIsle 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: too little coverage to readThailand: 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 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: too little coverage to readSuriname: 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: 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 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: too little coverage to readPanama: 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 lessNorway: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: 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: too little coverage to readMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: 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: 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 lessKenya: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessItaly: 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 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: too little coverage to readGrenada: 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: too little coverage to readFrance: 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: too little coverage to readEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: 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 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: too little coverage to readCongo: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: 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 lessBahrain: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: 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: too little coverage to readAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: too little coverage to readAlbania: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAmerican Samoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessChagos 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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 readSingapore: warmth about one and a half times its own usualRwanda: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualRomania: warmth about its own usualPortugal: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNigeria: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualGhana: warmth about its own usualFinland: warmth about its own usualBurundi: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualAzerbaijan: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualCincinnati, US -- rights & justice: 68 stories, carried by 72 outletsTriumf, Russia -- conflict & violence: 56 stories, carried by 40 outletsLisbon, Portugal -- health: 17 stories, carried by 18 outletsNambour, Australia -- health: 12 stories, carried by 27 outletsBaku, Azerbaijan -- displacement: 25 stories, carried by 15 outletsKashmir, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 18 stories, carried by 15 outletsGreat Falls, US -- health: 21 stories, carried by 26 outletsBanjul, Gambia -- rights & justice: 11 stories, carried by 14 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

● Palestine warmth about one and a half times usual ● Singapore warmth about one and a half times usual ● Russia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Afghanistan warmth about one and a half times usual ● Portugal warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Cincinnati US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 68 stories ● Triumf Russia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 56 stories ● Lisbon Portugal about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 17 stories ● Nambour Australia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Baku Azerbaijan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · displacement · 25 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence29% 10,214 stories · more than usual (usually 25%) Rights & justice24% 8,456 stories · less than usual (usually 26%) Disasters & accidents18% 6,369 stories · more than usual (usually 16%) Health16% 5,534 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,926 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,431 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 718 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 679 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 killed12,504 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,460 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,259 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,218 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting refugees1,001 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations869 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Yemen Stories reporting abductions463 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced460 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill48 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Haiti

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
● 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.