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49,467 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 protests in Tehran (Iran), violence in Algiers and train derailment in Poland. Algeria's coverage was about 6 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was much softer than usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Germany → Help and hope: reports of aid and relief ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeDisasters & accidents 41 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostPakistan 59 in 100 of its 1,409 stories, usually 37
RegionNorth America 33 in 100 of its stories, usually 26
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Iran

299 of its 637 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Tehran accounted for 229 of Iran's 299 stories about harm, carried by 164 outlets. 147 of Tehran's 229 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (97 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Conflict & violence

Algeria

104 of its 163 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Algiers accounted for 80 of Algeria's 104 stories about harm, carried by 66 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about 6 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Algeria over 30 days → its stories → Algiers stories →
Disasters & accidents

Poland

177 of its 436 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (66 stories). Train derailment was named in 65 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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

Iraq

481 of its 618 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Tal Afar accounted for 310 of Iraq's 481 stories about harm, carried by 468 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 9 times the usual rate (70 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Rwanda

155 of its 246 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Kigali accounted for 135 of Rwanda's 155 stories about harm, carried by 120 outlets. 84 of Kigali's 135 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (86 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Syria

404 of its 520 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 72%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (74 stories). Train derailment was named in 13 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

Pakistan

830 of its 1,409 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Plane crash was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Bangladesh

413 of its 606 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (187 stories). Drownings were named in 48 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Libya

118 of its 171 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (38 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: drought in Ethiopia (50 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); storm surge in Mexico (108 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); building collapse in India (432 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); meningitis in Romania (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hepatitis in North Korea (36 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

26 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 31 Aug. 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 49,467 stories about harm among 189,495 counted on 31 Aug.

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Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Germany. of the day's 189,495 news stories, 26 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 24. Reports of aid and relief, a sign of help, ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Mentions of the drought ran about 4 times their usual in Ethiopia's news. A year earlier, on 31 August 2016, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 26 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen78 in 100 of its 106 stories · usually 81 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq78 in 100 of its 618 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Syria78 in 100 of its 520 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Myanmar73 in 100 of its 148 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Libya69 in 100 of its 171 stories · usually 46 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Houston US286 stories about protests or strikes, of its 8583 Washington US238 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1502 Sacramento US181 stories about protests or strikes, of its 566 Charlottesville US179 stories about protests or strikes, of its 267 Tehran Iran147 stories about protests or strikes, of its 229

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: 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: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: too little coverage to readSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: 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'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: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: 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: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readJammu & Kashmir: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sSiachen Glacier: feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: 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: feelings about like the world'sSt 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: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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: too little coverage to readGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little angrier than the world'sYemen: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage about twice as grief-stricken 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 angrier than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than 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'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSomalia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSenegal: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sQatar: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPeru: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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 grief-stricken as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMalaysia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLithuania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sLesotho: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLatvia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKuwait: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIreland: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIndia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHungary: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuinea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGambia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sDominica: coverage a little angrier than the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChile: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCambodia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMyanmar: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBulgaria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBrunei: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelgium: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArgentina: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAlgeria: coverage about 6 times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlbania: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: 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'sPalestine: 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

● Algeria about 6 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 104 stories about harm ● Yemen about three times as angry as the world's · 83 stories about harm ● Belgium about twice as fearful as the world's · 52 stories about harm ● South Korea about twice as angry as the world's · 130 stories about harm ● Denmark few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 31 stories about harm ● Colombia about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 51 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Disasters & accidents41% 19,761 stories · much more than usual (usually 20%) Rights & justice20% 9,632 stories · much less than usual (usually 29%) Health15% 7,310 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence14% 6,671 stories · much less than usual (usually 20%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 1,856 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,349 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 1,144 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,040 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 killed14,073 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected8,321 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting arrests5,024 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,069 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting evacuations2,841 at about three times the usual rate · most about the US and Germany Stories reporting people displaced642 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees532 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting abductions461 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill41 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India

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 much softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout two-thirds of usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little less 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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