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46,768 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 protests in Kigali (Rwanda), violence in Mecca and rights and justice in Nairobi. Kenya's coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was much softer than usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Switzerland → Help and hope: reports of volunteers ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeDisasters & accidents 37 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostBangladesh 78 in 100 of its 658 stories, usually 47
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 50 in 100 of its stories, usually 43
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Rwanda

134 of its 194 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Kigali accounted for 118 of Rwanda's 134 stories about harm, carried by 111 outlets. 105 of Kigali's 118 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (100 stories). Road crashes were named in 100 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Rwanda over 30 days → its stories → Kigali stories →
Conflict & violence

Saudi Arabia

340 of its 592 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Mecca accounted for 286 of Saudi Arabia's 340 stories about harm, carried by 237 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (283 stories). Heatstroke was named in 25 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Saudi Arabia over 30 days → its stories → Mecca stories →
Rights & justice

Kenya

871 of its 1,666 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Nairobi accounted for 650 of Kenya's 871 stories about harm, carried by 497 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (394 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Kenya over 30 days → its stories → Nairobi stories →
Food & livelihood

Greece

165 of its 485 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (33 stories). Norovirus was named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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

Pakistan

516 of its 1,121 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories). Power cuts were named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Bangladesh

511 of its 658 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 8 times the usual rate (60 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Qatar

139 of its 245 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Doha accounted for 135 of Qatar's 139 stories about harm, carried by 144 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Palestine

249 of its 385 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Hebron accounted for 210 of Palestine's 249 stories about harm, carried by 12 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (108 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Algeria

41 of its 60 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (38 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Türkiye

303 of its 514 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. 103 of Istanbul's 139 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: landslides in Mexico (93 of its stories, about three times its usual); drought in France (104 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Egypt (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); building collapse in India (375 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in Haiti (10 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).

25 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 24; 26 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 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 46,768 stories about harm among 187,295 counted on 1 Sep.

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On the side of help, reports of volunteers ran at about twice the usual rate. Stories about people being harmed made up 25 in every 100 of the day's 187,295 stories, as usual. Mentions of road crashes ran more than ten times their usual in Rwanda's news. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Switzerland. On 1 September 2016, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 25 today. Over August, 24 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 in August 2016.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Myanmar81 in 100 of its 139 stories · usually 56 · mostly rights & justice Bangladesh78 in 100 of its 658 stories · usually 47 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia77 in 100 of its 288 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence South Sudan76 in 100 of its 123 stories · usually 69 · mostly rights & justice Syria75 in 100 of its 697 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US286 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1802 Nairobi Kenya224 stories about protests or strikes, of its 650 Charlottesville US151 stories about protests or strikes, of its 267 Houston US138 stories about protests or strikes, of its 6972 New Orleans US116 stories about protests or strikes, of its 188

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or lessZambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessVietnam: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: too little coverage to readVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: 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: too little coverage to readPuerto 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: 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: too little coverage to readTunisia: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: 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 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 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readPortugal: about as warm as its own usual or lessPoland: 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: 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 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 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 lessMorocco: 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: too little coverage to readMexico: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalawi: too little coverage to readMadagascar: 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 lessLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: 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: too little coverage to readKosovo: 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 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 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 lessGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: too little coverage to readGeorgia: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFiji: about as warm as its own usual or lessEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: 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: 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 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 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: too little coverage to readBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: 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: 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 lessBelarus: 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: too little coverage to readAustria: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAnguilla: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt 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 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 readYemen: warmth about its own usualTürkiye: warmth about one and a half times its own usualTanzania: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSingapore: warmth about its own usualSierra Leone: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualNew Zealand: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualMozambique: warmth about its own usualLiberia: warmth about its own usualLebanon: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKenya: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualJamaica: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualHaiti: warmth about its own usualGuatemala: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about one and a half times its own usualCameroon: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about its own usualBarbados: warmth about its own usualArmenia: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMacao: warmth about its own usualGood Friday, Australia -- rights & justice: 10 stories, carried by 77 outletsYao Gang, China -- rights & justice: 21 stories, carried by 15 outletsIstanbul, Türkiye -- conflict & violence: 139 stories, carried by 107 outletsPort-au-Prince, Haiti -- health: 12 stories, carried by 12 outletsBell County, US -- disasters & accidents: 38 stories, carried by 33 outletsRakhine State, Myanmar -- rights & justice: 15 stories, carried by 15 outletsGeorgia, US -- conflict & violence: 42 stories, carried by 50 outletsBendigo, Australia -- health: 10 stories, carried by 94 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

● Türkiye warmth about one and a half times usual ● Sierra Leone warmth about one and a half times usual ● Lebanon warmth about one and a half times usual ● Cameroon warmth about one and a half times usual ● China warmth about one and a half times usual ● Spain warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Good Friday Australia about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 10 stories ● Yao Gang China about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 21 stories ● Istanbul Türkiye about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 139 stories ● Port-au-Prince Haiti about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Bell County US about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 38 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Disasters & accidents37% 17,062 stories · much more than usual (usually 21%) Rights & justice20% 9,440 stories · much less than usual (usually 29%) Conflict & violence15% 6,887 stories · much less than usual (usually 20%) Health14% 6,507 stories · less than usual (usually 17%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 2,106 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,437 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,401 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,300 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 killed13,699 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected7,815 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting arrests4,872 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,572 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting evacuations1,937 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Switzerland Stories reporting people displaced943 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting refugees503 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Finland and the US Stories reporting abductions405 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill92 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Australia 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 much softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout two-thirds of usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout two-thirds of 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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