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26,238 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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The day's news pointed at protests in the Naf River (Bangladesh), evacuations in Germany and tropical storm in the Bahamas. Bangladesh's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much softer than usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Germany → Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Germany → Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Nigeria → Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeDisasters & accidents 33 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostGermany 60 in 100 of its 1,227 stories, usually 22
RegionEast Asia 37 in 100 of its stories, usually 17
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

Bangladesh

314 of its 410 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. the Naf River accounted for 156 of Bangladesh's 314 stories about harm, carried by 152 outlets. 103 of the Naf River's 156 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (182 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Bangladesh over 30 days → its stories → Naf River stories →
Conflict & violence

Germany

736 of its 1,227 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (379 stories). House fires were named in 51 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Germany over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Bahamas

87 of its 138 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Cabo Verde accounted for 60 of the Bahamas' 87 stories about harm, carried by 170 outlets. Tropical storm was named in 66 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with storm surge.

Bahamas over 30 days → its stories → Cabo Verde stories →
Rights & justice

Sri Lanka

83 of its 225 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

North Korea

1,964 of its 3,983 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Pyongyang accounted for 1,524 of North Korea's 1,964 stories about harm, carried by 1,072 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 9 times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

South Korea

660 of its 1,617 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. 276 of Seoul's 477 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (163 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 42 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Indonesia

135 of its 320 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Jakarta accounted for 112 of Indonesia's 135 stories about harm, carried by 108 outlets. 57 of Jakarta's 112 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (44 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Somalia

132 of its 157 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Kismayu accounted for 91 of Somalia's 132 stories about harm, carried by 69 outlets. 53 of Kismayu's 91 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Colombia

59 of its 120 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (20 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Shelter & services

Mozambique

13 of its 19 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories). Drought was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: drownings in Mexico (60 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); flooding in Albania (11 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Iceland (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); drought in Mozambique (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Nigeria (43 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

27 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 3 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 26,238 stories about harm among 98,063 counted on 3 Sep.

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Evacuations were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Germany. of the day's 98,063 news stories, 27 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 25. Reports of peace efforts, a sign of help, ran at about twice the usual rate. It was the second day running that the news turned to Bangladesh. In the Bahamas' news, mentions of tropical storm ran about 6 times their usual. This week the news turned most often to Bangladesh, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 7 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Somalia84 in 100 of its 157 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Syria81 in 100 of its 356 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Myanmar80 in 100 of its 55 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq78 in 100 of its 145 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Bangladesh77 in 100 of its 410 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Pyongyang North Korea462 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1524 Seoul South Korea276 stories about protests or strikes, of its 477 Houston US118 stories about protests or strikes, of its 3394 Naf River Bangladesh103 stories about protests or strikes, of its 156 Miami US83 stories about protests or strikes, of its 152

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.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: feelings about like the world'sCayman Islands: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUkraine: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: 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'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: too little coverage to readBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readCrimea: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: feelings about like the world'sAnguilla: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & 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: too little coverage to readSt 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUganda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTaiwan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSaudi Arabia: 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'sPortugal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPeru: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNepal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMalaysia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLibya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKenya: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIsrael: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIceland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHungary: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sFrance: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChina: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sCambodia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAlbania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChina: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than 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

● Palestine about three times as fearful as the world's · 147 stories about harm ● Somalia about three times as angry as the world's · 132 stories about harm ● Hungary few stories about three times as fearful as the world's · 19 stories about harm ● Pakistan about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 171 stories about harm ● Kenya about twice as angry as the world's · 257 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 288 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Disasters & accidents33% 8,483 stories · much more than usual (usually 23%) Conflict & violence24% 6,298 stories · more than usual (usually 20%) Rights & justice17% 4,290 stories · much less than usual (usually 28%) Health12% 3,118 stories · less than usual (usually 16%) Displacement5% 1,396 stories · more than usual (usually 3%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,181 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 818 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 338 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 killed6,921 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,633 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Germany Stories reporting arrests2,219 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the Philippines Stories reporting evacuations1,910 at about three times the usual rate · most about the US and Germany Stories reporting people injured1,128 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting refugees933 at about three times the usual rate · most about the US and Germany Stories reporting people displaced673 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting abductions164 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the Philippines Stories reporting people falling ill20 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and the United Arab Emirates

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.

● Angera little less than 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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