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44,397 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 illness in Maseru, protests in Rathedaung (Myanmar) and a disaster in Anegada. Lesotho's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read much softer than usual.

Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeDisasters & accidents 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostPuerto Rico 85 in 100 of its 388 stories, usually 25
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 35 in 100 of its stories, usually 29
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 →
Conflict & violence

Lesotho

144 of its 176 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Maseru accounted for 102 of Lesotho's 144 stories about harm, carried by 84 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (133 stories). HIV was named in 42 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Lesotho over 30 days → its stories → Maseru stories →
Protests & strikes

Myanmar

171 of its 216 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. 26 of Rathedaung's 35 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Myanmar over 30 days → its stories → Rathedaung stories →
Rights & justice

Cuba

199 of its 290 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Havana accounted for 126 of Cuba's 199 stories about harm, carried by 130 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (160 stories).

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

Bangladesh

796 of its 1,010 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (450 stories). Dengue was named in 19 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Chile

90 of its 268 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 63 of Santiago's 79 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (44 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

North Korea

798 of its 2,573 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Poisoning was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Denmark

283 of its 572 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Copenhagen accounted for 232 of Denmark's 283 stories about harm, carried by 227 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (198 stories).

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Rights & justice

Cambodia

242 of its 356 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Phnom Penh accounted for 153 of Cambodia's 242 stories about harm, carried by 129 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (78 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Guadeloupe

133 of its 135 stories (99%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. the Leeward Islands accounted for 126 of Guadeloupe's 133 stories about harm, carried by 165 outlets. Storm surge was named in 34 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: drought in Ethiopia (88 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); malaria in Italy (91 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in Saudi Arabia (37 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); road crashes in France (92 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); storm surge in Guadeloupe (34 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

24 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 25; 25 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 5 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 44,397 stories about harm among 185,203 counted on 5 Sep.

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Reports of peace efforts, a sign of help, ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. 24 in every 100 of the day's 185,203 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Lesotho, 82% of the news was about people being harmed, where 30% is usual. Ethiopia's news mentioned the drought about 4 times as often as usual. On 5 September 2016, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, against 24 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Guadeloupe99 in 100 of its 135 stories · usually 71 · mostly disasters & accidents British Virgin Islands94 in 100 of its 121 stories · usually 28 · mostly disasters & accidents Antigua & Barbuda87 in 100 of its 54 stories · usually 22 · mostly disasters & accidents Puerto Rico85 in 100 of its 388 stories · usually 25 · mostly disasters & accidents Lesotho82 in 100 of its 176 stories · usually 30 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US222 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1163 Pyongyang North Korea168 stories about protests or strikes, of its 602 Charlottesville US153 stories about protests or strikes, of its 234 Trump Tower US153 stories about protests or strikes, of its 283 Houston US149 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2845

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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 lessPuerto Rico: too little coverage to readUnited 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 lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: 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: too little coverage to readTaiwan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: too little coverage to readSudan: too little coverage to readSri 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: too little coverage to readSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSão 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 lessRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessQatar: too little coverage to readPoland: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua 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: too little coverage to readNorway: 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 lessNew Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: 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: too little coverage to readMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: 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 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: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: 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 lessItaly: 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 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 lessHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSt 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: too little coverage to readEstonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl 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 readCzech Republic: too little coverage to readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: 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 lessBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: 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: too little coverage to readBarbados: 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 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: 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 lessAksai Chin: 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): 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: about as warm as its own usual or lessJersey: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: about as warm as its own usual or lessWallis & 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readUkraine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSwitzerland: warmth about its own usualSouth Sudan: warmth about one and a half times 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 usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualRomania: warmth about its own usualPortugal: warmth about its own usualNetherlands: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualMali: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualJamaica: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualGuyana: warmth about its own usualFinland: warmth about its own usualDenmark: warmth about its own usualCuba: warmth about its own usualHong Kong: warmth about its own usualBurkina Faso: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBelgium: warmth about its own usualAzerbaijan: warmth about its own usualAustria: warmth about one and a half times its own usualUkraine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualAguelhok, Mali -- conflict & violence: 39 stories, carried by 46 outletsBamako, Mali -- conflict & violence: 22 stories, carried by 18 outletsOuagadougou, Burkina Faso -- conflict & violence: 24 stories, carried by 25 outletsCartagena, Colombia -- conflict & violence: 18 stories, carried by 16 outletsKiev, Ukraine -- conflict & violence: 63 stories, carried by 51 outletsOroville, US -- displacement: 28 stories, carried by 26 outletsVienna, Austria -- displacement: 23 stories, carried by 16 outletsBogota, Colombia -- conflict & violence: 57 stories, carried by 56 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

● Burkina Faso warmth about one and a half times usual ● Ukraine warmth about one and a half times usual ● Mali warmth about one and a half times usual ● Austria warmth about one and a half times usual ● Russia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Spain warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Aguelhok Mali about three times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 39 stories ● Bamako Mali about three times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 22 stories ● Ouagadougou Burkina Faso about three times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 24 stories ● Cartagena Colombia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 18 stories ● Kiev Ukraine about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 63 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Disasters & accidents29% 12,794 stories · much more than usual (usually 23%) Rights & justice22% 9,633 stories · much less than usual (usually 28%) Health18% 7,878 stories · more than usual (usually 16%) Conflict & violence17% 7,601 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 1,919 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 1,617 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,229 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 882 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 killed10,831 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people affected6,243 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,099 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting evacuations1,715 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting people injured1,710 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting refugees1,254 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Bangladesh and Türkiye Stories reporting people displaced838 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting abductions364 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill43 at about two-thirds of 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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