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36,110 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 landslides in Mexico, violence in Beirut and people displaced in Copenhagen. Mexico's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were softer than usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about the US and Mexico → Help and hope: reports of aid and relief ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeDisasters & accidents 46 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostMexico 79 in 100 of its 2,371 stories, usually 34
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 59 in 100 of its stories, usually 31
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Disasters & accidents

Mexico

1,868 of its 2,371 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (328 stories). Landslides were named in 384 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Mexico over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Lebanon

111 of its 161 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Beirut accounted for 72 of Lebanon's 111 stories about harm, carried by 70 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (89 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Lebanon over 30 days → its stories → Beirut stories →
Rights & justice

Türkiye

374 of its 618 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (117 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Türkiye over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Cuba

318 of its 381 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Camaguey accounted for 159 of Cuba's 318 stories about harm, carried by 165 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (168 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

China

368 of its 1,553 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of refugees ran at about 9 times the usual rate (24 stories). Poisoning was named in 28 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Qatar

182 of its 323 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Doha accounted for 173 of Qatar's 182 stories about harm, carried by 150 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Displacement

Bangladesh

811 of its 1,086 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (227 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

US

17,314 of its 45,608 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (3,223 stories). Accidents were named in 563 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.

its stories →
Health

Guinea

18 of its 40 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories). Respiratory illness was named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: respiratory illness in Palestine (91 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); respiratory illness in Guinea (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); malaria in Guyana (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Nigeria (40 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); poisoning in China (28 of its stories, about 10 times its usual).

30 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 9 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 36,110 stories about harm among 118,710 counted on 9 Sep.

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It was the highest share of stories about people being harmed since 4 June 2017. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about the US and Mexico. Stories about people being harmed made up 30 in every 100 of the day's 118,710 stories, above the usual 25. Mentions of respiratory illness ran more than ten times their usual in Palestine's news.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Cuba83 in 100 of its 381 stories · usually 39 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria83 in 100 of its 619 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Myanmar79 in 100 of its 131 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Mexico79 in 100 of its 2,371 stories · usually 34 · mostly disasters & accidents Haiti77 in 100 of its 53 stories · usually 46 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Delhi India156 stories about protests or strikes, of its 325 Dhaka Bangladesh107 stories about protests or strikes, of its 175 Washington US104 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1262 Houston US98 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1416 Raqqa Syria86 stories about protests or strikes, of its 217

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: 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: feelings about like the world'sCayman Islands: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSpain: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: 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: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPoland: 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'sNiger: too little coverage to readNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: 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: too little coverage to readLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: 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'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sFrance: 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 readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl 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 readCuba: 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'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: 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: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readMarshall 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: too little coverage to readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: feelings about like the world'sMontserrat: 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: too little coverage to readNauru: 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: feelings about like the world'sSt. 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 readZimbabwe: coverage a little angrier than the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTogo: coverage a little warmer than the world'sThailand: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTaiwan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSlovenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSingapore: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sQatar: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPeru: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNigeria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNepal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLebanon: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKiribati: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sIreland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIceland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEstonia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEgypt: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sCyprus: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sChad: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBurundi: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBrazil: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBolivia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice 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 warm as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sVatican City: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAnguilla: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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

● South Sudan about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 118 stories about harm ● Kashmir about twice as fearful as the world's · 204 stories about harm ● Colombia about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 227 stories about harm ● Egypt about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 138 stories about harm ● Palestine about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 171 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as angry as the world's · 136 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Disasters & accidents46% 16,292 stories · much more than usual (usually 26%) Rights & justice15% 5,349 stories · much less than usual (usually 27%) Conflict & violence14% 5,099 stories · much less than usual (usually 20%) Health14% 4,836 stories · about as usual Displacement5% 1,738 stories · more than usual (usually 3%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 1,081 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 855 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 328 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 killed12,751 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Mexico Stories reporting people affected6,721 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Mexico Stories reporting evacuations4,100 at about 4 times the usual rate · most about the US and Mexico Stories reporting arrests3,094 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,282 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Mexico Stories reporting refugees960 at about twice the usual rate · most about Bangladesh and Türkiye Stories reporting people displaced475 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions239 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill14 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and China

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 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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