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55,331 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 a disaster in Havana, people displaced in Amman and protests in Sighet (Romania). Romania's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were softer than usual.

Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeDisasters & accidents 39 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostSwitzerland 65 in 100 of its 596 stories, usually 26
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 44 in 100 of its stories, usually 33
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Cuba

699 of its 821 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Havana accounted for 592 of Cuba's 699 stories about harm, carried by 522 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (407 stories). Building collapse was named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with hiv. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Cuba over 30 days → its stories → Havana stories →
Displacement

Jordan

180 of its 347 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Amman accounted for 152 of Jordan's 180 stories about harm, carried by 167 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (122 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Jordan over 30 days → its stories → Amman stories →
Protests & strikes

Romania

106 of its 253 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. 52 of Sighet's 97 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (99 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Romania over 30 days → its stories → Sighet stories →
Conflict & violence

Somalia

306 of its 352 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Mogadishu accounted for 177 of Somalia's 306 stories about harm, carried by 122 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (49 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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

Bahamas

194 of its 277 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Long Island accounted for 113 of the Bahamas' 194 stories about harm, carried by 106 outlets. Tsunami was named in 112 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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Displacement

Congo

72 of its 98 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (15 stories). Cholera was named in 23 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with outbreaks. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Lebanon

213 of its 341 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Beirut accounted for 193 of Lebanon's 213 stories about harm, carried by 147 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (150 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Health

Switzerland

388 of its 596 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (181 stories). Accidents were named in 44 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Egypt

437 of its 704 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (293 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Argentina

74 of its 176 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about 10 times the usual rate (56 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: typhoon in Taiwan (67 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); tsunami in Bahamas (112 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in United Arab Emirates (27 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in Congo (23 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); wildfires in Yemen (27 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

29 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 26; 33 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 11 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 55,331 stories about harm among 192,230 counted on 11 Sep.

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Reports of people freed or reunited, a sign of help, ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. It was the second day running that the news turned to Cuba. In Taiwan's news, mentions of the typhoon ran about 9 times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 29 in every 100 of the day's 192,230 stories, above the usual 26.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen88 in 100 of its 168 stories · usually 78 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia87 in 100 of its 352 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Cuba85 in 100 of its 821 stories · usually 53 · mostly disasters & accidents Myanmar77 in 100 of its 182 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Bangladesh76 in 100 of its 1,423 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Tampa US236 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2411 Yueyang China231 stories about protests or strikes, of its 231 Kutupalong Bangladesh163 stories about protests or strikes, of its 358 Washington US158 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1882 Delhi India108 stories about protests or strikes, of its 390

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: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: 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'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: too little coverage to readUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTonga: 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: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: 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: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: 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'sRussia: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: 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'sMalaysia: 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'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 readJapan: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: 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 readFinland: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: 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: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCosta 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'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: 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'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: 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'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): 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: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readAnguilla: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: 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: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGuam: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTogo: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTaiwan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSomalia: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSenegal: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRomania: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sQatar: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPortugal: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPoland: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPanama: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sOman: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNiger: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sMalawi: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLesotho: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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 warmer than the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sJamaica: coverage a little warmer than the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIreland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGreece: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFiji: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEgypt: coverage about 4 times as angry as the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCyprus: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCuba: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sCroatia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCongo: coverage about twice as grief-stricken 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 fearful as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCape Verde: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCambodia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBurundi: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBrazil: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBahamas: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArgentina: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAngola: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sPitcairn: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGibraltar: coverage a little warmer 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

● Egypt about 4 times as angry as the world's · 437 stories about harm ● Somalia about three times as angry as the world's · 306 stories about harm ● United Arab Emirates about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 53 stories about harm ● Sweden about twice as fearful as the world's · 73 stories about harm ● Yemen about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 147 stories about harm ● Romania about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 106 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Disasters & accidents39% 21,060 stories · much more than usual (usually 27%) Conflict & violence18% 9,660 stories · about as usual Rights & justice17% 9,042 stories · much less than usual (usually 26%) Health14% 7,644 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 2,511 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 2,201 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,860 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 649 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 killed17,214 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected9,038 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Bangladesh Stories reporting arrests5,631 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,796 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Egypt Stories reporting evacuations3,616 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Cuba Stories reporting refugees1,386 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Bangladesh and the US Stories reporting people displaced568 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions425 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill52 at about the usual rate

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.

● Angera little less than 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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