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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

how these are picked →
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.

its stories →
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.

its stories →
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.

its stories →
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.

its stories →
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.

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 lessYemen: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: too little coverage to readGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto 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 lessTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: 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 readSouth Sudan: 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: too little coverage to readSeychelles: 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: 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 lessRussia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua 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 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 readMozambique: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: 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 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 lessLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: 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 lessItaly: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsrael: 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 lessHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: 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: 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 readFiji: 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: 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: 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 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 lessMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina Faso: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: 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 lessBarbados: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustria: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlgeria: 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 lessAksai Chin: 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 lessCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall 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 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: too little coverage to readCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readVietnam: warmth about its own usualVenezuela: warmth about its own usualU.S. Virgin Islands: warmth about its own usualUganda: warmth about its own usualTrinidad & Tobago: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualSudan: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSingapore: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSierra Leone: warmth about one and a half times its own usualQatar: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualNorway: warmth about its own usualNorth Korea: warmth about its own usualNetherlands: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualNamibia: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualLibya: warmth about its own usualLebanon: warmth about one and a half times its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualJamaica: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIreland: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualFinland: warmth about its own usualDenmark: warmth about its own usualHong Kong: warmth about its own usualCambodia: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualAnguilla: warmth about its own usualBermuda: warmth about its own usualBritish Virgin Islands: warmth about its own usualBern, Switzerland -- health: 84 stories, carried by 80 outletsIowa City, US -- disasters & accidents: 31 stories, carried by 30 outletsKulgam, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 80 stories, carried by 39 outletsHarker Heights, US -- disasters & accidents: 108 stories, carried by 59 outletsIngelheim, Germany -- health: 11 stories, carried by 10 outletsCoolum, Australia -- disasters & accidents: 11 stories, carried by 24 outletsMunich, Germany -- health: 21 stories, carried by 19 outletsManjhi, India -- rights & justice: 16 stories, carried by 16 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

● Kashmir warmth about one and a half times usual ● Singapore warmth about one and a half times usual ● Netherlands warmth about one and a half times usual ● Spain warmth about one and a half times usual ● Palestine warmth about one and a half times usual ● Lebanon warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Bern Switzerland about three times as warm as the day's news · health · 84 stories ● Iowa City US about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 31 stories ● Kulgam Kashmir about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 80 stories ● Harker Heights US about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 108 stories ● Ingelheim Germany about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories

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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