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53,700 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 news turned to a disaster in Havana, violence in Buenos Aires and protests in Caracas (Venezuela). Argentina's coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read softer than usual.

Part of lifeDisasters & accidents 34 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostHungary 54 in 100 of its 321 stories, usually 22
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 39 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

509 of its 608 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Havana accounted for 458 of Cuba's 509 stories about harm, carried by 314 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (415 stories). HIV was named in 149 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Cuba over 30 days → its stories → Havana stories →
Conflict & violence

Argentina

104 of its 251 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Buenos Aires accounted for 98 of Argentina's 104 stories about harm, carried by 71 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Argentina over 30 days → its stories → Buenos Aires stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Saudi Arabia

313 of its 614 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Riyadh accounted for 206 of Saudi Arabia's 313 stories about harm, carried by 183 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 10 times the usual rate (190 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Bangladesh

928 of its 1,186 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Kutupalong accounted for 377 of Bangladesh's 928 stories about harm, carried by 370 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (168 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Yemen

270 of its 299 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 78%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (43 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Italy

358 of its 1,057 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Volcanic eruption was named in 84 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Egypt

Cairo accounted for 173 of Egypt's 264 stories about harm, carried by 134 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (93 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Philippines

Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (281 stories). Flooding was named in 354 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with cyclone. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: flooding in Philippines (354 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Thailand (61 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Italy (84 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); ebola in Eritrea (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Palestine (26 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

25 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 26; 29 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 12 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 53,700 stories about harm among 213,499 counted on 12 Sep.

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It was the third day running that the news turned to Cuba. of the day's 213,499 news stories, 25 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. the Philippines' news mentioned flooding more than ten times as often as usual. On 12 September 2016, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, against 25 today. In Cuba, 84% of the news was about people being harmed, where 57% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen90 in 100 of its 299 stories · usually 78 · mostly conflict & violence Cuba84 in 100 of its 608 stories · usually 57 · mostly disasters & accidents Bangladesh78 in 100 of its 1,186 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Syria77 in 100 of its 811 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Myanmar77 in 100 of its 151 stories · usually 66 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US264 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2051 Paris France198 stories about protests or strikes, of its 501 Kutupalong Bangladesh149 stories about protests or strikes, of its 377 Atlanta US138 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1035 Florida Keys US113 stories about protests or strikes, of its 947

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: too little coverage to readZambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessVietnam: 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 readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: 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: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: 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 lessPhilippines: 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 lessNorway: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: 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: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: 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 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 lessJapan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: 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 lessIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIraq: 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 lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrench 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: too little coverage to readEritrea: 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: too little coverage to readGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: about as warm as its own usual or lessCzech Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessN. 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: about as warm as its own usual or lessColombia: 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: too little coverage to readCanada: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: 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 lessBelgium: 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 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 readArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: 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 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: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readBermuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: 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: too little coverage to readAruba: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: warmth about one and a half times its own usualVenezuela: warmth about its own usualPuerto Rico: warmth about one and a half times its own usualUganda: warmth about its own usualSwitzerland: warmth about its own usualSudan: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualSingapore: warmth about its own usualSierra Leone: warmth about its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualQatar: warmth about its own usualPeru: warmth about its own usualOman: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNorth Korea: warmth about its own usualNetherlands: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualLebanon: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualGuinea: warmth about its own usualFinland: warmth about its own usualCuba: warmth about one and a half times its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualHong Kong: warmth about its own usualChile: warmth about its own usualCameroon: warmth about its own usualCambodia: warmth about its own usualMyanmar: warmth about its own usualBurundi: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualBahrain: warmth about its own usualArmenia: warmth about its own usualAntigua & Barbuda: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about 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 its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualAnguilla: warmth about one and a half times its own usualXiamen, China -- conflict & violence: 15 stories, carried by 13 outletsBern, Switzerland -- health: 19 stories, carried by 22 outletsIowa City, US -- disasters & accidents: 16 stories, carried by 12 outletsRakhine State, Myanmar -- rights & justice: 29 stories, carried by 29 outletsChibok, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 10 outletsOwensville, US -- disasters & accidents: 20 stories, carried by 36 outletsOslo, Norway -- health: 13 stories, carried by 13 outletsToowoomba, Australia -- health: 14 stories, carried by 32 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

● Saudi Arabia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Puerto Rico warmth about one and a half times usual ● Palestine warmth about one and a half times usual ● Anguilla warmth about one and a half times usual ● Oman warmth about one and a half times usual ● Cuba warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Xiamen China about three times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 15 stories ● Bern Switzerland about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 19 stories ● Iowa City US about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 16 stories ● Rakhine State Myanmar about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 29 stories ● Chibok Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 12 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Disasters & accidents34% 17,812 stories · much more than usual (usually 28%) Rights & justice20% 10,685 stories · much less than usual (usually 25%) Conflict & violence16% 8,477 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Health16% 8,394 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 2,841 stories · more than usual (usually 3%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 1,997 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 1,923 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 913 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 killed16,708 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected7,701 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,301 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,445 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Bangladesh Stories reporting evacuations2,161 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,499 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Bangladesh and the US Stories reporting people displaced452 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Yemen Stories reporting abductions408 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill77 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Australia

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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