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What the world's news said happened to people.
Counts of coverage, not of suffering
51,622 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 a disaster in Bucharest, people killed in Rwanda and refugees in Egypt. Romania's coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Language across the world's news ran softer than usual.

Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeDisasters & accidents 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostRomania 50 in 100 of its 352 stories, usually 12
RegionEvery region about as usual
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

Romania

177 of its 352 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Bucharest accounted for 160 of Romania's 177 stories about harm, carried by 122 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (167 stories). Drownings were named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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

Rwanda

68 of its 107 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (30 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Rwanda over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Egypt

291 of its 598 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

U.S. Virgin Islands

135 of its 170 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (118 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Eritrea

36 of its 55 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (28 stories). Ebola was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Burundi

103 of its 117 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Bujumbura accounted for 82 of Burundi's 103 stories about harm, carried by 65 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Cameroon

46 of its 111 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Iran

215 of its 523 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (133 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Argentina

56 of its 206 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: typhoon in Taiwan (43 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Italy (101 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); ebola in Eritrea (20 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); oil spill in Norway (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); oil spill in Greece (29 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

24 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 26; 25 the day before
33 in 10022 in 10015 Aug22 Aug29 Aug5 Sep13 Sep15 Aug: 24 in 10016 Aug: 24 in 10017 Aug: 25 in 10018 Aug: 27 in 10019 Aug: 28 in 10020 Aug: 28 in 10021 Aug: 23 in 10022 Aug: 23 in 10023 Aug: 22 in 10024 Aug: 22 in 10025 Aug: 24 in 10026 Aug: 29 in 10027 Aug: 30 in 10028 Aug: 28 in 10029 Aug: 26 in 10030 Aug: 25 in 10031 Aug: 26 in 1001 Sep: 25 in 1002 Sep: 26 in 1003 Sep: 27 in 1004 Sep: 25 in 1005 Sep: 24 in 1006 Sep: 23 in 1007 Sep: 25 in 1008 Sep: 26 in 1009 Sep: 30 in 10010 Sep: 33 in 10011 Sep: 29 in 10012 Sep: 25 in 10013 Sep: 24 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 13 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 51,622 stories about harm among 213,582 counted on 13 Sep.

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In Romania, 50% of the news was about people being harmed, where 12% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 24 in every 100 of the day's 213,582 stories, below the usual 26. Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. In Taiwan's news, mentions of the typhoon ran about 5 times their usual. On 13 September 2016, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 24 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Burundi88 in 100 of its 117 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence South Sudan86 in 100 of its 77 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence U.S. Virgin Islands79 in 100 of its 170 stories · usually 44 · mostly disasters & accidents Myanmar79 in 100 of its 192 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia77 in 100 of its 281 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Berkeley US324 stories about protests or strikes, of its 509 Washington US318 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2020 Charlottesville US261 stories about protests or strikes, of its 383 Kutupalong Bangladesh188 stories about protests or strikes, of its 618 Damascus Syria102 stories about protests or strikes, of its 175

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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: 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 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: too little coverage to readTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: 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 lessEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSudan: 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 readSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: 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: 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 lessQatar: 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 lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: too little coverage to readPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: 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: too little coverage to readNetherlands: 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: too little coverage to readMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalawi: too little coverage to readMadagascar: 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: too little coverage to readLebanon: 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: too little coverage to readKosovo: 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 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 lessIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndonesia: too little coverage to readIndia: 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: too little coverage to readHaiti: 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 lessGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: 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: too little coverage to readEthiopia: 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: too little coverage to readDominica: 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 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 lessHong Kong: 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 lessCameroon: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: 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 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 readAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: 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 lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSiachen Glacier: about as warm as its own usual or lessCrimea: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPitcairn: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGibraltar: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readVenezuela: warmth about one and a half times its own usualU.S. Virgin Islands: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPuerto Rico: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSyria: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSwitzerland: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualSierra Leone: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about its own usualRomania: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNorth Korea: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualJordan: warmth about its own usualJamaica: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGuinea: warmth about its own usualFinland: warmth about its own usualDenmark: warmth about one and a half times its own usualCuba: warmth about its own usualCanada: warmth about its own usualCambodia: warmth about its own usualMyanmar: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBelarus: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about one and a half times its own usualAzerbaijan: warmth about its own usualArmenia: warmth about its own usualArgentina: warmth about its own usualAntigua & Barbuda: warmth about its own usualPalestine: 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 usualAnguilla: warmth about its own usualKaukauna, US -- health: 28 stories, carried by 28 outletsWichita Falls, US -- disasters & accidents: 12 stories, carried by 13 outletsBogota, Colombia -- conflict & violence: 25 stories, carried by 13 outletsPforzheim, Germany -- displacement: 24 stories, carried by 24 outletsRakhine State, Myanmar -- rights & justice: 16 stories, carried by 15 outletsGloucester, UK -- health: 22 stories, carried by 16 outletsFreetown, Sierra Leone -- disasters & accidents: 22 stories, carried by 11 outletsFolkestone, UK -- shelter & services: 13 stories, carried by 17 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

● Puerto Rico warmth about one and a half times usual ● U.S. Virgin Islands warmth about one and a half times usual ● Romania warmth about one and a half times usual ● Palestine warmth about one and a half times usual ● Bangladesh warmth about one and a half times usual ● Sierra Leone warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Kaukauna US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 28 stories ● Wichita Falls US about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 12 stories ● Bogota Colombia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 25 stories ● Pforzheim Germany about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · displacement · 24 stories ● Rakhine State Myanmar about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 16 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Disasters & accidents29% 14,711 stories · about as usual Rights & justice23% 11,847 stories · about as usual Health17% 8,638 stories · more than usual (usually 15%) Conflict & violence13% 6,794 stories · much less than usual (usually 19%) Shelter & services6% 3,111 stories · more than usual (usually 3%) Displacement5% 2,735 stories · more than usual (usually 3%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 1,910 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,173 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 killed15,111 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected8,021 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,230 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,559 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting evacuations2,272 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,647 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Bangladesh and the US Stories reporting people displaced461 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Iraq Stories reporting abductions425 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill89 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
● Griefabout as 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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