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50,680 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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Protests in Havana (Cuba), a disaster in Kuala Lumpur and arrests in Bulgaria drew the news. Bulgaria's coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was softer than usual.

Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeDisasters & accidents 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostMalaysia 66 in 100 of its 1,798 stories, usually 20
RegionSoutheast Asia 41 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

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Protests & strikes

Cuba

293 of its 402 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Havana accounted for 249 of Cuba's 293 stories about harm, carried by 357 outlets. 198 of Havana's 249 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (229 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Cuba over 30 days → its stories → Havana stories →
Disasters & accidents

Malaysia

1,180 of its 1,798 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Kuala Lumpur accounted for 874 of Malaysia's 1,180 stories about harm, carried by 586 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (1,064 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Malaysia over 30 days → its stories → Kuala Lumpur stories →
Conflict & violence

Bulgaria

50 of its 126 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

Bulgaria over 30 days → its stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Romania

87 of its 283 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (53 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Romania over 30 days → its stories →
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Conflict & violence

Niger

36 of its 50 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 7 times the usual rate (9 stories). Malaria was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.

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Displacement

Bangladesh

1,107 of its 1,413 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. the Naf River accounted for 497 of Bangladesh's 1,107 stories about harm, carried by 276 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Vietnam

218 of its 735 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (27 stories). Heavy rain was named in 77 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with cyclone and tropical storm.

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Disasters & accidents

Greece

214 of its 736 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (101 stories). Oil spill was named in 129 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Qatar

126 of its 331 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Thailand

180 of its 564 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (88 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: oil spill in Greece (129 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Japan (127 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Indonesia (53 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Taiwan (25 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); heavy rain in Vietnam (77 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

23 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 14 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 50,680 stories about harm among 218,416 counted on 14 Sep.

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Reports of vaccination, a sign of help, ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. On 14 September 2016, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 23 today. of the day's 218,416 news stories, 23 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 26. Cuba stood out: 73% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 60%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Bangladesh78 in 100 of its 1,413 stories · usually 68 · mostly displacement Somalia76 in 100 of its 139 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Myanmar73 in 100 of its 244 stories · usually 68 · mostly rights & justice Cuba73 in 100 of its 402 stories · usually 60 · mostly health Niger72 in 100 of its 50 stories · usually 46 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US317 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1723 Berkeley US291 stories about protests or strikes, of its 599 Havana Cuba198 stories about protests or strikes, of its 249 Miami US82 stories about protests or strikes, of its 727 Delhi India76 stories about protests or strikes, of its 442

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'sVenezuela: 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'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: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUkraine: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: 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: too little coverage to readSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: 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'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: 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'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: 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 readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: 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: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: 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'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: 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 readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: 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'sBelarus: 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'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readCrimea: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: feelings about like the world'sPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: 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 readGuernsey: 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: 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 readGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sThailand: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sTajikistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSomalia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRomania: 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 about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPeru: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPanama: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNiger: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNamibia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMozambique: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMalaysia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMalawi: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMadagascar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLesotho: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLatvia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKenya: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJapan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuinea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGabon: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFrance: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEritrea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCuba: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage a little angrier than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChad: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sCambodia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBurundi: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBulgaria: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sBotswana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArgentina: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAngola: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: 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 fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJersey: 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

● Bulgaria about three times as fearful as the world's · 50 stories about harm ● Iraq about three times as angry as the world's · 695 stories about harm ● Bangladesh about twice as fearful as the world's · 1,107 stories about harm ● Cameroon few stories about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 35 stories about harm ● Brazil about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 84 stories about harm ● Somalia about twice as angry as the world's · 106 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Disasters & accidents27% 13,727 stories · about as usual Rights & justice22% 10,905 stories · less than usual (usually 24%) Health20% 9,937 stories · much more than usual (usually 15%) Conflict & violence15% 7,276 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Shelter & services5% 2,632 stories · more than usual (usually 3%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 2,179 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 1,889 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,442 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 killed14,861 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected7,693 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,158 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,449 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Iraq Stories reporting evacuations1,742 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Japan Stories reporting refugees1,599 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Bangladesh and the US Stories reporting people displaced726 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions339 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people falling ill47 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
● 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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