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What the world's news said happened to people.
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43,532 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 storms in Vietnam, violence in London and wildfires in Madagascar. Madagascar's coverage was about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was about as usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about the US and India →
Part of lifeRights & justice 23 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostChad 70 in 100 of its 125 stories, usually 20
RegionSoutheast Asia 37 in 100 of its stories, usually 31
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Disasters & accidents

Vietnam

371 of its 720 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Ha Tinh accounted for 225 of Vietnam's 371 stories about harm, carried by 185 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (172 stories). Storms were named in 151 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with landslides, drownings and tropical storm. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Vietnam over 30 days → its stories → Ha Tinh stories →
Conflict & violence

UK

4,831 of its 12,780 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. London accounted for 3,761 of the UK's 4,831 stories about harm, carried by 1,901 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (2,390 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

UK over 30 days → its stories → London stories →
Health

Madagascar

26 of its 36 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (25 stories). Wildfires were named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Madagascar over 30 days → its stories →
Displacement

Chad

87 of its 125 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (25 stories). Cholera was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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

Syria

Idlib accounted for 261 of Syria's 532 stories about harm, carried by 200 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (82 stories). Natural hazards were named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Cambodia

213 of its 294 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 9 times the usual rate (17 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Qatar

182 of its 349 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Doha accounted for 156 of Qatar's 182 stories about harm, carried by 105 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Malaysia

305 of its 804 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (214 stories). Landslides were named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Guinea

22 of its 37 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. 7 of Boke's 7 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Niger

47 of its 66 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Dengue was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: tropical storm in Bermuda (18 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); oil spill in Greece (29 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); haemorrhagic fever in Peru (26 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); building collapse in Cuba (38 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); dengue in Niger (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

24 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 26; 23 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 15 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 43,532 stories about harm among 178,511 counted on 15 Sep.

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People falling ill were reported at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about the US and India. of the day's 178,511 news stories, 24 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 26. Vietnam's news mentioned storms more than ten times as often as usual. Vietnam's news was 52% about people being harmed, against a usual 20%. On 15 September 2016, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 24 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Djibouti85 in 100 of its 52 stories · usually 25 · mostly disasters & accidents Central African Republic82 in 100 of its 121 stories · usually 77 · mostly displacement Myanmar82 in 100 of its 169 stories · usually 68 · mostly rights & justice Puerto Rico80 in 100 of its 80 stories · usually 52 · mostly disasters & accidents Yemen78 in 100 of its 140 stories · usually 79 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Berkeley US508 stories about protests or strikes, of its 730 Washington US328 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1352 Houston US248 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1059 Charlottesville US209 stories about protests or strikes, of its 306 Hollywood US162 stories about protests or strikes, of its 559

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: 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 lessU.S. Virgin Islands: 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: too little coverage to readUkraine: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: 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: too little coverage to readTajikistan: 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: too little coverage to readSudan: 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 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: 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 lessRomania: 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 lessPhilippines: 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: too little coverage to readPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: about as warm as its own usual or lessPakistan: 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 lessNorth Korea: 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 readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: 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: 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 lessMexico: 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 lessMalaysia: 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: too little coverage to readLiberia: 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: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readEl 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: too little coverage to readDjibouti: 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: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessChile: too little coverage to readChad: 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 lessCambodia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: 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 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 lessBangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: too little coverage to readAzerbaijan: 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 lessAngola: 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): about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad 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: too little coverage to readNorthern 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAnguilla: about as warm as its own usual or lessBermuda: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt 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: too little coverage to readSt. 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readVenezuela: warmth about its own usualPuerto Rico: warmth about its own usualUganda: warmth about its own usualSwitzerland: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSouth Sudan: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualSingapore: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSierra Leone: warmth about its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualPoland: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNetherlands: warmth about its own usualLibya: warmth about its own usualLebanon: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualIceland: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualFinland: warmth about its own usualCuba: warmth about its own usualCongo: warmth about its own usualColombia: warmth about its own usualHong Kong: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about twice its own usualBahrain: warmth about its own usualAntigua & Barbuda: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualZurich, Switzerland -- health: 82 stories, carried by 109 outletsBundaberg, Australia -- health: 14 stories, carried by 14 outletsBallarat, Australia -- rights & justice: 27 stories, carried by 24 outletsWarsaw, Poland -- displacement: 40 stories, carried by 40 outletsIndiana, US -- health: 26 stories, carried by 34 outletsDistrict of Columbia, US -- disasters & accidents: 13 stories, carried by 11 outletsMaiduguri, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 28 stories, carried by 20 outletsBarcelona, Spain -- conflict & violence: 15 stories, carried by 13 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

● Brazil warmth about twice usual ● Switzerland warmth about one and a half times usual ● Spain warmth about one and a half times usual ● Poland warmth about one and a half times usual ● Singapore warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Zurich Switzerland about three times as warm as the day's news · health · 82 stories ● Bundaberg Australia about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 14 stories ● Ballarat Australia about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 27 stories ● Warsaw Poland about twice as warm as the day's news · displacement · 40 stories ● Indiana US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 26 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice23% 9,819 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents23% 9,782 stories · much less than usual (usually 30%) Conflict & violence22% 9,297 stories · more than usual (usually 19%) Health18% 7,772 stories · more than usual (usually 15%) Shelter & services4% 1,839 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 1,785 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 1,719 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 904 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 killed11,756 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,014 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured5,205 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the UK and the US Stories reporting arrests4,206 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations1,270 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting refugees1,138 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced667 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions317 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill170 at about 4 times the usual rate · most about the US and India

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 about as usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little less than usual
● Feara little more than 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.