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30,900 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 the hunger in Uganda, evacuations in Vietnam and people displaced in Bujumbura. Burundi's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were harsher than usual.

Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Bangladesh and Iraq → Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Iraq and the Central African Republic → Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostGuatemala 78 in 100 of its 99 stories, usually 17
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 51 in 100 of its stories, usually 43
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Rights & justice

Uganda

140 of its 244 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Masaka accounted for 104 of Uganda's 140 stories about harm, carried by 80 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (102 stories). Hunger was named in 49 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

Uganda over 30 days → its stories → Masaka stories →
Disasters & accidents

Vietnam

149 of its 354 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (34 stories). Natural hazards were named in 40 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Vietnam over 30 days → its stories →
Displacement

Burundi

170 of its 179 stories (95%) were about people being harmed, usually 72%. Bujumbura accounted for 125 of Burundi's 170 stories about harm, carried by 105 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (127 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Burundi over 30 days → its stories → Bujumbura stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Displacement

Congo

98 of its 101 stories (97%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (84 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Health

Tanzania

77 of its 115 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (59 stories). HIV was named in 56 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Malaysia

339 of its 719 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (224 stories). Landslides were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

UK

2,945 of its 7,104 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (1,785 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Rights & justice

Ireland

364 of its 1,149 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (270 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Lesotho

65 of its 96 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Maseru accounted for 62 of Lesotho's 65 stories about harm, carried by 54 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: hiv in Tanzania (56 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in Bermuda (20 of its stories, about three times its usual); earthquake in Nepal (23 of its stories, about three times its usual); measles in Bangladesh (81 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Thailand (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

27 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 16 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 30,900 stories about harm among 112,717 counted on 16 Sep.

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On the side of help, reports of peace efforts ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Stories about people being harmed made up 27 in every 100 of the day's 112,717 stories, above the usual 26. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Bangladesh and Iraq. In Tanzania's news, mentions of HIV ran more than ten times their usual. A year earlier, on 16 September 2016, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 27 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Congo97 in 100 of its 101 stories · usually 48 · mostly displacement Central African Republic96 in 100 of its 137 stories · usually 77 · mostly conflict & violence Burundi95 in 100 of its 179 stories · usually 72 · mostly displacement Guadeloupe94 in 100 of its 54 stories · usually 85 · mostly disasters & accidents Yemen82 in 100 of its 185 stories · usually 79 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Houston US387 stories about protests or strikes, of its 873 Central West End US360 stories about protests or strikes, of its 365 Washington US358 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1331 Hollywood US329 stories about protests or strikes, of its 782 Missouri US205 stories about protests or strikes, of its 226

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
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: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: too little coverage to readPuerto 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 lessUganda: too little coverage to readTurkmenistan: 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: too little coverage to readThailand: too little coverage to readTanzania: 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 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 lessSudan: 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: 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 lessSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: 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 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: 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 lessNorway: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: 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: too little coverage to readMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: 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: too little coverage to readMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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: 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: too little coverage to readLithuania: 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 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: too little coverage to readKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: too little coverage to readJordan: 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 lessPalestine: 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 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: too little coverage to readGuinea: 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 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: too little coverage to readFrance: 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 readFinland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFiji: too little coverage to readEstonia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: about as warm as its own usual or lessCzech Republic: too little coverage to readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuba: 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 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 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: too little coverage to readBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: 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 lessGaza: about as warm as its own usual or lessWest Bank: 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 lessEast Jerusalem: 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: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: too little coverage to readBritish Virgin Islands: 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: 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: too little coverage to readNauru: 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 readMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: warmth about one and a half times its own usualVenezuela: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualSri Lanka: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSingapore: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualNigeria: warmth about its own usualLesotho: warmth about one and a half times its own usualLebanon: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualIceland: warmth about its own usualGuatemala: warmth about its own usualEthiopia: warmth about its own usualCongo: warmth about one and a half times its own usualHong Kong: warmth about its own usualCentral African Republic: warmth about twice its own usualBrazil: warmth about one and a half times its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualGibraltar: warmth about its own usualBambari, Central African Republic -- conflict & violence: 82 stories, carried by 85 outletsKiev, Ukraine -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 22 stories, carried by 18 outletsBangui, Central African Republic -- conflict & violence: 21 stories, carried by 29 outletsUpper Big Branch, US -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 10 stories, carried by 27 outletsMaiduguri, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 16 stories, carried by 15 outletsTorkham, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 18 stories, carried by 14 outletsGusau, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsMogadishu, Somalia -- conflict & violence: 29 stories, carried by 22 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

● Central African Republic warmth about twice usual ● Brazil warmth about one and a half times usual ● Congo warmth about one and a half times usual ● Sri Lanka warmth about one and a half times usual ● Lesotho warmth about one and a half times usual ● Yemen warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Bambari Central African Republic about three times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 82 stories ● Kiev Ukraine about twice as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 22 stories ● Bangui Central African Republic about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 21 stories ● Upper Big Branch US about twice as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 10 stories ● Maiduguri Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 16 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice27% 8,176 stories · more than usual (usually 23%) Conflict & violence24% 7,201 stories · more than usual (usually 19%) Disasters & accidents21% 6,292 stories · much less than usual (usually 30%) Health16% 4,894 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,396 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,036 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,001 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 540 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 killed9,086 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,771 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people affected4,727 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,609 at about twice the usual rate · most about the UK and the US Stories reporting refugees1,463 at about twice the usual rate · most about Bangladesh and Iraq Stories reporting people displaced785 at about twice the usual rate · most about Iraq and the Central African Republic Stories reporting evacuations467 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting abductions205 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill30 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 harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little more than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout as 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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