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42,724 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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A disaster in Bucharest, rights and justice in Kampala and protests in South Vietnam (Vietnam) drew the news. Norway's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 24 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostRomania 65 in 100 of its 313 stories, usually 19
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 49 in 100 of its stories, usually 36
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

Romania

202 of its 313 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Bucharest accounted for 108 of Romania's 202 stories about harm, carried by 84 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (174 stories). Wildfires were named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with power cuts. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Romania over 30 days → its stories → Bucharest stories →
Rights & justice

Uganda

206 of its 407 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Kampala accounted for 169 of Uganda's 206 stories about harm, carried by 119 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (87 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Uganda over 30 days → its stories → Kampala stories →
Protests & strikes

Vietnam

185 of its 623 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 37 of South Vietnam's 61 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (48 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Vietnam over 30 days → its stories → South Vietnam stories →
Shelter & services

Norway

143 of its 524 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (121 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Guadeloupe

353 of its 356 stories (99%) were about people being harmed, usually 92%. the Leeward Islands accounted for 346 of Guadeloupe's 353 stories about harm, carried by 410 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (199 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Nepal

123 of its 232 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. 44 of Kathmandu's 73 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (85 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Mexico

857 of its 1,491 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Baja California accounted for 418 of Mexico's 857 stories about harm, carried by 365 outlets. Power cuts were named in 193 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

its stories →
Health

Albania

24 of its 51 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (13 stories). Food poisoning was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with poisoning.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Cambodia

128 of its 219 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Indonesia

158 of its 468 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 76 of Jakarta's 93 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (69 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: hurricane in Belize (32 of its stories, about three times its usual); power cuts in Mexico (193 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); typhoon in Japan (65 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); food poisoning in Albania (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); polio in Pakistan (54 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

23 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 26; 27 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 18 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 42,724 stories about harm among 187,361 counted on 18 Sep.

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Romania's news was 65% about people being harmed, against a usual 19%. On the side of help, reports of vaccination ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. the news turned to Romania for the second day running. 23 in every 100 of the day's 187,361 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 26.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Guadeloupe99 in 100 of its 356 stories · usually 92 · mostly disasters & accidents Yemen85 in 100 of its 163 stories · usually 79 · mostly conflict & violence Cuba81 in 100 of its 541 stories · usually 64 · mostly health Puerto Rico75 in 100 of its 276 stories · usually 56 · mostly disasters & accidents Myanmar72 in 100 of its 159 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Houston US407 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1158 Washington US271 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1730 Central West End US173 stories about protests or strikes, of its 176 Missouri US128 stories about protests or strikes, of its 149 Dhaka Bangladesh101 stories about protests or strikes, of its 198

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 lessVenezuela: 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: too little coverage to readU.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: 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: 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 readTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSyria: 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: too little coverage to readSouth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Africa: too little coverage to readSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: 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 lessSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: about as warm as its own usual or lessSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRomania: 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 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 lessNigeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiger: about as warm as its own usual or lessNicaragua: too little coverage to readNew 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 readNamibia: 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: too little coverage to readMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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 lessMadagascar: 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: too little coverage to readLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: about as warm as its own usual or lessLebanon: 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 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 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 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: too little coverage to readGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: 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: too little coverage to readGambia: 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: too little coverage to readEritrea: 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: too little coverage to readDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: 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 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 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: too little coverage to readBelarus: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: too little coverage to readBangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: 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 readArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: 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: 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): 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 lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessJersey: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: 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 readNorfolk 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 readUkraine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualThailand: warmth about its own usualTaiwan: warmth about its own usualSwitzerland: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about 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 usualRwanda: warmth about one and a half times its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualQatar: warmth about its own usualPoland: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPeru: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualMalawi: warmth about its own usualKazakhstan: warmth about its own usualIceland: warmth about its own usualHaiti: warmth about its own usualGuinea: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about one and a half times its own usualFinland: warmth about one and a half times its own usualCuba: warmth about one and a half times its own usualCongo: warmth about its own usualHong Kong: warmth about its own usualCameroon: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualBhutan: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about its own usualBahamas: warmth about its own usualArmenia: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMacao: warmth about one and a half times its own usualEnosburg Falls, US -- health: 64 stories, carried by 63 outletsOklahoma, US -- health: 27 stories, carried by 33 outletsKoln, Germany -- health: 60 stories, carried by 137 outletsWarsaw, Poland -- conflict & violence: 41 stories, carried by 37 outletsGympie, Australia -- disasters & accidents: 14 stories, carried by 26 outletsChibok, Nigeria -- displacement: 57 stories, carried by 57 outletsNorthumbria, UK -- health: 22 stories, carried by 18 outletsBarcelona, Spain -- health: 68 stories, carried by 157 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

● Spain warmth about one and a half times usual ● Singapore warmth about one and a half times usual ● Germany warmth about one and a half times usual ● Ukraine warmth about one and a half times usual ● Finland warmth about one and a half times usual ● Macao warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Enosburg Falls US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 64 stories ● Oklahoma US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 27 stories ● Koln Germany about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 60 stories ● Warsaw Poland about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 41 stories ● Gympie Australia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 14 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice24% 10,009 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents23% 9,531 stories · much less than usual (usually 31%) Health21% 8,626 stories · much more than usual (usually 15%) Conflict & violence18% 7,655 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 2,082 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 1,950 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,361 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 746 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 killed12,222 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,034 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,931 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people injured3,946 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,229 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced499 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting abductions453 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations389 at less than a quarter of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people falling ill39 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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
● 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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