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41,847 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 Manaro, violence in Jerusalem and flooding in Sweden drew the news. Israel's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostCroatia 72 in 100 of its 165 stories, usually 10
RegionSoutheast Asia 32 in 100 of its stories, usually 30
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 →
Disasters & accidents

Vanuatu

117 of its 130 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Manaro accounted for 116 of Vanuatu's 117 stories about harm, carried by 109 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Vanuatu over 30 days → its stories → Manaro stories →
Conflict & violence

Israel

895 of its 1,519 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Jerusalem accounted for 702 of Israel's 895 stories about harm, carried by 477 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (398 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Israel over 30 days → its stories → Jerusalem stories →
Rights & justice

Sweden

204 of its 547 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (34 stories). Flooding was named in 66 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with train derailment. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Sweden over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Rights & justice

Egypt

290 of its 564 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Cairo accounted for 205 of Egypt's 290 stories about harm, carried by 163 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (144 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Croatia

118 of its 165 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

630 of its 1,022 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 8 times the usual rate (202 stories). Earthquake was named in 317 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Estonia

36 of its 90 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (34 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Palestine

609 of its 1,198 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (105 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

North Korea

Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (25 stories). Food poisoning was named in 52 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Indonesia (317 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); earthquake in Fiji (32 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); cholera in Bangladesh (69 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Somalia (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); food poisoning in North Korea (52 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 25; 20 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 26 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 41,847 stories about harm among 197,325 counted on 26 Sep.

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Vanuatu stood out: 90% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 32%. 21 in every 100 of the day's 197,325 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 25. In Indonesia's news, mentions of the earthquake ran about 4 times their usual. On 26 September 2016, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 21 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Vanuatu90 in 100 of its 130 stories · usually 32 · mostly disasters & accidents Myanmar73 in 100 of its 137 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan72 in 100 of its 140 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Croatia72 in 100 of its 165 stories · usually 10 · mostly rights & justice Syria67 in 100 of its 438 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US523 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2004 Riyadh Saudi Arabia247 stories about protests or strikes, of its 286 Philadelphia US166 stories about protests or strikes, of its 263 Beijing China122 stories about protests or strikes, of its 331 Kampala Uganda93 stories about protests or strikes, of its 108

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: too little coverage to readYemen: 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: too little coverage to readUruguay: 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: 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 lessUkraine: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: 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 lessTaiwan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: too little coverage to readSierra Leone: 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: 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: too little coverage to readRwanda: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua New Guinea: too little coverage to readPanama: too little coverage to readPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: too little coverage to readNorway: 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 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: 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 lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: too little coverage to readMalawi: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: 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: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: 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 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 lessIndonesia: 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: 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 lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: 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 lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew 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: 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 lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuba: 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: too little coverage to readDR 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: 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 lessBhutan: 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 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 lessAndorra: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessJammu & Kashmir: 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 lessCrimea: 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: 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: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: about as warm as its own usual or lessBermuda: too little coverage to readBritish 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: 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: 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 readPuerto Rico: warmth about one and a half times its own usualUnited Arab Emirates: warmth about one and a half times its own usualThailand: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSouth Sudan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSpain: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualSingapore: warmth about its own usualRomania: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualMali: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualIndia: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about one and a half times its own usualEgypt: warmth about one and a half times its own usualDominica: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualCameroon: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualBenin: warmth about its own usualBahamas: warmth about its own usualAzerbaijan: warmth about its own usualAngola: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualVermont, US -- shelter & services: 27 stories, carried by 45 outletsJuba, South Sudan -- rights & justice: 27 stories, carried by 33 outletsNew Mexico, US -- rights & justice: 23 stories, carried by 43 outletsLashkar, India -- conflict & violence: 19 stories, carried by 15 outletsKabul, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 42 stories, carried by 32 outletsXinjiang, China -- conflict & violence: 15 stories, carried by 98 outletsOgba, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 33 stories, carried by 22 outletsDubai, United Arab Emirates -- health: 41 stories, carried by 25 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 ● Sweden warmth about one and a half times usual ● South Sudan warmth about one and a half times usual ● Afghanistan warmth about one and a half times usual ● Spain warmth about one and a half times usual ● France warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Vermont US about twice as warm as the day's news · shelter & services · 27 stories ● Juba South Sudan about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 27 stories ● New Mexico US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 23 stories ● Lashkar India about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 19 stories ● Kabul Afghanistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 42 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice27% 11,101 stories · much more than usual (usually 21%) Disasters & accidents21% 8,586 stories · much less than usual (usually 32%) Health20% 8,086 stories · more than usual (usually 16%) Conflict & violence17% 7,050 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 2,233 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 1,929 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,142 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 822 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 killed10,564 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Mexico Stories reporting people affected4,753 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Bangladesh Stories reporting arrests4,729 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,711 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting refugees1,005 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations929 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Indonesia Stories reporting people displaced466 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Syria and Israel Stories reporting abductions351 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people falling ill27 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Mexico

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.

● 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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