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40,529 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 violence in Kabul, people displaced in Kalynivka and protests in Colombo (Sri Lanka). Afghanistan's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostUkraine 70 in 100 of its 531 stories, usually 26
RegionCentral Asia 19 in 100 of its stories, usually 12
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

858 of its 1,242 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Kabul accounted for 786 of Afghanistan's 858 stories about harm, carried by 611 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (531 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Kabul stories →
Rights & justice

Croatia

29 of its 58 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

Czechia

57 of its 170 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (26 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Vanuatu

81 of its 122 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Manaro accounted for 68 of Vanuatu's 81 stories about harm, carried by 65 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Displacement

Cameroon

67 of its 146 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Italy

277 of its 1,118 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Wildfires were named in 114 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heatwave.

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Conflict & violence

Israel

343 of its 821 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (118 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Health

South Africa

Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Poisoning was named in 94 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: wildfires in Italy (114 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in United Arab Emirates (31 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); poisoning in South Africa (94 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Somalia (14 of its stories, about three times its usual); train derailment in Sweden (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 25; 21 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 27 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 40,529 stories about harm among 198,253 counted on 27 Sep.

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It was the lowest share of stories about people being harmed since 11 August 2017. of the day's 198,253 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 25. Italy's news mentioned wildfires more than ten times as often as usual. Afghanistan's news was 69% about people being harmed, against a usual 57%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen74 in 100 of its 84 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Myanmar72 in 100 of its 146 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Libya71 in 100 of its 215 stories · usually 57 · mostly displacement Ukraine70 in 100 of its 531 stories · usually 26 · mostly displacement Afghanistan69 in 100 of its 1,242 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US256 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1542 Riyadh Saudi Arabia217 stories about protests or strikes, of its 276 Berkeley US116 stories about protests or strikes, of its 297 Jenin Palestine113 stories about protests or strikes, of its 124 Madrid Spain105 stories about protests or strikes, of its 173

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'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: 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 readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUkraine: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: 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'sSaudi Arabia: 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: too little coverage to readRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNiger: 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'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: too little coverage to readLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: 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: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndia: 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: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt 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'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: 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: feelings about like the world'sDenmark: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBhutan: 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'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sCrimea: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: 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: too little coverage to readMontserrat: 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: too little coverage to readAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. 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 one and a half times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sVanuatu: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTogo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSri Lanka: 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'sSouth Africa: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPanama: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNamibia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sLibya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLatvia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJapan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGuinea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGambia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCzechia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sCuba: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCroatia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHong Kong: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sChad: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBrazil: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBotswana: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBolivia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArmenia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAngola: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAlbania: coverage about one and a half times as fearful 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'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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 about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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

● North Korea about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 391 stories about harm ● North Macedonia few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 31 stories about harm ● Hong Kong about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 66 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as angry as the world's · 858 stories about harm ● Vanuatu about twice as fearful as the world's · 81 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 256 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 11,334 stories · much more than usual (usually 22%) Disasters & accidents21% 8,136 stories · much less than usual (usually 31%) Health20% 7,919 stories · more than usual (usually 16%) Conflict & violence15% 6,008 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,926 stories · about as usual Displacement5% 1,803 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,743 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 720 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 killed10,621 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Mexico Stories reporting arrests5,032 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,004 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people injured2,902 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,301 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations794 at about a third of the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US Stories reporting abductions475 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced329 at about half the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US Stories reporting people falling ill30 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and New Zealand

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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