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What the world's news said happened to people.
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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
33 in 10020 in 10029 Aug5 Sep12 Sep19 Sep27 Sep29 Aug: 26 in 10030 Aug: 25 in 10031 Aug: 26 in 1001 Sep: 25 in 1002 Sep: 26 in 1003 Sep: 27 in 1004 Sep: 25 in 1005 Sep: 24 in 1006 Sep: 23 in 1007 Sep: 25 in 1008 Sep: 26 in 1009 Sep: 30 in 10010 Sep: 33 in 10011 Sep: 29 in 10012 Sep: 25 in 10013 Sep: 24 in 10014 Sep: 23 in 10015 Sep: 24 in 10016 Sep: 27 in 10017 Sep: 27 in 10018 Sep: 23 in 10019 Sep: 23 in 10020 Sep: 23 in 10021 Sep: 23 in 10022 Sep: 22 in 10023 Sep: 24 in 10024 Sep: 24 in 10025 Sep: 20 in 10026 Sep: 21 in 10027 Sep: 20 in 100 · this day

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.

Where harm was most of the news

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: near the world's share or lessZambia: near the world's share or lessVietnam: near the world's share or lessUruguay: near the world's share or lessMicronesia: near the world's share or lessGuam: near the world's share or lessUnited States: near the world's share or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: no storiesFalkland Islands: near the world's share or lessCayman Islands: near the world's share or lessIsle of Man: near the world's share or lessUnited Kingdom: near the world's share or lessUnited Arab Emirates: near the world's share or lessTurkmenistan: near the world's share or lessTonga: near the world's share or lessTimor-Leste: near the world's share or lessThailand: near the world's share or lessTanzania: near the world's share or lessTajikistan: near the world's share or lessTaiwan: near the world's share or lessSwitzerland: near the world's share or lessSweden: near the world's share or lessEswatini: near the world's share or lessSuriname: near the world's share or lessSpain: near the world's share or lessSouth Korea: near the world's share or lessSouth Africa: near the world's share or lessSomaliland: no storiesSolomon Islands: near the world's share or lessSlovakia: near the world's share or lessSlovenia: near the world's share or lessSingapore: near the world's share or lessSeychelles: near the world's share or lessSerbia: no storiesSenegal: near the world's share or lessSão Tomé: no storiesSamoa: near the world's share or lessSt Vincent: near the world's share or lessSt. Lucia: near the world's share or lessRwanda: near the world's share or lessRussia: near the world's share or lessRomania: near the world's share or lessQatar: near the world's share or lessPortugal: near the world's share or lessPoland: near the world's share or lessPeru: near the world's share or lessParaguay: near the world's share or lessPapua New Guinea: near the world's share or lessPanama: near the world's share or lessPalau: near the world's share or lessOman: near the world's share or lessNorway: near the world's share or lessNicaragua: near the world's share or lessNew Zealand: near the world's share or lessNiue: near the world's share or lessNetherlands: near the world's share or lessCuraçao: no storiesNamibia: near the world's share or lessMozambique: near the world's share or lessMorocco: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara: near the world's share or lessMontenegro: near the world's share or lessMongolia: near the world's share or lessMoldova: near the world's share or lessMauritius: near the world's share or lessMauritania: near the world's share or lessMalta: near the world's share or lessMali: near the world's share or lessMalaysia: near the world's share or lessMadagascar: near the world's share or lessLuxembourg: near the world's share or lessLithuania: near the world's share or lessLiberia: near the world's share or lessLesotho: near the world's share or lessLebanon: near the world's share or lessLaos: near the world's share or lessKyrgyzstan: near the world's share or lessKuwait: near the world's share or lessKosovo: no storiesKiribati: no storiesKenya: near the world's share or lessKazakhstan: near the world's share or lessJordan: near the world's share or lessJapan: near the world's share or lessJamaica: near the world's share or lessItaly: near the world's share or lessIreland: near the world's share or lessIndia: near the world's share or lessIceland: near the world's share or lessHungary: near the world's share or lessHonduras: near the world's share or lessGuyana: near the world's share or lessGuinea-Bissau: near the world's share or lessGuatemala: near the world's share or lessGrenada: near the world's share or lessGreece: near the world's share or lessGhana: near the world's share or lessGermany: near the world's share or lessGeorgia: near the world's share or lessGambia: near the world's share or lessGabon: near the world's share or lessFrance: near the world's share or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: no storiesFrench Polynesia: near the world's share or lessNew Caledonia: near the world's share or lessFrench Southern Territories: no storiesÅland Islands: no storiesFinland: near the world's share or lessFiji: near the world's share or lessEstonia: near the world's share or lessEritrea: near the world's share or lessEquatorial Guinea: near the world's share or lessEl Salvador: near the world's share or lessEcuador: near the world's share or lessDjibouti: near the world's share or lessGreenland: near the world's share or lessFaroe Islands: near the world's share or lessN. Cyprus: no storiesCyprus: near the world's share or lessCôte d'Ivoire: near the world's share or lessCosta Rica: near the world's share or lessDR Congo: near the world's share or lessComoros: near the world's share or lessColombia: near the world's share or lessChina: near the world's share or lessHong Kong: near the world's share or lessChile: near the world's share or lessCape Verde: near the world's share or lessCanada: near the world's share or lessBurundi: near the world's share or lessBulgaria: near the world's share or lessBrunei: near the world's share or lessBrazil: near the world's share or lessBotswana: near the world's share or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: near the world's share or lessBolivia: near the world's share or lessBhutan: near the world's share or lessBelize: near the world's share or lessBelgium: near the world's share or lessBelarus: near the world's share or lessBarbados: near the world's share or lessBahrain: near the world's share or lessBahamas: near the world's share or lessAzerbaijan: near the world's share or lessAustria: near the world's share or lessAustralia: near the world's share or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: no storiesArmenia: near the world's share or lessArgentina: near the world's share or lessAntigua & Barbuda: near the world's share or lessAndorra: near the world's share or lessAlbania: near the world's share or lessAksai Chin: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): near the world's share or lessVatican City: near the world's share or lessMarshall Islands: near the world's share or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: near the world's share or lessAmerican Samoa: near the world's share or lessChagos Islands: no storiesSt. Helena: no storiesPitcairn: no storiesAnguilla: near the world's share or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: no storiesMontserrat: no storiesJersey: near the world's share or lessGuernsey: near the world's share or lessSan Marino: no storiesSt Kitts & Nevis: no storiesCook Islands: near the world's share or lessAruba: near the world's share or lessNauru: near the world's share or lessMonaco: near the world's share or lessMaldives: near the world's share or lessLiechtenstein: near the world's share or lessWallis & Futuna: no storiesSt. Martin: near the world's share or lessSt. Barthélemy: no storiesMacao: near the world's share or lessNorfolk Island: near the world's share or lessSint Maarten: no storiesChristmas Island: no storiesGibraltar: near the world's share or lessMayotte: no storiesYemen: 74 in 100 of its 84 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Venezuela: 35 in 100 of its 163 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Vanuatu: 66 in 100 of its 122 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Uzbekistan: 40 in 100 of its 73 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)U.S. Virgin Islands: 36 in 100 of its 25 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Puerto Rico: 54 in 100 of its 1,697 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Ukraine: 70 in 100 of its 531 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Uganda: 37 in 100 of its 449 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Türkiye: 28 in 100 of its 514 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Tunisia: 38 in 100 of its 29 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Trinidad & Tobago: 36 in 100 of its 154 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Togo: 50 in 100 of its 20 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Syria: 64 in 100 of its 398 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)South Sudan: 59 in 100 of its 56 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Sudan: 55 in 100 of its 82 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Sri Lanka: 48 in 100 of its 374 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Somalia: 47 in 100 of its 88 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Sierra Leone: 50 in 100 of its 42 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Saudi Arabia: 29 in 100 of its 1,720 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Philippines: 32 in 100 of its 1,784 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Pakistan: 34 in 100 of its 1,241 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)North Korea: 33 in 100 of its 1,197 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Nigeria: 27 in 100 of its 2,290 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Niger: 50 in 100 of its 16 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Nepal: 28 in 100 of its 134 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Mexico: 52 in 100 of its 1,558 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Malawi: 35 in 100 of its 107 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)North Macedonia: 50 in 100 of its 62 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Libya: 71 in 100 of its 215 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Latvia: 33 in 100 of its 72 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Israel: 42 in 100 of its 821 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Palestine: 38 in 100 of its 1,195 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Iraq: 27 in 100 of its 1,268 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Iran: 29 in 100 of its 851 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Indonesia: 42 in 100 of its 611 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Haiti: 55 in 100 of its 29 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Guinea: 54 in 100 of its 13 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Ethiopia: 30 in 100 of its 76 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Egypt: 28 in 100 of its 455 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Dominican Republic: 36 in 100 of its 36 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Dominica: 62 in 100 of its 61 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Denmark: 36 in 100 of its 239 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Czechia: 34 in 100 of its 170 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Cuba: 65 in 100 of its 306 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Croatia: 50 in 100 of its 58 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Congo: 61 in 100 of its 36 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Chad: 46 in 100 of its 99 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Central African Republic: 44 in 100 of its 16 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Cameroon: 46 in 100 of its 146 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Cambodia: 41 in 100 of its 113 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Myanmar: 72 in 100 of its 146 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Burkina Faso: 82 in 100 of its 28 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Benin: 52 in 100 of its 23 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Bangladesh: 63 in 100 of its 719 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Angola: 28 in 100 of its 131 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Algeria: 49 in 100 of its 37 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Afghanistan: 69 in 100 of its 1,242 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Kashmir: 36 in 100 of its 222 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Palestine: 38 in 100 of its 1,195 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Palestine: 38 in 100 of its 1,195 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Kashmir: 36 in 100 of its 222 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Kashmir: 36 in 100 of its 222 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Ukraine: 70 in 100 of its 531 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Palestine: 38 in 100 of its 1,195 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Kashmir: 36 in 100 of its 222 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Bermuda: 33 in 100 of its 60 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)British Virgin Islands: 100 in 100 of its 4 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)
A quarter or more above the world's share Near the world's or lessNo stories

Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 20 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.

Most of its news about harm

● Afghanistan 69 in 100 of its 1,242 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Ukraine 70 in 100 of its 531 stories · mostly displacement ● Libya 71 in 100 of its 215 stories · mostly displacement ● Bangladesh 63 in 100 of its 719 stories · mostly displacement ● Syria 64 in 100 of its 398 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Cuba 65 in 100 of its 306 stories · mostly health

Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 stories.

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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.