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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.

Where the news was warmest

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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: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.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 lessUnited Arab Emirates: about as warm as its own usual or lessUkraine: too little coverage to readUganda: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri Lanka: about as warm as its own usual or lessSpain: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSaudi Arabia: too little coverage to readSão 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 lessRomania: about as warm as its own usual or lessQatar: 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 readOman: 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: too little coverage to readMauritius: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readKuwait: 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 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 lessIceland: too little coverage to readHungary: about as warm as its own usual or lessHonduras: too little coverage to readHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: 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: 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 lessEgypt: too little coverage to readEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessDenmark: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: 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 lessAntigua & Barbuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: 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: too little coverage to readEast 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readPuerto Rico: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSouth Sudan: warmth about its own usualSudan: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualSingapore: warmth about its own usualPortugal: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMalawi: warmth about its own usualLibya: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualGambia: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualDominican Republic: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualArgentina: warmth about its own usualAngola: warmth about its own usualAlgeria: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualYulin, China -- rights & justice: 14 stories, carried by 14 outletsLower Saxony, Germany -- rights & justice: 19 stories, carried by 19 outletsJaipur, India -- conflict & violence: 20 stories, carried by 16 outletsVirginia, US -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 54 stories, carried by 52 outletsJuba, South Sudan -- conflict & violence: 17 stories, carried by 15 outletsColorado River, Mexico -- shelter & services: 38 stories, carried by 32 outletsLuanda, Angola -- food & livelihood: 26 stories, carried by 25 outletsPurdue University, US -- other: 10 stories, carried by 13 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 ● Mexico warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Yulin China about three times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 14 stories ● Lower Saxony Germany about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 19 stories ● Jaipur India about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 20 stories ● Virginia US about twice as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 54 stories ● Juba South Sudan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 17 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 →

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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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