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42,190 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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Most of the day's attention went to violence in Kabul, protests in Baku (Azerbaijan) and refugees in Rwanda. Afghanistan's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostAzerbaijan 46 in 100 of its 265 stories, usually 19
RegionSouth Asia 40 in 100 of its stories, usually 32
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

424 of its 524 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Kabul accounted for 376 of Afghanistan's 424 stories about harm, carried by 248 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (266 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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

Rwanda

99 of its 142 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Rwanda over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Guatemala

17 of its 33 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (14 stories). Landslides were named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.

Guatemala over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Libya

172 of its 254 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Sirte accounted for 119 of Libya's 172 stories about harm, carried by 110 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Somalia

252 of its 276 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Mogadishu accounted for 184 of Somalia's 252 stories about harm, carried by 113 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Norway

82 of its 256 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. 62 of Stavanger's 62 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Cameroon

69 of its 137 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. 18 of Yaounde's 19 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (28 stories).

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Health

Madagascar

23 of its 38 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Plague was named in 22 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

El Salvador

23 of its 38 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (13 stories). Landslides were named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: plague in Madagascar (22 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); road crashes in Netherlands (40 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Nigeria (126 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); landslides in El Salvador (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in U.S. Virgin Islands (15 of its stories, about three times its usual).

23 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 25; 22 the day before
33 in 10020 in 10031 Aug7 Sep14 Sep21 Sep29 Sep31 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 10028 Sep: 22 in 10029 Sep: 23 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 29 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 42,190 stories about harm among 186,120 counted on 29 Sep.

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Stories about people being harmed made up 23 in every 100 of the day's 186,120 stories, below the usual 25. A year earlier, on 29 September 2016, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 23 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Somalia91 in 100 of its 276 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Dominica83 in 100 of its 173 stories · usually 74 · mostly disasters & accidents Bangladesh83 in 100 of its 1,096 stories · usually 73 · mostly disasters & accidents Afghanistan81 in 100 of its 524 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Myanmar78 in 100 of its 211 stories · usually 71 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US549 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1861 Havana Cuba196 stories about protests or strikes, of its 727 Mauna Kea US181 stories about protests or strikes, of its 183 Moscow Russia180 stories about protests or strikes, of its 355 Madrid Spain135 stories about protests or strikes, of its 183

Stories, not people.

Where harm was most of the news

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: near the world's share or lessVietnam: near the world's share or lessUzbekistan: 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: no storiesCayman Islands: near the world's share or lessIsle of Man: no storiesUnited 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 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 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 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 lessPhilippines: 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 lessPalau: near the world's share or lessOman: near the world's share or lessNorth Korea: near the world's share or lessNigeria: near the world's share or lessNiger: near the world's share or lessNicaragua: near the world's share or lessNew Zealand: near the world's share or lessNiue: no storiesNetherlands: near the world's share or lessCuraçao: no storiesNepal: near the world's share or lessNamibia: 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 lessMalaysia: near the world's share or lessMalawi: near the world's share or lessNorth Macedonia: 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 lessLatvia: 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 lessIran: 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 lessHaiti: near the world's share or lessGuyana: near the world's share or lessGuinea-Bissau: near the world's share or lessGuinea: 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 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 storiesNew 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 lessEthiopia: 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 lessEgypt: 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 lessDenmark: near the world's share or lessCzech Republic: near the world's share or lessN. Cyprus: no storiesCyprus: near the world's share or lessCroatia: near the world's share or lessCôte d'Ivoire: near the world's share or lessCosta Rica: near the world's share or lessComoros: no storiesChina: near the world's share or lessHong Kong: near the world's share or lessChile: near the world's share or lessChad: near the world's share or lessCape Verde: no storiesCanada: near the world's share or lessCambodia: near the world's share or lessBurkina Faso: near the world's share or lessBulgaria: 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 lessBenin: 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 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 lessAngola: near the world's share or lessAndorra: near the world's share or lessAlgeria: 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: no storiesChagos Islands: no storiesSt. Helena: no storiesPitcairn: near the world's share or lessAnguilla: near the world's share or lessBermuda: near the world's share or lessBritish Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: near the world's share or lessMontserrat: no storiesJersey: near the world's share or lessGuernsey: near the world's share or lessSan Marino: near the world's share or lessSt Kitts & Nevis: near the world's share or lessCook 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: no storiesSint Maarten: no storiesChristmas Island: no storiesGibraltar: near the world's share or lessMayotte: no storiesZimbabwe: 32 in 100 of its 472 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Yemen: 50 in 100 of its 355 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Venezuela: 37 in 100 of its 132 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Vanuatu: 59 in 100 of its 54 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)U.S. Virgin Islands: 66 in 100 of its 61 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Puerto Rico: 61 in 100 of its 2,775 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Ukraine: 33 in 100 of its 238 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Uganda: 34 in 100 of its 224 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Türkiye: 41 in 100 of its 595 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Tunisia: 55 in 100 of its 20 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Trinidad & Tobago: 33 in 100 of its 94 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Togo: 43 in 100 of its 23 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Tajikistan: 70 in 100 of its 23 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Syria: 70 in 100 of its 543 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)South Sudan: 46 in 100 of its 26 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Sudan: 52 in 100 of its 65 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Sri Lanka: 32 in 100 of its 300 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Spain: 29 in 100 of its 1,454 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Somalia: 91 in 100 of its 276 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Sierra Leone: 34 in 100 of its 102 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Saudi Arabia: 35 in 100 of its 413 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Rwanda: 70 in 100 of its 142 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Panama: 35 in 100 of its 100 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Pakistan: 42 in 100 of its 1,173 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Norway: 32 in 100 of its 256 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Mexico: 52 in 100 of its 1,136 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Mali: 49 in 100 of its 37 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Madagascar: 61 in 100 of its 38 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Libya: 68 in 100 of its 254 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Lebanon: 36 in 100 of its 157 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Israel: 38 in 100 of its 952 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Palestine: 42 in 100 of its 662 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Iraq: 44 in 100 of its 1,160 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Indonesia: 51 in 100 of its 1,157 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)India: 32 in 100 of its 7,423 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Guatemala: 52 in 100 of its 33 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Georgia: 36 in 100 of its 42 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)French Polynesia: 83 in 100 of its 12 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)El Salvador: 61 in 100 of its 38 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Dominican Republic: 42 in 100 of its 43 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Dominica: 83 in 100 of its 173 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Cuba: 70 in 100 of its 1,078 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)DR Congo: 64 in 100 of its 14 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Congo: 70 in 100 of its 44 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Colombia: 33 in 100 of its 198 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Central African Republic: 78 in 100 of its 9 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Cameroon: 50 in 100 of its 137 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Myanmar: 78 in 100 of its 211 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Burundi: 75 in 100 of its 181 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Brunei: 37 in 100 of its 38 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Bangladesh: 83 in 100 of its 1,096 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Azerbaijan: 46 in 100 of its 265 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Antigua & Barbuda: 64 in 100 of its 28 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Albania: 33 in 100 of its 81 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Afghanistan: 81 in 100 of its 524 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Kashmir: 32 in 100 of its 222 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Palestine: 42 in 100 of its 662 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Palestine: 42 in 100 of its 662 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Kashmir: 32 in 100 of its 222 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Kashmir: 32 in 100 of its 222 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Ukraine: 33 in 100 of its 238 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Palestine: 42 in 100 of its 662 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)Kashmir: 32 in 100 of its 222 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 23)
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 23 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

● Somalia 91 in 100 of its 276 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Bangladesh 83 in 100 of its 1,096 stories · mostly disasters & accidents ● Afghanistan 81 in 100 of its 524 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Dominica 83 in 100 of its 173 stories · mostly disasters & accidents ● Cuba 70 in 100 of its 1,078 stories · mostly health ● Myanmar 78 in 100 of its 211 stories · mostly rights & justice

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

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice27% 11,238 stories · more than usual (usually 22%) Disasters & accidents24% 10,137 stories · much less than usual (usually 30%) Health20% 8,468 stories · more than usual (usually 17%) Conflict & violence14% 5,918 stories · less than usual (usually 17%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,307 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,496 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,144 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 766 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 killed12,575 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,294 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Bangladesh Stories reporting arrests5,053 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,062 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting refugees1,269 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations619 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Indonesia Stories reporting abductions437 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced363 at about half the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people falling ill28 at about half the usual rate · most about Canada and the US

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
● Griefa little more than 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.