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24,718 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 Bucharest, evacuations in Indonesia and arrests in Kuwait drew the news. Romania's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostKuwait 71 in 100 of its 99 stories, usually 16
RegionSouth Asia 35 in 100 of its stories, usually 32
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Romania

110 of its 200 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Bucharest accounted for 100 of Romania's 110 stories about harm, carried by 76 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (67 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Romania over 30 days → its stories → Bucharest stories →
Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

244 of its 418 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (93 stories). Road crashes were named in 23 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Indonesia over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Kuwait

70 of its 99 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (67 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Kuwait over 30 days → its stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Ghana

94 of its 432 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (7 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Ghana over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Vanuatu

65 of its 70 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Ambae accounted for 47 of Vanuatu's 65 stories about harm, carried by 40 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (37 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

208 of its 285 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (49 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

South Africa

157 of its 510 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (30 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Cameroon

30 of its 70 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. 12 of Yaounde's 12 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (23 stories).

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Rights & justice

Egypt

160 of its 337 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Cairo accounted for 129 of Egypt's 160 stories about harm, carried by 126 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (130 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Syria

Idlib accounted for 129 of Syria's 281 stories about harm, carried by 114 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (86 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: power cuts in U.S. Virgin Islands (66 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); plane crash in Congo (36 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Portugal (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Germany (53 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in China (104 of its stories, about 9 times its usual).

23 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 25; 23 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 30 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 24,718 stories about harm among 105,256 counted on 30 Sep.

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Romania's news was 55% about people being harmed, against a usual 23%. of the day's 105,256 news stories, 23 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 25. A year earlier, on 30 September 2016, 21 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 →

Vanuatu93 in 100 of its 70 stories · usually 61 · mostly disasters & accidents U.S. Virgin Islands82 in 100 of its 95 stories · usually 58 · mostly disasters & accidents Congo80 in 100 of its 123 stories · usually 59 · mostly disasters & accidents Yemen74 in 100 of its 78 stories · usually 69 · mostly health Syria74 in 100 of its 378 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Barcelona Spain258 stories about protests or strikes, of its 279 Washington US197 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1301 Madrid Spain153 stories about protests or strikes, of its 199 Chicago US97 stories about protests or strikes, of its 204 Paris France75 stories about protests or strikes, of its 122

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'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUkraine: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: 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: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPanama: 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'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: too little coverage to readMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: too little coverage to readGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: too little coverage to readGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: 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'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: too little coverage to readBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: 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'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readCrimea: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern 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: 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 readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: 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 grief-stricken 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'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTajikistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRussia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRomania: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sQatar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPortugal: 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 a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMalta: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMadagascar: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKuwait: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHungary: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFinland: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEstonia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEcuador: coverage a little angrier than the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCuba: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCambodia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBenin: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelize: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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

● Finland few stories about three times as fearful as the world's · 18 stories about harm ● Romania about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 110 stories about harm ● Syria about three times as angry as the world's · 281 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as angry as the world's · 208 stories about harm ● Colombia about twice as angry as the world's · 67 stories about harm ● Kuwait about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 70 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 6,725 stories · much more than usual (usually 22%) Disasters & accidents24% 5,716 stories · much less than usual (usually 29%) Health20% 4,922 stories · more than usual (usually 17%) Conflict & violence15% 3,711 stories · less than usual (usually 17%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,487 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 845 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 524 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 309 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 killed7,121 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests3,098 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,687 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Bangladesh Stories reporting people injured2,061 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees486 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Bangladesh and the US Stories reporting evacuations390 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Indonesia Stories reporting people displaced195 at about half the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting abductions154 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill13 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Cuba

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 much 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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