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55,046 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 deaths in Almaty, protests in Kigali (Rwanda) and illness in Skopje. Bahrain's coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read much harsher than usual.

Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about the US and Myanmar →
Part of lifeConflict & violence 35 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostNorth Macedonia 77 in 100 of its 78 stories, usually 16
RegionCentral Asia 36 in 100 of its stories, usually 14
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Kazakhstan

59 of its 129 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Almaty accounted for 56 of Kazakhstan's 59 stories about harm, carried by 55 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (56 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Kazakhstan over 30 days → its stories → Almaty stories →
Protests & strikes

Rwanda

91 of its 167 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. 34 of Kigali's 62 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Road crashes were named in 39 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Rwanda over 30 days → its stories → Kigali stories →
Conflict & violence

Bahrain

63 of its 128 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (41 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

Bahrain over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Ecuador

136 of its 290 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. 96 of Guayaquil's 100 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

186 of its 279 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (86 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Cameroon

111 of its 185 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. 32 of Bamenda's 39 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (98 stories).

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Kyrgyzstan

20 of its 53 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. 13 of Bishkek's 20 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (14 stories).

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Spain

898 of its 2,462 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 449 of Barcelona's 525 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (631 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Palestine

563 of its 1,049 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Gaza accounted for 340 of Palestine's 563 stories about harm, carried by 134 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (71 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: polio in Yemen (69 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hepatitis in Greece (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); malaria in Zambia (15 of its stories, about three times its usual); cyclone in Mexico (27 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in Bangladesh (29 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

26 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 24; 28 the day before
33 in 10020 in 1004 Sep11 Sep18 Sep25 Sep3 Oct4 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 10030 Sep: 23 in 1001 Oct: 21 in 1002 Oct: 28 in 1003 Oct: 26 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 3 Oct. 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 55,046 stories about harm among 208,886 counted on 3 Oct.

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Kazakhstan's news was 46% about people being harmed, against a usual 14%. of the day's 208,886 news stories, 26 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 24. People injured were reported at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about the US and Myanmar. Mentions of the polio ran more than ten times their usual in Yemen's news. On 3 October 2016, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 26 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Dominica85 in 100 of its 107 stories · usually 75 · mostly disasters & accidents Yemen85 in 100 of its 188 stories · usually 70 · mostly health Syria79 in 100 of its 507 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Myanmar78 in 100 of its 1,248 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence North Macedonia77 in 100 of its 78 stories · usually 16 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Barcelona Spain449 stories about protests or strikes, of its 525 Las Vegas US345 stories about protests or strikes, of its 4296 Washington US309 stories about protests or strikes, of its 3652 Madrid Spain117 stories about protests or strikes, of its 232 Guayaquil Ecuador96 stories about protests or strikes, of its 100

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: about as warm as its own usual or lessUkraine: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-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 lessEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSudan: 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 lessSomalia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão 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 lessPortugal: about as warm as its own usual or lessPoland: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: 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 readCuraçao: 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: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: 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 lessMalawi: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: 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: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: too little coverage to readKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJapan: too little coverage to readJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: about as warm as its own usual or lessHungary: about as warm as its own usual or lessHonduras: about as warm as its own usual or lessHaiti: 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 lessGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt 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 lessEstonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: 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: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: too little coverage to readComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: 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 lessBrazil: too little coverage to readBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: 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 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 lessAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: 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 lessCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall 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: too little coverage to readBermuda: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: warmth about its own usualPuerto Rico: warmth about one and a half times its own usualUK: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about its own usualSingapore: warmth about its own usualRomania: warmth about its own usualQatar: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualNetherlands: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualIreland: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about one and a half times its own usualEthiopia: warmth about its own usualDominica: warmth about its own usualCongo: warmth about one and a half times its own usualHong Kong: warmth about its own usualChile: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about its own usualBahrain: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBahamas: warmth about its own usualArgentina: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualScottsbluff, US -- health: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsKid Rock, US -- rights & justice: 16 stories, carried by 18 outletsMaiduguri, Nigeria -- displacement: 19 stories, carried by 16 outletsKidal, Mali -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 33 stories, carried by 36 outletsKashmir Valley, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 28 stories, carried by 15 outletsManama, Bahrain -- conflict & violence: 52 stories, carried by 31 outletsRoorkee, India -- disasters & accidents: 17 stories, carried by 12 outletsAthens, Greece -- rights & justice: 37 stories, carried by 30 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

● Congo warmth about one and a half times usual ● Netherlands warmth about one and a half times usual ● Greece warmth about one and a half times usual ● Bahrain warmth about one and a half times usual ● Puerto Rico warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Scottsbluff US about three times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Kid Rock US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 16 stories ● Maiduguri Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · displacement · 19 stories ● Kidal Mali about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 33 stories ● Kashmir Valley Kashmir about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 28 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence35% 18,952 stories · much more than usual (usually 18%) Rights & justice18% 9,812 stories · less than usual (usually 23%) Health18% 9,632 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents13% 7,118 stories · much less than usual (usually 28%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given8% 4,416 stories · more than usual (usually 5%) Shelter & services3% 1,739 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,421 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 741 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 killed25,418 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people injured15,256 at about 4 times the usual rate · most about the US and Myanmar Stories reporting people affected5,901 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,146 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees986 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Bangladesh and the US Stories reporting evacuations445 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Dominica Stories reporting people displaced429 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting abductions318 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people falling ill59 at about the usual rate

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.

● Angera little more than 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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