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33,424 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 protests in Banja Luka (Bosnia), illness in Algiers and rights and justice in Addis Ababa. Bosnia's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostAlgeria 75 in 100 of its 180 stories, usually 33
RegionCentral Asia 52 in 100 of its stories, usually 30
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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Protests & strikes

Bosnia

86 of its 94 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Banja Luka accounted for 85 of Bosnia's 86 stories about harm, carried by 75 outlets. 65 of Banja Luka's 85 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (39 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Bosnia over 30 days → its stories → Banja Luka stories →
Health

Algeria

135 of its 180 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Algiers accounted for 126 of Algeria's 135 stories about harm, carried by 123 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (119 stories). Cholera was named in 129 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with outbreaks.

Algeria over 30 days → its stories → Algiers stories →
Rights & justice

Ethiopia

170 of its 243 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Addis Ababa accounted for 121 of Ethiopia's 170 stories about harm, carried by 106 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (109 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Ethiopia over 30 days → its stories → Addis Ababa stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Libya

131 of its 169 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Tripoli accounted for 126 of Libya's 131 stories about harm, carried by 122 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (119 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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

Tajikistan

155 of its 159 stories (97%) were about people being harmed, usually 76%. Panj accounted for 108 of Tajikistan's 155 stories about harm, carried by 108 outlets. 101 of Panj's 108 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Germany

576 of its 1,699 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. 221 of Chemnitz's 234 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (190 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Ireland

524 of its 1,871 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 176 of Tuam's 221 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (238 stories). Measles was named in 44 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with whooping cough.

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Protests & strikes

Türkiye

313 of its 708 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. 113 of Istanbul's 136 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Vietnam

357 of its 846 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (243 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Lithuania

19 of its 44 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: plane crash in Nepal (36 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Greece (34 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Taiwan (17 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); drought in Poland (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Lebanon (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 21; 24 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 27 Aug. 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 33,424 stories about harm among 168,517 counted on 27 Aug.

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In Algeria's news, mentions of the cholera ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 168,517 stories, below the usual 21. Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. A year earlier, on 27 August 2017, 30 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 today. Bosnia stood out: 91% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 55%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Tajikistan97 in 100 of its 159 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence Bosnia91 in 100 of its 94 stories · usually 55 · mostly rights & justice Myanmar84 in 100 of its 587 stories · usually 58 · mostly rights & justice Libya78 in 100 of its 169 stories · usually 63 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given Algeria75 in 100 of its 180 stories · usually 33 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Chemnitz Germany221 stories about protests or strikes, of its 234 Ramallah Palestine217 stories about protests or strikes, of its 333 Washington US188 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2420 Tuam Ireland176 stories about protests or strikes, of its 221 Moscow Russia147 stories about protests or strikes, of its 264

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: feelings about like the world'sSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUkraine: 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: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew 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'sEstonia: 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'sEcuador: 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: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: 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 readAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sGaza: feelings about like the world'sWest Bank: 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'sEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: feelings about like the world'sMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little warmer than the world'sYemen: 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'sUS: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUganda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sThailand: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTanzania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTajikistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSamoa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNicaragua: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMauritius: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMalaysia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLuxembourg: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLithuania: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sLaos: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKenya: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFrance: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChile: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChad: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCambodia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBulgaria: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBosnia: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArgentina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAngola: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAlgeria: 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 fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBermuda: coverage a little more fearful than 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

● Bosnia about three times as angry as the world's · 86 stories about harm ● Libya about three times as angry as the world's · 131 stories about harm ● Ethiopia about twice as fearful as the world's · 170 stories about harm ● Sweden about twice as fearful as the world's · 56 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as angry as the world's · 393 stories about harm ● Türkiye about twice as fearful as the world's · 313 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice31% 10,141 stories · about as usual Health22% 7,127 stories · more than usual (usually 19%) Conflict & violence18% 6,020 stories · more than usual (usually 16%) Disasters & accidents16% 5,176 stories · much less than usual (usually 23%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,010 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 980 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 788 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 651 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 killed11,158 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests3,880 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,441 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people injured2,249 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting refugees596 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced321 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting evacuations317 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting abductions307 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Myanmar Stories reporting people falling ill42 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Egypt

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.

● 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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