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What the world's news said happened to people.
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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

how these are picked →
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.

its stories →
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.

its stories →
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.

its stories →
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.

its stories →
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

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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.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
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 lessVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: 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: 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: 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 lessTaiwan: too little coverage to readSwitzerland: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSouth Africa: 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 lessSingapore: 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: too little coverage to readSt. 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 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 readPanama: too little coverage to readPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: too little coverage to readOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: too little coverage to readNigeria: 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: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: 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 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: 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 readKazakhstan: 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 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 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: too little coverage to readGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: too little coverage to readGhana: 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 lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrench 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 lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: 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 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: too little coverage to readBahamas: 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 readArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: 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 lessAfghanistan: 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): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSiachen Glacier: about as warm as its own usual or lessCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast 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: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessChagos 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontserrat: 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: too little coverage to readNauru: 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: 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 readVietnam: warmth about its own usualVenezuela: warmth about its own usualPuerto Rico: warmth about its own usualUS: warmth about its own usualUganda: warmth about its own usualTajikistan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualPapua New Guinea: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKenya: warmth about one and a half times its own usualItaly: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIsrael: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIndonesia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGuatemala: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about one and a half times its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualCongo: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualBosnia: warmth about its own usualArmenia: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualLas Vegas, US -- conflict & violence: 152 stories, carried by 191 outletsUniversity of Wyoming, US -- shelter & services: 14 stories, carried by 108 outletsAlexandria, Egypt -- health: 10 stories, carried by 13 outletsAnatolia, Türkiye -- conflict & violence: 14 stories, carried by 14 outletsBeijing, China -- rights & justice: 124 stories, carried by 81 outletsBristol, UK -- health: 30 stories, carried by 22 outletsDapchi, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 20 stories, carried by 16 outletsCalgary, Canada -- health: 14 stories, carried by 18 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

● Tajikistan warmth about one and a half times usual ● France warmth about one and a half times usual ● Italy warmth about one and a half times usual ● Kenya warmth about one and a half times usual ● Indonesia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Mexico warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Las Vegas US about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 152 stories ● University of Wyoming US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · shelter & services · 14 stories ● Alexandria Egypt about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Anatolia Türkiye about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 14 stories ● Beijing China about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 124 stories

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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.