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38,389 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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Protests in Phnom Penh (Cambodia), violence in Khartoum and deaths in Sofia drew the news. Puerto Rico's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 32 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostPuerto Rico 91 in 100 of its 534 stories, usually 44
RegionEvery region about as usual
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

Cambodia

193 of its 313 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Phnom Penh accounted for 145 of Cambodia's 193 stories about harm, carried by 116 outlets. 130 of Phnom Penh's 145 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (89 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Cambodia over 30 days → its stories → Phnom Penh stories →
Conflict & violence

Sudan

203 of its 283 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Khartoum accounted for 173 of Sudan's 203 stories about harm, carried by 136 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (138 stories). Road crashes were named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.

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

Bulgaria

71 of its 151 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Sofia accounted for 64 of Bulgaria's 71 stories about harm, carried by 61 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (63 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Bulgaria over 30 days → its stories → Sofia stories →
Disasters & accidents

Puerto Rico

487 of its 534 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

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

Burkina Faso

126 of its 130 stories (97%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Ouagadougou accounted for 119 of Burkina Faso's 126 stories about harm, carried by 123 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (125 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry 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

808 of its 1,905 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 414 of Chemnitz's 434 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (409 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Bosnia

61 of its 92 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Sarajevo accounted for 53 of Bosnia's 61 stories about harm, carried by 51 outlets. 51 of Sarajevo's 53 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Displacement

Hungary

95 of its 196 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of refugees ran at about 9 times the usual rate (68 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Peru

67 of its 142 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (21 stories). Malaria was named in 19 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with measles.

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Conflict & violence

Libya

130 of its 161 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (53 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: drought in Somalia (34 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); measles in Brazil (33 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); malaria in Peru (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Iran (41 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in France (27 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 28 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 38,389 stories about harm among 200,923 counted on 28 Aug.

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Somalia's news mentioned the drought about 10 times as often as usual. On 28 August 2017, a year earlier, the share was 28 in every 100, against 19 today. of the day's 200,923 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 21. Cambodia stood out: 62% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 51%.

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Where harm was most of the news all →

Burkina Faso97 in 100 of its 130 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Puerto Rico91 in 100 of its 534 stories · usually 44 · mostly disasters & accidents Yemen89 in 100 of its 540 stories · usually 82 · mostly rights & justice Libya81 in 100 of its 161 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Myanmar76 in 100 of its 217 stories · usually 64 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Chemnitz Germany414 stories about protests or strikes, of its 434 Ramallah Palestine227 stories about protests or strikes, of its 448 Chicago US214 stories about protests or strikes, of its 813 Washington US169 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1971 Pune India155 stories about protests or strikes, of its 189

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: 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 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 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 lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: too little coverage to readSwitzerland: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: 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 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: too little coverage to readSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: 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 lessRomania: too little coverage to readQatar: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: about as warm as its own usual or lessPhilippines: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: about as warm as its own usual or lessPakistan: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: too little coverage to readKosovo: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: 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 lessIndonesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: too little coverage to readIceland: 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 lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: too little coverage to readGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: too little coverage to readGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew 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 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 lessEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: too little coverage to readDominican 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: too little coverage to readCuba: 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: too little coverage to readCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: 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: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: 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 lessBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: 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: too little coverage to readBangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: 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 readAntigua & 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 lessAksai Chin: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAmerican 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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 usualThailand: warmth about its own usualTajikistan: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSweden: warmth about its own usualSudan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSingapore: warmth about its own usualPoland: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about one and a half times its own usualItaly: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIreland: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualDR Congo: warmth about its own usualCambodia: warmth about its own usualBurkina Faso: warmth about one and a half times its own usualArmenia: warmth about its own usualArgentina: warmth about its own usualKhartoum, Sudan -- conflict & violence: 173 stories, carried by 136 outletsSouth Carolina, US -- rights & justice: 17 stories, carried by 19 outletsWarsaw, Poland -- food & livelihood: 52 stories, carried by 51 outletsArizona, US -- rights & justice: 73 stories, carried by 104 outletsKigali, Rwanda -- conflict & violence: 14 stories, carried by 22 outletsPerpignan, France -- conflict & violence: 17 stories, carried by 16 outletsRoss River, Australia -- health: 13 stories, carried by 18 outletsOuagadougou, Burkina Faso -- conflict & violence: 119 stories, carried by 123 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

● Burkina Faso warmth about one and a half times usual ● Sudan warmth about one and a half times usual ● Italy warmth about one and a half times usual ● Syria warmth about one and a half times usual ● Kenya warmth about one and a half times usual ● Poland warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Khartoum Sudan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 173 stories ● South Carolina US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 17 stories ● Warsaw Poland about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · food & livelihood · 52 stories ● Arizona US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 73 stories ● Kigali Rwanda about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 14 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice32% 11,963 stories · more than usual (usually 29%) Health22% 8,439 stories · more than usual (usually 19%) Disasters & accidents16% 6,202 stories · much less than usual (usually 22%) Conflict & violence16% 5,924 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,184 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,162 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,072 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 887 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 killed10,930 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,658 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,830 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people injured2,544 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Germany Stories reporting refugees820 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Germany and Palestine Stories reporting people displaced555 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions365 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting evacuations243 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people falling ill52 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.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout as 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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