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What the world's news said happened to people.
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48,432 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 illness in Harare, violence in Lima and landslides in the Philippines. Peru's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Language across the world's news ran much softer than usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Egypt → Help and hope: reports of aid and relief ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeDisasters & accidents 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostColombia 71 in 100 of its 266 stories, usually 31
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 34 in 100 of its stories, usually 27
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Health

Zimbabwe

365 of its 715 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Harare accounted for 333 of Zimbabwe's 365 stories about harm, carried by 265 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (30 stories). Cholera was named in 297 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with food poisoning. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Zimbabwe over 30 days → its stories → Harare stories →
Conflict & violence

Peru

134 of its 236 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Lima accounted for 117 of Peru's 134 stories about harm, carried by 276 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (96 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Peru over 30 days → its stories → Lima stories →
Disasters & accidents

Philippines

545 of its 1,228 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (76 stories). Landslides were named in 196 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with cyclone.

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

Sudan

173 of its 198 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Khartoum accounted for 130 of Sudan's 173 stories about harm, carried by 130 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (109 stories). Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Saudi Arabia

336 of its 640 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (223 stories). Cholera was named in 93 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Syria

739 of its 930 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 73%. Idlib accounted for 598 of Syria's 739 stories about harm, carried by 426 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (55 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Colombia

190 of its 266 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (73 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Slovenia

35 of its 81 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 4%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (33 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Belgium

180 of its 411 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: poisoning in Russia (349 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); cholera in Saudi Arabia (93 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); power cuts in Hong Kong (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); covid in South Korea (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Japan (39 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

23 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 12 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 48,432 stories about harm among 214,628 counted on 12 Sep.

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Reports of aid and relief, a sign of help, ran at about twice the usual rate. 23 in every 100 of the day's 214,628 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 21. Evacuations were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Egypt. A year earlier, on 12 September 2017, 25 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 23 today. Zimbabwe's news was 51% about people being harmed, against a usual 31%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan87 in 100 of its 198 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Syria79 in 100 of its 930 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Myanmar75 in 100 of its 138 stories · usually 75 · mostly rights & justice Afghanistan75 in 100 of its 658 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Puerto Rico75 in 100 of its 463 stories · usually 56 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Dallas US430 stories about protests or strikes, of its 766 Washington US332 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2874 Jerusalem Israel274 stories about protests or strikes, of its 564 Kabul Afghanistan225 stories about protests or strikes, of its 279 Hollywood US166 stories about protests or strikes, of its 464

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: 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'sUnited States: feelings about like the world'sSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: 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'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: 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'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: 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: feelings about like the world'sGreece: 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'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl 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'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCroatia: 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'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: 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'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: 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: too little coverage to readAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: feelings about like the world'sJersey: 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: feelings about like the world'sWallis & 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCayman Islands: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sThailand: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as warm as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSlovenia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSenegal: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken 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 twice as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPortugal: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPoland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPeru: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sParaguay: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNorway: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNorth Korea: 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 angry as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNepal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMalta: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLaos: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJapan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHungary: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGhana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGermany: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEritrea: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sEgypt: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sFaroe Islands: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCyprus: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCuba: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sChad: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about twice as fearful as 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 fearful as the world'sBrazil: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sBelarus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times 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'sUkraine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful 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

● Sudan about twice as warm as the world's · 173 stories about harm ● Saudi Arabia about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 336 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 492 stories about harm ● Belgium about twice as fearful as the world's · 180 stories about harm ● Egypt about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 379 stories about harm ● Syria about three times as angry as the world's · 739 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Disasters & accidents29% 13,657 stories · much more than usual (usually 21%) Rights & justice24% 11,664 stories · less than usual (usually 29%) Health18% 8,694 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence15% 7,138 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 2,311 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 1,935 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,204 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,175 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 killed12,737 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,153 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,308 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people injured2,543 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting evacuations2,118 at about three times the usual rate · most about the US and Egypt Stories reporting refugees759 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced589 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions406 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill64 at about half the usual rate · most about Russia and the US

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 softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little less 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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