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47,043 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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Violence in Jammu, rights and justice in Hanoi and protests in Choco (Colombia) drew the news. Kashmir's coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was much softer than usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Bolivia → Help and hope: reports of aid and relief ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeDisasters & accidents 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostCuba 80 in 100 of its 599 stories, usually 31
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 45 in 100 of its stories, usually 28
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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Conflict & violence

Kashmir

186 of its 257 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Jammu accounted for 105 of Kashmir's 186 stories about harm, carried by 45 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (50 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Kashmir over 30 days → its stories → Jammu stories →
Rights & justice

Vietnam

297 of its 636 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Hanoi accounted for 246 of Vietnam's 297 stories about harm, carried by 218 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (103 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Vietnam over 30 days → its stories → Hanoi stories →
Protests & strikes

Colombia

91 of its 205 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. 32 of Choco's 45 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (62 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Colombia over 30 days → its stories → Choco stories →
Health

Cuba

481 of its 599 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Havana accounted for 462 of Cuba's 481 stories about harm, carried by 446 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 8 times the usual rate (426 stories).

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

France

522 of its 2,091 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 246 of Paris' 402 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Puerto Rico

1,167 of its 1,366 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Philippines

653 of its 1,192 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (149 stories). Cyclone was named in 53 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Ghana

390 of its 1,108 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (263 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Algeria

48 of its 83 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. 21 of Algiers' 28 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (12 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Iran

305 of its 821 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (191 stories). Its coverage was about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: cholera in Zimbabwe (148 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); food poisoning in New Zealand (71 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); malaria in Tanzania (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Saudi Arabia (21 of its stories, about three times its usual); hunger in Spain (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 13 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 47,043 stories about harm among 210,721 counted on 13 Sep.

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Help and hope: reports of aid and relief ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. of the day's 210,721 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 21. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Bolivia. On 13 September 2017, a year earlier, the share was 24 in every 100, against 22 today. In Kashmir, 72% of the news was about people being harmed, where 51% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Puerto Rico85 in 100 of its 1,366 stories · usually 59 · mostly disasters & accidents Bolivia81 in 100 of its 57 stories · usually 26 · mostly displacement Cuba80 in 100 of its 599 stories · usually 31 · mostly health Congo76 in 100 of its 75 stories · usually 64 · mostly rights & justice Syria76 in 100 of its 806 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Moscow Russia362 stories about protests or strikes, of its 516 Washington US334 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1894 San Francisco US302 stories about protests or strikes, of its 515 Paris France246 stories about protests or strikes, of its 402 Jerusalem Israel219 stories about protests or strikes, of its 322

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: 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 readCayman Islands: feelings about like the world'sIsle 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: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: 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 readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: 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: too little coverage to readLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: 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 readGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt 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 readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: 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: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: 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 readHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: 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'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern 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: 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 readGuernsey: 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: feelings about like the world'sNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: feelings about like the world'sWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: feelings about like the world'sSt. 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 readMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sYemen: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUruguay: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUganda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTogo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTanzania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSweden: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as warm as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSomalia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSlovenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSingapore: coverage a little warmer than 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'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPortugal: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPoland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPeru: coverage a little angrier than the world'sParaguay: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJordan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHungary: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuinea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGhana: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFrance: coverage about twice as angry 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'sDenmark: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sCuba: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCongo: coverage a little warmer than the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChile: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBelarus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAngola: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sMontserrat: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJersey: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGibraltar: coverage a little angrier 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

● Iran about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 305 stories about harm ● Kashmir about three times as fearful as the world's · 186 stories about harm ● Sudan about twice as warm as the world's · 121 stories about harm ● Yemen about three times as angry as the world's · 169 stories about harm ● Puerto Rico about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 1,167 stories about harm ● Syria about three times as angry as the world's · 611 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Disasters & accidents30% 13,737 stories · much more than usual (usually 21%) Rights & justice24% 10,899 stories · much less than usual (usually 29%) Health19% 8,648 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence14% 6,337 stories · less than usual (usually 16%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 2,026 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 1,919 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,576 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,229 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 killed11,755 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,890 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,317 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,871 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and China Stories reporting evacuations1,860 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Bolivia Stories reporting refugees729 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced548 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions478 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill67 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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