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47,259 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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The day's news pointed at illness in Gorongosa, a disaster in Bern and violence in Juba. South Sudan's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was much softer than usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and the Philippines → Help and hope: reports of aid and relief ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeDisasters & accidents 36 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostMozambique 76 in 100 of its 97 stories, usually 16
RegionNorth America 31 in 100 of its stories, usually 23
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Health

Mozambique

74 of its 97 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Gorongosa accounted for 66 of Mozambique's 74 stories about harm, carried by 107 outlets. HIV was named in 66 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Mozambique over 30 days → its stories → Gorongosa stories →
Disasters & accidents

Switzerland

444 of its 801 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Bern accounted for 341 of Switzerland's 444 stories about harm, carried by 435 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (30 stories). Poisoning was named in 66 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Switzerland over 30 days → its stories → Bern stories →
Conflict & violence

South Sudan

155 of its 168 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Juba accounted for 118 of South Sudan's 155 stories about harm, carried by 149 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (137 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

South Sudan over 30 days → its stories → Juba stories →
Protests & strikes

Sudan

68 of its 78 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. 13 of Khartoum's 22 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Sudan over 30 days → its stories → Khartoum stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Health

Romania

130 of its 466 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (103 stories). West Nile virus was named in 105 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Kashmir

112 of its 174 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories). Road crashes were named in 28 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Denmark

118 of its 247 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Copenhagen accounted for 108 of Denmark's 118 stories about harm, carried by 102 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Health

Cuba

207 of its 298 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Havana accounted for 194 of Cuba's 207 stories about harm, carried by 202 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (139 stories).

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Rights & justice

Tanzania

61 of its 133 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (54 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Armenia

85 of its 241 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 54 of Yerevan's 68 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: cholera in Zimbabwe (251 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); west nile virus in Romania (105 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Yemen (241 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); drownings in Puerto Rico (120 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Kashmir (28 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

24 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 14 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 47,259 stories about harm among 199,600 counted on 14 Sep.

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In Mozambique, 76% of the news was about people being harmed, where 16% is usual. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and the Philippines. Help and hope: reports of aid and relief ran at about twice the usual rate. of the day's 199,600 news stories, 24 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 21.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

South Sudan92 in 100 of its 168 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen88 in 100 of its 435 stories · usually 78 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan87 in 100 of its 78 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Puerto Rico78 in 100 of its 679 stories · usually 67 · mostly disasters & accidents Mozambique76 in 100 of its 97 stories · usually 16 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

San Francisco US210 stories about protests or strikes, of its 658 Fort Worth US208 stories about protests or strikes, of its 410 Washington US195 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1390 Salt Lake City US192 stories about protests or strikes, of its 295 Idlib Syria182 stories about protests or strikes, of its 421

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 lessVietnam: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited Kingdom: 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 lessTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: too little coverage to readSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: too little coverage to readSudan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: 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: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readPakistan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNigeria: 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 readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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 lessLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: too little coverage to readLiberia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessItaly: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsrael: 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 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 lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: 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 lessFrance: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessDenmark: 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: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: 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: 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 lessBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: too little coverage to readBelarus: 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: 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 lessAustralia: about as warm as its own usual or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessArgentina: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: 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 lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad 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 lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: about as warm as its own usual or lessPitcairn: 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: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorfolk 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 readVenezuela: warmth about its own usualUnited Arab Emirates: warmth about its own usualTürkiye: warmth about its own usualTrinidad & Tobago: warmth about its own usualThailand: warmth about its own usualTanzania: warmth about its own usualSouth Sudan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSouth Africa: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNetherlands: warmth about its own usualMozambique: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMadagascar: warmth about its own usualNorth Macedonia: warmth about its own usualLibya: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualEthiopia: warmth about its own usualCzechia: warmth about its own usualAustria: warmth about its own usualAlgeria: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualWhite Nile, Sudan -- conflict & violence: 18 stories, carried by 12 outletsJuba, South Sudan -- conflict & violence: 118 stories, carried by 149 outletsKomagane, Japan -- health: 95 stories, carried by 95 outletsUkhiya, Bangladesh -- disasters & accidents: 35 stories, carried by 32 outletsCentral Equatoria, South Sudan -- conflict & violence: 21 stories, carried by 22 outletsQuetta, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 40 stories, carried by 55 outletsEast Hartford, US -- disasters & accidents: 22 stories, carried by 21 outletsNebraska, US -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 34 stories, carried by 31 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

● South Sudan warmth about one and a half times usual ● Japan warmth about one and a half times usual ● Somalia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Mozambique warmth about one and a half times usual ● Indonesia warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● White Nile Sudan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 18 stories ● Juba South Sudan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 118 stories ● Komagane Japan about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 95 stories ● Ukhiya Bangladesh about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 35 stories ● Central Equatoria South Sudan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 21 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Disasters & accidents36% 16,966 stories · much more than usual (usually 21%) Rights & justice22% 10,305 stories · much less than usual (usually 29%) Health17% 7,928 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Conflict & violence9% 4,237 stories · much less than usual (usually 16%) Displacement6% 2,893 stories · more than usual (usually 3%) Shelter & services4% 1,683 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 1,670 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,002 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 killed12,294 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected8,290 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the Philippines Stories reporting arrests5,307 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,535 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting evacuations2,610 at about three times the usual rate · most about the US and the Philippines Stories reporting people displaced871 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and China Stories reporting refugees757 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions409 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill48 at about a third of the usual rate · most about Russia and the UK

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.

● Angera little less than 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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