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25,303 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 Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), violence in Assab and the cyclone in the Philippines. Ethiopia's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and the Philippines → Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate, most often about the US and China → Reports of people displaced ran at about 8 times the usual rate, most often about the US and the Philippines → Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and the Philippines → Help and hope: reports of volunteers ran at about three times the usual rate →
Part of lifeDisasters & accidents 39 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostPhilippines 81 in 100 of its 1,582 stories, usually 38
RegionSoutheast Asia 54 in 100 of its stories, usually 31
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Ethiopia

116 of its 164 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Addis Ababa accounted for 78 of Ethiopia's 116 stories about harm, carried by 78 outlets. 55 of Addis Ababa's 78 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (77 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Ethiopia over 30 days → its stories → Addis Ababa stories →
Conflict & violence

Eritrea

76 of its 81 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Assab accounted for 75 of Eritrea's 76 stories about harm, carried by 91 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (75 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.

Eritrea over 30 days → its stories → Assab stories →
Disasters & accidents

Philippines

1,276 of its 1,582 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (60 stories). Cyclone was named in 204 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with earthquake and volcanic eruption.

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

Türkiye

136 of its 302 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. 53 of Istanbul's 57 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Hong Kong

107 of its 172 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (38 stories). Storm surge was named in 23 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

China

868 of its 2,266 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (467 stories). Storm surge was named in 468 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with cyclone.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Mexico

351 of its 764 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Mexico City accounted for 279 of Mexico's 351 stories about harm, carried by 367 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (296 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Burkina Faso

33 of its 35 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Yemen

219 of its 242 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 78%. Hodeida accounted for 145 of Yemen's 219 stories about harm, carried by 160 outlets. 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.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: storm surge in China (468 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); malaria in Indonesia (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storm surge in Hong Kong (23 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); snowstorms in New Zealand (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); avalanche in Spain (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

26 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 21; 27 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 16 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 25,303 stories about harm among 98,537 counted on 16 Sep.

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Help and hope: reports of volunteers ran at about three times the usual rate. of the day's 98,537 news stories, 26 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 21. People affected were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and the Philippines. Ethiopia's news was 71% about people being harmed, against a usual 44%. This week the news turned most often to Austria, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 6 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Eritrea94 in 100 of its 81 stories · usually 43 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen90 in 100 of its 242 stories · usually 78 · mostly conflict & violence Philippines81 in 100 of its 1,582 stories · usually 38 · mostly disasters & accidents Rwanda80 in 100 of its 56 stories · usually 47 · mostly conflict & violence Colombia80 in 100 of its 74 stories · usually 37 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Jerusalem Israel188 stories about protests or strikes, of its 387 Washington US186 stories about protests or strikes, of its 747 Idlib Syria153 stories about protests or strikes, of its 201 London UK108 stories about protests or strikes, of its 340 Moscow Russia87 stories about protests or strikes, of its 161

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 lessVietnam: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: 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: 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 lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: 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: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: too little coverage to readSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: 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 readSudan: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth 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 readSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra 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 lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: 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: too little coverage to readPapua 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: too little coverage to readNigeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiger: too little coverage to readNicaragua: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: 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 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: too little coverage to readLaos: 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 lessIsrael: 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 lessIndonesia: 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 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: too little coverage to readGuatemala: 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 lessGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: 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: too little coverage to readNew 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 lessEquatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe 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: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: 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: too little coverage to readChile: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readBolivia: 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: too little coverage to readBarbados: 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 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 readArmenia: 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 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): 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 lessEast Jerusalem: 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: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: about as warm as its own usual or lessAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: 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: too little coverage to readSan 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: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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: 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 readYemen: warmth about one and a half times its own usualVenezuela: warmth about its own usualSouth Sudan: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMauritania: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualLibya: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualHungary: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualEritrea: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualBulgaria: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualNouakchott, Mauritania -- conflict & violence: 22 stories, carried by 21 outletsNew Hampshire, US -- shelter & services: 47 stories, carried by 62 outletsAssab, Eritrea -- conflict & violence: 75 stories, carried by 91 outletsZamboanga, Philippines -- conflict & violence: 41 stories, carried by 54 outletsJiddah, Saudi Arabia -- conflict & violence: 111 stories, carried by 202 outletsMontecito, US -- disasters & accidents: 20 stories, carried by 20 outletsKabul, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 33 stories, carried by 27 outletsBudapest, Hungary -- rights & justice: 26 stories, carried by 17 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

● Spain warmth about one and a half times usual ● Yemen warmth about one and a half times usual ● Saudi Arabia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Japan warmth about one and a half times usual ● South Korea warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Nouakchott Mauritania about 4 times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 22 stories ● New Hampshire US about twice as warm as the day's news · shelter & services · 47 stories ● Assab Eritrea about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 75 stories ● Zamboanga Philippines about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 41 stories ● Jiddah Saudi Arabia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 111 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Disasters & accidents39% 9,823 stories · much more than usual (usually 22%) Rights & justice21% 5,168 stories · much less than usual (usually 28%) Health14% 3,464 stories · much less than usual (usually 20%) Conflict & violence13% 3,213 stories · less than usual (usually 16%) Shelter & services4% 1,113 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 956 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 886 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 343 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 killed10,458 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the Philippines Stories reporting people affected5,953 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and the Philippines Stories reporting arrests3,269 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting evacuations2,472 at about 6 times the usual rate · most about the US and China Stories reporting people injured2,170 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Mexico Stories reporting people displaced2,011 at about 8 times the usual rate · most about the US and the Philippines Stories reporting abductions640 at about three times the usual rate · most about the US and the Philippines Stories reporting refugees312 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Syria and the US Stories reporting people falling ill76 at about one and a half times 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 harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as 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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