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37,106 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 Buea (Cameroon), illness in Algiers and storm surge in Hong Kong drew the news. Mauritania's coverage was about twice as warm as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and China → Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the UK and Russia → Help and hope: reports of aid and relief ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeDisasters & accidents 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostCameroon 77 in 100 of its 190 stories, usually 41
RegionSoutheast Asia 38 in 100 of its stories, usually 31
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

Cameroon

147 of its 190 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Buea accounted for 130 of Cameroon's 147 stories about harm, carried by 146 outlets. 127 of Buea's 130 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (132 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Cameroon over 30 days → its stories → Buea stories →
Health

Algeria

86 of its 120 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Algiers accounted for 77 of Algeria's 86 stories about harm, carried by 69 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (16 stories). Flu was named in 53 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Algeria over 30 days → its stories → Algiers stories →
Disasters & accidents

Hong Kong

173 of its 318 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (88 stories). Storm surge was named in 45 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with hurricane and cyclone.

Hong Kong over 30 days → its stories →
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Protests & strikes

Nicaragua

47 of its 54 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 77%. Managua accounted for 38 of Nicaragua's 47 stories about harm, carried by 31 outlets. 38 of Managua's 38 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (36 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Ethiopia

213 of its 269 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. 51 of Oromo's 87 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 10 times the usual rate (157 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Honduras

33 of its 49 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. 18 of Tegucigalpa's 20 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (26 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Philippines

904 of its 1,379 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of abductions ran at about 8 times the usual rate (54 stories). Avalanche was named in 86 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Health

Vietnam

158 of its 411 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (131 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Egypt

267 of its 542 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Cairo accounted for 197 of Egypt's 267 stories about harm, carried by 181 outlets. 110 of Cairo's 197 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Also named far more than usual: cholera in Saudi Arabia (36 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); cyclone in China (178 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hepatitis in Uganda (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in UK (206 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); plane crash in Russia (54 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 17 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 37,106 stories about harm among 180,921 counted on 17 Sep.

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In Algeria's news, mentions of the flu ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 180,921 stories, below the usual 22. Help and hope: reports of aid and relief ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Evacuations were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and China. A year earlier, on 17 September 2017, 27 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Nicaragua87 in 100 of its 54 stories · usually 77 · mostly rights & justice Mauritania84 in 100 of its 119 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Ethiopia79 in 100 of its 269 stories · usually 45 · mostly rights & justice Cameroon77 in 100 of its 190 stories · usually 41 · mostly rights & justice Algeria72 in 100 of its 120 stories · usually 39 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US285 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1587 Jerusalem Israel187 stories about protests or strikes, of its 303 Idlib Syria142 stories about protests or strikes, of its 485 Buea Cameroon127 stories about protests or strikes, of its 130 Cairo Egypt110 stories about protests or strikes, of its 197

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: 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: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: 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'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: 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 readMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: 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'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl 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: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: 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'sComoros: too little coverage to readHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: 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'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: feelings about like the world'sMontserrat: 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: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & 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: feelings about like the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sUS: 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 one and a half times as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sThailand: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSpain: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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 one and a half times as angry as the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNicaragua: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMauritania: coverage about twice as warm as the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMadagascar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer 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'sItaly: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIreland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIraq: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHungary: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHonduras: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGuinea-Bissau: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGermany: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGambia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFinland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFiji: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sEritrea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCyprus: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCuba: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCongo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChina: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChile: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChad: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurundi: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBrazil: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBahamas: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAustralia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about 4 times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAnguilla: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJersey: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMonaco: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken 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

● Afghanistan about 4 times as angry as the world's · 266 stories about harm ● Mauritania about twice as warm as the world's · 100 stories about harm ● Spain about three times as fearful as the world's · 198 stories about harm ● Vietnam about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 158 stories about harm ● Ethiopia about three times as angry as the world's · 213 stories about harm ● Syria about three times as angry as the world's · 644 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Disasters & accidents31% 11,452 stories · much more than usual (usually 23%) Rights & justice23% 8,605 stories · less than usual (usually 28%) Health20% 7,453 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence11% 4,188 stories · less than usual (usually 16%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,846 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,401 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,111 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 575 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 killed12,369 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,733 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and China Stories reporting arrests4,102 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,703 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations2,150 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and China Stories reporting people displaced765 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Ethiopia Stories reporting refugees713 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions453 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill227 at about twice the usual rate · most about the UK and Russia

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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