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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 →
6 more places the news pointed at
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.

its stories →
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.

Where the news was warmest

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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 lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: 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: too little coverage to readPuerto 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 readTunisia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readQatar: 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: too little coverage to readPalau: about as warm as its own usual or lessPakistan: 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 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 lessMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: 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 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: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: 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 lessIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: too little coverage to readHungary: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: 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 lessGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: too little coverage to readSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew 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 lessEritrea: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta 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 lessCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: 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 lessBelarus: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: too little coverage to readBangladesh: too little coverage to readBahrain: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessArgentina: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: 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): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontserrat: about as warm as its own usual or lessJersey: 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: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: about as warm as its own usual or lessVietnam: warmth about one and a half times its own usualTürkiye: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualSouth Sudan: warmth about one and a half times 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 usualNorth Korea: warmth about its own usualNetherlands: warmth about its own usualMauritania: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: 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 usualItaly: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGermany: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGeorgia: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualCzechia: warmth about its own usualChad: warmth about its own usualCameroon: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBulgaria: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualOstritz, Germany -- conflict & violence: 18 stories, carried by 19 outletsNouakchott, Mauritania -- conflict & violence: 96 stories, carried by 106 outletsJuba, South Sudan -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 12 outletsJeddah, Saudi Arabia -- conflict & violence: 50 stories, carried by 51 outletsBuea, Cameroon -- rights & justice: 130 stories, carried by 146 outletsHertfordshire, UK -- health: 11 stories, carried by 12 outletsMinas Gerais, Brazil -- health: 13 stories, carried by 13 outletsFelixstowe, UK -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 12 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

● Cameroon warmth about one and a half times usual ● South Sudan warmth about one and a half times usual ● Indonesia warmth about one and a half times usual ● South Korea warmth about one and a half times usual ● Vietnam warmth about one and a half times usual ● Spain warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Ostritz Germany about three times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 18 stories ● Nouakchott Mauritania about three times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 96 stories ● Juba South Sudan about three times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 11 stories ● Jeddah Saudi Arabia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 50 stories ● Buea Cameroon about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 130 stories

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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