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What the world's news said happened to people.
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38,411 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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Evacuations in Kashmir, illness in Phnom Penh and protests in Managua (Nicaragua) drew the news. Cambodia's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read softer than usual.

Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 33 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostCroatia 41 in 100 of its 261 stories, usually 5
RegionEvery region about as usual
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

184 of its 289 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (26 stories). Landslides were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Kashmir over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Cambodia

67 of its 115 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Phnom Penh accounted for 53 of Cambodia's 67 stories about harm, carried by 31 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (37 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Cambodia over 30 days → its stories → Phnom Penh stories →
Protests & strikes

Nicaragua

Managua accounted for 34 of Nicaragua's 50 stories about harm, carried by 30 outlets. 28 of Managua's 34 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (33 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Nicaragua over 30 days → its stories → Managua stories →
Disasters & accidents

Croatia

107 of its 261 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 5%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (81 stories). Storms were named in 82 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with wildfires.

Croatia over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Russia

542 of its 1,953 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (296 stories). Extreme cold was named in 21 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Bahrain

114 of its 203 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. 26 of Manama's 36 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (104 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

North Korea

166 of its 506 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Pyongyang accounted for 159 of North Korea's 166 stories about harm, carried by 141 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Congo

110 of its 127 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Flu was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with measles and respiratory illness. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Liberia

33 of its 72 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 25 of Monrovia's 30 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (11 stories).

its stories →
Health

Finland

73 of its 188 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: ebola in Rwanda (39 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); ebola in Uganda (47 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plague in Madagascar (22 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); storms in Italy (57 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Sudan (26 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 25 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 38,411 stories about harm among 203,135 counted on 25 Sep.

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It was the lowest share of stories about people being harmed since 3 August 2018. On the side of help, reports of vaccination ran at about twice the usual rate. Croatia's news mentioned storms more than ten times as often as usual. 19 in every 100 of the day's 203,135 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 21.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Congo87 in 100 of its 127 stories · usually 63 · mostly health Sudan81 in 100 of its 181 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Nicaragua81 in 100 of its 62 stories · usually 79 · mostly rights & justice Yemen77 in 100 of its 423 stories · usually 75 · mostly rights & justice Myanmar73 in 100 of its 153 stories · usually 77 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US764 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1609 Dallas US194 stories about protests or strikes, of its 315 Fresno US190 stories about protests or strikes, of its 199 Phoenix US166 stories about protests or strikes, of its 227 Moscow Russia155 stories about protests or strikes, of its 337

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 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: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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 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: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: 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: too little coverage to readSuriname: about as warm as its own usual or lessSudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri Lanka: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: 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: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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 lessMalaysia: 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 lessLibya: 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: 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 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 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: too little coverage to readIceland: 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: too little coverage to readGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: too little coverage to readGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrance: too little coverage to readSt 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 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 lessEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech 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: 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 lessComoros: about as warm as its own usual or lessColombia: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: 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 lessBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: 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 readArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & 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: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGibraltar: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readVietnam: warmth about its own usualVenezuela: warmth about its own usualPuerto Rico: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualTürkiye: warmth about its own usualTanzania: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualSouth Sudan: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about its own usualSouth Africa: warmth about its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNorth Korea: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNigeria: warmth about its own usualNiger: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNetherlands: warmth about its own usualKuwait: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualJamaica: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualFiji: warmth about its own usualEcuador: warmth about its own usualGreenland: warmth about its own usualDenmark: warmth about its own usualCongo: warmth about one and a half times its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualHong Kong: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBurkina Faso: warmth about its own usualBulgaria: warmth about its own usualBosnia: warmth about its own usualBelize: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualArmenia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualBuhari, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 15 stories, carried by 12 outletsMadiba, South Africa -- rights & justice: 15 stories, carried by 16 outletsLake Chad, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 22 stories, carried by 17 outletsWolfville, Canada -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 20 stories, carried by 27 outletsMaban, South Sudan -- displacement: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsMagaria, Niger -- health: 17 stories, carried by 14 outletsYerevan, Armenia -- rights & justice: 22 stories, carried by 11 outletsOregon, US -- health: 15 stories, carried by 14 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

● Congo warmth about one and a half times usual ● Hong Kong warmth about one and a half times usual ● Palestine warmth about one and a half times usual ● Niger warmth about one and a half times usual ● North Korea warmth about one and a half times usual ● Armenia warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Buhari Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 15 stories ● Madiba South Africa about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 15 stories ● Lake Chad Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 22 stories ● Wolfville Canada about twice as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 20 stories ● Maban South Sudan about twice as warm as the day's news · displacement · 11 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice33% 12,445 stories · much more than usual (usually 28%) Health24% 9,190 stories · much more than usual (usually 19%) Disasters & accidents16% 6,140 stories · much less than usual (usually 23%) Conflict & violence13% 4,768 stories · less than usual (usually 16%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 2,031 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,389 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 971 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 824 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 killed8,989 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting arrests5,182 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,767 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,656 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Iran Stories reporting refugees1,101 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations534 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Croatia Stories reporting abductions508 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced358 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Sudan Stories reporting people falling ill97 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US 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 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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