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35,927 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 earthquake in Nepal, protests in Managua (Nicaragua) and illness in Bucharest drew the news. Nepal's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostNepal 81 in 100 of its 523 stories, usually 36
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 34 in 100 of its stories, usually 29
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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Disasters & accidents

Nepal

426 of its 523 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Kathmandu accounted for 256 of Nepal's 426 stories about harm, carried by 292 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (402 stories). Earthquake was named in 191 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with avalanche and storms. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Nepal over 30 days → its stories → Kathmandu stories →
Protests & strikes

Nicaragua

134 of its 142 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Managua accounted for 92 of Nicaragua's 134 stories about harm, carried by 90 outlets. 90 of Managua's 92 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (93 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Nicaragua over 30 days → its stories → Managua stories →
Health

Romania

261 of its 367 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Bucharest accounted for 246 of Romania's 261 stories about harm, carried by 153 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (52 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Romania over 30 days → its stories → Bucharest stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

749 of its 892 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Quneitra accounted for 366 of Syria's 749 stories about harm, carried by 380 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (53 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Syria over 30 days → its stories → Quneitra stories →
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Disasters & accidents

France

787 of its 1,943 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (44 stories). Hurricane was named in 67 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. 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

Panama

267 of its 381 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Panama City accounted for 261 of Panama's 267 stories about harm, carried by 229 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (77 stories). Road crashes were named in 157 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.

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Health

Italy

178 of its 927 stories (19%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (72 stories). Malaria was named in 68 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Cuba

109 of its 171 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (95 stories). Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Chile

69 of its 157 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (57 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Gambia

110 of its 274 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. HIV was named in 89 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: bird flu in Czechia (81 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Gambia (89 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Panama (157 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); plague in Honduras (49 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); malaria in Italy (68 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 21; 24 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 15 Oct. 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 35,927 stories about harm among 182,625 counted on 15 Oct.

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The Czechia's news mentioned bird flu more than ten times as often as usual. 20 in every 100 of the day's 182,625 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 21. In Nepal, 81% of the news was about people being harmed, where 36% is usual. On 15 October 2017, a year earlier, the share was 25 in every 100, against 20 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Nicaragua94 in 100 of its 142 stories · usually 65 · mostly rights & justice Somalia88 in 100 of its 147 stories · usually 80 · mostly conflict & violence Syria84 in 100 of its 892 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Nepal81 in 100 of its 523 stories · usually 36 · mostly disasters & accidents Congo76 in 100 of its 85 stories · usually 73 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

San Francisco US206 stories about protests or strikes, of its 457 Riyadh Saudi Arabia185 stories about protests or strikes, of its 502 Jerusalem Israel166 stories about protests or strikes, of its 281 Berlin Germany137 stories about protests or strikes, of its 210 Washington US134 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1863

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 lessVietnam: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: 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 lessTajikistan: 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: 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 readSouth Sudan: 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 lessSouth Korea: 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 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: 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: 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 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 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 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: 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 lessMauritania: 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: too little coverage to readLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: about as warm as its own usual or lessLebanon: too little coverage to readLatvia: 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 readKazakhstan: 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 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 lessHungary: about as warm as its own usual or lessHonduras: 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 lessGermany: 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: 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 lessEgypt: 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: too little coverage to readGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe 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 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: too little coverage to readCentral 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: too little coverage to readBotswana: 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: too little coverage to readBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: 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: 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 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: 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: too little coverage to readGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readTanzania: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualSlovakia: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPanama: warmth about its own usualNetherlands: warmth about its own usualLiberia: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualJamaica: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIsrael: warmth about one and a half times its own usualHaiti: warmth about its own usualDenmark: warmth about its own usualCuba: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualBarbados: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualBahrain: warmth about its own usualMilwaukee, US -- rights & justice: 70 stories, carried by 78 outletsBurnt Cedar Beach, US -- shelter & services: 32 stories, carried by 28 outletsHiroshima, Japan -- health: 12 stories, carried by 23 outletsRome, Italy -- conflict & violence: 50 stories, carried by 38 outletsMunich, Germany -- disasters & accidents: 33 stories, carried by 30 outletsCheltenham, UK -- health: 21 stories, carried by 18 outletsDhaka, Bangladesh -- rights & justice: 122 stories, carried by 124 outletsEdinburgh, UK -- health: 37 stories, carried by 30 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

● Tanzania warmth about one and a half times usual ● Cuba warmth about one and a half times usual ● Israel warmth about one and a half times usual ● Jamaica warmth about one and a half times usual ● Philippines warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Milwaukee US about three times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 70 stories ● Burnt Cedar Beach US about three times as warm as the day's news · shelter & services · 32 stories ● Hiroshima Japan about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Rome Italy about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 50 stories ● Munich Germany about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 33 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice27% 9,630 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents22% 7,736 stories · about as usual Health21% 7,309 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence13% 4,642 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,260 stories · about as usual Shelter & services6% 2,102 stories · more than usual (usually 3%) Displacement2% 822 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 798 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 killed10,601 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,239 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests3,233 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people injured2,208 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and France Stories reporting evacuations597 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting refugees500 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions414 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced275 at about half the usual rate · most about Iraq and the US Stories reporting people falling ill9 at less than a quarter 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 about as usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout as usual
● Feara little less than 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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