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29,091 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 Tsuen Wan (Hong Kong), illness in la Guajira and rights and justice in Khartoum. Hong Kong's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were much softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · much less than usual Country that rose mostBarbados 78 in 100 of its 212 stories, usually 20
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 42 in 100 of its stories, usually 27
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Hong Kong

419 of its 711 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Tsuen Wan accounted for 274 of Hong Kong's 419 stories about harm, carried by 290 outlets. 274 of Tsuen Wan's 274 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (351 stories). Typhoon was named in 120 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Hong Kong over 30 days → its stories → Tsuen Wan stories →
Health

Colombia

153 of its 228 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. la Guajira accounted for 133 of Colombia's 153 stories about harm, carried by 153 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (137 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Colombia over 30 days → its stories → La Guajira stories →
Rights & justice

Sudan

187 of its 271 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Khartoum accounted for 100 of Sudan's 187 stories about harm, carried by 84 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (67 stories). Outbreaks were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

Sudan over 30 days → its stories → Khartoum stories →
Disasters & accidents

Barbados

165 of its 212 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Storms were named in 135 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Barbados over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Puerto Rico

136 of its 162 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Storms were named in 64 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with landslides. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

South Sudan

50 of its 62 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Saudi Arabia

183 of its 374 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. 34 of Riyadh's 64 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Mozambique

58 of its 81 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Gorongosa accounted for 45 of Mozambique's 58 stories about harm, carried by 44 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 9 times the usual rate (46 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Israel

660 of its 1,109 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Brazil

854 of its 1,714 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. 272 of Rio de Janeiro's 277 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: storms in Puerto Rico (64 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); respiratory illness in Thailand (35 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plane crash in Spain (36 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Indonesia (47 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Kenya (24 of its stories, about 7 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 26 Aug. 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 29,091 stories about harm among 139,637 counted on 26 Aug.

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Barbados' news mentioned storms about 4 times as often as usual. 21 in every 100 of the day's 139,637 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 22. On 26 August 2018, a year earlier, the share was 24 in every 100, against 21 today. Hong Kong stood out: 59% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 52%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Puerto Rico84 in 100 of its 162 stories · usually 31 · mostly disasters & accidents South Sudan81 in 100 of its 62 stories · usually 33 · mostly conflict & violence Barbados78 in 100 of its 212 stories · usually 20 · mostly disasters & accidents Cameroon72 in 100 of its 58 stories · usually 46 · mostly rights & justice Mozambique72 in 100 of its 81 stories · usually 47 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Tsuen Wan Hong Kong274 stories about protests or strikes, of its 274 Rio de Janeiro Brazil272 stories about protests or strikes, of its 277 Beijing China95 stories about protests or strikes, of its 227 Jerusalem Israel95 stories about protests or strikes, of its 361 Washington US94 stories about protests or strikes, of its 900

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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: 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 lessEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth 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 lessSpain: 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 lessSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRussia: 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: too little coverage to readPanama: 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 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: too little coverage to readMorocco: 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: too little coverage to readMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: 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: too little coverage to readNorth 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 lessKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: 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 lessJapan: too little coverage to readJamaica: 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: too little coverage to readIceland: 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 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: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe 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: 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 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 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 lessBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: too little coverage to readAzerbaijan: too little coverage to readAustria: 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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 its own usualSweden: warmth about its own usualRwanda: warmth about its own usualRomania: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualGreenland: warmth about its own usualMyanmar: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBolivia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualBahrain: warmth about one and a half times its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualKunduz, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsDayton, US -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 314 stories, carried by 393 outletsWisconsin, US -- health: 18 stories, carried by 19 outletsJalalabad, Afghanistan -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 16 stories, carried by 15 outletsSao Paulo, Brazil -- disasters & accidents: 16 stories, carried by 15 outletsStockholm, Sweden -- shelter & services: 16 stories, carried by 12 outletsRobore, Bolivia -- disasters & accidents: 25 stories, carried by 25 outletsPorto Velho, Brazil -- disasters & accidents: 89 stories, carried by 74 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

● Brazil warmth about one and a half times usual ● Bolivia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Bahrain warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Kunduz Afghanistan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 10 stories ● Dayton US about twice as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 314 stories ● Wisconsin US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 18 stories ● Jalalabad Afghanistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 16 stories ● Sao Paulo Brazil about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 16 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice26% 7,444 stories · much less than usual (usually 34%) Health23% 6,692 stories · more than usual (usually 19%) Disasters & accidents21% 6,135 stories · much more than usual (usually 16%) Conflict & violence16% 4,488 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given8% 2,174 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 798 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 564 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 386 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 killed8,145 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests3,822 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,668 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,149 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Palestine Stories reporting refugees306 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced215 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations177 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Germany Stories reporting abductions174 at about half the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people falling ill18 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and France

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 softer than 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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