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22,677 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 day's news pointed at storm surge in the Bahamas, violence in Dhamar and protests in Tung Chung (Hong Kong). Yemen's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was about as usual.

Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Yemen → Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about the US and the Bahamas → Reports of people falling ill ran at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about the US and India → Help and hope: reports of aid and relief ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeConflict & violence 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostBahamas 88 in 100 of its 975 stories, usually 28
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 51 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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Disasters & accidents

Bahamas

859 of its 975 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Abaco accounted for 698 of the Bahamas' 859 stories about harm, carried by 802 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (173 stories). Storm surge was named in 564 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

Bahamas over 30 days → its stories → Abaco stories →
Conflict & violence

Yemen

352 of its 374 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 73%. Dhamar accounted for 285 of Yemen's 352 stories about harm, carried by 352 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (145 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Yemen over 30 days → its stories → Dhamar stories →
Protests & strikes

Hong Kong

441 of its 639 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Tung Chung accounted for 357 of Hong Kong's 441 stories about harm, carried by 364 outlets. 357 of Tung Chung's 357 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories).

Hong Kong over 30 days → its stories → Tung Chung stories →
Health

Congo

76 of its 82 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 78%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories). Measles was named in 38 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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

France

315 of its 1,179 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (145 stories). Road crashes were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Poland

228 of its 593 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (211 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Norway

98 of its 243 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (58 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Colombia

46 of its 67 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. 25 of Icononzo's 25 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (34 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Haiti

27 of its 40 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Earthquake was named in 22 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

its stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Belgium

103 of its 336 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (75 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Haiti (22 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hurricane in US (2701 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); extreme cold in Vietnam (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Denmark (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Mozambique (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

27 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 22; 24 the day before
31 in 10019 in 1003 Aug10 Aug17 Aug24 Aug1 Sep3 Aug: 25 in 1004 Aug: 31 in 1005 Aug: 24 in 1006 Aug: 22 in 1007 Aug: 23 in 1008 Aug: 22 in 1009 Aug: 22 in 10010 Aug: 26 in 10011 Aug: 26 in 10012 Aug: 22 in 10013 Aug: 21 in 10014 Aug: 20 in 10015 Aug: 21 in 10016 Aug: 21 in 10017 Aug: 24 in 10018 Aug: 25 in 10019 Aug: 20 in 10020 Aug: 20 in 10021 Aug: 19 in 10022 Aug: 19 in 10023 Aug: 21 in 10024 Aug: 21 in 10025 Aug: 21 in 10026 Aug: 21 in 10027 Aug: 20 in 10028 Aug: 20 in 10029 Aug: 20 in 10030 Aug: 21 in 10031 Aug: 24 in 1001 Sep: 27 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 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 22,677 stories about harm among 84,246 counted on 1 Sep.

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Stories about people being harmed made up 27 in every 100 of the day's 84,246 stories, above the usual 22. the Bahamas' news was 88% about people being harmed, against a usual 28%. On the side of help, reports of aid and relief ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Yemen. This week the news turned most often to Hong Kong, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 4 of them. Over August, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 in August 2018.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen94 in 100 of its 374 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Congo93 in 100 of its 82 stories · usually 78 · mostly health Bahamas88 in 100 of its 975 stories · usually 28 · mostly disasters & accidents Afghanistan81 in 100 of its 624 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Myanmar76 in 100 of its 58 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Tung Chung Hong Kong357 stories about protests or strikes, of its 357 Beijing China178 stories about protests or strikes, of its 202 Philadelphia US136 stories about protests or strikes, of its 191 Boston US103 stories about protests or strikes, of its 163 London UK87 stories about protests or strikes, of its 218

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: too little coverage to readPuerto Rico: 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'sUkraine: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: too little coverage to readSierra Leone: too little coverage to readSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: 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: too little coverage to readPakistan: feelings about like the world'sOman: too little coverage to readNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: too little coverage to readNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: too little coverage to readLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: 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'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: too little coverage to readGambia: too little coverage to readGabon: feelings about like the world'sSt 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 readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: 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: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChile: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: too little coverage to readBarbados: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sCrimea: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern 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 readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as fearful 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'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTajikistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSingapore: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSenegal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRussia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPoland: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorway: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKenya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHonduras: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sDenmark: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChad: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBahamas: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArgentina: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful 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

● Denmark few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 18 stories about harm ● Poland about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 228 stories about harm ● Yemen about twice as angry as the world's · 352 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 508 stories about harm ● Norway about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 98 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 124 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence29% 6,503 stories · much more than usual (usually 17%) Disasters & accidents24% 5,370 stories · much more than usual (usually 17%) Rights & justice20% 4,580 stories · much less than usual (usually 33%) Health14% 3,041 stories · much less than usual (usually 20%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 1,511 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 646 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 460 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 293 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 killed8,138 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting people injured4,172 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Yemen Stories reporting people affected2,238 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,999 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations901 at about 4 times the usual rate · most about the US and the Bahamas Stories reporting abductions283 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and China Stories reporting refugees270 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Lebanon and India Stories reporting people displaced127 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill127 at about 4 times the usual rate · most about the US and India

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.

● Angera little more than 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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