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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

how these are picked →
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.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readUkraine: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: too little coverage to readTrinidad & 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: too little coverage to readTajikistan: 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: too little coverage to readSuriname: 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 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: too little coverage to readSeychelles: 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: too little coverage to readSt. 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: too little coverage to readPeru: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: too little coverage to readNorway: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: too little coverage to readNigeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiger: too little coverage to readNicaragua: 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: too little coverage to readNamibia: 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: too little coverage to readMoldova: 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: 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: too little coverage to readLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: 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 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 lessJapan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: 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 lessPalestine: about as warm as its own usual or lessIreland: 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: 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 lessGeorgia: too little coverage to readGambia: too little coverage to readGabon: 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: 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: too little coverage to readEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl 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 lessGreenland: 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: too little coverage to readCôte 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: 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 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: too little coverage to readBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: too little coverage to readBarbados: about as warm as its own usual or lessBangladesh: 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 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: too little coverage to readJammu & 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican 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: 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: too little coverage to readGuernsey: 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: 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: too little coverage to readTürkiye: warmth about its own usualTanzania: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualGhana: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualCongo: warmth about one and a half times its own usualCanada: warmth about its own usualMyanmar: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBelgium: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualValdosta, US -- disasters & accidents: 20 stories, carried by 23 outletsIowa, US -- health: 12 stories, carried by 11 outletsGreat Barrier Reef, Australia -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 14 stories, carried by 17 outletsVancouver, Canada -- health: 36 stories, carried by 138 outletsJalgaon, India -- rights & justice: 11 stories, carried by 10 outletsYorkshire, UK -- health: 14 stories, carried by 12 outletsKunduz, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 141 stories, carried by 134 outletsMyebon, Myanmar -- conflict & violence: 10 stories, carried by 10 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 ● Myanmar warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Valdosta US about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 20 stories ● Iowa US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Great Barrier Reef Australia about twice as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 14 stories ● Vancouver Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 36 stories ● Jalgaon India about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 11 stories

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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