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28,917 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 news turned to protests in Tung Chung (Hong Kong), violence in Tunis and tornadoes in the Bahamas. Tunisia's coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were softer than usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and the Bahamas → Help and hope: reports of aid and relief ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeDisasters & accidents 32 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostTunisia 82 in 100 of its 193 stories, usually 27
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 51 in 100 of its stories, usually 31
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 →
Protests & strikes

Hong Kong

488 of its 736 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Tung Chung accounted for 322 of Hong Kong's 488 stories about harm, carried by 321 outlets. 316 of Tung Chung's 322 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (13 stories). Typhoon was named in 102 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.

Hong Kong over 30 days → its stories → Tung Chung stories →
Conflict & violence

Tunisia

159 of its 193 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Tunis accounted for 130 of Tunisia's 159 stories about harm, carried by 85 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (146 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

Tunisia over 30 days → its stories → Tunis stories →
Disasters & accidents

Bahamas

1,389 of its 1,649 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Abaco accounted for 1,066 of the Bahamas' 1,389 stories about harm, carried by 938 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (258 stories). Tornadoes were named in 203 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Bahamas over 30 days → its stories → Abaco stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Mali

35 of its 50 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Mali over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Burkina Faso

49 of its 54 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Ouagadougou accounted for 40 of Burkina Faso's 49 stories about harm, carried by 38 outlets. 39 of Ouagadougou's 40 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Yemen

266 of its 286 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 73%. Dhamar accounted for 212 of Yemen's 266 stories about harm, carried by 295 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (87 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Kenya

260 of its 590 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (210 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Côte d’Ivoire

18 of its 26 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Colombia

61 of its 94 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. 11 of Bogota's 19 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

South Africa

432 of its 1,287 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 108 of Johannesburg's 173 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 8 times the usual rate (29 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: helicopter crash in Norway (35 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); measles in New Zealand (62 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); malaria in Denmark (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); meningitis in Sweden (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storm surge in US (1665 of its stories, about 9 times its usual).

25 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 22; 27 the day before
31 in 10019 in 1004 Aug11 Aug18 Aug25 Aug2 Sep4 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 1002 Sep: 25 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 2 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 28,917 stories about harm among 114,173 counted on 2 Sep.

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Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and the Bahamas. of the day's 114,173 news stories, 25 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 22. Norway's news mentioned helicopter crash more than ten times as often as usual. Help and hope: reports of aid and relief ran at about twice the usual rate. For the second day running, the news turned to Hong Kong.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen93 in 100 of its 286 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Burkina Faso91 in 100 of its 54 stories · usually 57 · mostly rights & justice Bahamas84 in 100 of its 1,649 stories · usually 42 · mostly disasters & accidents Tunisia82 in 100 of its 193 stories · usually 27 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan80 in 100 of its 819 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Tung Chung Hong Kong316 stories about protests or strikes, of its 322 Beijing China301 stories about protests or strikes, of its 373 Johannesburg South Africa108 stories about protests or strikes, of its 173 Dayton US76 stories about protests or strikes, of its 106 Dhamar Yemen72 stories about protests or strikes, of its 212

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: feelings about like the world'sUnited States: 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 readUkraine: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: 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: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: 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'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: 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 readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: too little coverage to readAustria: 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 readAlbania: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorthern 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: feelings about like the world'sAnguilla: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: feelings about like the world'sMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSweden: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSt Vincent: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRomania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPortugal: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPoland: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPeru: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMali: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMadagascar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLithuania: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKenya: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as 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'sIreland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIraq: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIran: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGuatemala: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGermany: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFrench Polynesia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFiji: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChad: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBosnia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBelgium: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChina: 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'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMaldives: coverage about three times as grief-stricken 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

● Tunisia about three times as fearful as the world's · 159 stories about harm ● Yemen about three times as angry as the world's · 266 stories about harm ● Türkiye about twice as fearful as the world's · 67 stories about harm ● Colombia about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 61 stories about harm ● Poland about twice as angry as the world's · 95 stories about harm ● Maldives few stories about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 48 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Disasters & accidents32% 9,256 stories · much more than usual (usually 18%) Rights & justice22% 6,212 stories · much less than usual (usually 32%) Conflict & violence21% 5,981 stories · more than usual (usually 18%) Health13% 3,787 stories · much less than usual (usually 19%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,349 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 916 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 570 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 514 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 killed9,084 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,290 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the Bahamas Stories reporting people injured3,641 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting arrests2,799 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations1,199 at about three times the usual rate · most about the US and the Bahamas Stories reporting refugees338 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions217 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced132 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting people falling ill45 at about the usual rate

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
● 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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