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19,754 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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Violence in Kabul, protests in Sarajevo (Bosnia) and a disaster in Seoul drew the news. South Korea's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was softer than usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and the Bahamas → Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about three times the usual rate →
Part of lifeDisasters & accidents 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostBosnia 88 in 100 of its 82 stories, usually 27
RegionEast Asia 34 in 100 of its stories, usually 20
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

1,640 of its 1,894 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 74%. Kabul accounted for 1,518 of Afghanistan's 1,640 stories about harm, carried by 1,161 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (19 stories). Train derailment was named in 36 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Kabul stories →
Protests & strikes

Bosnia

72 of its 82 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Sarajevo accounted for 72 of Bosnia's 72 stories about harm, carried by 217 outlets. 46 of Sarajevo's 72 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Bosnia over 30 days → its stories → Sarajevo stories →
Disasters & accidents

South Korea

206 of its 385 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Seoul accounted for 164 of South Korea's 206 stories about harm, carried by 269 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (111 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

South Korea over 30 days → its stories → Seoul stories →
Rights & justice

France

174 of its 575 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (78 stories). Heatwave was named in 27 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

France over 30 days → its stories →
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Conflict & violence

Palestine

160 of its 208 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Gaza accounted for 124 of Palestine's 160 stories about harm, carried by 108 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (117 stories). Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

North Korea

44 of its 87 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 8%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (28 stories). Natural hazards were named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Russia

328 of its 816 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. 168 of Moscow's 277 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (214 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Bahamas

869 of its 1,117 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Abaco accounted for 572 of the Bahamas' 869 stories about harm, carried by 655 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (19 stories). Wildfires were named in 53 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with food poisoning, oil spill and cholera.

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Protests & strikes

Ethiopia

65 of its 87 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. 35 of Addis Ababa's 38 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Haiti

64 of its 89 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. 47 of Port-au-Prince's 47 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: landslides in Japan (97 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); drownings in Italy (60 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Australia (111 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); outbreaks in Norway (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); natural hazards in North Korea (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

24 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 8 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 19,754 stories about harm among 82,561 counted on 8 Sep.

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Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about three times the usual rate. of the day's 82,561 news stories, 24 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 22. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and the Bahamas. Mentions of landslides ran about 7 times their usual in Japan's news. A year earlier, on 8 September 2018, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 24 today. This week the news turned most often to the Bahamas, on 4 of 7 days; help rose on 5 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Libya90 in 100 of its 86 stories · usually 69 · mostly displacement Bosnia88 in 100 of its 82 stories · usually 27 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan87 in 100 of its 1,894 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Bahamas78 in 100 of its 1,117 stories · usually 70 · mostly disasters & accidents Palestine77 in 100 of its 208 stories · usually 43 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Causeway Bay Hong Kong231 stories about protests or strikes, of its 233 Beijing China222 stories about protests or strikes, of its 257 Washington US169 stories about protests or strikes, of its 608 Moscow Russia168 stories about protests or strikes, of its 277 Kabul Afghanistan105 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1518

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUkraine: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSudan: 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 readSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt 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'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: too little coverage to readPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: too little coverage to readMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: 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'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: too little coverage to readGabon: too little coverage to readSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl 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: too little coverage to readCzech 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 readCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: too little coverage to readCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: 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'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: too little coverage to readBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sArgentina: 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: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readCrimea: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & 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: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: feelings about like the world'sWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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 readZimbabwe: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSenegal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer 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 grief-stricken as the world'sIreland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHaiti: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEthiopia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little angrier than 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'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBosnia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken 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 grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLiechtenstein: coverage a little more fearful than 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

● Haiti about twice as angry as the world's · 64 stories about harm ● Bosnia about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 72 stories about harm ● South Korea about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 206 stories about harm ● Ethiopia about twice as fearful as the world's · 65 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 1,640 stories about harm ● Zimbabwe about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 205 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Disasters & accidents26% 5,145 stories · much more than usual (usually 21%) Rights & justice26% 4,977 stories · much less than usual (usually 31%) Conflict & violence20% 3,945 stories · more than usual (usually 16%) Health16% 3,091 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,058 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 506 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 489 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 305 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 killed6,842 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting people affected2,620 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the Bahamas Stories reporting arrests1,608 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Russia Stories reporting people injured1,135 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and South Korea Stories reporting evacuations706 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and the Bahamas Stories reporting refugees211 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions128 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced102 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Türkiye Stories reporting people falling ill33 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
● Warmtha little more than 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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