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What the world's news said happened to people.
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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

how these are picked →
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 →
6 more places the news pointed at
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.

its stories →
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.

its stories →
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.

its stories →
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.

its stories →
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.

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: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & 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 readTanzania: too little coverage to readTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: too little coverage to readSudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri Lanka: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt 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: 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: too little coverage to readPalau: about as warm as its own usual or lessPakistan: 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 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: too little coverage to readMontenegro: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: too little coverage to readMalaysia: 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: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: 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: too little coverage to readLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: 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: too little coverage to readJapan: too little coverage to readJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessItaly: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: 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: too little coverage to readGhana: 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: too little coverage to readGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrench 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: too little coverage to readEquatorial 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: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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: too little coverage to readCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: too little coverage to readCongo: 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: too little coverage to readCentral African Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: too little coverage to readCameroon: about as warm as its own usual or lessCambodia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina 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 lessBolivia: 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: too little coverage to readBarbados: too little coverage to readBangladesh: 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: too little coverage to readAndorra: 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 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 lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessChagos 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessWallis & 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readUK: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualTürkiye: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualSwitzerland: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about one and a half times its own usualRussia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualJordan: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualBosnia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSarajevo, Bosnia -- conflict & violence: 72 stories, carried by 217 outletsAnadolu, Türkiye -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 12 outletsChannel Islands, US -- disasters & accidents: 12 stories, carried by 11 outletsPennsylvania, US -- rights & justice: 10 stories, carried by 11 outletsTal Abyad, Syria -- conflict & violence: 23 stories, carried by 19 outletsAjit, India -- conflict & violence: 29 stories, carried by 26 outletsSydney, Australia -- conflict & violence: 113 stories, carried by 104 outletsRome, Italy -- rights & justice: 23 stories, carried by 24 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

● Bosnia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Palestine warmth about one and a half times usual ● Russia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Türkiye warmth about one and a half times usual ● Spain warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Sarajevo Bosnia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 72 stories ● Anadolu Türkiye about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 12 stories ● Channel Islands US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 12 stories ● Pennsylvania US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 10 stories ● Tal Abyad Syria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 23 stories

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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