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31,361 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 protests in Rabat (Morocco), rights and justice in Caracas and violence in Sanmatenga. Burkina Faso's coverage was about 4 times as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were softer than usual.

Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 25 in 100 of the stories about harm · much less than usual Country that rose mostMorocco 79 in 100 of its 195 stories, usually 19
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 47 in 100 of its stories, usually 37
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

Morocco

155 of its 195 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Rabat accounted for 86 of Morocco's 155 stories about harm, carried by 78 outlets. 76 of Rabat's 86 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (59 stories). Flooding was named in 62 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.

Morocco over 30 days → its stories → Rabat stories →
Rights & justice

Venezuela

65 of its 101 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Caracas accounted for 48 of Venezuela's 65 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 9 times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Venezuela over 30 days → its stories → Caracas stories →
Conflict & violence

Burkina Faso

97 of its 105 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Sanmatenga accounted for 72 of Burkina Faso's 97 stories about harm, carried by 69 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as angry as the world's.

Burkina Faso over 30 days → its stories → Sanmatenga stories →
Disasters & accidents

Bahamas

1,228 of its 1,540 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Abaco accounted for 567 of the Bahamas' 1,228 stories about harm, carried by 691 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (32 stories). Cholera was named in 32 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Bahamas over 30 days → its stories → Abaco stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Netherlands

150 of its 474 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (42 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Rights & justice

South Africa

585 of its 1,329 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (46 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Hong Kong

391 of its 594 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. 109 of Causeway Bay's 115 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Japan

468 of its 1,939 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people injured ran at about 10 times the usual rate (237 stories). Typhoon was named in 332 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with storm surge.

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Sri Lanka

105 of its 285 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (48 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Shelter & services

North Korea

47 of its 312 stories (15%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Hurricane was named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: typhoon in Japan (332 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); wildfires in Australia (176 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); hurricane in Canada (234 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); drought in Bolivia (15 of its stories, about three times its usual); heatwave in France (52 of its stories, about 9 times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 22; 24 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 9 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 31,361 stories about harm among 150,268 counted on 9 Sep.

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In Morocco, 79% of the news was about people being harmed, where 19% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 150,268 stories, below the usual 22. Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. In Japan's news, mentions of the typhoon ran about 7 times their usual. On 9 September 2018, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, against 21 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Burkina Faso92 in 100 of its 105 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Bahamas80 in 100 of its 1,540 stories · usually 71 · mostly disasters & accidents Morocco79 in 100 of its 195 stories · usually 19 · mostly rights & justice Afghanistan76 in 100 of its 1,108 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence Libya71 in 100 of its 105 stories · usually 71 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Kabul Afghanistan199 stories about protests or strikes, of its 743 Washington US198 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1490 Brooklyn US165 stories about protests or strikes, of its 199 London UK157 stories about protests or strikes, of its 605 Causeway Bay Hong Kong109 stories about protests or strikes, of its 115

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: 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: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: 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'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSpain: 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'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRussia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPeru: 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: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: 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'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: 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 readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: 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: 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 readCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: 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'sMyanmar: 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: feelings about like the world'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & 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): 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: 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: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: feelings about like the world'sMontserrat: too little coverage to readGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan 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: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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 readZimbabwe: coverage about one and a half times 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'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little more fearful than 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'sTaiwan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little more fearful than 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'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNetherlands: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMadagascar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLesotho: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLatvia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJapan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sItaly: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIceland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGuinea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFrance: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCyprus: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little warmer than the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHong Kong: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBurundi: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about 4 times as angry as the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBelize: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBahamas: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArgentina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than 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 twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sJersey: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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

● Burkina Faso about 4 times as angry as the world's · 97 stories about harm ● Lesotho few stories about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 16 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 349 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 198 stories about harm ● Kashmir about twice as fearful as the world's · 51 stories about harm ● Türkiye about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 105 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice25% 7,734 stories · much less than usual (usually 30%) Disasters & accidents25% 7,595 stories · more than usual (usually 21%) Health21% 6,413 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence16% 4,910 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,690 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 964 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 867 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 551 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 killed9,400 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,597 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the Bahamas Stories reporting arrests3,105 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and South Africa Stories reporting people injured1,885 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Japan Stories reporting evacuations971 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the Bahamas Stories reporting refugees372 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced256 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions205 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people falling ill39 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Norway

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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.