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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.

its stories →
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.

its stories →

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.

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUkraine: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTajikistan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: 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: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: 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: too little coverage to readNigeria: 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 readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: too little coverage to readMalawi: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: about as warm as its own usual or lessLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: 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: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: 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 lessIsrael: 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: 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 lessGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: too little coverage to readGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: 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: too little coverage to readNew 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 lessEthiopia: too little coverage to readEstonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEgypt: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: too little coverage to readComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: 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 readCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJammu & Kashmir: 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 lessCrimea: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern 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: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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 readPuerto Rico: warmth about its own usualUS: warmth about its own usualTürkiye: warmth about its own usualThailand: warmth about its own usualTanzania: warmth about its own usualTaiwan: warmth about its own usualSudan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualQatar: warmth about its own usualLibya: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualIceland: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about one and a half times its own usualFiji: warmth about its own usualCuba: warmth about its own usualDR Congo: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualEl Paso, US -- conflict & violence: 82 stories, carried by 86 outletsChibok, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 15 stories, carried by 14 outletsBrooklyn, US -- disasters & accidents: 199 stories, carried by 186 outletsSarajevo, Bosnia -- rights & justice: 16 stories, carried by 15 outletsAmazon River, Brazil -- disasters & accidents: 18 stories, carried by 27 outletsKhartoum, Sudan -- conflict & violence: 102 stories, carried by 81 outletsShercock, Ireland -- disasters & accidents: 19 stories, carried by 13 outletsTowie, UK -- health: 11 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

● Sudan 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 ● Greece warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● El Paso US about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 82 stories ● Chibok Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 15 stories ● Brooklyn US about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 199 stories ● Sarajevo Bosnia about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 16 stories ● Amazon River Brazil about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 18 stories

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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