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What the world's news said happened to people.
Counts of coverage, not of suffering
35,678 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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Most of the day's attention went to evacuations in Sudan, flooding in Venezuela and people injured in Austria. Austria's coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about 7 times the usual rate, most often about the US and Afghanistan → Help and hope: reports of volunteers ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 25 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostEthiopia 63 in 100 of its 171 stories, usually 36
RegionEvery region about as usual
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Conflict & violence

Sudan

75 of its 108 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Cholera was named in 16 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.

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

Austria

33 of its 126 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Austria over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

106 of its 208 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (42 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Egypt

117 of its 302 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (27 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (54 stories). Outbreaks were named in 43 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.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

Kabul accounted for 323 of Afghanistan's 456 stories about harm, carried by 321 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Ethiopia

108 of its 171 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (90 stories).

its stories →
Displacement

Central African Republic

20 of its 24 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (15 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Syria (43 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Japan (49 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Chile (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in China (70 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tsunami in Mexico (19 of its stories, about 10 times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 22; 20 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 11 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 35,678 stories about harm among 169,451 counted on 11 Sep.

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People falling ill were reported at about 7 times the usual rate, most often about the US and Afghanistan. of the day's 169,451 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of volunteers, a sign of help, ran at about twice the usual rate. Mentions of flooding ran more than ten times their usual in Venezuela's news. On 11 September 2018, a year earlier, the share was 23 in every 100, against 21 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria75 in 100 of its 271 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan73 in 100 of its 625 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence South Sudan70 in 100 of its 60 stories · usually 47 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan69 in 100 of its 108 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen69 in 100 of its 61 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US203 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2097 Shanksville US143 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1082 El Paso US103 stories about protests or strikes, of its 220 Beijing China91 stories about protests or strikes, of its 285 London UK82 stories about protests or strikes, of its 457

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: 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 readUnited Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSpain: 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 readSierra 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: too little coverage to readRomania: 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'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: 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: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: 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'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: 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'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: 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'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt 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'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: 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: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: 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: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: too little coverage to readBahamas: 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'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican 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: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: 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: too little coverage to readNauru: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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 readZimbabwe: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUzbekistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUS: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier 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 warm as the world'sThailand: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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 fearful as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSenegal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sQatar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPoland: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPanama: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLesotho: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLebanon: 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'sIraq: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGermany: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sGambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBurundi: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBrazil: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBenin: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAustria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAngola: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful 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 about three times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful 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

● Kashmir about three times as fearful as the world's · 106 stories about harm ● Türkiye about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 292 stories about harm ● Zimbabwe about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 334 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as angry as the world's · 456 stories about harm ● Yemen few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 42 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 384 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice25% 8,776 stories · less than usual (usually 30%) Health23% 8,229 stories · more than usual (usually 20%) Conflict & violence22% 7,755 stories · much more than usual (usually 16%) Disasters & accidents15% 5,333 stories · much less than usual (usually 21%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,125 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,108 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,077 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 748 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 killed10,883 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,104 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,001 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,638 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting people falling ill558 at about 7 times the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting refugees502 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations295 at about half the usual rate · most about the Bahamas and the US Stories reporting people displaced216 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions212 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US

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 about as usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout as usual
● Feara little more than 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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