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What the world's news said happened to people.
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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.

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: 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: 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: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Korea: too little coverage to readSomalia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: too little coverage to readQatar: 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 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 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: too little coverage to readMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: 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 lessLibya: 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: 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: 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 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: 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: 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 readCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: 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 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 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 lessBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: 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: too little coverage to readHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: too little coverage to readArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: 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 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 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: 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: 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: 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 readPuerto Rico: warmth about one and a half times its own usualTürkiye: warmth about one and a half times its own usualTaiwan: warmth about its own usualSwitzerland: warmth about its own usualSouth Sudan: warmth about its own usualSudan: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualSouth Africa: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualNorth Korea: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIceland: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualFiji: warmth about its own usualCyprus: warmth about its own usualHong Kong: warmth about its own usualCameroon: warmth about its own usualBurkina Faso: 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 usualMachar, South Sudan -- health: 15 stories, carried by 14 outletsReno, US -- health: 140 stories, carried by 146 outletsAmsterdam, Netherlands -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 15 stories, carried by 13 outletsAmazonia, Brazil -- health: 16 stories, carried by 16 outletsRichmond, US -- health: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsKatsina, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 24 stories, carried by 15 outletsBrussels, Belgium -- health: 18 stories, carried by 17 outletsBogota, Colombia -- conflict & violence: 38 stories, carried by 47 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

● Palestine warmth about one and a half times usual ● Puerto Rico warmth about one and a half times usual ● Türkiye warmth about one and a half times usual ● Israel warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Machar South Sudan about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 15 stories ● Reno US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 140 stories ● Amsterdam Netherlands about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 15 stories ● Amazonia Brazil about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 16 stories ● Richmond US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories

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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