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35,586 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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Protests in Khartoum (Sudan), people killed in Tonga and train derailment in Congo drew the news. Congo's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was much softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostTonga 64 in 100 of its 110 stories, usually 10
RegionOceania 22 in 100 of its stories, usually 18
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Sudan

111 of its 167 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Khartoum accounted for 61 of Sudan's 111 stories about harm, carried by 48 outlets. 38 of Khartoum's 61 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Sudan over 30 days → its stories → Khartoum stories →
Conflict & violence

Tonga

70 of its 110 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (10 stories). Respiratory illness was named in 61 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Tonga over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Congo

115 of its 125 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 74%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (82 stories). Train derailment was named in 100 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Congo over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Hungary

57 of its 146 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 6%. Budapest accounted for 54 of Hungary's 57 stories about harm, carried by 54 outlets. 47 of Budapest's 54 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Palestine

132 of its 242 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. 51 of Ramallah's 68 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Honduras

12 of its 25 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 6 of Tegucigalpa's 6 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Kashmir

90 of its 223 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (45 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Health

Belarus

38 of its 113 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (11 stories).

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Rights & justice

Peru

38 of its 109 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: wildfires in Indonesia (85 of its stories, about three times its usual); respiratory illness in New Zealand (94 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Greece (39 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Spain (51 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tsunami in Japan (47 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 22; 21 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 12 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 35,586 stories about harm among 174,505 counted on 12 Sep.

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In Congo's news, mentions of train derailment ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 174,505 stories, below the usual 22. It was the second day running that the news turned to Sudan. On 12 September 2018, a year earlier, the share was 23 in every 100, against 20 today. Sudan stood out: 66% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 57%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Congo92 in 100 of its 125 stories · usually 74 · mostly disasters & accidents Bahamas72 in 100 of its 1,298 stories · usually 72 · mostly disasters & accidents Yemen71 in 100 of its 76 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan66 in 100 of its 167 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Tonga64 in 100 of its 110 stories · usually 10 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US255 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1655 London UK134 stories about protests or strikes, of its 507 Beijing China112 stories about protests or strikes, of its 284 Moscow Russia88 stories about protests or strikes, of its 147 Phoenix US72 stories about protests or strikes, of its 208

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or lessZambia: too little coverage to readYemen: 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 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: 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 lessTurkey: 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 lessTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: too little coverage to readTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: 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 readSri Lanka: about as warm as its own usual or lessSpain: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readQatar: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: 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: 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 lessLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: 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: 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 lessJamaica: 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: too little coverage to readIceland: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: 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: 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: 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: too little coverage to readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuba: 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 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 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 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: too little coverage to readAustralia: 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: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJammu & Kashmir: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Kitts & Nevis: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: 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 readTonga: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSouth Sudan: warmth about its own usualSudan: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualPoland: warmth about its own usualNorth Korea: warmth about its own usualLibya: warmth about one and a half times its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualHungary: warmth about one and a half times its own usualEgypt: warmth about one and a half times its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualHong Kong: warmth about its own usualBurkina Faso: warmth about its own usualBarbados: warmth about one and a half times 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 usualErie, US -- displacement: 18 stories, carried by 18 outletsSanta Clarita, US -- disasters & accidents: 13 stories, carried by 12 outletsMilan, Italy -- health: 33 stories, carried by 31 outletsBuhari, Nigeria -- food & livelihood: 12 stories, carried by 10 outletsJuba, South Sudan -- rights & justice: 12 stories, carried by 12 outletsBudapest, Hungary -- rights & justice: 54 stories, carried by 54 outletsNile Delta, Egypt -- health: 14 stories, carried by 12 outletsDarfur, Sudan -- conflict & violence: 29 stories, carried by 19 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 ● Hungary warmth about one and a half times usual ● Libya warmth about one and a half times usual ● Egypt warmth about one and a half times usual ● Barbados warmth about one and a half times usual ● Tonga warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Erie US about 4 times as warm as the day's news · displacement · 18 stories ● Santa Clarita US about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 13 stories ● Milan Italy about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 33 stories ● Buhari Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · food & livelihood · 12 stories ● Juba South Sudan about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 12 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 9,644 stories · about as usual Health24% 8,379 stories · more than usual (usually 20%) Disasters & accidents18% 6,306 stories · less than usual (usually 21%) Conflict & violence15% 5,210 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 1,561 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,470 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,204 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,159 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 killed10,567 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,912 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests3,826 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,685 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting refugees417 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations347 at about half the usual rate · most about the Bahamas and the US Stories reporting people displaced212 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting abductions187 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill144 at about one and a half times 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 much 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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