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12,814 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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Power cuts in Iran, illness in Huambo and protests in Cairo (Egypt) drew the news. Egypt's coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were about as usual.

Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostKashmir 59 in 100 of its 224 stories, usually 36
RegionCentral Asia 16 in 100 of its stories, usually 13
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

Iran

111 of its 271 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Tehran accounted for 75 of Iran's 111 stories about harm, carried by 184 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (37 stories). Power cuts were named in 36 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.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Health

Angola

45 of its 95 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Huambo accounted for 32 of Angola's 45 stories about harm, carried by 163 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). HIV was named in 30 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.

Angola over 30 days → its stories → Huambo stories →
Protests & strikes

Egypt

82 of its 195 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. 29 of Cairo's 44 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Egypt over 30 days → its stories → Cairo stories →
Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

84 of its 148 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories). Earthquake was named in 31 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with tsunami.

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

Kashmir

132 of its 224 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Batote accounted for 71 of Kashmir's 132 stories about harm, carried by 39 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 9 times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

42 of its 74 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Ramallah accounted for 29 of Palestine's 42 stories about harm, carried by 30 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Venezuela

24 of its 61 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. 4 of Caracas' 7 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Haiti

23 of its 35 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. 8 of Port-au-Prince's 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories).

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Rights & justice

Thailand

47 of its 140 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (26 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

Kabul accounted for 200 of Afghanistan's 265 stories about harm, carried by 476 outlets. Flooding was named in 36 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.

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Also named far more than usual: hiv in South Africa (29 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); flooding in Afghanistan (36 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tropical storm in Philippines (14 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); heavy rain in UK (40 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); snowstorms in Canada (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 21; 17 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 28 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 12,814 stories about harm among 68,219 counted on 28 Sep.

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Reports of people freed or reunited, a sign of help, ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Mentions of HIV ran about 7 times their usual in Angola's news. of the day's 68,219 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 21. Iran stood out: 41% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 29%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria69 in 100 of its 122 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan67 in 100 of its 394 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir59 in 100 of its 224 stories · usually 36 · mostly conflict & violence Indonesia57 in 100 of its 148 stories · usually 43 · mostly disasters & accidents Palestine57 in 100 of its 74 stories · usually 43 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Beijing China77 stories about protests or strikes, of its 102 Washington US49 stories about protests or strikes, of its 335 Cairo Egypt29 stories about protests or strikes, of its 44 New Delhi India29 stories about protests or strikes, of its 191 -Richland US28 stories about protests or strikes, of its 31

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: too little coverage to readVenezuela: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: 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 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: too little coverage to readIsle 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: too little coverage to readTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: too little coverage to readTrinidad & 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 readThailand: 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 lessTaiwan: 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: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSudan: 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: too little coverage to readSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: 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 lessRussia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: about as warm as its own usual or lessQatar: 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: too little coverage to readPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: too little coverage to readPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: 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: too little coverage to readNamibia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: 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: too little coverage to readItaly: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: 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 lessIceland: 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: too little coverage to readGuinea-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 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: too little coverage to readGambia: 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 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 lessEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: 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 readCyprus: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: 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: too little coverage to readBurkina 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: too little coverage to readBolivia: 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: too little coverage to readBarbados: 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 lessGaza: about as warm as its own usual or lessWest Bank: 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 lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: 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 readSyria: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualNorway: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualHong Kong: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualDamascus, Syria -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 11 outletsGanderbal, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 15 outletsOttawa, Canada -- health: 12 stories, carried by 11 outletsFort Bragg, US -- health: 20 stories, carried by 39 outletsCedar Rapids, US -- health: 11 stories, carried by 14 outletsBaghdad, Iraq -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 31 outletsKabul, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 200 stories, carried by 476 outletsAbaco, Bahamas -- disasters & accidents: 18 stories, carried by 13 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

No country's news was much warmer than its usual (a quarter or more).

Warmest events

● Damascus Syria about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 12 stories ● Ganderbal Kashmir about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 13 stories ● Ottawa Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Fort Bragg US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 20 stories ● Cedar Rapids US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 3,635 stories · about as usual Health26% 3,253 stories · more than usual (usually 22%) Disasters & accidents16% 2,071 stories · less than usual (usually 21%) Conflict & violence16% 1,982 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 673 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 451 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 246 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 245 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 killed3,180 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting arrests1,580 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,386 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured784 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees161 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions95 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced92 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations85 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people falling ill40 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Bangladesh

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
● 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.