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27,158 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 news turned to illness in Pyongyang, people injured in Nepal and protests in Minsk (Belarus). Belarus' coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 57 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostPortugal 36 in 100 of its 91 stories, usually 22
RegionEvery region about as usual
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Health

North Korea

39 of its 71 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Pyongyang accounted for 29 of North Korea's 39 stories about harm, carried by 41 outlets. Outbreaks were named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

North Korea over 30 days → its stories → Pyongyang stories →
Disasters & accidents

Nepal

32 of its 53 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Nepal over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Health

Libya

51 of its 99 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 7 times the usual rate (5 stories). Hunger was named in 10 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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Health

Chad

21 of its 33 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Health

Portugal

33 of its 91 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).

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Health

Finland

49 of its 133 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Helsinki accounted for 41 of Finland's 49 stories about harm, carried by 116 outlets.

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Protests & strikes

Côte d’Ivoire

13 of its 20 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. 4 of Abidjan's 8 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Health

South Korea

Seoul accounted for 104 of South Korea's 163 stories about harm, carried by 159 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (52 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: flooding in South Sudan (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); hunger in Libya (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Ireland (28 of its stories, about three times its usual); heavy rain in New Zealand (12 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); gas explosion in Nigeria (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

26 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 24 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 27,158 stories about harm among 104,481 counted on 24 Sep.

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In North Korea's news, mentions of outbreaks ran about 4 times their usual. On 25 September 2019, a year earlier, the share was 17 in every 100, against 26 today. North Korea's news was 55% about people being harmed, against a usual 40%. of the day's 104,481 news stories, 26 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 28.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen67 in 100 of its 72 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Nepal60 in 100 of its 53 stories · usually 48 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria59 in 100 of its 108 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir57 in 100 of its 176 stories · usually 52 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan57 in 100 of its 168 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Louisville US446 stories about protests or strikes, of its 505 Washington US236 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1365 Kentucky US118 stories about protests or strikes, of its 173 Delhi India83 stories about protests or strikes, of its 310 Minsk Belarus78 stories about protests or strikes, of its 94

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: 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 Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: 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'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: 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 readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: 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 readMali: 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'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: 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'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: 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: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: 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: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: feelings about like the world'sWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little angrier than the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUS: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sThailand: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSyria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEswatini: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSenegal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage a little angrier than the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalau: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNiger: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMalta: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLithuania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLatvia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJordan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sItaly: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuinea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFrance: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFiji: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCzechia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCuba: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage a little angrier than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurundi: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBotswana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBolivia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelarus: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice 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 twice as fearful as the world's · 101 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as angry as the world's · 95 stories about harm ● Belarus about twice as angry as the world's · 131 stories about harm ● Yemen few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 48 stories about harm ● Iran about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 93 stories about harm ● Libya about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 51 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health57% 15,264 stories · more than usual (usually 54%) Rights & justice20% 5,381 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents9% 2,442 stories · less than usual (usually 12%) Conflict & violence6% 1,590 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 996 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 624 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 316 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 305 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 killed6,724 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,103 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,992 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,172 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees179 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced164 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions109 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting evacuations105 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people falling ill49 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Canada

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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.