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24,491 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 flooding in France, extreme cold in North Korea and plane crash in Ukraine. France's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 57 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostNorth Korea 75 in 100 of its 105 stories, usually 40
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

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Conflict & violence

France

440 of its 1,068 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Paris accounted for 329 of France's 440 stories about harm, carried by 580 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (228 stories). Flooding was named in 52 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

France over 30 days → its stories → Paris stories →
Health

North Korea

79 of its 105 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Pyongyang accounted for 58 of North Korea's 79 stories about harm, carried by 86 outlets. Extreme cold was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten 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

Ukraine

79 of its 208 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (33 stories). Plane crash was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Ukraine over 30 days → its stories →
Protests & strikes

Belarus

Minsk accounted for 58 of Belarus' 85 stories about harm, carried by 103 outlets. 51 of Minsk's 58 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Belarus over 30 days → its stories → Minsk stories →
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Conflict & violence

Türkiye

100 of its 248 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (43 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

116 of its 166 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Health

St Vincent

10 of its 15 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).

its stories →
Health

Finland

44 of its 106 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).

its stories →
Health

Egypt

57 of its 135 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories).

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Rights & justice

Iran

101 of its 203 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: flu in Switzerland (12 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); plague in China (40 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); road crashes in Ireland (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); gas explosion in Nigeria (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); dengue in India (35 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).

26 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 28; 26 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 25 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 24,491 stories about harm among 93,777 counted on 25 Sep.

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North Korea's news mentioned extreme cold more than ten times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 26 September 2019, 16 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 26 today. In France, 41% of the news was about people being harmed, where 26% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 26 in every 100 of the day's 93,777 stories, below the usual 28.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

North Korea75 in 100 of its 105 stories · usually 40 · mostly health Kashmir70 in 100 of its 166 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence Rwanda61 in 100 of its 74 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence Mali58 in 100 of its 83 stories · usually 46 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan57 in 100 of its 124 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Louisville US232 stories about protests or strikes, of its 260 Washington US194 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1044 Kentucky US79 stories about protests or strikes, of its 126 Los Angeles US64 stories about protests or strikes, of its 206 Kenosha US64 stories about protests or strikes, of its 81

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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: 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: too little coverage to readUnited 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited 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 lessTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: 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: 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 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: 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 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readPanama: 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 lessNorth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessNigeria: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMadagascar: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: 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 lessIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: about as warm as its own usual or lessIreland: too little coverage to readIraq: 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 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: 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 readGreece: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: too little coverage to readFiji: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: 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 lessHong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or lessChile: too little coverage to readChad: 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 lessBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: 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: too little coverage to readBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: 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: 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 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 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readCook 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: warmth about its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about its own usualNiger: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualIndia: warmth about its own usualAzerbaijan: warmth about its own usualArmenia: warmth about its own usualCharlotte, US -- health: 27 stories, carried by 33 outletsOregon, US -- health: 14 stories, carried by 79 outletsKabul, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 24 stories, carried by 55 outletsIbadan, Nigeria -- health: 15 stories, carried by 12 outletsBrussels, Belgium -- health: 18 stories, carried by 97 outletsPrince Edward Island, Canada -- health: 10 stories, carried by 26 outletsOttawa, Canada -- health: 87 stories, carried by 168 outletsCambridge, UK -- health: 48 stories, carried by 50 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

● Charlotte US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 27 stories ● Oregon US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 14 stories ● Kabul Afghanistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 24 stories ● Ibadan Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 15 stories ● Brussels Belgium about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 18 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health57% 13,709 stories · more than usual (usually 54%) Rights & justice20% 4,766 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents9% 2,150 stories · less than usual (usually 12%) Conflict & violence7% 1,624 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 916 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 541 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 285 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 257 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 killed6,492 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,119 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,804 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,369 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions156 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees136 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Greece Stories reporting people displaced108 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations68 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill63 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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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