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15,351 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 day's news pointed at violence in Stepanakert, protests in Oslo (Norway) and illness in Lisbon. Azerbaijan's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was softer than usual.

Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate, most often about the US and Mali → Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeHealth 56 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostAzerbaijan 64 in 100 of its 113 stories, usually 34
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 44 in 100 of its stories, usually 37
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Conflict & violence

Azerbaijan

72 of its 113 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Stepanakert accounted for 44 of Azerbaijan's 72 stories about harm, carried by 44 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (48 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Azerbaijan over 30 days → its stories → Stepanakert stories →
Protests & strikes

Norway

63 of its 139 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 22 of Oslo's 35 stories were about protests or strikes. Hunger was named in 25 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Norway over 30 days → its stories → Oslo stories →
Health

Portugal

34 of its 67 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Lisbon accounted for 30 of Portugal's 34 stories about harm, carried by 2 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (18 stories). Outbreaks were named in 30 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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

Mali

44 of its 59 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Bamako accounted for 34 of Mali's 44 stories about harm, carried by 43 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (33 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Armenia

45 of its 78 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Iran

83 of its 152 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Tehran accounted for 49 of Iran's 83 stories about harm, carried by 64 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Spain

109 of its 304 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Indonesia

45 of its 80 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. 23 of Jakarta's 26 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (20 stories).

its stories →
Health

Morocco

18 of its 30 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. 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: storms in South Korea (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Japan (11 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); flooding in Australia (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); tornadoes in US (131 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

28 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 27; 26 the day before
30 in 10025 in 1008 Sep15 Sep22 Sep29 Sep9 Oct8 Sep: 27 in 1009 Sep: 27 in 10010 Sep: 27 in 10011 Sep: 28 in 10012 Sep: 30 in 10013 Sep: 30 in 10014 Sep: 27 in 10015 Sep: 27 in 10016 Sep: 27 in 10017 Sep: 26 in 10018 Sep: 26 in 10019 Sep: 29 in 10020 Sep: 28 in 10021 Sep: 26 in 10022 Sep: 26 in 10023 Sep: 26 in 10024 Sep: 26 in 10025 Sep: 26 in 10026 Sep: 28 in 10027 Sep: 27 in 10028 Sep: 25 in 10029 Sep: 25 in 10030 Sep: 26 in 1001 Oct: 26 in 1002 Oct: 28 in 1003 Oct: 29 in 1005 Oct: 27 in 1006 Oct: 27 in 1007 Oct: 26 in 1009 Oct: 28 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 9 Oct. 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 15,351 stories about harm among 54,412 counted on 9 Oct.

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Abductions were reported at about 5 times the usual rate, most often about the US and Mali. Stories about people being harmed made up 28 in every 100 of the day's 54,412 stories, above the usual 27. Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate. In Portugal's news, mentions of outbreaks ran more than ten times their usual. On 10 October 2019, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, against 28 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Mali75 in 100 of its 59 stories · usually 44 · mostly conflict & violence Azerbaijan64 in 100 of its 113 stories · usually 34 · mostly conflict & violence Armenia58 in 100 of its 78 stories · usually 37 · mostly conflict & violence Bangladesh57 in 100 of its 91 stories · usually 45 · mostly rights & justice Indonesia56 in 100 of its 80 stories · usually 44 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US162 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1278 Kenosha US58 stories about protests or strikes, of its 82 Michigan US44 stories about protests or strikes, of its 155 Manhattan US34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 117 Lagos Nigeria32 stories about protests or strikes, of its 55

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: too little coverage to readVanuatu: 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: too little coverage to readGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited States: too little coverage to readSouth 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: 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: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth 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 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: too little coverage to readSeychelles: 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: 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: too little coverage to readPoland: 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: 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 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 lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: 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 lessMalaysia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalawi: 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: too little coverage to readLibya: 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: 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 lessItaly: 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: too little coverage to readHungary: 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: too little coverage to readGuinea: 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: 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 lessEstonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: too little coverage to readEcuador: 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: too little coverage to readFaroe 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: too little coverage to readCôte 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: 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 lessBurkina Faso: 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 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: too little coverage to readBenin: 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: 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: 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: 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 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 readCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern 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: 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: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readSomalia: warmth about its own usualPortugal: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNorway: warmth about one and a half times its own usualNiger: warmth about its own usualMorocco: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualMali: warmth about its own usualEthiopia: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualOslo, Norway -- health: 35 stories, carried by 70 outletsMontana, US -- disasters & accidents: 11 stories, carried by 12 outletsNevada, US -- health: 12 stories, carried by 14 outletsDarfur, Sudan -- health: 10 stories, carried by 48 outletsYorkshire, UK -- health: 20 stories, carried by 21 outletsNiamey, Niger -- health: 10 stories, carried by 72 outletsVancouver, Canada -- health: 57 stories, carried by 109 outletsGlasgow, UK -- health: 19 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

● Portugal warmth about one and a half times usual ● Norway warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Oslo Norway about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 35 stories ● Montana US about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 11 stories ● Nevada US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Darfur Sudan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Yorkshire UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 20 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health56% 8,580 stories · about as usual Rights & justice19% 2,962 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents9% 1,418 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence7% 1,007 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 562 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 355 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 189 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 154 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 killed3,874 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,274 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,046 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured775 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions408 at about 5 times the usual rate · most about the US and Mali Stories reporting evacuations85 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and South Korea Stories reporting refugees77 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Bangladesh Stories reporting people displaced74 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill31 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and China

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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