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11,186 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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Violence in Kirkuk, protests in Cetinje (Montenegro) and illness in Colombo drew the news. Iraq's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 51 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostIraq 74 in 100 of its 92 stories, usually 43
RegionOceania 38 in 100 of its stories, usually 30
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Iraq

68 of its 92 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Kirkuk accounted for 38 of Iraq's 68 stories about harm, carried by 54 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (32 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Iraq over 30 days → its stories → Kirkuk stories →
Protests & strikes

Montenegro

19 of its 33 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Cetinje accounted for 19 of Montenegro's 19 stories about harm, carried by 270 outlets. 19 of Cetinje's 19 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (6 stories).

Montenegro over 30 days → its stories → Cetinje stories →
Health

Sri Lanka

58 of its 119 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Colombo accounted for 38 of Sri Lanka's 58 stories about harm, carried by 31 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Saudi Arabia

79 of its 173 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Dammam accounted for 43 of Saudi Arabia's 79 stories about harm, carried by 67 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

New Zealand

181 of its 339 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (65 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Guinea

109 of its 188 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Conakry accounted for 102 of Guinea's 109 stories about harm, carried by 359 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (18 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Pakistan

261 of its 563 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (63 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

Romania

14 of its 26 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Health

Brazil

55 of its 152 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 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: nipah virus in India (67 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); oil spill in US (55 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

30 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 27; 30 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 5 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 11,186 stories about harm among 37,792 counted on 5 Sep.

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Stories about people being harmed made up 30 in every 100 of the day's 37,792 stories, above the usual 27. On 5 September 2020, a year earlier, the share was 29 in every 100, against 30 today. This week the news turned most often to New Zealand, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 1 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Iraq74 in 100 of its 92 stories · usually 43 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan59 in 100 of its 1,123 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Guinea58 in 100 of its 188 stories · usually 45 · mostly conflict & violence Jamaica56 in 100 of its 95 stories · usually 34 · mostly health New Zealand53 in 100 of its 339 stories · usually 31 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Kabul Afghanistan104 stories about protests or strikes, of its 410 Washington US58 stories about protests or strikes, of its 374 Texas US20 stories about protests or strikes, of its 72 Jerusalem Israel19 stories about protests or strikes, of its 60 Cetinje Montenegro19 stories about protests or strikes, of its 19

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: 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'sUnited States: feelings about like the world'sSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUkraine: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSudan: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: 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 readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: feelings about like the world'sSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: too little coverage to readQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: 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'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: too little coverage to readMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: 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'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: too little coverage to readGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: 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: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl 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'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: too little coverage to readComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: 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 readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sGaza: feelings about like the world'sWest Bank: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sCrimea: feelings about like the world'sEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican 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: 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: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRomania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNiger: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sMontenegro: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMali: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIreland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIraq: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuinea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFrance: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChad: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBolivia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBenin: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBarbados: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMaldives: coverage a little more fearful than 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

● New Zealand about twice as fearful as the world's · 181 stories about harm ● Iraq about three times as angry as the world's · 68 stories about harm ● Saudi Arabia about three times as angry as the world's · 79 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 261 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 667 stories about harm ● UK a little warmer than the world's · 811 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health51% 5,692 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence14% 1,537 stories · more than usual (usually 10%) Rights & justice13% 1,410 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents11% 1,214 stories · less than usual (usually 13%) Displacement4% 491 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 370 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 209 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 179 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 killed3,029 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people affected966 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured743 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and New Zealand Stories reporting arrests649 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations269 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees125 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions97 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people displaced79 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Afghanistan and the US Stories reporting people falling ill11 at about the usual rate

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 harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more than 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.