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25,298 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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Illness in Tetovo, protests in Jenin (Palestine) and violence in Kabul drew the news. North Macedonia's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was much softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 57 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostNorth Macedonia 85 in 100 of its 82 stories, usually 23
RegionOceania 35 in 100 of its stories, usually 31
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Health

North Macedonia

70 of its 82 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Tetovo accounted for 66 of North Macedonia's 70 stories about harm, carried by 308 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

North Macedonia over 30 days → its stories → Tetovo stories →
Protests & strikes

Palestine

46 of its 68 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. 10 of Jenin's 18 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (26 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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

Indonesia

81 of its 157 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Jakarta accounted for 47 of Indonesia's 81 stories about harm, carried by 53 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (22 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Health

Spain

116 of its 415 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories). Wildfires were named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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Health

Canada

825 of its 2,315 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Respiratory illness was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Guinea

Conakry accounted for 34 of Guinea's 54 stories about harm, carried by 68 outlets. 18 of Conakry's 34 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (28 stories).

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Health

Denmark

33 of its 100 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Health

North Korea

60 of its 116 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Pyongyang accounted for 46 of North Korea's 60 stories about harm, carried by 66 outlets.

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Also named far more than usual: covid in Haiti (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); typhoon in Philippines (44 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); wildfires in Spain (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); gas explosion in Russia (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in China (20 of its stories, about three times its usual).

29 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 9 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 25,298 stories about harm among 88,241 counted on 9 Sep.

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North Macedonia's news was 85% about people being harmed, against a usual 23%. of the day's 88,241 news stories, 29 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 27. Haiti's news mentioned Covid about 5 times as often as usual. On 9 September 2020, a year earlier, the share was 27 in every 100, against 29 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

North Macedonia85 in 100 of its 82 stories · usually 23 · mostly health Palestine68 in 100 of its 68 stories · usually 50 · mostly rights & justice Syria62 in 100 of its 74 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan61 in 100 of its 1,569 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Ethiopia58 in 100 of its 79 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Kabul Afghanistan204 stories about protests or strikes, of its 658 Washington US173 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1272 London UK43 stories about protests or strikes, of its 409 New York US40 stories about protests or strikes, of its 356 Los Angeles US34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 232

Stories, not people.

Where harm was most of the news

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: near the world's share or lessZambia: near the world's share or lessVenezuela: near the world's share or lessVanuatu: near the world's share or lessUzbekistan: near the world's share or lessUruguay: near the world's share or lessMicronesia: near the world's share or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessPuerto Rico: near the world's share or lessUnited States: near the world's share or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: no storiesFalkland Islands: no storiesCayman Islands: near the world's share or lessIsle of Man: near the world's share or lessUnited Kingdom: near the world's share or lessUnited Arab Emirates: near the world's share or lessUkraine: near the world's share or lessUganda: near the world's share or lessTurkmenistan: near the world's share or lessTurkey: near the world's share or lessTunisia: near the world's share or lessTrinidad & Tobago: near the world's share or lessTonga: near the world's share or lessTogo: near the world's share or lessTimor-Leste: near the world's share or lessTanzania: near the world's share or lessTajikistan: near the world's share or lessTaiwan: near the world's share or lessSwitzerland: near the world's share or lessSweden: near the world's share or lessEswatini: near the world's share or lessSuriname: no storiesSouth Sudan: near the world's share or lessSudan: near the world's share or lessSpain: near the world's share or lessSouth Korea: near the world's share or lessSouth Africa: near the world's share or lessSomalia: near the world's share or lessSomaliland: no storiesSolomon Islands: near the world's share or lessSlovakia: near the world's share or lessSlovenia: near the world's share or lessSingapore: near the world's share or lessSierra Leone: near the world's share or lessSeychelles: near the world's share or lessSerbia: no storiesSenegal: near the world's share or lessSaudi Arabia: near the world's share or lessSão Tomé: no storiesSamoa: near the world's share or lessSt Vincent: near the world's share or lessSt. Lucia: near the world's share or lessRwanda: near the world's share or lessRussia: near the world's share or lessRomania: near the world's share or lessQatar: near the world's share or lessPortugal: near the world's share or lessPoland: near the world's share or lessPeru: near the world's share or lessParaguay: near the world's share or lessPapua New Guinea: near the world's share or lessPanama: near the world's share or lessPalau: near the world's share or lessPakistan: near the world's share or lessOman: near the world's share or lessNorway: near the world's share or lessNigeria: near the world's share or lessNiger: near the world's share or lessNicaragua: near the world's share or lessNew Zealand: near the world's share or lessNiue: no storiesNetherlands: near the world's share or lessCuraçao: no storiesNamibia: near the world's share or lessMozambique: near the world's share or lessMorocco: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara: no storiesMontenegro: near the world's share or lessMongolia: near the world's share or lessMoldova: near the world's share or lessMexico: near the world's share or lessMauritius: near the world's share or lessMauritania: near the world's share or lessMalta: near the world's share or lessMali: near the world's share or lessMalawi: near the world's share or lessMadagascar: near the world's share or lessLuxembourg: near the world's share or lessLithuania: near the world's share or lessLibya: near the world's share or lessLiberia: near the world's share or lessLesotho: near the world's share or lessLatvia: near the world's share or lessKyrgyzstan: near the world's share or lessKuwait: near the world's share or lessKosovo: no storiesKiribati: no storiesKazakhstan: near the world's share or lessJordan: near the world's share or lessJapan: near the world's share or lessItaly: near the world's share or lessIreland: near the world's share or lessIran: near the world's share or lessIndia: near the world's share or lessIceland: near the world's share or lessHungary: near the world's share or lessHonduras: near the world's share or lessGuyana: near the world's share or lessGuinea-Bissau: no storiesGuatemala: near the world's share or lessGrenada: near the world's share or lessGreece: near the world's share or lessGhana: near the world's share or lessGermany: near the world's share or lessGeorgia: near the world's share or lessGambia: near the world's share or lessGabon: near the world's share or lessFrance: near the world's share or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: no storiesFrench Polynesia: near the world's share or lessNew Caledonia: near the world's share or lessFrench Southern Territories: no storiesÅland Islands: no storiesFinland: near the world's share or lessEstonia: near the world's share or lessEritrea: near the world's share or lessEquatorial Guinea: near the world's share or lessEl Salvador: near the world's share or lessEcuador: near the world's share or lessDominican Republic: near the world's share or lessDominica: near the world's share or lessDjibouti: near the world's share or lessGreenland: near the world's share or lessFaroe Islands: near the world's share or lessDenmark: near the world's share or lessCzech Republic: near the world's share or lessN. Cyprus: no storiesCyprus: near the world's share or lessCroatia: near the world's share or lessCôte d'Ivoire: near the world's share or lessCosta Rica: near the world's share or lessCongo: near the world's share or lessComoros: no storiesColombia: near the world's share or lessChina: near the world's share or lessHong Kong: near the world's share or lessChile: near the world's share or lessChad: near the world's share or lessCentral African Republic: near the world's share or lessCape Verde: near the world's share or lessCanada: near the world's share or lessBurundi: near the world's share or lessBurkina Faso: near the world's share or lessBulgaria: near the world's share or lessBrunei: near the world's share or lessBrazil: near the world's share or lessBotswana: near the world's share or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: near the world's share or lessBolivia: near the world's share or lessBhutan: near the world's share or lessBenin: near the world's share or lessBelize: near the world's share or lessBelgium: near the world's share or lessBelarus: near the world's share or lessBarbados: near the world's share or lessBahrain: near the world's share or lessBahamas: near the world's share or lessAzerbaijan: near the world's share or lessAustria: near the world's share or lessAustralia: near the world's share or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: no storiesArmenia: near the world's share or lessArgentina: near the world's share or lessAntigua & Barbuda: near the world's share or lessAngola: near the world's share or lessAndorra: near the world's share or lessAlgeria: near the world's share or lessAlbania: near the world's share or lessJammu & Kashmir: near the world's share or lessAksai Chin: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): no storiesWestern Sahara (Free Zone): no storiesAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: near the world's share or lessSiachen Glacier: near the world's share or lessCrimea: near the world's share or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: near the world's share or lessVatican City: near the world's share or lessMarshall Islands: near the world's share or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: no storiesAmerican Samoa: no storiesChagos Islands: no storiesSt. Helena: near the world's share or lessPitcairn: no storiesAnguilla: near the world's share or lessBritish Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: no storiesMontserrat: near the world's share or lessJersey: near the world's share or lessGuernsey: near the world's share or lessSan Marino: near the world's share or lessSt Kitts & Nevis: near the world's share or lessCook Islands: near the world's share or lessAruba: near the world's share or lessNauru: near the world's share or lessMonaco: near the world's share or lessMaldives: near the world's share or lessLiechtenstein: no storiesWallis & Futuna: no storiesSt. Martin: no storiesSt. Barthélemy: no storiesMacao: near the world's share or lessNorfolk Island: no storiesSint Maarten: no storiesChristmas Island: no storiesGibraltar: near the world's share or lessMayotte: no storiesYemen: 67 in 100 of its 24 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 29)Vietnam: 53 in 100 of its 221 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 29)Guam: 50 in 100 of its 28 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 29)Thailand: 43 in 100 of its 157 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 29)Syria: 62 in 100 of its 74 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 29)Sri Lanka: 41 in 100 of its 122 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 29)Philippines: 48 in 100 of its 608 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 29)North Korea: 52 in 100 of its 116 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 29)Nepal: 47 in 100 of its 59 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 29)Malaysia: 41 in 100 of its 400 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 29)North Macedonia: 85 in 100 of its 82 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 29)Lebanon: 54 in 100 of its 85 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 29)Laos: 85 in 100 of its 13 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 29)Kenya: 39 in 100 of its 266 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 29)Jamaica: 46 in 100 of its 125 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 29)Israel: 52 in 100 of its 415 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 29)Palestine: 68 in 100 of its 68 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 29)Iraq: 56 in 100 of its 70 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 29)Indonesia: 52 in 100 of its 157 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 29)Haiti: 61 in 100 of its 41 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 29)Guinea: 47 in 100 of its 114 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 29)Fiji: 53 in 100 of its 72 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 29)Ethiopia: 58 in 100 of its 79 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 29)Egypt: 40 in 100 of its 205 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 29)Cuba: 60 in 100 of its 43 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 29)DR Congo: 88 in 100 of its 8 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 29)Cameroon: 54 in 100 of its 28 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 29)Cambodia: 50 in 100 of its 56 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 29)Myanmar: 58 in 100 of its 33 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 29)Bangladesh: 41 in 100 of its 129 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 29)Afghanistan: 61 in 100 of its 1,569 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 29)Palestine: 68 in 100 of its 68 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 29)Palestine: 68 in 100 of its 68 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 29)Palestine: 68 in 100 of its 68 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 29)Bermuda: 45 in 100 of its 44 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 29)
A quarter or more above the world's share Near the world's or lessNo stories

Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 29 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.

Most of its news about harm

● North Macedonia 85 in 100 of its 82 stories · mostly health ● Afghanistan 61 in 100 of its 1,569 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Palestine 68 in 100 of its 68 stories · mostly rights & justice ● Israel 52 in 100 of its 415 stories · mostly health ● Syria 62 in 100 of its 74 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Vietnam 53 in 100 of its 221 stories · mostly health

Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 stories.

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health57% 14,400 stories · much more than usual (usually 50%) Rights & justice13% 3,369 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence10% 2,500 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents10% 2,479 stories · less than usual (usually 13%) Displacement3% 724 stories · less than usual (usually 5%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 638 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 525 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 461 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 killed5,161 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,919 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,615 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,043 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting evacuations353 at about half the usual rate · most about Afghanistan and the US Stories reporting refugees202 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Afghanistan and the US Stories reporting abductions152 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced117 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill17 at about two-thirds of 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 much softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little less 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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