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What the world's news said happened to people.
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11,558 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 violence in Lima, storms in Taiwan and illness in Budapest. Peru's coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was harsher than usual.

Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeHealth 51 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostSaudi Arabia 55 in 100 of its 211 stories, usually 29
RegionEast Asia 33 in 100 of its stories, usually 22
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

Peru

31 of its 45 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Lima accounted for 23 of Peru's 31 stories about harm, carried by 32 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Peru over 30 days → its stories → Lima stories →
Disasters & accidents

Taiwan

52 of its 97 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Taipei accounted for 33 of Taiwan's 52 stories about harm, carried by 59 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Storms were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with flooding.

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

Israel

214 of its 354 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Jerusalem accounted for 91 of Israel's 214 stories about harm, carried by 84 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Saudi Arabia

116 of its 211 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (35 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Kashmir

73 of its 120 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). 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.

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Conflict & violence

Iraq

65 of its 108 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Health

South Africa

139 of its 311 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).

its stories →
Health

China

224 of its 646 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: covid in Türkiye (17 of its stories, about three times its usual); tropical storm in Mexico (18 of its stories, about three times its usual); storms in New Zealand (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Pakistan (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in Canada (10 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 12 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 11,558 stories about harm among 39,510 counted on 12 Sep.

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Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. of the day's 39,510 news stories, 29 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 28. the news turned to Peru for the second day running. Peru's news was 69% about people being harmed, against a usual 29%. In Greece's news, mentions of Covid ran about three times their usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Vietnam68 in 100 of its 111 stories · usually 49 · mostly health Syria64 in 100 of its 50 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir61 in 100 of its 120 stories · usually 40 · mostly conflict & violence Israel60 in 100 of its 354 stories · usually 48 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq60 in 100 of its 108 stories · usually 46 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US70 stories about protests or strikes, of its 464 Kabul Afghanistan57 stories about protests or strikes, of its 252 Jerusalem Israel23 stories about protests or strikes, of its 91 Shanksville US21 stories about protests or strikes, of its 106 London UK20 stories about protests or strikes, of its 143

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'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.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: too little coverage to readIsle 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: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSudan: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: 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'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: feelings about like the world'sNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: 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: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: 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'sHaiti: 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'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt 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 readEthiopia: 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 readCuba: 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: too little coverage to readCongo: too little coverage to readComoros: too little coverage to readHong Kong: 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: too little coverage to readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: too little coverage to readBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern 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: 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: too little coverage to readSan 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 readMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUzbekistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUS: coverage a little angrier 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 grief-stricken as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSlovakia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPeru: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPanama: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMalaysia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLesotho: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGuinea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFiji: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCyprus: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sColombia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBrunei: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than 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 a little angrier than 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

● Iraq about twice as angry as the world's · 65 stories about harm ● Kashmir about twice as fearful as the world's · 73 stories about harm ● Syria few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 32 stories about harm ● Saudi Arabia about twice as angry as the world's · 116 stories about harm ● Israel about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 214 stories about harm ● Yemen few stories about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 18 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health51% 5,784 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence17% 1,994 stories · much more than usual (usually 11%) Rights & justice13% 1,523 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents10% 1,176 stories · less than usual (usually 12%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 360 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 285 stories · less than usual (usually 5%) Food & livelihood1% 168 stories · about as usual Shelter & services1% 159 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 killed2,920 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected818 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests709 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured505 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations159 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting refugees97 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Afghanistan and the US Stories reporting abductions77 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced59 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill8 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India

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.

● Angera little more than 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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