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23,969 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 Jammu and Kigali and volcanic eruption in Spain. Burundi's coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Language across the world's news ran much softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 60 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostRomania 45 in 100 of its 128 stories, usually 22
RegionEvery region about as usual
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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Conflict & violence

Kashmir

59 of its 106 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Jammu accounted for 33 of Kashmir's 59 stories about harm, carried by 22 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Kashmir over 30 days → its stories → Jammu stories →
Disasters & accidents

Spain

169 of its 519 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (44 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 88 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with earthquake.

Spain over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Burundi

12 of its 14 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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

Australia

Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (38 stories). Earthquake was named in 212 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tsunami. Its coverage was about one and a half times 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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Protests & strikes

Cameroon

6 of Douala's 6 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

Kabul accounted for 223 of Afghanistan's 429 stories about harm, carried by 362 outlets. Covid was named in 64 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with polio. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Health

Kuwait

20 of its 35 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Puerto Rico

19 of its 35 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Hurricane was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

its stories →
Health

Estonia

18 of its 44 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Australia (212 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in Puerto Rico (14 of its stories, about three times its usual); covid in Afghanistan (64 of its stories, about three times its usual); outbreaks in Bangladesh (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); drought in Philippines (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

27 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 22 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 23,969 stories about harm among 89,775 counted on 22 Sep.

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For the second day running, the news turned to Kashmir. Stories about people being harmed made up 27 in every 100 of the day's 89,775 stories, below the usual 29. Kashmir's news was 56% about people being harmed, against a usual 40%. A year earlier, on 22 September 2020, 26 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 27 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Rwanda65 in 100 of its 63 stories · usually 50 · mostly health Palestine58 in 100 of its 52 stories · usually 54 · mostly rights & justice Afghanistan56 in 100 of its 766 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir56 in 100 of its 106 stories · usually 40 · mostly conflict & violence Syria54 in 100 of its 67 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US139 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1015 Melbourne Australia121 stories about protests or strikes, of its 304 Delhi India40 stories about protests or strikes, of its 244 Chicago US34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 216 Beijing China29 stories about protests or strikes, of its 143

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: 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: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited States: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCayman 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: 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 lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: too little coverage to readSão 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: too little coverage to readPalau: 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 lessNiger: 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: too little coverage to readNamibia: 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: too little coverage to readMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: too little coverage to readMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: 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: 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: 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 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 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: too little coverage to readGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: 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 lessEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEcuador: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDenmark: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuba: 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 readChina: 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 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: too little coverage to readBrazil: 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: too little coverage to readBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: too little coverage to readBelgium: 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 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 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: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern 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 readBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: about as warm as its own usual or lessJersey: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessWallis & 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 readZimbabwe: warmth about its own usualSingapore: warmth about its own usualSenegal: warmth about its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualGhana: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualColombia: warmth about its own usualCameroon: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualBermuda: warmth about its own usualMissoula, US -- health: 17 stories, carried by 17 outletsHawaii, US -- health: 22 stories, carried by 75 outletsAccra, Ghana -- health: 33 stories, carried by 19 outletsKhorasan, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 30 outletsKampala, Uganda -- health: 16 stories, carried by 10 outletsDubai, United Arab Emirates -- health: 54 stories, carried by 22 outletsRiyadh, Saudi Arabia -- health: 11 stories, carried by 18 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

● Cameroon warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Missoula US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 17 stories ● Hawaii US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 22 stories ● Accra Ghana about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 33 stories ● Khorasan Afghanistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 12 stories ● Kampala Uganda about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 16 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health60% 14,136 stories · much more than usual (usually 54%) Rights & justice14% 3,386 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents9% 2,230 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence7% 1,548 stories · less than usual (usually 11%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 750 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 604 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 570 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 438 stories · less than usual (usually 5%)

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 killed4,645 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people affected1,710 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting arrests1,553 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured988 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting refugees269 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations194 at about a third of the usual rate · most about Spain and Afghanistan Stories reporting people displaced94 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting abductions86 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill14 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the UK and the US

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.

● Angera little less than 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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