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20,471 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 road crashes in Sweden, drownings in Iran and rights and justice in Tripoli. Sweden's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 56 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostOman 77 in 100 of its 101 stories, usually 35
RegionSouth Asia 40 in 100 of its stories, usually 37
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Disasters & accidents

Sweden

163 of its 287 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Stockholm accounted for 74 of Sweden's 163 stories about harm, carried by 257 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (76 stories). Road crashes were named in 38 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with hepatitis. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Sweden over 30 days → its stories → Stockholm stories →
Health

Iran

98 of its 228 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Tehran accounted for 51 of Iran's 98 stories about harm, carried by 102 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (15 stories). Drownings were named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with flooding, hurricane and landslides. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Rights & justice

Libya

49 of its 86 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Tripoli accounted for 30 of Libya's 49 stories about harm, carried by 98 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Libya over 30 days → its stories → Tripoli stories →
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

317 of its 486 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Kabul accounted for 236 of Afghanistan's 317 stories about harm, carried by 429 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (61 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Kabul stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Oman

78 of its 101 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people affected ran at about 9 times the usual rate (18 stories). Flooding was named in 33 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with tropical storm and landslides. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

India

1,479 of its 3,826 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (76 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Romania

3 of Bucharest's 6 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (25 stories). Plane crash was named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Health

Puerto Rico

13 of its 24 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Health

New Zealand

263 of its 617 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Wildfires were named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Ecuador

18 of its 23 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. 6 of Guayaquil's 10 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Also named far more than usual: flooding in Oman (33 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); plane crash in Romania (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Ireland (14 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); wildfires in New Zealand (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); oil spill in US (180 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

25 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 27; 26 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 4 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 20,471 stories about harm among 82,657 counted on 4 Oct.

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In Sweden, 57% of the news was about people being harmed, where 26% is usual. Oman's news mentioned flooding about 4 times as often as usual. 25 in every 100 of the day's 82,657 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 27.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Oman77 in 100 of its 101 stories · usually 35 · mostly disasters & accidents Afghanistan65 in 100 of its 486 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Syria62 in 100 of its 74 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Myanmar58 in 100 of its 62 stories · usually 58 · mostly rights & justice Sudan58 in 100 of its 50 stories · usually 42 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US111 stories about protests or strikes, of its 594 Lucknow India96 stories about protests or strikes, of its 113 Delhi India88 stories about protests or strikes, of its 215 London UK67 stories about protests or strikes, of its 349 Manchester UK41 stories about protests or strikes, of its 191

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsle 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: 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 lessEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: 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 lessSingapore: 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 readSenegal: too little coverage to readSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: about as warm as its own usual or lessSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. 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: too little coverage to readPanama: 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 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 lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: too little coverage to readMalawi: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessHungary: about as warm as its own usual or lessHonduras: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: too little coverage to readFiji: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: too little coverage to readCongo: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: 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: too little coverage to readBurkina 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 lessBrazil: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: 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 readArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: about as warm as its own usual or lessSweden: warmth about its own usualSudan: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualMali: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualHaiti: warmth about its own usualEthiopia: warmth about its own usualArmenia: warmth about its own usualKhartoum, Sudan -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 26 outletsMaryland, US -- health: 14 stories, carried by 13 outletsOregon, US -- health: 20 stories, carried by 22 outletsSwindon, UK -- health: 18 stories, carried by 18 outletsAlexandria, Egypt -- health: 11 stories, carried by 10 outletsBarcelona, Spain -- rights & justice: 10 stories, carried by 11 outletsGlastonbury, UK -- health: 55 stories, carried by 185 outletsCalgary, Canada -- health: 24 stories, carried by 32 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

No country's news was much warmer than its usual (a quarter or more).

Warmest events

● Khartoum Sudan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 13 stories ● Maryland US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 14 stories ● Oregon US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 20 stories ● Swindon UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 18 stories ● Alexandria Egypt about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health56% 11,358 stories · about as usual Rights & justice18% 3,588 stories · more than usual (usually 15%) Disasters & accidents10% 2,044 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence7% 1,385 stories · less than usual (usually 10%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 604 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 567 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 413 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 336 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 killed4,448 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,532 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,388 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured918 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees210 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced119 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions109 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations91 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting people falling ill11 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 about as 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.