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13,577 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 protests in Tehran (Iran), the hurricane in the Dominican Republic and violence in Yerevan. Armenia's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeHealth 37 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostDominican Republic 86 in 100 of its 85 stories, usually 29
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 40 in 100 of its stories, usually 25
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Iran

158 of its 281 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Tehran accounted for 115 of Iran's 158 stories about harm, carried by 124 outlets. 68 of Tehran's 115 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (16 stories). Illness was named in 44 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Conflict & violence

Armenia

60 of its 150 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Yerevan accounted for 29 of Armenia's 60 stories about harm, carried by 41 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Armenia over 30 days → its stories → Yerevan stories →
Health

Switzerland

37 of its 260 stories (14%) were about people being harmed, usually 5%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Puerto Rico

239 of its 273 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (21 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Kyrgyzstan

42 of its 79 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Batken accounted for 23 of Kyrgyzstan's 42 stories about harm, carried by 19 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Ukraine

277 of its 607 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 9 times the usual rate (48 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Japan

193 of its 1,018 stories (19%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (71 stories). Typhoon was named in 112 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with flooding, storm surge and tropical storm.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Taiwan

81 of its 260 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (32 stories). Train derailment was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Mexico

92 of its 277 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Tsunami was named in 48 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: typhoon in Japan (112 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); tsunami in Mexico (48 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); train derailment in Taiwan (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); cholera in Pakistan (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); typhoon in US (36 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 19 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 13,577 stories about harm among 67,307 counted on 19 Sep.

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It was the fourth day running that the news turned to Iran. of the day's 67,307 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of people freed or reunited, a sign of help, ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. A year earlier, on 19 September 2021, 28 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 today. In Iran, 56% of the news was about people being harmed, where 33% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Puerto Rico88 in 100 of its 273 stories · usually 55 · mostly disasters & accidents Dominican Republic86 in 100 of its 85 stories · usually 29 · mostly disasters & accidents Afghanistan64 in 100 of its 223 stories · usually 59 · mostly rights & justice Syria62 in 100 of its 60 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Iran56 in 100 of its 281 stories · usually 33 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US77 stories about protests or strikes, of its 557 Tehran Iran68 stories about protests or strikes, of its 115 London UK35 stories about protests or strikes, of its 498 Leicester UK31 stories about protests or strikes, of its 63 Jerusalem Israel24 stories about protests or strikes, of its 60

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: 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: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: 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'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: 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'sSri Lanka: 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 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'sSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: 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: feelings about like the world'sPapua 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'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: 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'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'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: 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 readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: 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'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: too little coverage to readBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & 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'sAfghanistan: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall 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 readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: feelings about like the world'sMontserrat: 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: feelings about like the world'sAruba: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readZambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUK: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTajikistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPakistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNiger: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMexico: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sMali: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKuwait: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIreland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFrance: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCosta Rica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChad: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArmenia: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times 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

● UK about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 1,020 stories about harm ● Armenia about three times as angry as the world's · 60 stories about harm ● Mexico about twice as fearful as the world's · 92 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 277 stories about harm ● Kuwait few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 10 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 158 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health37% 5,018 stories · about as usual Rights & justice21% 2,768 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 2,180 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence10% 1,301 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 814 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood6% 742 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 392 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 203 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 killed3,332 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,281 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,122 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured770 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations218 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Ukraine and Japan Stories reporting abductions140 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees123 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced77 at about half the usual rate · most about Pakistan and the US Stories reporting people falling ill7 at about half 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
● 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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