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16,804 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 protests in Tehran (Iran), storms in the Turks & Caicos Islands and the ebola in Uganda. Iran's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 38 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostIran 68 in 100 of its 459 stories, usually 36
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 34 in 100 of its stories, usually 26
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Iran

311 of its 459 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Tehran accounted for 171 of Iran's 311 stories about harm, carried by 285 outlets. 135 of Tehran's 171 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (65 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Health

Uganda

52 of its 92 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Ebola was named in 36 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with outbreaks. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Uganda over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Russia

Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (93 stories). Flooding was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with tuberculosis. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

Denmark

48 of its 117 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Copenhagen accounted for 33 of Denmark's 48 stories about harm, carried by 150 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Brazil

54 of its 187 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Puerto Rico

149 of its 187 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (64 stories).

its stories →
Health

Malawi

22 of its 45 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories).

its stories →
Health

Trinidad & Tobago

27 of its 74 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (18 stories).

its stories →
Health

Switzerland

44 of its 301 stories (15%) were about people being harmed, usually 6%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: dengue in Pakistan (47 of its stories, about three times its usual); earthquake in New Zealand (13 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); storms in Canada (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); tuberculosis in US (39 of its stories, about 4 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 21 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 16,804 stories about harm among 83,732 counted on 21 Sep.

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The news turned to Iran for the sixth day running. 20 in every 100 of the day's 83,732 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In the Turks & Caicos Islands' news, mentions of storms ran about 4 times their usual. A year earlier, on 21 September 2021, 27 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 today. Iran's news was 68% about people being harmed, against a usual 36%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Puerto Rico80 in 100 of its 187 stories · usually 67 · mostly disasters & accidents Iran68 in 100 of its 459 stories · usually 36 · mostly rights & justice Palestine58 in 100 of its 80 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Uganda57 in 100 of its 92 stories · usually 34 · mostly health Pakistan50 in 100 of its 642 stories · usually 54 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Tehran Iran135 stories about protests or strikes, of its 171 Moscow Russia107 stories about protests or strikes, of its 283 Washington US94 stories about protests or strikes, of its 587 Boston US43 stories about protests or strikes, of its 183 Leicester UK29 stories about protests or strikes, of its 66

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 lessVanuatu: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: 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: 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 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 lessTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: too little coverage to readTanzania: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth 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 Africa: too little coverage to readSomalia: 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: too little coverage to readSeychelles: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: too little coverage to readMalaysia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: 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: too little coverage to readKenya: 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 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 lessIceland: about as warm as its own usual or lessHungary: about as warm as its own usual or lessHonduras: too little coverage to readHaiti: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: too little coverage to readGhana: 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: too little coverage to readGabon: 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: too little coverage to readEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl 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: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: about as warm as its own usual or lessCzech Republic: too little coverage to readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuba: too little coverage to readCroatia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: too little coverage to readComoros: 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 lessCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: 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: too little coverage to readBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: 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 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: too little coverage to readAngola: 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 lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSiachen Glacier: 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: too little coverage to readGuernsey: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readVenezuela: warmth about its own usualPuerto Rico: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualTrinidad & Tobago: warmth about its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about its own usualSingapore: warmth about its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualIndia: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualCentral African Republic: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualKanpur, India -- health: 14 stories, carried by 17 outletsRiyadh, Saudi Arabia -- rights & justice: 19 stories, carried by 18 outletsArizona, US -- rights & justice: 28 stories, carried by 19 outletsNebraska, US -- health: 11 stories, carried by 19 outletsCrathie, UK -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsMunich, Germany -- health: 10 stories, carried by 65 outletsBerlin, Germany -- food & livelihood: 14 stories, carried by 17 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

● Kanpur India about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 14 stories ● Riyadh Saudi Arabia about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 19 stories ● Arizona US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 28 stories ● Nebraska US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Crathie UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 10 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health38% 6,335 stories · about as usual Rights & justice22% 3,624 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents13% 2,078 stories · less than usual (usually 16%) Conflict & violence11% 1,783 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood8% 1,257 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 707 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 522 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 263 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 killed3,667 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,658 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,490 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured707 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Iran Stories reporting refugees178 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced158 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions108 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting evacuations65 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Japan Stories reporting people falling ill13 at about the usual rate

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 softer than 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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