← 25 Sep Monday 26 September 2022 · to 23:59 UTC 27 Sep →
What the world's news said happened to people.
Counts of coverage, not of suffering
14,492 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.

How to read these numbers →

The news turned to protests in Tehran (Iran), the typhoon in the Philippines and violence in Moscow. Iran's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 35 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostIran 72 in 100 of its 470 stories, usually 48
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 37 in 100 of its stories, usually 31
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 →
Protests & strikes

Iran

340 of its 470 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Tehran accounted for 195 of Iran's 340 stories about harm, carried by 261 outlets. 181 of Tehran's 195 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (125 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Disasters & accidents

Philippines

324 of its 598 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (65 stories). Typhoon was named in 239 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with landslides, flooding and drownings. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Philippines over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Russia

652 of its 1,673 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Moscow accounted for 373 of Russia's 652 stories about harm, carried by 697 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (219 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Russia over 30 days → its stories → Moscow stories →
Health

Norway

28 of its 73 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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

Bangladesh

121 of its 234 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Dhaka accounted for 54 of Bangladesh's 121 stories about harm, carried by 60 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (58 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Central African Republic

15 of its 18 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (6 stories). 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.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Nepal

26 of its 53 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (13 stories). Avalanche was named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Kenya

73 of its 229 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (19 stories). Building collapse was named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Liberia

23 of its 58 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Monrovia accounted for 20 of Liberia's 23 stories about harm, carried by 4 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Libya

18 of its 25 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Tripoli accounted for 14 of Libya's 18 stories about harm, carried by 22 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: avalanche in Nepal (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in Syria (12 of its stories, about three times its usual); building collapse in Kenya (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); typhoon in Vietnam (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); helicopter crash in Pakistan (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 21; 21 the day before
23 in 10020 in 10028 Aug4 Sep11 Sep18 Sep26 Sep28 Aug: 21 in 10029 Aug: 20 in 10030 Aug: 21 in 10031 Aug: 21 in 1001 Sep: 21 in 1002 Sep: 21 in 1003 Sep: 22 in 1004 Sep: 23 in 1005 Sep: 22 in 1006 Sep: 21 in 1007 Sep: 21 in 1008 Sep: 21 in 1009 Sep: 20 in 10010 Sep: 21 in 10011 Sep: 21 in 10012 Sep: 20 in 10013 Sep: 20 in 10014 Sep: 20 in 10015 Sep: 20 in 10016 Sep: 20 in 10017 Sep: 20 in 10018 Sep: 21 in 10019 Sep: 20 in 10020 Sep: 20 in 10021 Sep: 20 in 10022 Sep: 20 in 10023 Sep: 20 in 10024 Sep: 22 in 10025 Sep: 21 in 10026 Sep: 21 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 26 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 14,492 stories about harm among 70,375 counted on 26 Sep.

Read the day's briefing

For the tenth day running, the news turned to Iran. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 70,375 stories, as usual. A year earlier, on 26 September 2021, 26 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 today. In Iran, 72% of the news was about people being harmed, where 48% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Iran72 in 100 of its 470 stories · usually 48 · mostly rights & justice Syria64 in 100 of its 64 stories · usually 54 · mostly health Puerto Rico60 in 100 of its 60 stories · usually 72 · mostly disasters & accidents Philippines54 in 100 of its 598 stories · usually 33 · mostly disasters & accidents Bangladesh52 in 100 of its 234 stories · usually 36 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Tehran Iran181 stories about protests or strikes, of its 195 Moscow Russia122 stories about protests or strikes, of its 373 Washington US78 stories about protests or strikes, of its 376 Philadelphia US30 stories about protests or strikes, of its 75 London UK27 stories about protests or strikes, of its 227

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
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: too little coverage to readVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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: too little coverage to readUkraine: 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: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: too little coverage to readTanzania: too little coverage to readTajikistan: 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 readSudan: 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: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth 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: too little coverage to readLebanon: 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: too little coverage to readKosovo: 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 lessIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndonesia: too little coverage to readIndia: 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 lessHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: too little coverage to readGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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: too little coverage to readCuba: too little coverage to readCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessColombia: 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: too little coverage to readCanada: too little coverage to readCameroon: 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: too little coverage to readBrunei: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: 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 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 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 readCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: 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 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: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readPuerto Rico: warmth about its own usualSouth Sudan: warmth about its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualIreland: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKashmir: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKulgam, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 14 stories, carried by 16 outletsBrussels, Belgium -- food & livelihood: 10 stories, carried by 13 outletsDelaware, US -- health: 13 stories, carried by 18 outletsCharlotte, US -- health: 13 stories, carried by 14 outletsAccra, Ghana -- health: 35 stories, carried by 32 outletsToronto, Canada -- health: 53 stories, carried by 127 outletsBerkshire, UK -- health: 12 stories, carried by 12 outletsRome, Italy -- rights & justice: 45 stories, carried by 71 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

● Kashmir warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Kulgam Kashmir about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 14 stories ● Brussels Belgium about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · food & livelihood · 10 stories ● Delaware US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● Charlotte US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● Accra Ghana about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 35 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health35% 4,978 stories · about as usual Rights & justice20% 2,896 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents19% 2,648 stories · more than usual (usually 16%) Conflict & violence10% 1,422 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood7% 936 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 649 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 456 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 327 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 killed3,375 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,397 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,367 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured846 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations199 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the Philippines and the US Stories reporting people displaced171 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees124 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions108 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill6 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and China

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?

The weekly briefing · 19 Oct – 25 Oct

The week in human impact

Read the week →

Unlock a year of trends, free. Follow up to 5 countries, with a bell when their news changes, and 👍 vote for Pro — ten years of the archive, any period, daily alerts.

Create a free account

Sign in · a username, an email and a password.

How to read these numbers →

These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.