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10,402 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 Port-au-Prince (Haiti), violence in Moscow and people displaced in Bucharest. Russia's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeDisasters & accidents 25 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostRomania 69 in 100 of its 98 stories, usually 14
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 30 in 100 of its stories, usually 23
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Haiti

40 of its 50 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 27 of Haiti's 40 stories about harm, carried by 57 outlets. 14 of Port-au-Prince's 27 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (19 stories). Earthquake was named in 22 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Haiti over 30 days → its stories → Port-au-Prince stories →
Conflict & violence

Russia

360 of its 770 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Moscow accounted for 292 of Russia's 360 stories about harm, carried by 693 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Russia over 30 days → its stories → Moscow stories →
Disasters & accidents

Cuba

31 of its 46 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. the Gulf of Mexico accounted for 20 of Cuba's 31 stories about harm, carried by 18 outlets. Tropical storm was named in 24 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with storms.

Cuba over 30 days → its stories → Gulf of Mexico stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Mexico

95 of its 215 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Idalia accounted for 55 of Mexico's 95 stories about harm, carried by 232 outlets. Tropical storm was named in 69 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with storms, cyclone and landslides.

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Disasters & accidents

Australia

390 of its 1,740 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (124 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 67 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Yemen

23 of its 28 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Zimbabwe

114 of its 355 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Harare accounted for 75 of Zimbabwe's 114 stories about harm, carried by 337 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Health

North Korea

41 of its 63 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Outbreaks were named in 35 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Greece

89 of its 210 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (48 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: tropical storm in Mexico (69 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); outbreaks in North Korea (35 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Philippines (25 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); helicopter crash in Australia (67 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Ireland (15 of its stories, about three times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 19; 19 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 27 Aug. 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 10,402 stories about harm among 52,636 counted on 27 Aug.

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Mentions of tropical storm ran about 4 times their usual in Mexico's news. of the day's 52,636 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Haiti stood out: 80% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 51%. A year earlier, on 27 August 2022, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 today. This week the news turned most often to Russia, on 3 of 7 days.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Haiti80 in 100 of its 50 stories · usually 51 · mostly rights & justice Romania69 in 100 of its 98 stories · usually 14 · mostly displacement North Korea65 in 100 of its 63 stories · usually 32 · mostly health Syria60 in 100 of its 106 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine60 in 100 of its 62 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US68 stories about protests or strikes, of its 253 Moscow Russia45 stories about protests or strikes, of its 292 Fulton County US26 stories about protests or strikes, of its 91 Jerusalem Israel23 stories about protests or strikes, of its 61 Tokyo Japan17 stories about protests or strikes, of its 51

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: too little coverage to readTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: 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: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua 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'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: 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'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: 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: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: too little coverage to readGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt 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: feelings about like the world'sFiji: 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'sEcuador: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe 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: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: 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: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: 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 readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: feelings about like the world'sAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: 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: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTimor-Leste: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sRomania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNiger: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJapan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sItaly: coverage a little more fearful 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 angry as the world'sIreland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIran: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sColombia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBahrain: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than 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

● Russia about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 360 stories about harm ● Yemen few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 23 stories about harm ● Israel about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 143 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 152 stories about harm ● Vietnam about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 147 stories about harm ● UK about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 598 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Disasters & accidents25% 2,502 stories · more than usual (usually 22%) Health24% 2,457 stories · less than usual (usually 29%) Rights & justice22% 2,263 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence13% 1,331 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 684 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 357 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 327 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 288 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 killed3,040 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Russia Stories reporting arrests1,055 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected981 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured902 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Australia Stories reporting evacuations233 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions104 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced102 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees100 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill6 at about half the usual rate · most about Bangladesh 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 harsher than 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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