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19,949 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 news turned to violence in Sotk, rights and justice in Saidia and a disaster in Johannesburg. Armenia's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostArmenia 53 in 100 of its 145 stories, usually 21
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 28 in 100 of its stories, usually 25
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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Conflict & violence

Armenia

77 of its 145 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Sotk accounted for 44 of Armenia's 77 stories about harm, carried by 28 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (68 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Armenia over 30 days → its stories → Sotk stories →
Rights & justice

Morocco

52 of its 109 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Saidia accounted for 31 of Morocco's 52 stories about harm, carried by 36 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (46 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Morocco over 30 days → its stories → Saidia stories →
Disasters & accidents

South Africa

445 of its 1,123 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Johannesburg accounted for 270 of South Africa's 445 stories about harm, carried by 426 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (114 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

South Africa over 30 days → its stories → Johannesburg stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Ecuador

50 of its 55 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Quito accounted for 40 of Ecuador's 50 stories about harm, carried by 208 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (38 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Hong Kong

59 of its 168 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (9 stories). Typhoon was named in 45 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with flooding and storm surge.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Congo

23 of its 38 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Iraq

34 of its 69 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Algeria

14 of its 27 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories).

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Rights & justice

Finland

31 of its 83 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: typhoon in Hong Kong (45 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in Vietnam (30 of its stories, about three times its usual); hunger in Germany (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); extreme cold in Iran (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Kenya (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 19; 20 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 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 19,949 stories about harm among 109,555 counted on 1 Sep.

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Armenia stood out: 53% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 21%. 18 in every 100 of the day's 109,555 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 1 September 2022, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today. Over August, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 in August 2022.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Ecuador91 in 100 of its 55 stories · usually 46 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan81 in 100 of its 58 stories · usually 72 · mostly rights & justice Haiti67 in 100 of its 66 stories · usually 50 · mostly rights & justice Palestine63 in 100 of its 70 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Syria59 in 100 of its 117 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US216 stories about protests or strikes, of its 733 Hollywood US64 stories about protests or strikes, of its 243 London UK39 stories about protests or strikes, of its 259 Chicago US27 stories about protests or strikes, of its 145 Philadelphia US26 stories about protests or strikes, of its 111

Stories, not people.

Where harm was most of the news

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: near the world's share or lessZambia: near the world's share or lessVietnam: near the world's share or lessVenezuela: near the world's share or lessVanuatu: near the world's share or lessUruguay: near the world's share or lessMicronesia: near the world's share or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessGuam: near the world's share or lessPuerto Rico: near the world's share or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: no storiesFalkland Islands: near the world's share or lessCayman Islands: near the world's share or lessIsle of Man: near the world's share or lessUnited Kingdom: near the world's share or lessUnited Arab Emirates: near the world's share or lessTurkmenistan: near the world's share or lessTurkey: near the world's share or lessTunisia: near the world's share or lessTrinidad & Tobago: near the world's share or lessTonga: near the world's share or lessTogo: near the world's share or lessTimor-Leste: near the world's share or lessThailand: near the world's share or lessTanzania: near the world's share or lessTajikistan: near the world's share or lessTaiwan: near the world's share or lessSwitzerland: near the world's share or lessSweden: near the world's share or lessEswatini: near the world's share or lessSuriname: near the world's share or lessSouth Sudan: near the world's share or lessSri Lanka: near the world's share or lessSpain: near the world's share or lessSouth Korea: near the world's share or lessSomaliland: no storiesSolomon Islands: near the world's share or lessSlovakia: near the world's share or lessSlovenia: near the world's share or lessSingapore: near the world's share or lessSeychelles: near the world's share or lessSerbia: no storiesSenegal: near the world's share or lessSaudi Arabia: near the world's share or lessSão Tomé: no storiesSamoa: near the world's share or lessSt Vincent: near the world's share or lessSt. Lucia: near the world's share or lessRwanda: near the world's share or lessRussia: near the world's share or lessRomania: near the world's share or lessQatar: near the world's share or lessPortugal: near the world's share or lessPhilippines: near the world's share or lessParaguay: near the world's share or lessPapua New Guinea: near the world's share or lessPanama: near the world's share or lessPalau: near the world's share or lessOman: near the world's share or lessNorway: near the world's share or lessNigeria: near the world's share or lessNew Zealand: near the world's share or lessNiue: near the world's share or lessNetherlands: near the world's share or lessCuraçao: no storiesNepal: near the world's share or lessNamibia: near the world's share or lessMozambique: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara: no storiesMontenegro: near the world's share or lessMongolia: near the world's share or lessMoldova: near the world's share or lessMexico: near the world's share or lessMauritius: near the world's share or lessMauritania: near the world's share or lessMalta: near the world's share or lessMalaysia: near the world's share or lessMadagascar: near the world's share or lessNorth Macedonia: near the world's share or lessLuxembourg: near the world's share or lessLithuania: near the world's share or lessLiberia: near the world's share or lessLesotho: near the world's share or lessLatvia: near the world's share or lessLaos: near the world's share or lessKyrgyzstan: near the world's share or lessKuwait: near the world's share or lessKosovo: no storiesKiribati: no storiesKazakhstan: near the world's share or lessJordan: near the world's share or lessJapan: near the world's share or lessJamaica: near the world's share or lessItaly: near the world's share or lessIreland: near the world's share or lessIndonesia: near the world's share or lessIndia: near the world's share or lessHungary: near the world's share or lessGuyana: near the world's share or lessGuinea-Bissau: near the world's share or lessGrenada: near the world's share or lessGreece: near the world's share or lessGhana: near the world's share or lessGermany: near the world's share or lessGeorgia: near the world's share or lessGambia: near the world's share or lessFrance: near the world's share or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: no storiesFrench Polynesia: near the world's share or lessNew Caledonia: no storiesFrench Southern Territories: no storiesÅland Islands: no storiesFiji: near the world's share or lessEstonia: near the world's share or lessEritrea: near the world's share or lessEquatorial Guinea: near the world's share or lessEl Salvador: near the world's share or lessEgypt: near the world's share or lessDominica: near the world's share or lessDjibouti: near the world's share or lessGreenland: near the world's share or lessFaroe Islands: near the world's share or lessDenmark: near the world's share or lessCzech Republic: near the world's share or lessN. Cyprus: no storiesCroatia: near the world's share or lessCôte d'Ivoire: near the world's share or lessCosta Rica: near the world's share or lessComoros: near the world's share or lessColombia: near the world's share or lessChina: near the world's share or lessCentral African Republic: near the world's share or lessCape Verde: near the world's share or lessCameroon: near the world's share or lessBurundi: near the world's share or lessBulgaria: near the world's share or lessBrunei: near the world's share or lessBrazil: near the world's share or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: near the world's share or lessBolivia: near the world's share or lessBhutan: near the world's share or lessBenin: near the world's share or lessBelize: near the world's share or lessBelgium: near the world's share or lessBelarus: near the world's share or lessBarbados: near the world's share or lessBahrain: near the world's share or lessBahamas: near the world's share or lessAzerbaijan: near the world's share or lessAustria: near the world's share or lessAustralia: near the world's share or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: no storiesArgentina: near the world's share or lessAntigua & Barbuda: near the world's share or lessAngola: near the world's share or lessAndorra: no storiesAlbania: near the world's share or lessJammu & Kashmir: near the world's share or lessAksai Chin: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): no storiesWestern Sahara (Free Zone): no storiesAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: near the world's share or lessSiachen Glacier: near the world's share or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: near the world's share or lessVatican City: near the world's share or lessMarshall Islands: near the world's share or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: near the world's share or lessAmerican Samoa: near the world's share or lessChagos Islands: no storiesSt. Helena: no storiesPitcairn: no storiesAnguilla: near the world's share or lessBritish Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: no storiesMontserrat: no storiesJersey: near the world's share or lessGuernsey: near the world's share or lessSan Marino: near the world's share or lessSt Kitts & Nevis: near the world's share or lessCook Islands: near the world's share or lessAruba: near the world's share or lessNauru: no storiesMonaco: near the world's share or lessMaldives: near the world's share or lessLiechtenstein: near the world's share or lessWallis & Futuna: no storiesSt. Martin: no storiesSt. Barthélemy: no storiesNorfolk Island: no storiesSint Maarten: no storiesChristmas Island: no storiesGibraltar: near the world's share or lessMayotte: near the world's share or lessYemen: 82 in 100 of its 17 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Uzbekistan: 35 in 100 of its 23 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)US: 23 in 100 of its 30,701 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Ukraine: 26 in 100 of its 701 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Uganda: 26 in 100 of its 98 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Syria: 59 in 100 of its 117 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Sudan: 81 in 100 of its 58 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)South Africa: 40 in 100 of its 1,123 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Somalia: 74 in 100 of its 34 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Sierra Leone: 42 in 100 of its 26 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Poland: 25 in 100 of its 126 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Peru: 31 in 100 of its 51 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Pakistan: 32 in 100 of its 781 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)North Korea: 31 in 100 of its 55 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Niger: 33 in 100 of its 97 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Nicaragua: 60 in 100 of its 10 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Morocco: 48 in 100 of its 109 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Mali: 39 in 100 of its 36 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Malawi: 28 in 100 of its 57 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Libya: 38 in 100 of its 29 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Lebanon: 30 in 100 of its 121 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Kenya: 30 in 100 of its 325 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Israel: 37 in 100 of its 344 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Palestine: 63 in 100 of its 70 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Iraq: 49 in 100 of its 69 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Iran: 42 in 100 of its 137 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Iceland: 40 in 100 of its 40 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Honduras: 57 in 100 of its 7 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Haiti: 67 in 100 of its 66 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Guinea: 42 in 100 of its 19 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Guatemala: 61 in 100 of its 23 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Gabon: 32 in 100 of its 223 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Finland: 37 in 100 of its 83 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Ethiopia: 35 in 100 of its 43 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Ecuador: 91 in 100 of its 55 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Dominican Republic: 31 in 100 of its 29 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Cyprus: 31 in 100 of its 61 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Cuba: 32 in 100 of its 56 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)DR Congo: 86 in 100 of its 7 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Congo: 61 in 100 of its 38 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Hong Kong: 35 in 100 of its 168 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Chile: 32 in 100 of its 68 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Chad: 44 in 100 of its 45 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Canada: 23 in 100 of its 3,196 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Cambodia: 30 in 100 of its 79 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Myanmar: 63 in 100 of its 38 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Burkina Faso: 46 in 100 of its 13 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Botswana: 56 in 100 of its 18 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Bangladesh: 39 in 100 of its 226 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Armenia: 53 in 100 of its 145 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Algeria: 52 in 100 of its 27 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Afghanistan: 41 in 100 of its 164 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Palestine: 63 in 100 of its 70 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Palestine: 63 in 100 of its 70 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Ukraine: 26 in 100 of its 701 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Palestine: 63 in 100 of its 70 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Bermuda: 42 in 100 of its 53 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Macao: 43 in 100 of its 23 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)
A quarter or more above the world's share Near the world's or lessNo stories

Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 18 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.

Most of its news about harm

● Ecuador 91 in 100 of its 55 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Sudan 81 in 100 of its 58 stories · mostly rights & justice ● Syria 59 in 100 of its 117 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Haiti 67 in 100 of its 66 stories · mostly rights & justice ● Palestine 63 in 100 of its 70 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Armenia 53 in 100 of its 145 stories · mostly conflict & violence

Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 stories.

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health30% 5,785 stories · about as usual Rights & justice23% 4,454 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents20% 3,918 stories · less than usual (usually 23%) Conflict & violence10% 1,981 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood6% 1,099 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,029 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 819 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 446 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 killed4,792 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,210 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,987 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,188 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions181 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced168 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations165 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting refugees161 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting people falling ill9 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Hong Kong

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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