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19,259 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 violence in Bamako, the typhoon in Hong Kong and rights and justice in Santiago. Mali's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was softer than usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about 5 times the usual rate, most often about Türkiye and the US →
Part of lifeHealth 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostMali 90 in 100 of its 105 stories, usually 46
RegionCentral Asia 19 in 100 of its stories, usually 16
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Conflict & violence

Mali

95 of its 105 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Bamako accounted for 27 of Mali's 95 stories about harm, carried by 94 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

Mali over 30 days → its stories → Bamako stories →
Disasters & accidents

Hong Kong

115 of its 228 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Hong Kong Island accounted for 81 of Hong Kong's 115 stories about harm, carried by 265 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories). Typhoon was named in 81 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with heavy rain.

Hong Kong over 30 days → its stories → Hong Kong Island stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Lebanon

54 of its 130 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Beirut accounted for 41 of Lebanon's 54 stories about harm, carried by 173 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (26 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Ukraine

Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (38 stories). Covid was named in 41 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Puerto Rico

56 of its 86 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Tropical storm was named in 38 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

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Health

Türkiye

171 of its 377 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (63 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Bahamas

39 of its 104 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Hurricane was named in 27 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with tropical storm.

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Disasters & accidents

Bermuda

27 of its 62 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: tropical storm in Puerto Rico (38 of its stories, about three times its usual); hurricane in Bahamas (27 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); cyclone in Brazil (18 of its stories, about three times its usual); heavy rain in Greece (24 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); covid in Ukraine (41 of its stories, about three times its usual).

17 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 8 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 19,259 stories about harm among 110,578 counted on 8 Sep.

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People falling ill were reported at about 5 times the usual rate, most often about Türkiye and the US. of the day's 110,578 news stories, 17 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 19. Hong Kong's news mentioned the typhoon about 6 times as often as usual. Mali's news was 90% about people being harmed, against a usual 46%. On 8 September 2022, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 17 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Mali90 in 100 of its 105 stories · usually 46 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan73 in 100 of its 66 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Myanmar71 in 100 of its 51 stories · usually 58 · mostly rights & justice Puerto Rico65 in 100 of its 86 stories · usually 31 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria60 in 100 of its 80 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US133 stories about protests or strikes, of its 583 New Delhi India49 stories about protests or strikes, of its 250 Los Angeles US47 stories about protests or strikes, of its 310 London UK42 stories about protests or strikes, of its 423 Atlanta US29 stories about protests or strikes, of its 87

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: 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: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsle 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 lessUkraine: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: too little coverage to readTunisia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: 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: too little coverage to readSuriname: 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 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSaudi Arabia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: 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: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: too little coverage to readNorth 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: too little coverage to readMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: 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: too little coverage to readLesotho: 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: 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 lessPalestine: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: too little coverage to readGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrance: 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: too little coverage to readEthiopia: 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: too little coverage to readEl 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: 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 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 lessCentral African Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: 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: 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: 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 lessBangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: too little coverage to readAzerbaijan: 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 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 readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSiachen Glacier: about as warm as its own usual or lessCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: about as warm as its own usual or lessBermuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: 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 readUganda: warmth about its own usualSri Lanka: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualNorway: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualIndia: warmth about its own usualMogadishu, Somalia -- conflict & violence: 10 stories, carried by 13 outletsOregon, US -- rights & justice: 17 stories, carried by 23 outletsBukit Merah, Singapore -- health: 12 stories, carried by 12 outletsOcean City, US -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 10 stories, carried by 44 outletsOrford Ness, UK -- health: 14 stories, carried by 70 outletsAdelaide, Australia -- health: 19 stories, carried by 45 outletsOslo, Norway -- conflict & violence: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsManipur, India -- conflict & violence: 29 stories, carried by 29 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

● Mogadishu Somalia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 10 stories ● Oregon US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 17 stories ● Bukit Merah Singapore about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Ocean City US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 10 stories ● Orford Ness UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 14 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health31% 5,875 stories · more than usual (usually 29%) Rights & justice23% 4,364 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents18% 3,386 stories · less than usual (usually 23%) Conflict & violence12% 2,186 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 982 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 954 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 731 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 422 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 killed4,160 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,076 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,030 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured955 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting people displaced216 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees215 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations152 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Greece Stories reporting abductions128 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people falling ill86 at about 5 times the usual rate · most about Türkiye 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 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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