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12,056 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 landslides in Hong Kong, violence in Beirut and rights and justice in Santiago. Lebanon's coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were harsher than usual.

Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Morocco and the US → Reports of people falling ill ran at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about Türkiye and the US →
Part of lifeHealth 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostMorocco 85 in 100 of its 1,305 stories, usually 22
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 55 in 100 of its stories, usually 29
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Disasters & accidents

Hong Kong

37 of its 77 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Wong Tai Sin accounted for 27 of Hong Kong's 37 stories about harm, carried by 33 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories). Landslides were named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with heavy rain. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Hong Kong over 30 days → its stories → Wong Tai Sin stories →
Conflict & violence

Lebanon

44 of its 86 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Beirut accounted for 22 of Lebanon's 44 stories about harm, carried by 33 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Lebanon over 30 days → its stories → Beirut stories →
Health

Türkiye

80 of its 194 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people falling ill ran at about 6 times the usual rate (19 stories). Illness was named in 26 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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

Morocco

1,111 of its 1,305 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (738 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Mali

24 of its 26 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Netherlands

27 of its 126 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. 4 of Amsterdam's 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (10 stories).

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Health

Vietnam

Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (71 stories). Diphtheria was named in 34 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Health

UK

Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (159 stories). Storms were named in 42 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with heatstroke. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Iran

Tehran accounted for 19 of Iran's 39 stories about harm, carried by 28 outlets. 11 of Tehran's 19 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: storms in Puerto Rico (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); illness in Malaysia (14 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); diphtheria in Vietnam (34 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); natural hazards in Greece (12 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); accidents in Russia (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 9 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 12,056 stories about harm among 63,505 counted on 9 Sep.

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Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Morocco and the US. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 63,505 stories, as usual. It was the second day running that the news turned to Hong Kong. In Hong Kong, 48% of the news was about people being harmed, where 22% is usual. Puerto Rico's news mentioned storms about 5 times as often as usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Morocco85 in 100 of its 1,305 stories · usually 22 · mostly disasters & accidents Afghanistan53 in 100 of its 102 stories · usually 50 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine52 in 100 of its 61 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Syria52 in 100 of its 52 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Lebanon51 in 100 of its 86 stories · usually 32 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US60 stories about protests or strikes, of its 324 New Delhi India42 stories about protests or strikes, of its 278 Hollywood US34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 164 London UK19 stories about protests or strikes, of its 275 Nandyal India15 stories about protests or strikes, of its 33

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sYemen: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.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 readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSpain: 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'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua 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'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: 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'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIraq: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: 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: feelings about like the world'sNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech 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: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: feelings about like the world'sColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: too little coverage to readBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: 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'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: 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: too little coverage to readAnguilla: 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: feelings about like the world'sSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: 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 a little angrier than the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than 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 about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPortugal: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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'sNorth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMorocco: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKenya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIceland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuyana: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFiji: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEcuador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChile: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustria: 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 about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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

● Morocco about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 1,111 stories about harm ● Mali few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 24 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 180 stories about harm ● Pakistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 188 stories about harm ● Iran few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 39 stories about harm ● Kashmir few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 27 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health27% 3,174 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents26% 3,138 stories · more than usual (usually 23%) Rights & justice21% 2,491 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence12% 1,474 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 529 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 400 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 400 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 253 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 killed3,658 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Morocco and the US Stories reporting people injured1,430 at about twice the usual rate · most about Morocco and the US Stories reporting people affected1,264 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,226 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced128 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees122 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations117 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting abductions63 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill39 at about 4 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 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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