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21,649 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 a disaster in Derna, rights and justice in Tehran and violence in Jammu. Libya's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read softer than usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about Türkiye and the US → Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeHealth 32 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostLibya 88 in 100 of its 679 stories, usually 44
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 46 in 100 of its stories, usually 31
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 →
Disasters & accidents

Libya

598 of its 679 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Derna accounted for 507 of Libya's 598 stories about harm, carried by 926 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (85 stories). Hurricane was named in 51 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with cyclone and power cuts. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Libya over 30 days → its stories → Derna stories →
Rights & justice

Iran

294 of its 410 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Tehran accounted for 153 of Iran's 294 stories about harm, carried by 285 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (54 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

60 of its 131 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Jammu accounted for 30 of Kashmir's 60 stories about harm, carried by 25 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Morocco

481 of its 643 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. the Atlas Mountains accounted for 119 of Morocco's 481 stories about harm, carried by 239 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Lebanon

46 of its 111 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Beirut accounted for 34 of Lebanon's 46 stories about harm, carried by 55 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Vietnam

Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (86 stories). Storms were named in 73 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Health

Netherlands

81 of its 335 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (22 stories).

its stories →
Health

China

Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (85 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Bosnia

Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: storms in Vietnam (73 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in Italy (26 of its stories, about three times its usual); nipah virus in India (116 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); malaria in Nigeria (32 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); outbreaks in Canada (34 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 12 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 21,649 stories about harm among 117,029 counted on 12 Sep.

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On the side of help, reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 117,029 stories, as usual. Mentions of storms ran more than ten times their usual in Vietnam's news. Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about Türkiye and the US. the news turned to Libya for the second day running.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Libya88 in 100 of its 679 stories · usually 44 · mostly disasters & accidents Morocco75 in 100 of its 643 stories · usually 66 · mostly disasters & accidents Iran72 in 100 of its 410 stories · usually 44 · mostly rights & justice Sudan63 in 100 of its 95 stories · usually 72 · mostly rights & justice Syria54 in 100 of its 81 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US175 stories about protests or strikes, of its 773 London UK50 stories about protests or strikes, of its 341 Tehran Iran49 stories about protests or strikes, of its 153 Delhi India44 stories about protests or strikes, of its 197 Hollywood US44 stories about protests or strikes, of its 200

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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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: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.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 readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSudan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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 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: too little coverage to readPoland: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua 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 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: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: too little coverage to readWestern 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: about as warm as its own usual or lessLebanon: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJapan: too little coverage to readJamaica: 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 lessIndonesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: 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: too little coverage to readGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: 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: too little coverage to readGabon: 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: 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: too little coverage to readDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: 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: 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: too little coverage to readColombia: 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: too little coverage to readCape 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: too little coverage to readBulgaria: 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: 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: too little coverage to readAndorra: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: about as warm as its own usual or lessBermuda: too little coverage to readBritish 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: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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 readCayman Islands: warmth about its own usualUnited Arab Emirates: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualNigeria: warmth about its own usualMorocco: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualKurdistan, Iran -- conflict & violence: 10 stories, carried by 14 outletsColchester, UK -- health: 16 stories, carried by 14 outletsDelaware, US -- health: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsDubai, United Arab Emirates -- health: 19 stories, carried by 20 outletsBourem, Mali -- conflict & violence: 10 stories, carried by 18 outletsLittlebourne, UK -- disasters & accidents: 13 stories, carried by 18 outletsTorkham, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 14 stories, carried by 14 outletsAbuja, Nigeria -- health: 77 stories, carried by 32 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

● Kurdistan Iran about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 10 stories ● Colchester UK about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 16 stories ● Delaware US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Dubai United Arab Emirates about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 19 stories ● Bourem Mali about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 10 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health32% 6,733 stories · more than usual (usually 29%) Rights & justice22% 4,614 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents20% 4,294 stories · less than usual (usually 23%) Conflict & violence11% 2,420 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 1,067 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 897 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 810 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 447 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 killed5,378 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,506 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,165 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,077 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees211 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced208 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions201 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations135 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting people falling ill58 at about three 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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