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21,552 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 a disaster in Derna, violence in Jammu and illness in Tegucigalpa. Kashmir's coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's. Language across the world's news ran softer than usual.

Help and hope: reports of vaccination 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 mostGreenland 82 in 100 of its 127 stories, usually 27
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 46 in 100 of its stories, usually 32
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

668 of its 780 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Derna accounted for 562 of Libya's 668 stories about harm, carried by 863 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (87 stories). Tsunami was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Libya over 30 days → its stories → Derna stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

146 of its 210 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Jammu accounted for 61 of Kashmir's 146 stories about harm, carried by 42 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (57 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's.

Kashmir over 30 days → its stories → Jammu stories →
Health

Honduras

39 of its 42 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Tegucigalpa accounted for 35 of Honduras' 39 stories about harm, carried by 101 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 9 times the usual rate (33 stories). Dengue was named in 36 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with chikungunya and malaria.

Honduras over 30 days → its stories → Tegucigalpa stories →
Rights & justice

Iran

201 of its 306 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Tehran accounted for 129 of Iran's 201 stories about harm, carried by 169 outlets. Illness was named in 30 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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

Vietnam

368 of its 1,051 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Hanoi accounted for 289 of Vietnam's 368 stories about harm, carried by 261 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (100 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Morocco

266 of its 355 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (7 stories). Landslides were named in 25 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Greenland

104 of its 127 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Alpefjord accounted for 54 of Greenland's 104 stories about harm, carried by 72 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (14 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Syria

58 of its 85 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (35 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Bahrain

13 of its 56 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Lebanon

46 of its 116 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (26 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: covid in Russia (58 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); nipah virus in India (134 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Greece (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); drownings in Italy (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Morocco (25 of its stories, about 5 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 13 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 21,552 stories about harm among 119,275 counted on 13 Sep.

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The news turned to Libya for the third day running. 18 in every 100 of the day's 119,275 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. On the side of help, reports of vaccination ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Honduras' news mentioned the dengue more than ten times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 13 September 2022, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Libya86 in 100 of its 780 stories · usually 58 · mostly disasters & accidents Greenland82 in 100 of its 127 stories · usually 27 · mostly disasters & accidents Morocco75 in 100 of its 355 stories · usually 67 · mostly disasters & accidents Kashmir70 in 100 of its 210 stories · usually 34 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan69 in 100 of its 108 stories · usually 72 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US139 stories about protests or strikes, of its 657 London UK65 stories about protests or strikes, of its 302 Hollywood US48 stories about protests or strikes, of its 215 Tehran Iran44 stories about protests or strikes, of its 129 Jerusalem Israel41 stories about protests or strikes, of its 95

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: 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: 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: too little coverage to readTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-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: 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 lessSri Lanka: 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 lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: 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 lessPhilippines: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: too little coverage to readMalawi: too little coverage to readMadagascar: 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: 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: 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 lessIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndonesia: too little coverage to readIndia: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: 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: too little coverage to readSt 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: too little coverage to readEritrea: 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: 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: too little coverage to readCuba: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBelize: 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: too little coverage to readAustralia: too little coverage to readHeard & 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: 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 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 lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern 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: too little coverage to readBermuda: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readUganda: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualNigeria: warmth about its own usualMorocco: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualKashmir, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 13 outletsArkansas, US -- health: 14 stories, carried by 15 outletsMassachusetts, US -- shelter & services: 73 stories, carried by 187 outletsKurdistan, Iran -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 14 outletsGeiranger, Norway -- health: 11 stories, carried by 14 outletsRiver Itchen, UK -- health: 12 stories, carried by 11 outletsAdamawa, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 12 outletsRajouri, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 24 stories, carried by 26 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

● Kashmir Kashmir about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 12 stories ● Arkansas US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 14 stories ● Massachusetts US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · shelter & services · 73 stories ● Kurdistan Iran about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 12 stories ● Geiranger Norway about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health32% 6,841 stories · more than usual (usually 29%) Rights & justice22% 4,667 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents20% 4,293 stories · less than usual (usually 22%) Conflict & violence10% 2,035 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood6% 1,265 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 945 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 801 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 360 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 killed5,204 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,402 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,150 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,356 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced230 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees188 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations160 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting abductions149 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill30 at about the usual rate

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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