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12,173 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 protests in Tehran (Iran), a disaster in Derna and violence in Baramulla. Kashmir's coverage was about 5 times as fearful as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostKashmir 75 in 100 of its 200 stories, usually 39
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 47 in 100 of its stories, usually 34
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Iran

229 of its 314 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Tehran accounted for 138 of Iran's 229 stories about harm, carried by 225 outlets. 116 of Tehran's 138 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Disasters & accidents

Libya

317 of its 354 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 72%. Derna accounted for 274 of Libya's 317 stories about harm, carried by 403 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 8 times the usual rate (15 stories). Cholera was named in 31 of its stories about harm, about 10 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

150 of its 200 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Baramulla accounted for 49 of Kashmir's 150 stories about harm, carried by 39 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (98 stories). Its coverage was about 5 times as fearful as the world's.

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

Vietnam

259 of its 767 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Hanoi accounted for 218 of Vietnam's 259 stories about harm, carried by 13 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (63 stories). Earthquake was named in 104 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with wildfires.

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

85 of its 155 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Kabul accounted for 55 of Afghanistan's 85 stories about harm, carried by 100 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (24 stories).

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Egypt

41 of its 131 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 13 of Cairo's 18 stories were about protests or strikes.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Colombia

24 of its 58 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Mexico

149 of its 431 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (65 stories).

its stories →
Food & livelihood

Malta

18 of its 58 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Vietnam (104 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in Canada (69 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); drownings in Italy (16 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); covid in Russia (18 of its stories, about three times its usual); landslides in Morocco (13 of its stories, about 6 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 16 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 12,173 stories about harm among 65,430 counted on 16 Sep.

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The news turned to Iran for the seventh day running. 19 in every 100 of the day's 65,430 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Vietnam's news, mentions of the earthquake ran more than ten times their usual. Iran stood out: 73% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 46%. On 16 September 2022, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Libya90 in 100 of its 354 stories · usually 72 · mostly disasters & accidents Kashmir75 in 100 of its 200 stories · usually 39 · mostly conflict & violence Iran73 in 100 of its 314 stories · usually 46 · mostly rights & justice Morocco65 in 100 of its 119 stories · usually 69 · mostly disasters & accidents Afghanistan55 in 100 of its 155 stories · usually 48 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Tehran Iran116 stories about protests or strikes, of its 138 Washington US103 stories about protests or strikes, of its 366 Detroit US39 stories about protests or strikes, of its 49 Wentzville US29 stories about protests or strikes, of its 32 New York US27 stories about protests or strikes, of its 135

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: too little coverage to readUnited 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 Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth 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: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPeru: 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'sNorth Korea: too little coverage to readNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: 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: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: 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'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: 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: too little coverage to readKenya: 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'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: too little coverage to readGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech 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: too little coverage to readDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: 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: feelings about like the world'sMarshall 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as 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 about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sParaguay: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNiger: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLibya: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIraq: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIran: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGreece: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCosta Rica: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sColombia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChile: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about 5 times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about 5 times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about 5 times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about 5 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

● Kashmir about 5 times as fearful as the world's · 150 stories about harm ● Iran about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 229 stories about harm ● Libya about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 317 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 143 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 214 stories about harm ● Russia about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 121 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health29% 3,474 stories · about as usual Rights & justice23% 2,740 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents21% 2,539 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence11% 1,370 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 672 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 549 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 394 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 207 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 killed3,273 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,387 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,255 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured731 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced165 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Libya and Nigeria Stories reporting refugees119 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions109 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations64 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting people falling ill19 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Canada

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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