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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

how these are picked →
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).

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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.

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: too little coverage to readVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: too little coverage to readUnited 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: too little coverage to readIsle 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 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: too little coverage to readTogo: 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 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: too little coverage to readSierra 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: too little coverage to readRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: 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 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: too little coverage to readPanama: 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: too little coverage to readNigeria: 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: too little coverage to readMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: 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 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: too little coverage to readLithuania: 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: too little coverage to readLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: too little coverage to readKosovo: 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 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: too little coverage to readGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: 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: too little coverage to readGambia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrench 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: too little coverage to readDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: 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: 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: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: 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: too little coverage to readBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos 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: too little coverage to readGuernsey: 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: 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 readSyria: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualAzerbaijan: warmth about its own usualAbuja, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 33 stories, carried by 21 outletsBaghdad, Iraq -- conflict & violence: 14 stories, carried by 17 outletsVirginia, US -- health: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsOregon, US -- health: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsMontreal, Canada -- health: 16 stories, carried by 20 outletsMogadishu, Somalia -- conflict & violence: 10 stories, carried by 11 outletsOkanagan, Canada -- disasters & accidents: 14 stories, carried by 12 outletsManipur, India -- food & livelihood: 60 stories, carried by 41 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

● Abuja Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 33 stories ● Baghdad Iraq about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 14 stories ● Virginia US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Oregon US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Montreal Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 16 stories

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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