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18,394 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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Most of the day's attention went to a disaster in Derna, violence in Jammu and rights and justice in Tehran. Kashmir's coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were much softer than usual.

Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeHealth 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostIran 74 in 100 of its 689 stories, usually 48
RegionCentral Asia 23 in 100 of its stories, usually 14
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Libya

278 of its 327 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 75%. Derna accounted for 251 of Libya's 278 stories about harm, carried by 463 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (24 stories). Outbreaks were named in 40 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with cholera, road crashes and hunger. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Kashmir

85 of its 144 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Jammu accounted for 39 of Kashmir's 85 stories about harm, carried by 27 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

Kashmir over 30 days → its stories → Jammu stories →
Rights & justice

Iran

513 of its 689 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Tehran accounted for 410 of Iran's 513 stories about harm, carried by 940 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (413 stories).

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Peru

25 of its 66 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Peru over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Rights & justice

Ethiopia

40 of its 74 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Hunger was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Iraq

48 of its 87 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Vietnam

253 of its 925 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (133 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Rights & justice

South Africa

296 of its 930 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Storm surge was named in 21 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Greece

Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories). Road crashes were named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Uzbekistan

9 of its 21 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (9 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: hunger in Ethiopia (13 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); heatwave in Australia (83 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plane crash in Brazil (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); wildfires in Türkiye (15 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); earthquake in Italy (19 of its stories, more than ten 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 18 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 18,394 stories about harm among 104,121 counted on 18 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 104,121 stories, below the usual 19. Mentions of the hunger ran about 5 times their usual in Ethiopia's news. A year earlier, on 18 September 2022, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today. Libya stood out: 85% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 75%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Libya85 in 100 of its 327 stories · usually 75 · mostly disasters & accidents Iran74 in 100 of its 689 stories · usually 48 · mostly rights & justice Kashmir59 in 100 of its 144 stories · usually 42 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan59 in 100 of its 97 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq55 in 100 of its 87 stories · usually 42 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Tehran Iran135 stories about protests or strikes, of its 410 Washington US116 stories about protests or strikes, of its 458 Derna Libya48 stories about protests or strikes, of its 251 London UK40 stories about protests or strikes, of its 329 Hollywood US40 stories about protests or strikes, of its 233

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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: too little coverage to readTanzania: 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: too little coverage to readSuriname: 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 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: too little coverage to readSerbia: 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: too little coverage to readSt 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: 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 readOman: 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 lessNigeria: 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 readNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern 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 lessMexico: 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: 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 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: 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 lessPalestine: 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: too little coverage to readHonduras: 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: too little coverage to readFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew 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: too little coverage to readEthiopia: 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: too little coverage to readEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: too little coverage to readDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: too little coverage to readBelarus: 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: too little coverage to readBahamas: 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: 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 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 readCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessJersey: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readSyria: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualPoland: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualMorocco: warmth about its own usualLiberia: warmth about its own usualIreland: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualDominican Republic: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBelgium: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualLetterkenny, Ireland -- disasters & accidents: 11 stories, carried by 10 outletsBrussels, Belgium -- health: 16 stories, carried by 17 outletsVirginia, US -- health: 31 stories, carried by 53 outletsBaghdad, Iraq -- conflict & violence: 14 stories, carried by 21 outletsEnugu, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 23 stories, carried by 17 outletsGreat Yarmouth, UK -- rights & justice: 10 stories, carried by 11 outletsHay River, Canada -- displacement: 12 stories, carried by 36 outletsCalgary, Canada -- health: 17 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

● Dominican Republic warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Letterkenny Ireland about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 11 stories ● Brussels Belgium about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 16 stories ● Virginia US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 31 stories ● Baghdad Iraq about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 14 stories ● Enugu Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 23 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health31% 5,576 stories · about as usual Rights & justice25% 4,451 stories · more than usual (usually 22%) Disasters & accidents17% 3,121 stories · less than usual (usually 22%) Conflict & violence11% 1,958 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 988 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 940 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 666 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 368 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 killed4,077 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,179 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,954 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,017 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced165 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees152 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations140 at about half the usual rate · most about Canada and the US Stories reporting abductions139 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill29 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 much 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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