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11,385 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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A disaster in Taipei, violence in Beledweyne and protests in Accra (Ghana) drew the news. Somalia's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostTaiwan 40 in 100 of its 115 stories, usually 17
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 27 in 100 of its stories, usually 24
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Taiwan

46 of its 115 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Taipei accounted for 24 of Taiwan's 46 stories about harm, carried by 9 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (36 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Taiwan over 30 days → its stories → Taipei stories →
Conflict & violence

Somalia

55 of its 68 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Beledweyne accounted for 25 of Somalia's 55 stories about harm, carried by 86 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Somalia over 30 days → its stories → Beledweyne stories →
Protests & strikes

Ghana

61 of its 241 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 10 of Accra's 18 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Ghana over 30 days → its stories → Accra stories →
Health

New Zealand

90 of its 299 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories). Heavy rain was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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

Sweden

41 of its 97 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Stenungsund accounted for 22 of Sweden's 41 stories about harm, carried by 77 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (22 stories). Landslides were named in 25 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Israel

101 of its 239 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. 22 of Jerusalem's 39 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (30 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Benin

12 of its 17 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Azerbaijan

79 of its 221 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (10 stories). 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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Disasters & accidents

France

111 of its 478 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (16 stories). Drownings were named in 20 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Italy

115 of its 564 stories (20%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of refugees ran at about 9 times the usual rate (24 stories). Drownings were named in 23 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: landslides in Sweden (25 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Philippines (29 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); drownings in Italy (23 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); flooding in Vietnam (16 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); drownings in France (20 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 23 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 11,385 stories about harm among 62,205 counted on 23 Sep.

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Mentions of landslides ran more than ten times their usual in Sweden's news. of the day's 62,205 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Taiwan stood out: 40% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 17%. On 23 September 2022, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 18 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Somalia81 in 100 of its 68 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Libya76 in 100 of its 55 stories · usually 78 · mostly disasters & accidents Palestine50 in 100 of its 68 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence Sweden42 in 100 of its 97 stories · usually 24 · mostly disasters & accidents Israel42 in 100 of its 239 stories · usually 34 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US75 stories about protests or strikes, of its 414 London UK44 stories about protests or strikes, of its 194 Ottawa Canada29 stories about protests or strikes, of its 161 Jerusalem Israel22 stories about protests or strikes, of its 39 Manipur India21 stories about protests or strikes, of its 38

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: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readTaiwan: 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: too little coverage to readEswatini: 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 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: too little coverage to readSomalia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: 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: too little coverage to readSt 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: 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: 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 readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: 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: too little coverage to readMexico: 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: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: too little coverage to readHungary: about as warm as its own usual or lessHonduras: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: 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: too little coverage to readFrance: 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: too little coverage to readEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial 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: 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: too little coverage to readN. 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: too little coverage to readCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: too little coverage to readCambodia: 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: too little coverage to readBulgaria: 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: 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: too little coverage to readAustria: too little coverage to readAustralia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: 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: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern 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: 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: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readSudan: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualMozambique: warmth about its own usualHaiti: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualAzerbaijan: warmth about its own usualGusau, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 23 stories, carried by 20 outletsOrsett, UK -- health: 11 stories, carried by 13 outletsHawaii, US -- disasters & accidents: 19 stories, carried by 16 outletsKentucky, US -- health: 15 stories, carried by 13 outletsAccra, Ghana -- rights & justice: 18 stories, carried by 10 outletsWellington, New Zealand -- health: 19 stories, carried by 15 outletsHarare, Zimbabwe -- health: 13 stories, carried by 12 outletsHanoi, Vietnam -- disasters & accidents: 51 stories, carried by 15 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

● Gusau Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 23 stories ● Orsett UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Hawaii US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 19 stories ● Kentucky US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 15 stories ● Accra Ghana about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 18 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health28% 3,124 stories · about as usual Rights & justice24% 2,704 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents19% 2,075 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence15% 1,651 stories · more than usual (usually 11%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 572 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 396 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 392 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 289 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 killed2,553 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,238 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,181 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured755 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees167 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Italy Stories reporting abductions132 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people displaced115 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations100 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill10 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the Philippines

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 about as 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.