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20,055 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 people displaced in Yerevan, a disaster in Hanoi and violence in Stepanakert. Azerbaijan's coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 33 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostArmenia 62 in 100 of its 336 stories, usually 29
RegionSoutheast Asia 24 in 100 of its stories, usually 21
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Displacement

Armenia

208 of its 336 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Yerevan accounted for 92 of Armenia's 208 stories about harm, carried by 230 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (56 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Armenia over 30 days → its stories → Yerevan stories →
Health

Vietnam

341 of its 1,115 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Hanoi accounted for 221 of Vietnam's 341 stories about harm, carried by 4 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (100 stories). Natural hazards were named in 61 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

Vietnam over 30 days → its stories → Hanoi stories →
Conflict & violence

Azerbaijan

124 of its 333 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Stepanakert accounted for 68 of Azerbaijan's 124 stories about harm, carried by 115 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Azerbaijan over 30 days → its stories → Stepanakert stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Health

Sudan

Khartoum accounted for 22 of Sudan's 44 stories about harm, carried by 59 outlets. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Dengue was named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with cholera and measles. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Guatemala

23 of its 36 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Hungary

32 of its 128 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Health

South Africa

352 of its 921 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (14 stories). Flooding was named in 56 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with road crashes, bird flu and flu.

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Protests & strikes

Bahrain

3 of Manama's 4 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Cuba

62 of its 111 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: dengue in Sudan (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in South Africa (56 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); power cuts in Ireland (31 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Philippines (18 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); diphtheria in Nigeria (18 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

17 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 26 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 20,055 stories about harm among 115,060 counted on 26 Sep.

Read the day's briefing

Mentions of the dengue ran more than ten times their usual in Sudan's news. of the day's 115,060 news stories, 17 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. the news turned to Armenia for the second day running. Armenia's news was 62% about people being harmed, against a usual 29%. On 26 September 2022, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 17 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan75 in 100 of its 59 stories · usually 70 · mostly health Libya72 in 100 of its 74 stories · usually 78 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria65 in 100 of its 84 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Armenia62 in 100 of its 336 stories · usually 29 · mostly displacement Afghanistan62 in 100 of its 139 stories · usually 47 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US135 stories about protests or strikes, of its 645 Bengaluru India53 stories about protests or strikes, of its 74 London UK50 stories about protests or strikes, of its 398 Hollywood US49 stories about protests or strikes, of its 213 Manipur India37 stories about protests or strikes, of its 75

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sGuam: feelings about like the world'sUnited 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 readUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: too little coverage to readSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSão 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'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: 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'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: 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: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIraq: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt 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: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readHong 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'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: 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 readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: 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: feelings about like the world'sJersey: 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: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk 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 readZimbabwe: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sThailand: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken 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 fearful as the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSenegal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNepal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sLithuania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKenya: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIndia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHungary: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuatemala: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGhana: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFiji: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDominican Republic: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCzechia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCuba: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sColombia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChile: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCanada: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBenin: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice 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

● Ukraine about three times as angry as the world's · 321 stories about harm ● Kashmir few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 42 stories about harm ● Cuba about twice as fearful as the world's · 62 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 257 stories about harm ● Saudi Arabia about twice as angry as the world's · 71 stories about harm ● Mexico about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 123 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health33% 6,496 stories · more than usual (usually 30%) Rights & justice23% 4,615 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents14% 2,850 stories · much less than usual (usually 20%) Conflict & violence12% 2,279 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,124 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 922 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 825 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 552 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 killed4,664 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,231 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,149 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,200 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees369 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Armenia Stories reporting abductions194 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced185 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations120 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Canada and Singapore Stories reporting people falling ill37 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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