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10,262 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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Rights and justice in Jerusalem and illness in Gaza and Philippine drew the news. Israel's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was about as usual.

Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about Israel and the US → Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about Azerbaijan and Israel → Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Azerbaijan and Palestine → Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about three times the usual rate →
Part of lifeHealth 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostAzerbaijan 46 in 100 of its 361 stories, usually 11
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 56 in 100 of its stories, usually 45
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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Rights & justice

Israel

850 of its 1,069 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Jerusalem accounted for 190 of Israel's 850 stories about harm, carried by 569 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (580 stories). Earthquake was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Israel over 30 days → its stories → Jerusalem stories →
Conflict & violence

Palestine

233 of its 290 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Gaza accounted for 138 of Palestine's 233 stories about harm, carried by 277 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (54 stories). Polio was named in 72 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Palestine over 30 days → its stories → Gaza stories →
Disasters & accidents

Japan

Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (25 stories). Tropical storm was named in 31 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with landslides and flooding. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Japan over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

106 of its 176 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Kabul accounted for 45 of Afghanistan's 106 stories about harm, carried by 54 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Ukraine

87 of its 212 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

South Africa

103 of its 315 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (45 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Russia

Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 40 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with storms. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Health

UK

Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Gas explosion was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Bangladesh

Dhaka accounted for 50 of Bangladesh's 117 stories about harm, carried by 42 outlets. 33 of Dhaka's 50 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: helicopter crash in Iran (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Russia (40 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Australia (36 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); road crashes in France (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); gas explosion in UK (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 19; 19 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 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 10,262 stories about harm among 51,469 counted on 1 Sep.

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Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about Israel and the US. 20 in every 100 of the day's 51,469 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 19. On the side of help, reports of people freed or reunited ran at about three times the usual rate. Palestine's news mentioned the polio about three times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 2 September 2023, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 today. This week the news turned most often to Palestine, on 4 of 7 days; help rose on 2 of them. Over August, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 in August 2023.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Palestine80 in 100 of its 290 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Israel80 in 100 of its 1,069 stories · usually 64 · mostly rights & justice Afghanistan60 in 100 of its 176 stories · usually 47 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq55 in 100 of its 56 stories · usually 43 · mostly conflict & violence Azerbaijan46 in 100 of its 361 stories · usually 11 · mostly displacement

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Tel Aviv Israel101 stories about protests or strikes, of its 145 Jerusalem Israel61 stories about protests or strikes, of its 190 Kolkata India57 stories about protests or strikes, of its 84 Dhaka Bangladesh33 stories about protests or strikes, of its 50 Washington US27 stories about protests or strikes, of its 177

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: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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: 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: too little coverage to readTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: too little coverage to readSyria: 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: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. 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: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: too little coverage to readNorway: 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 lessMozambique: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: 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 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: 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 lessGeorgia: too little coverage to readGambia: too little coverage to readGabon: 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: too little coverage to readEgypt: 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: too little coverage to readDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: 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 readCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: 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: 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 lessBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: too little coverage to readBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: too little coverage to readBangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: too little coverage to readBahamas: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzerbaijan: too little coverage to readAustria: 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 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: too little coverage to readBritish 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook 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: 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 readSouth Africa: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about one and a half times its own usualCyprus: warmth about its own usualDR Congo: warmth about its own usualCongo: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualSokoto, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 20 stories, carried by 17 outletsIgabi, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 20 stories, carried by 17 outletsSaxony, Germany -- conflict & violence: 24 stories, carried by 24 outletsBerlin, Germany -- conflict & violence: 38 stories, carried by 206 outletsRio de Janeiro, Brazil -- rights & justice: 25 stories, carried by 31 outletsEdinburgh, UK -- rights & justice: 21 stories, carried by 92 outletsCalifornia, US -- health: 33 stories, carried by 29 outletsAdelaide, Australia -- health: 10 stories, carried by 11 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

● Germany warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Sokoto Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 20 stories ● Igabi Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 20 stories ● Saxony Germany about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 24 stories ● Berlin Germany about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 38 stories ● Rio de Janeiro Brazil about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 25 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health27% 2,662 stories · about as usual Rights & justice26% 2,571 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents17% 1,726 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence13% 1,302 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 661 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 404 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 374 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 279 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 killed3,078 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people affected1,479 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Azerbaijan Stories reporting arrests917 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured850 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting abductions777 at about 4 times the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people displaced334 at about three times the usual rate · most about Azerbaijan and Israel Stories reporting refugees225 at about twice the usual rate · most about Azerbaijan and Palestine Stories reporting evacuations99 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people falling ill5 at about a third of the usual rate · most about India and the US

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
● 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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