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17,978 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 news turned to protests in Jerusalem (Israel), violence in Kyiv and tropical storm in the Philippines. Ukraine's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read harsher than usual.

Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Israel and the US → Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostVenezuela 69 in 100 of its 213 stories, usually 45
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 27 in 100 of its stories, usually 24
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

Israel

958 of its 1,300 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Jerusalem accounted for 360 of Israel's 958 stories about harm, carried by 438 outlets. 222 of Jerusalem's 360 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (593 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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

Ukraine

278 of its 542 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Kyiv accounted for 160 of Ukraine's 278 stories about harm, carried by 528 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (210 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Ukraine over 30 days → its stories → Kyiv stories →
Disasters & accidents

Philippines

241 of its 543 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (21 stories). Tropical storm was named in 72 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain, landslides and typhoon. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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

Afghanistan

93 of its 149 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Kabul accounted for 53 of Afghanistan's 93 stories about harm, carried by 100 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (31 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Djibouti

32 of its 54 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. the Red Sea accounted for 31 of Djibouti's 32 stories about harm, carried by 62 outlets. Accidents were named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Congo

103 of its 114 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 82%. 18 of Makala's 22 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (62 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Mongolia

47 of its 102 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Ulaanbaatar accounted for 37 of Mongolia's 47 stories about harm, carried by 172 outlets. 24 of Ulaanbaatar's 37 stories were about protests or strikes.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

DR Congo

23 of its 27 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. 6 of Makala's 11 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (13 stories).

its stories →
Protests & strikes

India

95 of Kolkata's 179 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Hurricane was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: accidents in Djibouti (21 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); covid in New Zealand (32 of its stories, about three times its usual); natural hazards in Japan (12 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); hunger in Palestine (14 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hurricane in India (11 of its stories, more than ten 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 3 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 17,978 stories about harm among 97,075 counted on 3 Sep.

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For the third day running, the news turned to Israel. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 97,075 stories, as usual. Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Abductions were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about Israel and the US. A year earlier, on 4 September 2023, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Congo90 in 100 of its 114 stories · usually 82 · mostly rights & justice Israel74 in 100 of its 1,300 stories · usually 65 · mostly rights & justice Palestine70 in 100 of its 269 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Venezuela69 in 100 of its 213 stories · usually 45 · mostly rights & justice Afghanistan62 in 100 of its 149 stories · usually 49 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Jerusalem Israel222 stories about protests or strikes, of its 360 Kolkata India95 stories about protests or strikes, of its 179 Washington US66 stories about protests or strikes, of its 357 Abuja Nigeria43 stories about protests or strikes, of its 82 Boston US30 stories about protests or strikes, of its 104

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsle 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: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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: too little coverage to readSaudi 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: too little coverage to readPalau: 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 lessMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: too little coverage to readWestern 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: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: 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 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe 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: too little coverage to readChile: 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: 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 lessBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: 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: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: 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: 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 readTonga: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualIceland: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualSokoto, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 14 stories, carried by 12 outletsIndiana, US -- health: 12 stories, carried by 14 outletsColumbus, US -- rights & justice: 13 stories, carried by 12 outletsNutzen, Germany -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 15 stories, carried by 10 outletsClitheroe, UK -- rights & justice: 11 stories, carried by 12 outletsChhattisgarh, India -- conflict & violence: 22 stories, carried by 18 outletsJakarta, Indonesia -- health: 48 stories, carried by 155 outletsOttawa, Canada -- health: 19 stories, carried by 27 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

● Sokoto Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 14 stories ● Indiana US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Columbus US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 13 stories ● Nutzen Germany about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 15 stories ● Clitheroe UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 11 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 4,993 stories · more than usual (usually 26%) Health28% 4,944 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 2,751 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Conflict & violence13% 2,253 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,022 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 678 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 647 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 306 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 killed4,957 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,172 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,088 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,480 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions859 at about twice the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people displaced174 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting refugees152 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations149 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people falling ill21 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 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.