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18,435 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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People injured in Nigeria, protests in Copenhagen (Denmark) and people affected in Peru drew the news. Palestine's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostPeru 34 in 100 of its 64 stories, usually 20
RegionEvery region about as usual
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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Rights & justice

Nigeria

463 of its 1,472 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (29 stories). Building collapse was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.

Nigeria over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Peru

22 of its 64 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories).

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

Bahrain

11 of its 39 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 8%. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (10 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

Burkina Faso

9 of its 11 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Timor-Leste

7 of its 10 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. 4 of Kampung Baru's 4 stories were about protests or strikes.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Kenya

Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Hong Kong

Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Typhoon was named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Health

China

Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (14 stories). Typhoon was named in 51 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with landslides, tropical storm and hurricane.

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Also named far more than usual: typhoon in Hong Kong (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in Haiti (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); typhoon in China (51 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); drownings in Italy (17 of its stories, about three times its usual); hiv in France (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

17 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 19; 18 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 5 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 18,435 stories about harm among 106,780 counted on 5 Sep.

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It was the lowest share of stories about people being harmed since 28 July 2024. of the day's 106,780 news stories, 17 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 19. Hong Kong's news mentioned the typhoon more than ten times as often as usual. Nigeria's news was 31% about people being harmed, against a usual 26%. A year earlier, on 6 September 2023, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 17 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Congo80 in 100 of its 64 stories · usually 83 · mostly health Palestine76 in 100 of its 259 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Israel65 in 100 of its 958 stories · usually 66 · mostly rights & justice Venezuela48 in 100 of its 122 stories · usually 46 · mostly rights & justice Iraq47 in 100 of its 72 stories · usually 44 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Jerusalem Israel100 stories about protests or strikes, of its 231 Washington US86 stories about protests or strikes, of its 425 Kolkata India82 stories about protests or strikes, of its 115 London UK43 stories about protests or strikes, of its 308 Dhaka Bangladesh42 stories about protests or strikes, of its 61

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: 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 readUnited Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: 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'sPalau: too little coverage to readNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: 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'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: 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'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: 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'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: 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: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: 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'sAksai Chin: 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: feelings about like the world'sAmerican 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 readBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: 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 readYemen: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUzbekistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTimor-Leste: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTanzania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSlovakia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPanama: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sOman: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNiger: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJordan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sItaly: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuinea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sDjibouti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChad: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBrunei: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBelize: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAustria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBermuda: coverage a little angrier than 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

● Pakistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 220 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as angry as the world's · 196 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 154 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 626 stories about harm ● Italy about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 117 stories about harm ● Denmark few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 41 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health31% 5,522 stories · more than usual (usually 28%) Rights & justice27% 4,928 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents15% 2,624 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Conflict & violence11% 2,052 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,057 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 794 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 688 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 352 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 killed4,715 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,031 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,869 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,254 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions495 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced167 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting refugees137 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the UK and the US Stories reporting evacuations111 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people falling ill26 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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