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10,489 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 Beita (Palestine), the typhoon in Vietnam and people displaced in Papua New Guinea. Palestine's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were much harsher than usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Cameroon →
Part of lifeHealth 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostVietnam 53 in 100 of its 144 stories, usually 15
RegionSoutheast Asia 31 in 100 of its stories, usually 25
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Palestine

212 of its 261 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Beita accounted for 100 of Palestine's 212 stories about harm, carried by 237 outlets. 80 of Beita's 100 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (41 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Vietnam

76 of its 144 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Hanoi accounted for 58 of Vietnam's 76 stories about harm, carried by 204 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (17 stories). Typhoon was named in 71 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with storms, flooding and landslides.

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

China

200 of its 893 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (37 stories). Typhoon was named in 88 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with power cuts, flooding and tropical storm. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Kenya

104 of its 205 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (36 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Venezuela

45 of its 76 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Caracas accounted for 25 of Venezuela's 45 stories about harm, carried by 60 outlets. 15 of Caracas' 25 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Protests & strikes

Argentina

17 of its 55 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 3 of Buenos Aires' 6 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Algeria

21 of its 79 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 8 of Algiers' 14 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Israel

26 of Tel Aviv's 44 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (30 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: typhoon in China (88 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in Haiti (10 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); earthquake in Australia (15 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); road crashes in India (31 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); natural hazards in Pakistan (10 of its stories, about 6 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 7 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 10,489 stories about harm among 59,221 counted on 7 Sep.

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The news turned to Palestine for the third day running. 18 in every 100 of the day's 59,221 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Vietnam's news, mentions of the typhoon ran more than ten times their usual. People falling ill were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Cameroon. Palestine's news was 81% about people being harmed, against a usual 71%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Palestine81 in 100 of its 261 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Israel67 in 100 of its 491 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Venezuela59 in 100 of its 76 stories · usually 46 · mostly rights & justice Vietnam53 in 100 of its 144 stories · usually 15 · mostly disasters & accidents Kenya51 in 100 of its 205 stories · usually 24 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Beita Palestine80 stories about protests or strikes, of its 100 Washington US40 stories about protests or strikes, of its 200 Gaza Palestine37 stories about protests or strikes, of its 96 Kolkata India28 stories about protests or strikes, of its 61 Tel Aviv Israel26 stories about protests or strikes, of its 44

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: too little coverage to readZambia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: too little coverage to readTanzania: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: too little coverage to readSudan: 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: 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: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSaudi 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 lessRomania: about as warm as its own usual or lessQatar: too little coverage to readPortugal: 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 lessPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: 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: too little coverage to readNigeria: 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: too little coverage to readMorocco: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessHonduras: too little coverage to readGuyana: too little coverage to readGuinea-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 lessGermany: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrench 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl 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: too little coverage to readDominica: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: too little coverage to readComoros: 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: too little coverage to readCape 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: too little coverage to readBurkina 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: too little coverage to readBelize: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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 readRussia: warmth about its own usualPapua New Guinea: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualHaiti: warmth about its own usualPort-au-Prince, Haiti -- rights & justice: 12 stories, carried by 24 outletsOregon, US -- health: 13 stories, carried by 14 outletsPennsylvania, US -- rights & justice: 13 stories, carried by 13 outletsPort Moresby, Papua New Guinea -- rights & justice: 23 stories, carried by 155 outletsQuetta, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 12 outletsAlgiers, Algeria -- rights & justice: 14 stories, carried by 89 outletsAbuja, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 10 stories, carried by 14 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

● Papua New Guinea warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Port-au-Prince Haiti about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 12 stories ● Oregon US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● Pennsylvania US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 13 stories ● Port Moresby Papua New Guinea about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 23 stories ● Quetta Pakistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 13 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health27% 2,775 stories · about as usual Rights & justice25% 2,555 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents18% 1,817 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence15% 1,542 stories · more than usual (usually 13%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 601 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 365 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 315 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 239 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 killed2,956 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,332 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,131 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,036 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting abductions257 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations161 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced155 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees136 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Palestine and Israel Stories reporting people falling ill39 at about three times the usual rate · most about the US and Cameroon

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 much 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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