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18,167 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 tsunami in Greenland, people killed in Peru and people injured in Kashmir drew the news. Kashmir's coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was much softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostGreenland 78 in 100 of its 65 stories, usually 34
RegionSoutheast Asia 31 in 100 of its stories, usually 26
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Greenland

51 of its 65 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Dickson Fjord accounted for 28 of Greenland's 51 stories about harm, carried by 31 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Tsunami was named in 46 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with landslides, earthquake and avalanche.

Greenland over 30 days → its stories → Dickson Fjord stories →
Rights & justice

Peru

34 of its 74 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Peru over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

62 of its 149 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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

Nigeria

452 of its 1,376 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (11 stories). Heavy rain was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Vietnam

127 of its 272 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Hanoi accounted for 54 of Vietnam's 127 stories about harm, carried by 175 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (73 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

Malaysia

91 of its 327 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Kuala Lumpur accounted for 63 of Malaysia's 91 stories about harm, carried by 57 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (46 stories).

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Belarus

17 of its 41 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. 4 of Minsk's 5 stories were about protests or strikes.

its stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Bulgaria

15 of its 45 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (10 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Colombia

18 of its 66 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: illness in South Africa (60 of its stories, about three times its usual); respiratory illness in Austria (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); typhoon in Thailand (11 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); landslides in Bangladesh (12 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); drownings in Australia (16 of its stories, about 8 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 13 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 18,167 stories about harm among 102,351 counted on 13 Sep.

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Greenland stood out: 78% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 34%. 18 in every 100 of the day's 102,351 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Greenland's news, mentions of the tsunami ran about 5 times their usual. On 14 September 2023, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Greenland78 in 100 of its 65 stories · usually 34 · mostly disasters & accidents Palestine71 in 100 of its 219 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Congo70 in 100 of its 60 stories · usually 83 · mostly health Israel62 in 100 of its 688 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan58 in 100 of its 146 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US165 stories about protests or strikes, of its 585 Kolkata India55 stories about protests or strikes, of its 84 Seattle US44 stories about protests or strikes, of its 78 Springfield US41 stories about protests or strikes, of its 221 Jerusalem Israel39 stories about protests or strikes, of its 139

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: too little coverage to readVenezuela: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: too little coverage to readSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: too little coverage to readSierra 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: 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 readOman: 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 readCuraçao: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: 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 lessMalaysia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: 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: too little coverage to readLaos: 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: too little coverage to readKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: too little coverage to readJordan: 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 lessIreland: too little coverage to readIraq: 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 readHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew 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: 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 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 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 lessComoros: about as warm as its own usual or lessColombia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: 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: 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 lessBrazil: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: 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 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 lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: 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 readYemen: warmth about its own usualVietnam: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualTaiwan: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about its own usualSouth Sudan: warmth about its own usualSouth Africa: warmth about its own usualSingapore: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualNetherlands: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualJamaica: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualDominican Republic: warmth about its own usualCongo: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualMontana, US -- disasters & accidents: 10 stories, carried by 14 outletsRiverside County, US -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 10 stories, carried by 18 outletsTaipei, Taiwan -- disasters & accidents: 18 stories, carried by 33 outletsKishtwar, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 20 stories, carried by 18 outletsKaduna, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 13 stories, carried by 11 outletsBerlin, Germany -- health: 27 stories, carried by 62 outletsWellington, New Zealand -- health: 25 stories, carried by 15 outletsAbuja, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 68 stories, carried by 26 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

● Montana US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 10 stories ● Riverside County US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 10 stories ● Taipei Taiwan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 18 stories ● Kishtwar Kashmir about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 20 stories ● Kaduna Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 13 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health29% 5,234 stories · about as usual Rights & justice27% 4,791 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents17% 2,993 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence11% 1,983 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 835 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 813 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 688 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 412 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 killed4,072 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,181 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,991 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured950 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting abductions278 at about half the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting evacuations253 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced234 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees149 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill23 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 much softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little less 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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