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16,972 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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Most of the day's attention went to landslides in Papua New Guinea, protests in Tehran (Iran) and storms in Austria. Iran's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostCzechia 75 in 100 of its 153 stories, usually 21
RegionEast Asia 18 in 100 of its stories, usually 14
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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Conflict & violence

Papua New Guinea

35 of its 78 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Porgera accounted for 32 of Papua New Guinea's 35 stories about harm, carried by 75 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (34 stories). Landslides were named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Papua New Guinea over 30 days → its stories → Porgera stories →
Protests & strikes

Iran

112 of its 220 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Tehran accounted for 66 of Iran's 112 stories about harm, carried by 161 outlets. 36 of Tehran's 66 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Disasters & accidents

Austria

59 of its 136 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Vienna accounted for 42 of Austria's 59 stories about harm, carried by 46 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (21 stories). Storms were named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Austria over 30 days → its stories → Vienna stories →
Rights & justice

Hong Kong

34 of its 124 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Hong Kong over 30 days → its stories →
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Disasters & accidents

Czechia

114 of its 153 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Jesenik accounted for 49 of the Czechia's 114 stories about harm, carried by 188 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 8 times the usual rate (53 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Myanmar

38 of its 51 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (24 stories). Landslides were named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Poland

47 of its 113 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 9 times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Argentina

26 of its 73 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 14 of Buenos Aires' 16 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Portugal

29 of its 94 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories). Wildfires were named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

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Disasters & accidents

China

351 of its 1,552 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (14 stories). Power cuts were named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: polio in Afghanistan (31 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Myanmar (16 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); wildfires in Portugal (12 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); covid in France (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); power cuts in China (17 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 16 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 16,972 stories about harm among 92,905 counted on 16 Sep.

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Afghanistan's news mentioned the polio more than ten times as often as usual. 18 in every 100 of the day's 92,905 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Papua New Guinea, 45% of the news was about people being harmed, where 22% is usual. A year earlier, on 17 September 2023, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan75 in 100 of its 59 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Myanmar75 in 100 of its 51 stories · usually 50 · mostly disasters & accidents Czechia75 in 100 of its 153 stories · usually 21 · mostly disasters & accidents Israel64 in 100 of its 820 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine63 in 100 of its 199 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Kolkata India107 stories about protests or strikes, of its 143 Washington US90 stories about protests or strikes, of its 481 Tel Aviv Israel54 stories about protests or strikes, of its 207 Tehran Iran36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 66 Kyiv Ukraine34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 123

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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: 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: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSt. 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: too little coverage to readNicaragua: 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 readWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: 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: too little coverage to readMalaysia: 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: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: 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: 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: too little coverage to readKosovo: 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 lessJamaica: 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: too little coverage to readIndia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: 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 lessGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: 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: 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: 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 lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: too little coverage to readHong 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: 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 lessBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: 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: too little coverage to readBahamas: 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: too little coverage to readGaza: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: about as warm as its own usual or lessAnguilla: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessWallis & 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readMorocco: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualGeorgia: warmth about its own usualBolivia: warmth about its own usualNew Hampshire, US -- rights & justice: 13 stories, carried by 14 outletsKano, Nigeria -- disasters & accidents: 14 stories, carried by 14 outletsRio de Janeiro, Brazil -- rights & justice: 12 stories, carried by 22 outletsColorado, US -- health: 14 stories, carried by 14 outletsBaku, Azerbaijan -- disasters & accidents: 11 stories, carried by 27 outletsMunich, Germany -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 41 stories, carried by 156 outletsAbuja, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 41 stories, carried by 30 outletsFnideq, Morocco -- rights & justice: 10 stories, carried by 36 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

● Italy warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● New Hampshire US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 13 stories ● Kano Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 14 stories ● Rio de Janeiro Brazil about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 12 stories ● Colorado US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 14 stories ● Baku Azerbaijan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 11 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health28% 4,610 stories · about as usual Rights & justice23% 3,910 stories · less than usual (usually 26%) Disasters & accidents19% 3,087 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence15% 2,507 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 858 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 609 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 597 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 483 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 killed3,993 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,873 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,782 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,054 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions291 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting evacuations256 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the Czechia Stories reporting people displaced230 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees178 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill8 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Russia

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 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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