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10,996 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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Violence in Beirut, deaths in Budapest and the earthquake in Taiwan drew the news. Lebanon's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostHungary 56 in 100 of its 62 stories, usually 19
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 56 in 100 of its stories, usually 46
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Lebanon

250 of its 314 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Beirut accounted for 223 of Lebanon's 250 stories about harm, carried by 401 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Lebanon over 30 days → its stories → Beirut stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Hungary

35 of its 62 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Budapest accounted for 30 of Hungary's 35 stories about harm, carried by 63 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (12 stories).

Hungary over 30 days → its stories → Budapest stories →
Disasters & accidents

Taiwan

39 of its 99 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (14 stories). Earthquake was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

Taiwan over 30 days → its stories →
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Conflict & violence

Kashmir

54 of its 143 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Jammu accounted for 36 of Kashmir's 54 stories about harm, carried by 27 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Indonesia

58 of its 150 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Israel

603 of its 765 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (48 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Netherlands

35 of its 137 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (19 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Rights & justice

Malaysia

61 of its 223 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (30 stories). Flooding was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Japan

101 of its 563 stories (18%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (35 stories). Earthquake was named in 60 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with heavy rain, landslides and flooding.

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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Japan (60 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); covid in Germany (29 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); snowstorms in South Africa (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); polio in Pakistan (22 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in Malaysia (10 of its stories, about three 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 21 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 10,996 stories about harm among 58,372 counted on 21 Sep.

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In Japan's news, mentions of the earthquake ran about 6 times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 58,372 stories, as usual. A year earlier, on 22 September 2023, 17 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today. In Lebanon, 80% of the news was about people being harmed, where 67% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Lebanon80 in 100 of its 314 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Israel79 in 100 of its 765 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine66 in 100 of its 130 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Haiti60 in 100 of its 52 stories · usually 42 · mostly rights & justice Hungary56 in 100 of its 62 stories · usually 19 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US54 stories about protests or strikes, of its 336 Delhi India31 stories about protests or strikes, of its 114 Colombo Sri Lanka22 stories about protests or strikes, of its 39 Tel Aviv Israel20 stories about protests or strikes, of its 73 Beirut Lebanon19 stories about protests or strikes, of its 223

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'sUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: 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 readUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: 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'sMozambique: 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: too little coverage to readMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIraq: feelings about like the world'sIndia: 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 readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: too little coverage to readGambia: too little coverage to readGabon: 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: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: 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'sCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR Congo: 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'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelgium: 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'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: 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: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern 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: feelings about like the world'sBritish 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: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTaiwan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSt. Lucia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLebanon: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sKenya: coverage a little warmer than the world'sItaly: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIreland: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sIceland: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sFrance: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBelize: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as 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

● Israel about three times as angry as the world's · 603 stories about harm ● Lebanon about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 250 stories about harm ● Kashmir about twice as fearful as the world's · 54 stories about harm ● Germany about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 72 stories about harm ● Palestine about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 86 stories about harm ● Pakistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 184 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice26% 2,808 stories · about as usual Health26% 2,797 stories · less than usual (usually 28%) Conflict & violence18% 1,926 stories · more than usual (usually 14%) Disasters & accidents16% 1,762 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 517 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 321 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 318 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 289 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 killed2,996 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,359 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,148 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,102 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting abductions254 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations186 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and Japan Stories reporting people displaced185 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees105 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.

● Angera little more than 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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