← 20 Sep Saturday 21 September 2024 · to 23:59 UTC 22 Sep →
What the world's news said happened to people.
Counts of coverage, not of suffering
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.

How to read these numbers →

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

how these are picked →
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 →
6 more places the news pointed at
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.

its stories →
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.

its stories →
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.

its stories →
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.

its stories →
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.

its stories →
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.

its stories →

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

usually 18; 18 the day before
20 in 10017 in 10023 Aug30 Aug6 Sep13 Sep21 Sep23 Aug: 18 in 10024 Aug: 19 in 10025 Aug: 20 in 10026 Aug: 19 in 10027 Aug: 18 in 10028 Aug: 18 in 10029 Aug: 18 in 10030 Aug: 18 in 10031 Aug: 19 in 1001 Sep: 20 in 1002 Sep: 19 in 1003 Sep: 19 in 1004 Sep: 18 in 1005 Sep: 17 in 1006 Sep: 18 in 1007 Sep: 18 in 1008 Sep: 19 in 1009 Sep: 19 in 10010 Sep: 18 in 10011 Sep: 19 in 10012 Sep: 19 in 10013 Sep: 18 in 10014 Sep: 18 in 10015 Sep: 18 in 10016 Sep: 18 in 10017 Sep: 19 in 10018 Sep: 19 in 10019 Sep: 19 in 10020 Sep: 18 in 10021 Sep: 19 in 100 · this day

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.

Read the day's briefing

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.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
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 lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: 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: too little coverage to readPuerto 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: 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: too little coverage to readTajikistan: 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: 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: too little coverage to readPhilippines: 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 readOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: too little coverage to readNorth 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: too little coverage to readLiberia: 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 readKazakhstan: too little coverage to readJordan: 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 lessIndia: 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: 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 lessGeorgia: too little coverage to readGambia: too little coverage to readGabon: 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: too little coverage to readEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: too little coverage to readDominican 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: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: 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: too little coverage to readChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral African Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape 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: too little coverage to readBurundi: 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 readBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: 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: too little coverage to readAzerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustria: too little coverage to readAustralia: 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 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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 readVietnam: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGermany: warmth about one and a half times its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualSouth Waziristan, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 12 outletsTimika, Indonesia -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 13 outletsMunich, Germany -- health: 31 stories, carried by 213 outletsGlasgow, UK -- health: 13 stories, carried by 10 outletsNorthern Ireland, UK -- health: 20 stories, carried by 15 outletsOregon, US -- health: 18 stories, carried by 35 outletsJakarta, Indonesia -- conflict & violence: 26 stories, carried by 98 outletsManipur, India -- conflict & violence: 28 stories, carried by 32 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

● Indonesia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Germany warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● South Waziristan Pakistan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 11 stories ● Timika Indonesia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 13 stories ● Munich Germany about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 31 stories ● Glasgow UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● Northern Ireland UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 20 stories

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?

The weekly briefing · 19 Oct – 25 Oct

The week in human impact

Read the week →

Unlock a year of trends, free. Follow up to 5 countries, with a bell when their news changes, and 👍 vote for Pro — ten years of the archive, any period, daily alerts.

Create a free account

Sign in · a username, an email and a password.

How to read these numbers →

These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.