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19,932 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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Protests in Accra (Ghana), violence in Beirut and the drought in Ecuador drew the news. Lebanon's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran much softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostIran 52 in 100 of its 325 stories, usually 42
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 50 in 100 of its stories, usually 47
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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Protests & strikes

Ghana

146 of its 622 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 51 of Accra's 75 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (50 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Ghana over 30 days → its stories → Accra stories →
Conflict & violence

Lebanon

Beirut accounted for 204 of Lebanon's 297 stories about harm, carried by 367 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (32 stories). Wildfires were named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Lebanon over 30 days → its stories → Beirut stories →
Disasters & accidents

Ecuador

13 of its 28 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Drought was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.

Ecuador over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Iran

169 of its 325 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Tehran accounted for 95 of Iran's 169 stories about harm, carried by 143 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Belize

19 of its 43 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Cuba

43 of its 100 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Tropical storm was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with flooding.

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Disasters & accidents

Mexico

110 of its 380 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Landslides were named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with storm surge.

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Disasters & accidents

Tunisia

12 of its 22 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Tanzania

21 of its 70 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 5 of Dar es Salaam's 7 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Also named far more than usual: tropical storm in Cuba (16 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); tropical storm in US (781 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); landslides in Mexico (16 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); tsunami in Australia (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hypothermia in South Africa (11 of its stories, about 4 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 25 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 19,932 stories about harm among 108,293 counted on 25 Sep.

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Cuba's news mentioned tropical storm about 4 times as often as usual. 18 in every 100 of the day's 108,293 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Ghana, 23% of the news was about people being harmed, where 16% is usual. On 26 September 2023, a year earlier, the share was 17 in every 100, against 18 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Lebanon71 in 100 of its 420 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Israel69 in 100 of its 1,581 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan66 in 100 of its 96 stories · usually 66 · mostly health Palestine64 in 100 of its 183 stories · usually 71 · mostly rights & justice Iran52 in 100 of its 325 stories · usually 42 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Tel Aviv Israel169 stories about protests or strikes, of its 479 Washington US71 stories about protests or strikes, of its 542 Accra Ghana51 stories about protests or strikes, of its 75 Beirut Lebanon31 stories about protests or strikes, of its 204 New York US31 stories about protests or strikes, of its 265

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sYemen: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.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 readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSaudi 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'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua 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'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: 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: feelings about like the world'sMexico: 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'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew 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: too little coverage to readEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: 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 readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: feelings about like the world'sColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: too little coverage to readBahamas: 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: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: 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: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos 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: feelings about like the world'sTurks & 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: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: feelings about like the world'sWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk 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 readZimbabwe: coverage a little angrier than the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTanzania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sEswatini: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPortugal: coverage a little angrier than 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'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMali: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLithuania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sLaos: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCroatia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChad: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBelize: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little more fearful than 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'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times 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 · 1,098 stories about harm ● Switzerland about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 60 stories about harm ● Pakistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 201 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 137 stories about harm ● Philippines about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 202 stories about harm ● Lebanon about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 297 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health28% 5,391 stories · about as usual Rights & justice24% 4,688 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents19% 3,752 stories · more than usual (usually 17%) Conflict & violence14% 2,737 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 978 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 704 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 676 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 667 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 killed4,600 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,148 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,816 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,398 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced445 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and Lebanon Stories reporting abductions389 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations337 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting refugees214 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill16 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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
● 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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