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12,082 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 day's news pointed at the earthquake in Afghanistan, protests in Jakarta (Indonesia) and violence in Sanaa. Afghanistan's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostAfghanistan 90 in 100 of its 612 stories, usually 50
RegionSouth Asia 32 in 100 of its stories, usually 24
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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Disasters & accidents

Afghanistan

550 of its 612 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Jalalabad accounted for 245 of Afghanistan's 550 stories about harm, carried by 587 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (428 stories). Earthquake was named in 536 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with landslides. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Jalalabad stories →
Protests & strikes

Indonesia

133 of its 286 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Jakarta accounted for 95 of Indonesia's 133 stories about harm, carried by 106 outlets. 81 of Jakarta's 95 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (78 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Indonesia over 30 days → its stories → Jakarta stories →
Conflict & violence

Yemen

53 of its 72 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Sanaa accounted for 50 of Yemen's 53 stories about harm, carried by 57 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (34 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Yemen over 30 days → its stories → Sanaa stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Haiti

20 of its 28 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 19 of Haiti's 20 stories about harm, carried by 22 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories).

Haiti over 30 days → its stories → Port-au-Prince stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Pakistan

339 of its 605 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Earthquake was named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with polio and helicopter crash. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Finland

36 of its 83 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Kashmir

98 of its 151 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Jammu accounted for 65 of Kashmir's 98 stories about harm, carried by 20 outlets.

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Rights & justice

Guatemala

36 of its 69 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of refugees ran at about 8 times the usual rate (9 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Ukraine

115 of its 383 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Australia

37 of Melbourne's 64 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: illness in Russia (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in South Korea (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Pakistan (21 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); train derailment in Nigeria (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); road crashes in US (100 of its stories, about 6 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 1 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 12,082 stories about harm among 65,253 counted on 1 Sep.

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Of the day's 65,253 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 1 September 2024, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today. Over August, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 in August 2024.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Afghanistan90 in 100 of its 612 stories · usually 50 · mostly disasters & accidents Yemen74 in 100 of its 72 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir65 in 100 of its 151 stories · usually 53 · mostly disasters & accidents Israel63 in 100 of its 757 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Pakistan56 in 100 of its 605 stories · usually 42 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US89 stories about protests or strikes, of its 368 Jakarta Indonesia81 stories about protests or strikes, of its 95 London UK46 stories about protests or strikes, of its 280 Chicago US41 stories about protests or strikes, of its 122 Melbourne Australia37 stories about protests or strikes, of its 64

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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: too little coverage to readUnited 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 lessUkraine: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-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: too little coverage to readSyria: 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: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSudan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: too little coverage to readSeychelles: 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: 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: too little coverage to readNicaragua: too little coverage to readNew 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: too little coverage to readNamibia: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: too little coverage to readMali: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: 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 lessJapan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessItaly: too little coverage to readIsrael: 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: too little coverage to readHungary: about as warm as its own usual or lessHonduras: 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: too little coverage to readGreece: too little coverage to readGermany: 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: 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: too little coverage to readDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe 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 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: too little coverage to readCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: too little coverage to readCambodia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: 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: 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 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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 readTürkiye: warmth about its own usualSri Lanka: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualGhana: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualOsaka, Japan -- health: 10 stories, carried by 12 outletsAuchi, Nigeria -- disasters & accidents: 12 stories, carried by 11 outletsVancouver, Canada -- health: 17 stories, carried by 15 outletsSchaghticoke, US -- health: 15 stories, carried by 16 outletsAdelaide, Australia -- health: 18 stories, carried by 38 outletsDubai, United Arab Emirates -- health: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsShanghai, China -- conflict & violence: 34 stories, carried by 56 outletsAccra, Ghana -- conflict & violence: 17 stories, carried by 10 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

● Sri Lanka warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Osaka Japan about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Auchi Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 12 stories ● Vancouver Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 17 stories ● Schaghticoke US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 15 stories ● Adelaide Australia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 18 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health26% 3,041 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents25% 3,019 stories · more than usual (usually 22%) Rights & justice21% 2,514 stories · less than usual (usually 25%) Conflict & violence14% 1,670 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 594 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 410 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 375 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 243 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 killed3,354 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,340 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,288 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Afghanistan and the US Stories reporting arrests1,199 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions202 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced143 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations140 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees125 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill5 at less than a quarter of the usual rate · most about the US and Bangladesh

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 more than usual
● Feara little more than 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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