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17,315 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 protests in Kathmandu (Nepal), violence in Doha and rights and justice in Baghdad. Qatar's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostNepal 74 in 100 of its 1,010 stories, usually 35
RegionSouth Asia 30 in 100 of its stories, usually 25
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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Protests & strikes

Nepal

749 of its 1,010 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Kathmandu accounted for 631 of Nepal's 749 stories about harm, carried by 724 outlets. 587 of Kathmandu's 631 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (665 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Nepal over 30 days → its stories → Kathmandu stories →
Conflict & violence

Qatar

260 of its 622 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Doha accounted for 255 of Qatar's 260 stories about harm, carried by 357 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Qatar over 30 days → its stories → Doha stories →
Rights & justice

Iraq

46 of its 76 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Baghdad accounted for 29 of Iraq's 46 stories about harm, carried by 63 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (6 stories).

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

Ukraine

149 of its 386 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Kyiv accounted for 73 of Ukraine's 149 stories about harm, carried by 159 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Israel

835 of its 1,182 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Jerusalem accounted for 301 of Israel's 835 stories about harm, carried by 464 outlets. Hurricane was named in 41 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Tunisia

47 of its 105 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. 22 of Tunis' 25 stories were about protests or strikes. Hunger was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

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Rights & justice

South Korea

94 of its 353 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (52 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Congo

18 of its 25 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Mexico

102 of its 335 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (38 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Greece (25 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Tunisia (14 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); drought in Ethiopia (11 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); flooding in Afghanistan (12 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); avalanche in Kashmir (12 of its stories, more than ten 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 9 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 17,315 stories about harm among 91,779 counted on 9 Sep.

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Mentions of the earthquake ran more than ten times their usual in Greece's news. of the day's 91,779 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. the news turned to Nepal for the second day running. Nepal's news was 74% about people being harmed, against a usual 35%. On 9 September 2024, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Nepal74 in 100 of its 1,010 stories · usually 35 · mostly rights & justice Israel71 in 100 of its 1,182 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan65 in 100 of its 69 stories · usually 68 · mostly rights & justice Palestine64 in 100 of its 284 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq61 in 100 of its 76 stories · usually 35 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Kathmandu Nepal587 stories about protests or strikes, of its 631 Washington US107 stories about protests or strikes, of its 688 London UK93 stories about protests or strikes, of its 305 Chicago US75 stories about protests or strikes, of its 228 Jerusalem Israel50 stories about protests or strikes, of its 301

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: 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: 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 lessUkraine: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: too little coverage to readTrinidad & 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: 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: too little coverage to readSuriname: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth 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 lessSouth Korea: too little coverage to readSouth 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 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: too little coverage to readPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: too little coverage to readPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: about as warm as its own usual or lessPakistan: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: too little coverage to readLiberia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJapan: too little coverage to readJamaica: 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 lessIran: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndonesia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessHonduras: too little coverage to readHaiti: 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: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: 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: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: 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: too little coverage to readBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: 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: 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 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 readCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAmerican 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: too little coverage to readSan 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: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readPuerto Rico: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualSingapore: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualGreystoke, UK -- health: 15 stories, carried by 12 outletsKansas, US -- rights & justice: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsSussex, UK -- rights & justice: 16 stories, carried by 83 outletsAdelaide, Australia -- health: 16 stories, carried by 15 outletsHawaii, US -- disasters & accidents: 14 stories, carried by 16 outletsKulgam, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 19 stories, carried by 16 outletsBaghdad, Iraq -- rights & justice: 29 stories, carried by 63 outletsKaduna, Nigeria -- disasters & accidents: 16 stories, carried by 13 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

No country's news was much warmer than its usual (a quarter or more).

Warmest events

● Greystoke UK about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 15 stories ● Kansas US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 10 stories ● Sussex UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 16 stories ● Adelaide Australia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 16 stories ● Hawaii US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 14 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 4,777 stories · more than usual (usually 25%) Health26% 4,402 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 2,784 stories · much less than usual (usually 22%) Conflict & violence16% 2,654 stories · more than usual (usually 13%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 750 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 581 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 541 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 519 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 killed4,394 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,220 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,639 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,248 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions349 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced238 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations177 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees144 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people falling ill20 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Italy

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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