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16,561 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 news turned to protests in Kathmandu (Nepal), violence in Doha and flooding in Indonesia. Qatar's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Language across the world's news ran softer than usual.

Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostQatar 45 in 100 of its 639 stories, usually 18
RegionEvery region about as usual
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Nepal

544 of its 817 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Kathmandu accounted for 435 of Nepal's 544 stories about harm, carried by 498 outlets. 386 of Kathmandu's 435 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (67 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

Qatar

286 of its 639 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Doha accounted for 274 of Qatar's 286 stories about harm, carried by 399 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (172 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Qatar over 30 days → its stories → Doha stories →
Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

94 of its 248 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (30 stories). Flooding was named in 46 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain and landslides. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Indonesia over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Iraq

48 of its 75 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Baghdad accounted for 38 of Iraq's 48 stories about harm, carried by 122 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).

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

Yemen

44 of its 60 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Sanaa accounted for 39 of Yemen's 44 stories about harm, carried by 54 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

France

248 of its 914 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 114 of Paris' 156 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (111 stories).

its stories →
Health

Denmark

67 of its 170 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

South Korea

114 of its 362 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (11 stories).

its stories →
Health

Switzerland

45 of its 158 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

Malawi

29 of its 85 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: drownings in Pakistan (18 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); outbreaks in Nigeria (18 of its stories, about three times its usual); storms in Australia (17 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); meningitis in UK (10 of its stories, about three 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 10 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 16,561 stories about harm among 90,814 counted on 10 Sep.

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For the third day running, the news turned to Nepal. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 90,814 stories, as usual. Mentions of flooding ran more than ten times their usual in Indonesia's news. On the side of help, reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Nepal stood out: 67% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 48%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen73 in 100 of its 60 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Nepal67 in 100 of its 817 stories · usually 48 · mostly rights & justice Iraq64 in 100 of its 75 stories · usually 36 · mostly rights & justice Israel64 in 100 of its 1,129 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine62 in 100 of its 239 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Kathmandu Nepal386 stories about protests or strikes, of its 435 Utah Valley US234 stories about protests or strikes, of its 260 Washington US215 stories about protests or strikes, of its 684 Paris France114 stories about protests or strikes, of its 156 London UK56 stories about protests or strikes, of its 249

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSudan: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: 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: too little coverage to readSerbia: 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: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: 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: too little coverage to readPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: feelings about like the world'sNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: 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: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: 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'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: 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 readSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench 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 readEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: 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'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: 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: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: 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'sAustralia: 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: too little coverage to readAlbania: too little coverage to readWestern 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: feelings about like the world'sPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBritish 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: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSyria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPoland: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNepal: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNamibia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIreland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIraq: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIran: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGuatemala: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than 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 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'sBermuda: coverage a little warmer than 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

● Qatar about twice as angry as the world's · 286 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 721 stories about harm ● Yemen few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 44 stories about harm ● Poland about twice as angry as the world's · 120 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 147 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 83 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 4,599 stories · more than usual (usually 25%) Health26% 4,248 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence16% 2,576 stories · more than usual (usually 13%) Disasters & accidents15% 2,515 stories · much less than usual (usually 21%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 803 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 592 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 538 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 406 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 killed4,057 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,075 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,568 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,002 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions286 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced162 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and Pakistan Stories reporting evacuations146 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Indonesia and Israel Stories reporting refugees133 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people falling ill15 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and India

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 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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