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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.

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: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto 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: too little coverage to readIsle 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: 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: 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: 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readPalau: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNetherlands: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: 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: 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 lessPalestine: 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 lessIndonesia: 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: 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: too little coverage to readGuatemala: 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: too little coverage to readFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew 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: 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: too little coverage to readCuba: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessChad: too little coverage to readCentral 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: 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: too little coverage to readBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: too little coverage to readBelgium: 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: too little coverage to readArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: too little coverage to readAlbania: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: 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 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: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: about as warm as its own usual or lessPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBritish 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: 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: 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 readSudan: warmth about its own usualSri Lanka: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualPortugal: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualIreland: warmth about its own usualIndia: warmth about its own usualBermuda: warmth about its own usualConnecticut, US -- health: 13 stories, carried by 10 outletsNew Jersey, US -- health: 13 stories, carried by 12 outletsAmritsar, India -- shelter & services: 17 stories, carried by 14 outletsWest Yorkshire, UK -- rights & justice: 12 stories, carried by 10 outletsGeneva, Switzerland -- rights & justice: 17 stories, carried by 16 outletsWinnipeg, Canada -- rights & justice: 22 stories, carried by 10 outletsAccra, Ghana -- rights & justice: 29 stories, carried by 10 outletsNuffield, UK -- health: 17 stories, carried by 83 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

● Connecticut US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● New Jersey US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● Amritsar India about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · shelter & services · 17 stories ● West Yorkshire UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 12 stories ● Geneva Switzerland about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 17 stories

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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