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9,589 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 a disaster in the Congo River, protests in Kathmandu (Nepal) and people killed in the Comoros. Qatar's coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostSingapore 25 in 100 of its 65 stories, usually 14
RegionSouth Asia 28 in 100 of its stories, usually 26
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

Congo

22 of its 24 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. the Congo River accounted for 15 of Congo's 22 stories about harm, carried by 25 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Congo over 30 days → its stories → Congo River stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Malaysia

52 of its 220 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Costa Rica

Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Rights & justice

India

Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (36 stories). Outbreaks were named in 15 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Australia

12 of Melbourne's 22 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

UK

119 of London's 209 stories were about protests or strikes. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Rights & justice

Afghanistan

Kabul accounted for 43 of Afghanistan's 64 stories about harm, carried by 76 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Japan (19 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); outbreaks in Canada (16 of its stories, about three times its usual); outbreaks in India (15 of its stories, about three times its usual); tsunami in US (31 of its stories, about 4 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 13 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 9,589 stories about harm among 49,402 counted on 13 Sep.

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In Japan's news, mentions of the earthquake ran about 4 times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 49,402 stories, as usual. Congo's news was 92% about people being harmed, against a usual 54%. A year earlier, on 13 September 2024, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Afghanistan67 in 100 of its 95 stories · usually 66 · mostly rights & justice Israel66 in 100 of its 474 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine59 in 100 of its 209 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Pakistan50 in 100 of its 575 stories · usually 45 · mostly conflict & violence Nepal42 in 100 of its 320 stories · usually 55 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Utah Valley US180 stories about protests or strikes, of its 220 Washington US139 stories about protests or strikes, of its 348 London UK119 stories about protests or strikes, of its 209 Kathmandu Nepal101 stories about protests or strikes, of its 110 Utah US94 stories about protests or strikes, of its 136

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: 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: too little coverage to readTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSyria: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: too little coverage to readSeychelles: 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: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: 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'sNiger: too little coverage to readNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: too little coverage to readMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: 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'sMali: too little coverage to readMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: too little coverage to readKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIraq: 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'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: 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: too little coverage to readNew 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'sEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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: too little coverage to readDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sColombia: too little coverage to readHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: 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: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: 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'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAfghanistan: 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: 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: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: feelings about like the world'sSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: 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: feelings about like the world'sGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage a little angrier than the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUS: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sQatar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPoland: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIreland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIran: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEcuador: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCosta Rica: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sComoros: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier 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'sChina: coverage a little warmer 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 one and a half times 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'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

● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 286 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 311 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 124 stories about harm ● Qatar about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 58 stories about harm ● Nepal about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 136 stories about harm ● Sri Lanka few stories a little warmer than the world's · 8 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 2,872 stories · much more than usual (usually 25%) Health23% 2,199 stories · less than usual (usually 26%) Conflict & violence16% 1,542 stories · more than usual (usually 14%) Disasters & accidents16% 1,518 stories · less than usual (usually 21%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 430 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 320 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 298 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 250 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 killed2,399 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,079 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected925 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured598 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced157 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about India and Israel Stories reporting abductions134 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting refugees100 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations81 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Pakistan and the US Stories reporting people falling ill7 at about half the usual rate · most about the UK and Canada

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.

● Angera little more than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more than 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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