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16,563 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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People killed in Venezuela, a disaster in Beirut and the drought in Malawi drew the news. Venezuela's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostVenezuela 68 in 100 of its 161 stories, usually 44
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 30 in 100 of its stories, usually 23
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Venezuela

109 of its 161 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (104 stories). Poisoning was named in 35 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Venezuela over 30 days → its stories →
Food & livelihood

Malawi

34 of its 78 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Drought was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.

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

Colombia

52 of its 98 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Bogota accounted for 33 of Colombia's 52 stories about harm, carried by 204 outlets. Poisoning was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Yemen

30 of its 41 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Sanaa accounted for 18 of Yemen's 30 stories about harm, carried by 73 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Costa Rica

14 of its 41 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Drownings were named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Qatar

Doha accounted for 72 of Qatar's 78 stories about harm, carried by 129 outlets. Hunger was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Health

Sweden

48 of its 162 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (11 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

Zambia

20 of its 45 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: illness in Austria (22 of its stories, about three times its usual); landslides in Malaysia (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Costa Rica (12 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); poisoning in Colombia (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Qatar (13 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 16 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 16,563 stories about harm among 88,333 counted on 16 Sep.

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For the third day running, the news turned to Venezuela. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 88,333 stories, as usual. Mentions of the drought ran about 9 times their usual in Malawi's news. In Venezuela, 68% of the news was about people being harmed, where 44% is usual. A year earlier, on 16 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 →

Sudan71 in 100 of its 63 stories · usually 67 · mostly rights & justice Venezuela68 in 100 of its 161 stories · usually 44 · mostly disasters & accidents Lebanon66 in 100 of its 59 stories · usually 34 · mostly conflict & violence Israel65 in 100 of its 1,348 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine62 in 100 of its 300 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US323 stories about protests or strikes, of its 834 Utah County US149 stories about protests or strikes, of its 243 London UK122 stories about protests or strikes, of its 329 Hollywood US93 stories about protests or strikes, of its 375 Jerusalem Israel70 stories about protests or strikes, of its 260

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: 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'sUnited States: 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: feelings about like the world'sTurkey: 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: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sSyria: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: 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: feelings about like the world'sSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: 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'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: 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'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'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: 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'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: 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: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall 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 readBritish 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: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: feelings about like the world'sSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: feelings about like the world'sSt. 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sParaguay: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNetherlands: 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'sMorocco: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLibya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKuwait: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIreland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIraq: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGhana: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCosta Rica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful 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'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 angry 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 more fearful 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

● Israel about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 877 stories about harm ● Venezuela about twice as angry as the world's · 109 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 187 stories about harm ● Pakistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 215 stories about harm ● Australia about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 308 stories about harm ● Iran few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 37 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 4,646 stories · more than usual (usually 26%) Health26% 4,163 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence16% 2,588 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents15% 2,460 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 840 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 671 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 563 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 321 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 killed4,114 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,698 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,553 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured860 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting abductions363 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced160 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and Pakistan Stories reporting evacuations112 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting refugees107 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and France Stories reporting people falling ill24 at about the usual rate

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
● 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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