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16,775 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 Machu Picchu (Peru), violence in Tillaberi and flooding in Malaysia. Niger's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran much softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostBermuda 55 in 100 of its 80 stories, usually 26
RegionCentral Asia 12 in 100 of its stories, usually 10
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Peru

23 of its 54 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Machu Picchu accounted for 20 of Peru's 23 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. 19 of Machu Picchu's 20 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (17 stories).

Peru over 30 days → its stories → Machu Picchu stories →
Conflict & violence

Niger

16 of its 17 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Tillaberi accounted for 12 of Niger's 16 stories about harm, carried by 13 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Niger over 30 days → its stories → Tillaberi stories →
Disasters & accidents

Malaysia

93 of its 306 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Flooding was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with landslides and heavy rain.

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

Palestine

Gaza accounted for 185 of Palestine's 203 stories about harm, carried by 317 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Libya

18 of its 26 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of refugees ran at about 10 times the usual rate (14 stories).

its stories →
Health

Sweden

48 of its 144 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Brazil

77 of its 237 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories).

its stories →
Health

Laos

7 of its 14 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Belize

17 of its 58 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: flooding in New Zealand (19 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); dengue in Pakistan (11 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); tuberculosis in India (40 of its stories, about 8 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 17 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 16,775 stories about harm among 89,889 counted on 17 Sep.

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Russia's news mentioned poisoning more than ten times as often as usual. 19 in every 100 of the day's 89,889 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Peru, 43% of the news was about people being harmed, where 23% is usual. A year earlier, on 17 September 2024, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Israel58 in 100 of its 1,110 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine55 in 100 of its 369 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Bermuda55 in 100 of its 80 stories · usually 26 · mostly disasters & accidents Venezuela51 in 100 of its 73 stories · usually 45 · mostly conflict & violence Peru43 in 100 of its 54 stories · usually 23 · mostly displacement

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US315 stories about protests or strikes, of its 901 London UK187 stories about protests or strikes, of its 445 Utah County US132 stories about protests or strikes, of its 182 Hollywood US60 stories about protests or strikes, of its 281 Utah US50 stories about protests or strikes, of its 88

Stories, not people.

Where harm was most of the news

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: near the world's share or lessZambia: near the world's share or lessVietnam: near the world's share or lessVanuatu: near the world's share or lessUzbekistan: near the world's share or lessUruguay: near the world's share or lessMicronesia: near the world's share or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessGuam: near the world's share or lessPuerto Rico: near the world's share or lessUnited States: near the world's share or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: no storiesFalkland Islands: no storiesCayman Islands: near the world's share or lessIsle of Man: near the world's share or lessUnited Kingdom: near the world's share or lessUnited Arab Emirates: near the world's share or lessUkraine: near the world's share or lessUganda: near the world's share or lessTurkmenistan: near the world's share or lessTurkey: near the world's share or lessTunisia: near the world's share or lessTrinidad & Tobago: near the world's share or lessTogo: near the world's share or lessThailand: near the world's share or lessTajikistan: near the world's share or lessTaiwan: near the world's share or lessSwitzerland: near the world's share or lessEswatini: no storiesSuriname: near the world's share or lessSri Lanka: near the world's share or lessSpain: near the world's share or lessSouth Korea: near the world's share or lessSouth Africa: near the world's share or lessSomaliland: no storiesSolomon Islands: near the world's share or lessSlovakia: near the world's share or lessSlovenia: near the world's share or lessSingapore: near the world's share or lessSierra Leone: near the world's share or lessSeychelles: near the world's share or lessSerbia: no storiesSenegal: near the world's share or lessSaudi Arabia: near the world's share or lessSão Tomé: no storiesSamoa: near the world's share or lessSt Vincent: near the world's share or lessSt. Lucia: near the world's share or lessRomania: near the world's share or lessQatar: near the world's share or lessPortugal: near the world's share or lessPoland: near the world's share or lessParaguay: near the world's share or lessPapua New Guinea: near the world's share or lessPanama: near the world's share or lessPalau: no storiesOman: near the world's share or lessNorway: near the world's share or lessNorth Korea: near the world's share or lessNicaragua: near the world's share or lessNew Zealand: near the world's share or lessNiue: no storiesNetherlands: near the world's share or lessCuraçao: no storiesNamibia: near the world's share or lessMozambique: near the world's share or lessMorocco: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara: no storiesMontenegro: near the world's share or lessMongolia: near the world's share or lessMoldova: near the world's share or lessMexico: near the world's share or lessMauritius: near the world's share or lessMauritania: near the world's share or lessMalta: near the world's share or lessMalawi: near the world's share or lessMadagascar: near the world's share or lessNorth Macedonia: near the world's share or lessLuxembourg: near the world's share or lessLithuania: near the world's share or lessLiberia: near the world's share or lessLesotho: near the world's share or lessLatvia: near the world's share or lessKyrgyzstan: near the world's share or lessKuwait: near the world's share or lessKosovo: no storiesKiribati: no storiesKenya: near the world's share or lessKazakhstan: near the world's share or lessJordan: near the world's share or lessJapan: near the world's share or lessJamaica: near the world's share or lessItaly: near the world's share or lessIreland: near the world's share or lessIraq: near the world's share or lessIndonesia: near the world's share or lessIndia: near the world's share or lessIceland: near the world's share or lessHungary: near the world's share or lessHonduras: near the world's share or lessGuyana: near the world's share or lessGuinea-Bissau: near the world's share or lessGuinea: near the world's share or lessGuatemala: near the world's share or lessGrenada: near the world's share or lessGhana: near the world's share or lessGermany: near the world's share or lessGeorgia: near the world's share or lessGambia: near the world's share or lessGabon: near the world's share or lessFrance: near the world's share or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: no storiesFrench Polynesia: near the world's share or lessNew Caledonia: no storiesFrench Southern Territories: no storiesÅland Islands: no storiesFiji: near the world's share or lessEthiopia: near the world's share or lessEstonia: near the world's share or lessEritrea: near the world's share or lessEquatorial Guinea: near the world's share or lessEl Salvador: near the world's share or lessEgypt: near the world's share or lessDominican Republic: near the world's share or lessDominica: no storiesDjibouti: near the world's share or lessGreenland: near the world's share or lessFaroe Islands: no storiesDenmark: near the world's share or lessCzech Republic: near the world's share or lessN. Cyprus: no storiesCyprus: near the world's share or lessCroatia: near the world's share or lessCôte d'Ivoire: near the world's share or lessCosta Rica: near the world's share or lessComoros: near the world's share or lessChina: near the world's share or lessHong Kong: near the world's share or lessChile: near the world's share or lessCentral African Republic: near the world's share or lessCape Verde: near the world's share or lessCanada: near the world's share or lessCambodia: near the world's share or lessBurundi: near the world's share or lessBurkina Faso: near the world's share or lessBulgaria: near the world's share or lessBrunei: near the world's share or lessBotswana: near the world's share or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: near the world's share or lessBolivia: near the world's share or lessBhutan: near the world's share or lessBenin: near the world's share or lessBelgium: near the world's share or lessBelarus: near the world's share or lessBarbados: near the world's share or lessBahrain: near the world's share or lessBahamas: near the world's share or lessAzerbaijan: near the world's share or lessAustralia: near the world's share or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: no storiesArmenia: near the world's share or lessArgentina: near the world's share or lessAntigua & Barbuda: near the world's share or lessAngola: near the world's share or lessAndorra: near the world's share or lessAlgeria: near the world's share or lessAlbania: near the world's share or lessAksai Chin: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): no storiesWestern Sahara (Free Zone): no storiesCrimea: near the world's share or lessVatican City: near the world's share or lessMarshall Islands: near the world's share or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: near the world's share or lessAmerican Samoa: near the world's share or lessChagos Islands: no storiesSt. Helena: no storiesPitcairn: near the world's share or lessAnguilla: no storiesBritish Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: no storiesMontserrat: no storiesJersey: near the world's share or lessGuernsey: near the world's share or lessSan Marino: near the world's share or lessSt Kitts & Nevis: near the world's share or lessCook Islands: no storiesAruba: near the world's share or lessNauru: no storiesMonaco: near the world's share or lessMaldives: near the world's share or lessLiechtenstein: near the world's share or lessWallis & Futuna: no storiesSt. Martin: no storiesSt. Barthélemy: no storiesMacao: near the world's share or lessNorfolk Island: no storiesSint Maarten: no storiesChristmas Island: near the world's share or lessGibraltar: near the world's share or lessMayotte: no storiesYemen: 75 in 100 of its 16 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Venezuela: 51 in 100 of its 73 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Tonga: 57 in 100 of its 7 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Timor-Leste: 56 in 100 of its 9 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Tanzania: 30 in 100 of its 47 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Syria: 39 in 100 of its 95 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Sweden: 33 in 100 of its 144 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)South Sudan: 33 in 100 of its 24 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Sudan: 53 in 100 of its 45 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Somalia: 33 in 100 of its 33 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Rwanda: 47 in 100 of its 30 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Russia: 27 in 100 of its 558 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Philippines: 24 in 100 of its 396 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Peru: 43 in 100 of its 54 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Pakistan: 31 in 100 of its 609 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Nigeria: 27 in 100 of its 1,148 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Niger: 94 in 100 of its 17 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Nepal: 39 in 100 of its 110 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Mali: 53 in 100 of its 19 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Malaysia: 30 in 100 of its 306 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Libya: 69 in 100 of its 26 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Lebanon: 40 in 100 of its 77 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Laos: 50 in 100 of its 14 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Israel: 58 in 100 of its 1,110 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Palestine: 55 in 100 of its 369 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Iran: 34 in 100 of its 162 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Haiti: 52 in 100 of its 25 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Greece: 26 in 100 of its 232 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Finland: 29 in 100 of its 62 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Ecuador: 47 in 100 of its 17 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Cuba: 36 in 100 of its 64 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)DR Congo: 100 in 100 of its 7 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Congo: 78 in 100 of its 9 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Colombia: 37 in 100 of its 70 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Chad: 36 in 100 of its 28 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Cameroon: 37 in 100 of its 30 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Myanmar: 47 in 100 of its 17 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Brazil: 32 in 100 of its 237 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Belize: 29 in 100 of its 58 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Bangladesh: 28 in 100 of its 270 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Austria: 28 in 100 of its 123 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Afghanistan: 36 in 100 of its 105 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Kashmir: 40 in 100 of its 94 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Palestine: 55 in 100 of its 369 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Palestine: 55 in 100 of its 369 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Kashmir: 40 in 100 of its 94 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Kashmir: 40 in 100 of its 94 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Palestine: 55 in 100 of its 369 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Kashmir: 40 in 100 of its 94 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Bermuda: 55 in 100 of its 80 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)
A quarter or more above the world's share Near the world's or lessNo stories

Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 19 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.

Most of its news about harm

● Israel 58 in 100 of its 1,110 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Palestine 55 in 100 of its 369 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Bermuda 55 in 100 of its 80 stories · mostly disasters & accidents ● Venezuela 51 in 100 of its 73 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Kashmir 40 in 100 of its 94 stories · mostly disasters & accidents ● Nepal 39 in 100 of its 110 stories · mostly rights & justice

Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 stories.

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health28% 4,599 stories · more than usual (usually 26%) Rights & justice27% 4,450 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents15% 2,426 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Conflict & violence14% 2,342 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 814 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 795 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 661 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 359 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 killed3,672 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,909 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,618 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured736 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting abductions239 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and Nigeria Stories reporting people displaced181 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations123 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and Peru Stories reporting refugees108 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the UK and Libya Stories reporting people falling ill21 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 much 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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