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16,546 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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Most of the day's attention went to protests in Cairo (Egypt), the hurricane in Hong Kong and illness in Cuba. Lebanon's coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read much softer than usual.

Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeHealth 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostHong Kong 43 in 100 of its 131 stories, usually 16
RegionEast Asia 18 in 100 of its stories, usually 13
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Egypt

60 of its 169 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Cairo accounted for 40 of Egypt's 60 stories about harm, carried by 208 outlets. 34 of Cairo's 40 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (28 stories).

Egypt over 30 days → its stories → Cairo stories →
Disasters & accidents

Hong Kong

56 of its 131 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 9 times the usual rate (9 stories). Hurricane was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

Hong Kong over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Cuba

42 of its 77 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Illness was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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

Philippines

186 of its 538 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Ecuador

15 of its 22 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. 6 of Guayaquil's 7 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Taiwan

41 of its 163 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (8 stories). Heavy rain was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

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Rights & justice

Denmark

62 of its 209 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Copenhagen accounted for 53 of Denmark's 62 stories about harm, carried by 102 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (16 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

China

294 of its 1,727 stories (17%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (36 stories). Storms were named in 47 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with landslides, heavy rain and cyclone.

its stories →
Health

Mexico

85 of its 288 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories). Outbreaks were named in 20 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with screwworm.

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Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Sudan (19 of its stories, about three times its usual); outbreaks in Mexico (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in China (47 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Taiwan (12 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); covid in Pakistan (14 of its stories, more than ten 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 23 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 16,546 stories about harm among 87,459 counted on 23 Sep.

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Reports of vaccination, a sign of help, ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. 19 in every 100 of the day's 87,459 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Sudan's news, mentions of outbreaks ran about three times their usual. Egypt stood out: 36% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 20%. On 23 September 2024, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan72 in 100 of its 54 stories · usually 68 · mostly health Israel62 in 100 of its 648 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Bermuda58 in 100 of its 80 stories · usually 34 · mostly disasters & accidents Cuba55 in 100 of its 77 stories · usually 36 · mostly health Palestine54 in 100 of its 678 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US197 stories about protests or strikes, of its 955 Hollywood US120 stories about protests or strikes, of its 286 New York US61 stories about protests or strikes, of its 272 London UK45 stories about protests or strikes, of its 260 Gaza Palestine40 stories about protests or strikes, of its 322

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Vietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: 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'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'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & 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'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: 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: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: 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: 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'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMoldova: 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'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'sLibya: 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 readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: 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'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sFrance: 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 readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: 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: 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'sCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: feelings about like the world'sColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: 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: too little coverage to readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBhutan: 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'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 readAntigua & 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'sAfghanistan: feelings about like the world'sJammu & Kashmir: 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 readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sSiachen Glacier: feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sVatican 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 readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: feelings about like the world'sSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & 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 a little warmer than the world'sZambia: 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 one and a half times as angry as the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSyria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNepal: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNamibia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMozambique: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKuwait: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKenya: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHungary: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGreece: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEcuador: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCuba: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBrazil: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBolivia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArgentina: 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'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sJersey: 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 twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 404 stories about harm ● Sweden few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 42 stories about harm ● Ukraine about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 82 stories about harm ● Sudan few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 39 stories about harm ● Argentina few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 13 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 367 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health31% 4,965 stories · more than usual (usually 26%) Rights & justice27% 4,324 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 2,567 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Conflict & violence14% 2,274 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 713 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 576 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 552 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 282 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 killed3,462 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,706 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,542 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured714 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting abductions272 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations164 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced148 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about China and the US Stories reporting refugees99 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the UK and the US Stories reporting people falling ill20 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
● Griefa little less 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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