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What the world's news said happened to people.
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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.

its stories →
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.

its stories →

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.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: 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: too little coverage to readUnited 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsle 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 lessTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: too little coverage to readTunisia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri Lanka: about as warm as its own usual or lessSpain: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth 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: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: 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 lessPortugal: about as warm as its own usual or lessPoland: too little coverage to readPhilippines: 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: too little coverage to readPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: about as warm as its own usual or lessPakistan: 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: too little coverage to readNigeria: 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: too little coverage to readNetherlands: 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: too little coverage to readMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: too little coverage to readMali: 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: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: 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 lessIreland: 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 lessIndia: too little coverage to readIceland: too little coverage to readHungary: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt 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: 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: too little coverage to readFaroe 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: too little coverage to readHong Kong: too little coverage to readChile: about as warm as its own usual or lessChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral African Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJammu & Kashmir: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: too little coverage to readWestern 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 lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall 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: 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: too little coverage to readSan Marino: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Kitts & Nevis: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorfolk 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: warmth about its own usualUganda: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualMinneapolis, US -- health: 12 stories, carried by 18 outletsCalgary, Canada -- health: 16 stories, carried by 11 outletsCanberra, Australia -- health: 14 stories, carried by 38 outletsLouisiana, US -- health: 15 stories, carried by 24 outletsToronto, Canada -- health: 51 stories, carried by 60 outletsAbuja, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 32 stories, carried by 19 outletsGeneva, Switzerland -- health: 18 stories, carried by 32 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

● Minneapolis US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Calgary Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 16 stories ● Canberra Australia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 14 stories ● Louisiana US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 15 stories ● Toronto Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 51 stories

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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.