22 of its 101 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 4 of Ladakh's 7 stories were about protests or strikes.
18 Oct to 24 Oct: 23 in every 100 of its stories were about people being harmed — about the world's share.
What stood out
The news pointed at Kashmir on 2 of the 7 days held.
Most on Wednesday 21 October 2026: 36 of its 111 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%.
Compared with
the world's news over the same days; "usual" is its own 30 days before.
How it moved
Anger in the words of Kashmir's stories about people being harmed
100 is the world's average over these days: 200 means twice the world's. Dashed line: the world. It moves with what its news was about as well as with its words: anger rises when more of it is about conflict and violence.
KashmirThe world
Key events
the events its news covered most, newest on the rightScroll sideways for earlier events. Key events are the most covered, not necessarily the most harmful: attacks, accidents and disasters, displacement, protests and outbreaks, ranked by the share of the day's outlets that reported them and how clearly they were about one thing, so every year competes fairly.
Its biggest days
when the news pointed at Kashmir most36 of its 111 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories).
In detail
against the world's news, same daysParts of life
Share of its stories about people being harmed, by part of life.
Rights & justice31%53 stories
Conflict & violence24%42 stories
Health14%24 stories
Deaths & injuries, cause not given12%20 stories
Disasters & accidents11%19 stories
Shelter & services7%12 stories
Displacement2%3 stories
Harm reported
Stories, not people: a story counts once however many people it reports.
Stories reporting people killed46 Stories reporting arrests39 Stories reporting people injured21 Stories reporting people affected10 Stories reporting people displaced2 Stories reporting evacuations1Harsh or warm words
harshwarm
Its stories' words were harsher than the world's.
Filled dot: Kashmir. Ring: the world. Measured over 174 stories.
Feelings
Angera little less angry than the world's
Against its own usual: about as usual
Griefa little more grief-stricken than the world's
Against its own usual: about as usual
Fearabout one and a half times as fearful as the world's
Against its own usual: about as usual
Warmthabout as warm as the world's
Against its own usual: about as usual
a quarterlike the worldfour times
Dot: Kashmir in these days. Line: the world. Dashed ring: Kashmir's own usual (the 30 days before).
Its neighbours, same days
Afghanistan41 in 100 of its 364 stories were about people being harmed · mostly conflict & violence Pakistan33 in 100 of its 2,626 stories were about people being harmed · mostly conflict & violence India24 in 100 of its 28,656 stories were about people being harmed · mostly rights & justice Tajikistan26 in 100 of its 125 stories were about people being harmed · mostly conflict & violence
Kashmir23 in 100
of its 751 stories were about people being harmed · mostly rights & justice
China13 in 100
of its 7,650 stories were about people being harmed · mostly disasters & accidents
Countries that share a border on the map (the nearest ones for an island). A country with few stories ranks lower.
Where it happened
Protests & strikes
Kashmir (bright) and its neighbours. Dots: its key events in these days. Click a dot for its stories.