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37,811 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 violence in Copenhagen, protests in Bogota (Colombia) and volcanic eruption in Japan. Colombia's coverage was about three times as warm as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were harsher than usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Germany → Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Bangladesh and China → Reports of people falling ill ran at about 5 times the usual rate, most often about Haiti and the US → Help and hope: reports of aid and relief ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeConflict & violence 25 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostKuwait 87 in 100 of its 271 stories, usually 24
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 51 in 100 of its stories, usually 32
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Denmark

214 of its 328 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Copenhagen accounted for 178 of Denmark's 214 stories about harm, carried by 170 outlets. Storms were named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual, with heavy rain and tropical storm. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Denmark over 30 days → its stories → Copenhagen stories →
Protests & strikes

Colombia

105 of Bogota's 147 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (71 stories). Extreme cold was named in 67 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as warm as the world's.

Colombia over 30 days → its stories → Bogota stories →
Disasters & accidents

Japan

429 of its 1,274 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (180 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 271 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Japan over 30 days → its stories →
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Conflict & violence

Bangladesh

516 of its 780 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Dhaka accounted for 392 of Bangladesh's 516 stories about harm, carried by 272 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (182 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Georgia

167 of its 275 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Tbilisi accounted for 165 of Georgia's 167 stories about harm, carried by 176 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (159 stories). Landslides were named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Yemen

698 of its 767 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 74%. Sanaa accounted for 653 of Yemen's 698 stories about harm, carried by 500 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (427 stories). Its coverage was about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Türkiye

698 of its 1,036 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Ankara accounted for 529 of Türkiye's 698 stories about harm, carried by 403 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (259 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Kuwait

237 of its 271 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (164 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Senegal

52 of its 66 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: cyclone in New Zealand (44 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); storm surge in US (2156 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Sri Lanka (18 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); chikungunya in Trinidad & Tobago (12 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); drownings in Greece (18 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).

24 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 22; 23 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 8 Oct. 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 37,811 stories about harm among 157,073 counted on 8 Oct.

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Denmark's news was 65% about people being harmed, against a usual 22%. of the day's 157,073 news stories, 24 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 22. Japan's news mentioned volcanic eruption more than ten times as often as usual. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Germany. On the side of help, reports of aid and relief ran at about one and a half times the usual rate.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen91 in 100 of its 767 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Haiti90 in 100 of its 1,349 stories · usually 78 · mostly disasters & accidents Kuwait87 in 100 of its 271 stories · usually 24 · mostly conflict & violence South Sudan80 in 100 of its 82 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Senegal79 in 100 of its 66 stories · usually 16 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Aleppo Syria256 stories about protests or strikes, of its 866 Moscow Russia180 stories about protests or strikes, of its 566 Hollywood US128 stories about protests or strikes, of its 395 Pierrefeu France120 stories about protests or strikes, of its 120 Ankara Türkiye120 stories about protests or strikes, of its 529

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: 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'sUkraine: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: too little coverage to readKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIsrael: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: 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'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: 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'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech 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 readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: too little coverage to readComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: 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'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sGaza: feelings about like the world'sWest Bank: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sCrimea: feelings about like the world'sEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican 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: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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 readYemen: coverage about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about twice as warm as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about twice as warm as the world'sSudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSenegal: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRwanda: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPoland: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPeru: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNiger: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sMali: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sMalawi: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKuwait: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKenya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sIreland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sIndia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHaiti: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGreece: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGeorgia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEgypt: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sDenmark: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sCongo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sColombia: coverage about three times as warm as the world'sChad: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBurundi: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBrunei: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBelarus: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little angrier than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAlgeria: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: 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'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'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

● Yemen about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 698 stories about harm ● Colombia about three times as warm as the world's · 330 stories about harm ● South Sudan about twice as warm as the world's · 66 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 754 stories about harm ● Egypt about twice as fearful as the world's · 174 stories about harm ● Bangladesh about twice as angry as the world's · 516 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence25% 9,445 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents25% 9,148 stories · much more than usual (usually 15%) Rights & justice22% 8,148 stories · less than usual (usually 26%) Health16% 5,847 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 1,479 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 1,358 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,201 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 650 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 killed13,233 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Haiti Stories reporting people affected5,954 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Haiti Stories reporting arrests4,295 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,662 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations1,590 at about three times the usual rate · most about the US and Germany Stories reporting abductions926 at about twice the usual rate · most about Bangladesh and China Stories reporting refugees836 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced825 at about twice the usual rate · most about Syria and Yemen Stories reporting people falling ill478 at about 5 times the usual rate · most about Haiti and the US

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 harsher 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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