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57,096 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 Kabul, protests in Mangrove Bay (Bermuda) and the hurricane in Mexico. Afghanistan's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostBurkina Faso 87 in 100 of its 76 stories, usually 27
RegionEvery region about as usual
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

903 of its 1,053 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Kabul accounted for 667 of Afghanistan's 903 stories about harm, carried by 402 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 9 times the usual rate (31 stories). Drought was named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Kabul stories →
Rights & justice

Mexico

Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (67 stories). Hurricane was named in 60 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Mexico over 30 days → its stories →
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Conflict & violence

Burkina Faso

66 of its 76 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Ouagadougou accounted for 60 of Burkina Faso's 66 stories about harm, carried by 48 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (59 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Rwanda

153 of its 307 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Kigali accounted for 133 of Rwanda's 153 stories about harm, carried by 110 outlets. Its coverage was about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Germany

734 of its 2,648 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (216 stories). Tornadoes were named in 57 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Kashmir

229 of its 332 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Natural hazards were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

France

847 of its 3,349 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). HIV was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Yemen

Sanaa accounted for 251 of Yemen's 381 stories about harm, carried by 163 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: heavy rain in Romania (44 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Sierra Leone (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Niger (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); measles in Brazil (24 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); wildfires in Bangladesh (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 22; 21 the day before
27 in 10020 in 10013 Sep20 Sep27 Sep4 Oct12 Oct13 Sep: 20 in 10014 Sep: 20 in 10015 Sep: 21 in 10016 Sep: 20 in 10017 Sep: 22 in 10018 Sep: 27 in 10019 Sep: 24 in 10020 Sep: 23 in 10021 Sep: 22 in 10022 Sep: 22 in 10023 Sep: 21 in 10024 Sep: 23 in 10025 Sep: 23 in 10026 Sep: 20 in 10027 Sep: 21 in 10028 Sep: 21 in 10029 Sep: 22 in 10030 Sep: 21 in 1001 Oct: 22 in 1002 Oct: 23 in 1003 Oct: 21 in 1004 Oct: 20 in 1005 Oct: 21 in 1006 Oct: 22 in 1007 Oct: 23 in 1008 Oct: 24 in 1009 Oct: 26 in 10010 Oct: 22 in 10011 Oct: 21 in 10012 Oct: 21 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 12 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 57,096 stories about harm among 271,153 counted on 12 Oct.

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In Romania's news, mentions of heavy rain ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 271,153 stories, below the usual 22. Afghanistan's news was 86% about people being harmed, against a usual 63%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Burundi90 in 100 of its 241 stories · usually 73 · mostly rights & justice Burkina Faso87 in 100 of its 76 stories · usually 27 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan86 in 100 of its 1,053 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Bermuda81 in 100 of its 281 stories · usually 42 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria81 in 100 of its 2,027 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Aleppo Syria689 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1380 Washington US299 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1476 Mandan US228 stories about protests or strikes, of its 230 Albuquerque US180 stories about protests or strikes, of its 341 Beijing China179 stories about protests or strikes, of its 322

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: feelings about like the world'sU.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'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: 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'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSpain: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: 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 readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão 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'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: 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'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: 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: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: 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 readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: 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'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: 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'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: 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'sEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern 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: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: feelings about like the world'sJersey: 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: 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 readYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSlovakia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sRwanda: coverage about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPeru: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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'sLebanon: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKuwait: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIreland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIndia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHungary: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGuyana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGambia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEstonia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little warmer than the world'sDjibouti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCuba: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sChile: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMyanmar: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBurundi: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about 4 times as angry as the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustria: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAlbania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: coverage a little warmer 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

● Burkina Faso about 4 times as angry as the world's · 66 stories about harm ● Rwanda about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 153 stories about harm ● Colombia about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 131 stories about harm ● Kashmir about twice as fearful as the world's · 229 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 903 stories about harm ● Austria about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 145 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 15,986 stories · more than usual (usually 26%) Health21% 11,812 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence21% 11,667 stories · less than usual (usually 25%) Disasters & accidents16% 9,163 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 2,895 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 2,063 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,619 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 923 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 killed17,477 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,602 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,313 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,155 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting refugees1,077 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Germany and the US Stories reporting evacuations984 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions574 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people displaced570 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill318 at about one and a half 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 →

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The words in the day's stories were about as 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.