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54,401 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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The day's news pointed at the hunger in North Korea and Sudan and deaths in Bangkok. Thailand's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was softer than usual.

Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostNorth Korea 66 in 100 of its 197 stories, usually 27
RegionEast Asia 19 in 100 of its stories, usually 16
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Disasters & accidents

North Korea

131 of its 197 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Pyongyang accounted for 115 of North Korea's 131 stories about harm, carried by 110 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (8 stories). Hunger was named in 102 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.

North Korea over 30 days → its stories → Pyongyang stories →
Conflict & violence

Sudan

209 of its 265 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Darfur accounted for 179 of Sudan's 209 stories about harm, carried by 204 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (175 stories). Hunger was named in 179 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Sudan over 30 days → its stories → Darfur stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Thailand

1,188 of its 2,728 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Bangkok accounted for 941 of Thailand's 1,188 stories about harm, carried by 620 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (1,034 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Thailand over 30 days → its stories → Bangkok stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Egypt

470 of its 790 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (243 stories). Malaria was named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with whooping cough and hepatitis. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Nigeria

1,716 of its 3,714 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (666 stories). Train derailment was named in 89 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Central African Republic

75 of its 90 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 73%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Belarus

49 of its 228 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. 38 of Minsk's 43 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

South Korea

399 of its 1,691 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (134 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Rwanda

Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (133 stories). Rabies was named in 33 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: tornadoes in Bermuda (145 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); drought in Haiti (183 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); polio in Afghanistan (81 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tropical storm in Philippines (147 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plane crash in Canada (207 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 22; 21 the day before
27 in 10020 in 10015 Sep22 Sep29 Sep6 Oct14 Oct15 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 10013 Oct: 21 in 10014 Oct: 20 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 14 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 54,401 stories about harm among 269,621 counted on 14 Oct.

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Mentions of the hunger ran more than ten times their usual in Sudan's news. On the side of help, reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate. North Korea stood out: 66% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 27%. 20 in every 100 of the day's 269,621 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 22.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Uruguay92 in 100 of its 59 stories · usually 55 · mostly health Central African Republic83 in 100 of its 90 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Bermuda82 in 100 of its 434 stories · usually 62 · mostly disasters & accidents Yemen81 in 100 of its 481 stories · usually 79 · mostly conflict & violence Haiti81 in 100 of its 855 stories · usually 79 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Aleppo Syria349 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1228 Washington US195 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1565 Moscow Russia131 stories about protests or strikes, of its 434 Chibok Nigeria117 stories about protests or strikes, of its 838 San Francisco US100 stories about protests or strikes, of its 324

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'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: 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: too little coverage to readTanzania: 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'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: 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'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: 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'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMexico: 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'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGhana: 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: feelings about like the world'sFrench 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: feelings about like the world'sEl 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 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'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: 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'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: feelings about like the world'sPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook 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 readNorfolk Island: feelings about like the world'sSint 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 three times as angry as the world'sUruguay: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGuam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sThailand: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Korea: 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'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sRwanda: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPortugal: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPeru: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sNiger: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNepal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMoldova: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLiberia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKiribati: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJordan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIceland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHonduras: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGuinea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGreece: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEgypt: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sCosta Rica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sColombia: coverage about twice as warm as the world'sChile: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurundi: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBelgium: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBelarus: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sAustria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than 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'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJersey: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMacao: 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

● Colombia about twice as warm as the world's · 246 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 862 stories about harm ● Thailand about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 1,188 stories about harm ● Yemen about three times as angry as the world's · 392 stories about harm ● Egypt about three times as angry as the world's · 470 stories about harm ● Norway few stories about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 47 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice27% 14,162 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence23% 12,412 stories · about as usual Health19% 9,905 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 8,526 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 3,663 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,798 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,588 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 1,250 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 killed17,087 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,684 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,677 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,069 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting abductions1,064 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting refugees909 at about half the usual rate · most about Sudan and the US Stories reporting people displaced656 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations543 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting people falling ill129 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Haiti

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 softer than 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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