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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.

its stories →
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.

its stories →
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
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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.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: too little coverage to readZambia: 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 lessMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited 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: too little coverage to readUkraine: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: 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: too little coverage to readTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: 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: too little coverage to readSouth 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 lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: 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 lessPoland: about as warm as its own usual or lessPhilippines: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessNigeria: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: 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: too little coverage to readItaly: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: 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 lessIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessHonduras: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: too little coverage to readGermany: 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 lessFrance: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe 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 lessCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte 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: too little coverage to readColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or lessChile: 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: too little coverage to readMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina 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: too little coverage to readBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: about as warm as its own usual or lessBangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustria: 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 readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or lessGaza: about as warm as its own usual or lessWest Bank: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): about as warm as its own usual or lessCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: 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: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: 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 readNorfolk Island: about as warm as its own usual or lessSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readUruguay: warmth about one and a half times its own usualUganda: warmth about its own usualThailand: warmth about its own usualTaiwan: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualSingapore: warmth about its own usualRwanda: warmth about its own usualPortugal: warmth about its own usualNorway: warmth about its own usualNiger: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualIceland: warmth about its own usualHungary: warmth about its own usualHaiti: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGuinea: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about one and a half times its own usualEgypt: warmth about one and a half times its own usualCuba: warmth about its own usualBurundi: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBelgium: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBarbados: warmth about its own usualBahamas: warmth about its own usualAzerbaijan: warmth about its own usualAustralia: warmth about its own usualAngola: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualBermuda: warmth about its own usualMacao: warmth about its own usualOslo, Norway -- conflict & violence: 28 stories, carried by 34 outletsBogota, Colombia -- conflict & violence: 148 stories, carried by 223 outletsAllentown, US -- health: 62 stories, carried by 26 outletsNampa, US -- rights & justice: 25 stories, carried by 15 outletsDonegal, Ireland -- disasters & accidents: 27 stories, carried by 14 outletsNiigata, Japan -- disasters & accidents: 24 stories, carried by 26 outletsPinjarra, Australia -- displacement: 21 stories, carried by 99 outletsBujumbura, Burundi -- rights & justice: 32 stories, carried by 22 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

● Burundi warmth about one and a half times usual ● Greece warmth about one and a half times usual ● Uruguay warmth about one and a half times usual ● Egypt warmth about one and a half times usual ● Belgium warmth about one and a half times usual ● Haiti warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Oslo Norway about three times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 28 stories ● Bogota Colombia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 148 stories ● Allentown US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 62 stories ● Nampa US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 25 stories ● Donegal Ireland about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 27 stories

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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