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31,116 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 a disaster in Bali, protests in Budapest (Hungary) and people injured in France. France's coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was harsher than usual.

Part of lifeConflict & violence 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostMontenegro 72 in 100 of its 503 stories, usually 28
RegionSoutheast Asia 32 in 100 of its stories, usually 25
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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Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

248 of its 391 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Bali accounted for 181 of Indonesia's 248 stories about harm, carried by 190 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (185 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Indonesia over 30 days → its stories → Bali stories →
Protests & strikes

Hungary

146 of its 231 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Budapest accounted for 126 of Hungary's 146 stories about harm, carried by 130 outlets. 116 of Budapest's 126 stories were about protests or strikes. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Hungary over 30 days → its stories → Budapest stories →
Rights & justice

France

464 of its 1,247 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (153 stories). Building collapse was named in 28 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

France over 30 days → its stories →
Displacement

Sweden

188 of its 326 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Stockholm accounted for 151 of Sweden's 188 stories about harm, carried by 162 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (130 stories).

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

Türkiye

486 of its 659 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (271 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Ethiopia

168 of its 201 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. 76 of Bishoftu's 76 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (56 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Philippines

1,084 of its 2,133 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (72 stories). Landslides were named in 225 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with power cuts, cyclone and storm surge.

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Protests & strikes

South Africa

331 of its 919 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 141 of Johannesburg's 186 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (140 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Kuwait

187 of its 415 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Kuwait City accounted for 174 of Kuwait's 187 stories about harm, carried by 195 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (173 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Jordan

63 of its 170 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (26 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: landslides in Philippines (225 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); drought in Zimbabwe (33 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); cholera in Argentina (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); overdoses in Ghana (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Poland (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

22 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 16 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 31,116 stories about harm among 140,034 counted on 16 Oct.

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Indonesia stood out: 63% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 32%. 22 in every 100 of the day's 140,034 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Ethiopia84 in 100 of its 201 stories · usually 63 · mostly rights & justice Niger81 in 100 of its 59 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence South Sudan81 in 100 of its 52 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Haiti77 in 100 of its 406 stories · usually 80 · mostly health Türkiye74 in 100 of its 659 stories · usually 52 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US316 stories about protests or strikes, of its 973 Aleppo Syria189 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1004 Johannesburg South Africa141 stories about protests or strikes, of its 186 Budapest Hungary116 stories about protests or strikes, of its 126 Paris France115 stories about protests or strikes, of its 297

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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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: too little coverage to readVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUkraine: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: 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 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 readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: too little coverage to readSyria: 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 lessSouth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Africa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomalia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: too little coverage to readSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSaudi 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: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: 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 lessPortugal: 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: too little coverage to readPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: 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 lessNiger: 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: too little coverage to readMozambique: 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: too little coverage to readMauritius: 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 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: too little coverage to readLithuania: 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: too little coverage to readLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessItaly: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsrael: 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 lessIndonesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: 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 readGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: 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: too little coverage to readEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: 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: too little coverage to readCosta 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: too little coverage to readCambodia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: too little coverage to readBrunei: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: 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 lessBarbados: 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 lessBahamas: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustralia: 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 readAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJammu & Kashmir: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: 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 lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSiachen Glacier: about as warm as its own usual or lessCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAmerican 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readTunisia: warmth about its own usualSri Lanka: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualSingapore: warmth about one and a half times its own usualOman: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMalaysia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualLibya: warmth about one and a half times its own usualKuwait: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualHungary: warmth about one and a half times its own usualHaiti: warmth about one and a half times its own usualCuba: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualChester County, US -- rights & justice: 12 stories, carried by 13 outletsNiigata, Japan -- disasters & accidents: 22 stories, carried by 18 outletsBogota, Colombia -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 11 outletsBoise, US -- rights & justice: 45 stories, carried by 52 outletsSunshine Coast, Australia -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 22 outletsJohor, Malaysia -- rights & justice: 39 stories, carried by 42 outletsMexico City, Mexico -- health: 42 stories, carried by 21 outletsTripoli, Libya -- conflict & violence: 94 stories, carried by 100 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

● Mexico warmth about one and a half times usual ● Libya warmth about one and a half times usual ● Singapore warmth about one and a half times usual ● Haiti warmth about one and a half times usual ● Hungary warmth about one and a half times usual ● Malaysia warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Chester County US about three times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 12 stories ● Niigata Japan about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 22 stories ● Bogota Colombia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 13 stories ● Boise US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 45 stories ● Sunshine Coast Australia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 12 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence27% 8,288 stories · about as usual Rights & justice25% 7,687 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents20% 6,156 stories · more than usual (usually 16%) Health15% 4,467 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,715 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 917 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 827 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 614 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 killed10,791 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,302 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,073 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the Philippines Stories reporting arrests3,918 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations718 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees715 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced612 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Yemen and Iraq Stories reporting abductions540 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people falling ill37 at about half 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 harsher 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.