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What the world's news said happened to people.
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56,552 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 news turned to violence in Shkodra, protests in Buenos Aires (Argentina) and people injured in Nigeria. Argentina's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Language across the world's news ran softer than usual.

Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostAlbania 83 in 100 of its 142 stories, usually 22
RegionSoutheast Asia 28 in 100 of its stories, usually 25
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Albania

118 of its 142 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Shkodra accounted for 98 of Albania's 118 stories about harm, carried by 94 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (100 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

Albania over 30 days → its stories → Shkodra stories →
Protests & strikes

Argentina

166 of its 399 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 122 of Buenos Aires' 135 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (103 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Argentina over 30 days → its stories → Buenos Aires stories →
Rights & justice

Nigeria

1,277 of its 3,303 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (162 stories). Hurricane was named in 22 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

Nigeria over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Honduras

54 of its 74 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. 32 of Aguan's 32 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Ecuador

220 of its 820 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 67 of Quito's 115 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (61 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Philippines

1,348 of its 3,083 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. 270 of Philippine's 540 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (56 stories). Typhoon was named in 570 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with storms, landslides and heavy rain.

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

627 of its 860 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Kabul accounted for 491 of Afghanistan's 627 stories about harm, carried by 498 outlets. Train derailment was named in 46 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with drownings. Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Yemen

Sanaa accounted for 205 of Yemen's 280 stories about harm, carried by 182 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Cholera was named in 65 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Montenegro

71 of its 73 stories (97%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. 8 of Ostrog's 11 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: chikungunya in Cuba (105 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); typhoon in Philippines (570 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); cholera in Yemen (65 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); tsunami in Indonesia (44 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); power cuts in Bahamas (16 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 22; 20 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 19 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 56,552 stories about harm among 285,974 counted on 19 Oct.

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The share of stories about people being harmed was the lowest since 8 September 2016. 20 in every 100 of the day's 285,974 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 22. In Albania, 83% of the news was about people being harmed, where 22% is usual. Cuba's news mentioned the chikungunya more than ten times as often as usual. Help and hope: reports of vaccination 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 →

Montenegro97 in 100 of its 73 stories · usually 61 · mostly rights & justice Mauritania89 in 100 of its 75 stories · usually 50 · mostly rights & justice Albania83 in 100 of its 142 stories · usually 22 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq79 in 100 of its 2,462 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence South Sudan76 in 100 of its 136 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

New York US281 stories about protests or strikes, of its 754 Washington US280 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1357 Philippine Philippines270 stories about protests or strikes, of its 540 Aleppo Syria232 stories about protests or strikes, of its 965 Nablus Palestine181 stories about protests or strikes, of its 293

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: 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'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'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: 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 readNorway: 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 readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: 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'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIran: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: 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'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: 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'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readJammu & Kashmir: 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'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sSiachen Glacier: feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sSt 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: 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 readZimbabwe: coverage a little angrier than the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUzbekistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sTurkmenistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sThailand: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sEswatini: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as angry as 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 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPoland: 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'sOman: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNiger: coverage a little more fearful than 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'sMontenegro: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLithuania: 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 about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKuwait: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHungary: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHonduras: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuyana: coverage about twice as grief-stricken 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 one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEcuador: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDominica: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCroatia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sColombia: coverage about twice as warm as the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChad: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCambodia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBurundi: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBosnia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBolivia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBhutan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBelgium: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArgentina: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sAngola: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAlgeria: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sAlbania: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sJersey: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSan Marino: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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 · 154 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 627 stories about harm ● Ukraine about three times as angry as the world's · 203 stories about harm ● Saudi Arabia about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 256 stories about harm ● Argentina about three times as angry as the world's · 166 stories about harm ● Algeria few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 34 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 15,954 stories · more than usual (usually 26%) Health22% 11,918 stories · more than usual (usually 19%) Conflict & violence21% 11,598 stories · less than usual (usually 25%) Disasters & accidents14% 7,471 stories · less than usual (usually 16%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 3,387 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,897 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,854 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,151 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 killed15,060 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting arrests7,549 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected7,297 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,587 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,350 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions903 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced879 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations648 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and the Philippines Stories reporting people falling ill79 at about half the usual rate · most about Cambodia 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 softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little less 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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