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29,801 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 a disaster in Douala, violence in Ouagadougou and protests in Mutakura (Burundi). Burkina Faso's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was harsher than usual.

Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostCameroon 93 in 100 of its 460 stories, usually 54
RegionEast Asia 27 in 100 of its stories, usually 16
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Disasters & accidents

Cameroon

429 of its 460 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Douala accounted for 193 of Cameroon's 429 stories about harm, carried by 119 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (390 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Cameroon over 30 days → its stories → Douala stories →
Conflict & violence

Burkina Faso

98 of its 103 stories (95%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Ouagadougou accounted for 97 of Burkina Faso's 98 stories about harm, carried by 115 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Burkina Faso over 30 days → its stories → Ouagadougou stories →
Protests & strikes

Burundi

49 of its 54 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 76%. 28 of Mutakura's 28 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Burundi over 30 days → its stories → Mutakura stories →
Rights & justice

Qatar

98 of its 391 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (80 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Syria

859 of its 1,075 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 74%. Aleppo accounted for 612 of Syria's 859 stories about harm, carried by 410 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (46 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Japan

735 of its 1,441 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (494 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Uruguay

56 of its 64 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Montevideo accounted for 43 of Uruguay's 56 stories about harm, carried by 46 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (19 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Somalia

366 of its 441 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (126 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Romania

29 of its 85 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. 10 of Bucharest's 14 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (18 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

France

324 of its 1,144 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (114 stories). Wildfires were named in 76 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: heavy rain in Niger (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); typhoon in Hong Kong (16 of its stories, about three times its usual); wildfires in France (76 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in Angola (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); polio in Iraq (231 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 23 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 29,801 stories about harm among 140,265 counted on 23 Oct.

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Mentions of heavy rain ran more than ten times their usual in Niger's news. of the day's 140,265 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. the news turned to Cameroon for the third day running. Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. In Cameroon, 93% of the news was about people being harmed, where 54% is usual. This week the news turned most often to Cameroon, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 3 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Burkina Faso95 in 100 of its 103 stories · usually 43 · mostly conflict & violence Cameroon93 in 100 of its 460 stories · usually 54 · mostly disasters & accidents Burundi91 in 100 of its 54 stories · usually 76 · mostly rights & justice Uruguay88 in 100 of its 64 stories · usually 41 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia83 in 100 of its 441 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Morton County US210 stories about protests or strikes, of its 213 Washington US155 stories about protests or strikes, of its 791 Chicago US119 stories about protests or strikes, of its 241 Philadelphia US118 stories about protests or strikes, of its 320 North Carolina US106 stories about protests or strikes, of its 121

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: 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: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: 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'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: 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'sMali: 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: too little coverage to readLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: too little coverage to readJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIsrael: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: 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'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt 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'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: 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: too little coverage to readCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: 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: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: 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'sArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sGaza: feelings about like the world'sWest Bank: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos 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: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: 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: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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 more fearful than the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sThailand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSingapore: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sQatar: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPortugal: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPoland: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJapan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sHungary: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHaiti: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGreece: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGambia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEritrea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCyprus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sBurundi: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sBrunei: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBenin: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBahrain: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAngola: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little angrier than the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little angrier 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 grief-stricken as the world's · 98 stories about harm ● Colombia few stories about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 41 stories about harm ● Singapore about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 368 stories about harm ● Qatar about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 98 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 672 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 859 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice27% 8,015 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence25% 7,227 stories · about as usual Health18% 5,138 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents15% 4,531 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given8% 2,325 stories · more than usual (usually 6%) Displacement3% 920 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 805 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 382 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 killed10,059 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,817 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Japan Stories reporting arrests3,791 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,545 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees656 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations504 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting abductions491 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced428 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill12 at less than a quarter of the usual rate · most about the US and Ireland

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
● Feara little less than 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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