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51,683 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 protests in Bangui (Central African Republic), rights and justice in Wan Chai and violence in Ouagadougou. Hong Kong's coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostMalta 81 in 100 of its 769 stories, usually 11
RegionEurope 21 in 100 of its stories, usually 19
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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Rights & justice

Hong Kong

392 of its 765 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Wan Chai accounted for 335 of Hong Kong's 392 stories about harm, carried by 283 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 9 times the usual rate (277 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

Hong Kong over 30 days → its stories → Wan Chai stories →
Conflict & violence

Burkina Faso

44 of its 65 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Ouagadougou accounted for 43 of Burkina Faso's 44 stories about harm, carried by 42 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Burkina Faso over 30 days → its stories → Ouagadougou stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Malta

622 of its 769 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Valletta accounted for 390 of Malta's 622 stories about harm, carried by 470 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (602 stories).

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

Greece

362 of its 733 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Athens accounted for 287 of Greece's 362 stories about harm, carried by 187 outlets. 254 of Athens' 287 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (284 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Venezuela

307 of its 763 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. 227 of Caracas' 241 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Landslides were named in 99 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Syria

1,066 of its 1,324 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 74%. Aleppo accounted for 743 of Syria's 1,066 stories about harm, carried by 499 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (31 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Health

St. Martin

83 of its 85 stories (98%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about 9 times the usual rate (83 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Romania

82 of its 310 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (71 stories). Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Luxembourg

16 of its 61 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Reports of people killed ran at about 9 times the usual rate (16 stories). Natural hazards were named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: hurricane in Mexico (97 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); landslides in Venezuela (99 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); natural hazards in Malawi (28 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); natural hazards in Luxembourg (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Laos (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

21 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 24 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 51,683 stories about harm among 248,221 counted on 24 Oct.

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In Mexico's news, mentions of the hurricane ran about 8 times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 248,221 stories, as usual. the Central African Republic's news was 97% about people being harmed, against a usual 63%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

St. Martin98 in 100 of its 85 stories · usually 21 · mostly health Central African Republic97 in 100 of its 108 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Cameroon85 in 100 of its 309 stories · usually 61 · mostly disasters & accidents Malta81 in 100 of its 769 stories · usually 11 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given Syria81 in 100 of its 1,324 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Chicago US649 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1015 Morton County US414 stories about protests or strikes, of its 415 Aleppo Syria348 stories about protests or strikes, of its 743 Athens Greece254 stories about protests or strikes, of its 287 Caracas Venezuela227 stories about protests or strikes, of its 241

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: 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 lessVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: 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 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: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: 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 lessSweden: 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: too little coverage to readSouth 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: too little coverage to readSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: 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 lessRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: 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: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: too little coverage to readMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: 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: too little coverage to readLithuania: 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: too little coverage to readKenya: 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: 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 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 lessIndonesia: 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 readGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: 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 readFiji: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: 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 readCuba: 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: too little coverage to readDR 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 lessHong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or lessChile: too little coverage to readChad: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: too little coverage to readBelarus: 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 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 readAntigua & Barbuda: 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 lessGaza: about as warm as its own usual or lessWest Bank: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad 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 lessEast Jerusalem: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBermuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontserrat: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorfolk 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 readZambia: warmth about its own usualVenezuela: warmth about its own usualTaiwan: warmth about its own usualSwitzerland: warmth about its own usualEswatini: warmth about its own usualSlovakia: warmth about its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about its own usualRomania: warmth about twice its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualIceland: warmth about its own usualHungary: warmth about its own usualHaiti: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualFinland: warmth about its own usualCyprus: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBahrain: warmth about its own usualArmenia: warmth about its own usualArgentina: warmth about its own usualAngola: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualSt. Martin: warmth about its own usualNanjing, China -- conflict & violence: 116 stories, carried by 11 outletsBucharest, Romania -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 67 stories, carried by 79 outletsNampa, US -- rights & justice: 16 stories, carried by 12 outletsMeath, Ireland -- health: 36 stories, carried by 26 outletsBurbank, US -- rights & justice: 29 stories, carried by 23 outletsGrande-Anse, Haiti -- food & livelihood: 12 stories, carried by 31 outletsWellington, New Zealand -- rights & justice: 23 stories, carried by 13 outletsSunshine Coast, Australia -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 102 stories, carried by 35 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

● Romania warmth about twice usual ● Belgium warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Nanjing China about three times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 116 stories ● Bucharest Romania about three times as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 67 stories ● Nampa US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 16 stories ● Meath Ireland about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 36 stories ● Burbank US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 29 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 14,395 stories · more than usual (usually 26%) Health22% 11,030 stories · more than usual (usually 19%) Conflict & violence19% 9,774 stories · less than usual (usually 24%) Disasters & accidents12% 6,212 stories · less than usual (usually 17%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given9% 4,452 stories · more than usual (usually 6%) Displacement5% 2,617 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,308 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,000 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 killed18,301 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,745 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,020 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured5,374 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,964 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about France and Greece Stories reporting abductions855 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations582 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people displaced458 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Iraq and Somalia Stories reporting people falling ill76 at about half the usual rate · most about Haiti 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 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.