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54,339 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 Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), volcanic eruption in Côte d’Ivoire and people injured in Singapore. Brazil's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 32 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostCôte d’Ivoire 68 in 100 of its 72 stories, usually 22
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 54 in 100 of its stories, usually 49
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Brazil

319 of its 1,068 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 88 of Rio de Janeiro's 121 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (109 stories). Tsunami was named in 184 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with oil spill, flooding and tornadoes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Brazil over 30 days → its stories → Rio de Janeiro stories →
Conflict & violence

Côte d’Ivoire

49 of its 72 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Abidjan accounted for 38 of Côte d’Ivoire's 49 stories about harm, carried by 25 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (7 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Côte d’Ivoire over 30 days → its stories → Abidjan stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Singapore

379 of its 2,102 stories (18%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (199 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Singapore over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Sweden

189 of its 904 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Sweden over 30 days → its stories →
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Conflict & violence

Saudi Arabia

364 of its 677 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Mecca accounted for 288 of Saudi Arabia's 364 stories about harm, carried by 260 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (161 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Venezuela

313 of its 579 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Caracas accounted for 256 of Venezuela's 313 stories about harm, carried by 221 outlets. 227 of Caracas' 256 stories were about protests or strikes.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Iraq

1,712 of its 2,049 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 72%. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (219 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Syria

1,534 of its 1,825 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 73%. Aleppo accounted for 1,161 of Syria's 1,534 stories about harm, carried by 612 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Pakistan

1,665 of its 2,876 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. 535 of Islamabad's 809 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (402 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Yemen

Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (7 stories). Cholera was named in 40 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.

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Also named far more than usual: ebola in Guinea (25 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); cholera in Yemen (40 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Tajikistan (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); measles in Romania (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Egypt (43 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 21; 19 the day before
26 in 10019 in 10029 Sep6 Oct13 Oct20 Oct28 Oct29 Sep: 22 in 10030 Sep: 21 in 1001 Oct: 22 in 1002 Oct: 23 in 1003 Oct: 21 in 1004 Oct: 20 in 1005 Oct: 21 in 1006 Oct: 22 in 1007 Oct: 23 in 1008 Oct: 24 in 1009 Oct: 26 in 10010 Oct: 22 in 10011 Oct: 21 in 10012 Oct: 21 in 10013 Oct: 21 in 10014 Oct: 20 in 10015 Oct: 23 in 10016 Oct: 22 in 10017 Oct: 21 in 10018 Oct: 20 in 10019 Oct: 20 in 10020 Oct: 19 in 10021 Oct: 20 in 10022 Oct: 22 in 10023 Oct: 21 in 10024 Oct: 21 in 10025 Oct: 20 in 10026 Oct: 20 in 10027 Oct: 19 in 10028 Oct: 20 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 28 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 54,339 stories about harm among 272,813 counted on 28 Oct.

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Brazil's news mentioned the tsunami more than ten times as often as usual. 20 in every 100 of the day's 272,813 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 21. In Brazil, 30% of the news was about people being harmed, where 22% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria84 in 100 of its 1,825 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq84 in 100 of its 2,049 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Libya75 in 100 of its 181 stories · usually 62 · mostly disasters & accidents Yemen70 in 100 of its 151 stories · usually 77 · mostly conflict & violence Côte d’Ivoire68 in 100 of its 72 stories · usually 22 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Morton County US810 stories about protests or strikes, of its 810 Islamabad Pakistan535 stories about protests or strikes, of its 809 Portland US483 stories about protests or strikes, of its 581 Washington US331 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1564 Malheur National Wildlife Refuge US274 stories about protests or strikes, of its 353

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: 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: 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'sTurkmenistan: 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: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: 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: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: 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'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: 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'sFrance: 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 readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: 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'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: 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: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: 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: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican 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: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: feelings about like the world'sSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUzbekistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sThailand: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Sudan: 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'sSlovenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMauritania: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMadagascar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLithuania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLiberia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIceland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGuyana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGreece: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGhana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFinland: coverage about 4 times as fearful as the world'sEgypt: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChad: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCanada: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurundi: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBrazil: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBenin: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelize: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBelgium: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBahamas: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sAustria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJersey: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sMaldives: coverage a little warmer 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

● Finland few stories about 4 times as fearful as the world's · 38 stories about harm ● Syria about three times as angry as the world's · 1,534 stories about harm ● Azerbaijan few stories about three times as fearful as the world's · 35 stories about harm ● Thailand about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 188 stories about harm ● Brazil about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 319 stories about harm ● Singapore about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 379 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice32% 17,234 stories · much more than usual (usually 26%) Health20% 10,666 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence20% 10,475 stories · less than usual (usually 23%) Disasters & accidents11% 6,010 stories · much less than usual (usually 17%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 3,597 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 2,031 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,713 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,452 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 killed14,959 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests8,463 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,874 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,833 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting abductions729 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees698 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and France Stories reporting evacuations514 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and France Stories reporting people displaced491 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Colombia and Iraq Stories reporting people falling ill127 at about the usual rate

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 about as 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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