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31,874 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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Protests in Minsk (Belarus), power cuts in Egypt and people killed in Brazil drew the news. Belarus' coverage was about 5 times as fearful as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostBelarus 88 in 100 of its 112 stories, usually 13
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 55 in 100 of its stories, usually 49
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Belarus

98 of its 112 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Minsk accounted for 90 of Belarus' 98 stories about harm, carried by 96 outlets. 90 of Minsk's 90 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (95 stories). Its coverage was about 5 times as fearful as the world's.

Belarus over 30 days → its stories → Minsk stories →
Conflict & violence

Egypt

294 of its 487 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (139 stories). Power cuts were named in 36 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Egypt over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Brazil

132 of its 433 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (72 stories). Dengue was named in 31 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Brazil over 30 days → its stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Romania

113 of its 157 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Bucharest accounted for 90 of Romania's 113 stories about harm, carried by 101 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (104 stories).

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

Yemen

441 of its 488 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 77%. Sanaa accounted for 331 of Yemen's 441 stories about harm, carried by 200 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (35 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Pakistan

1,402 of its 2,352 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. 282 of Islamabad's 554 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (218 stories). Tsunami was named in 30 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with power cuts and poisoning.

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Conflict & violence

Central African Republic

230 of its 237 stories (97%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Bambari accounted for 152 of the Central African Republic's 230 stories about harm, carried by 197 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Nepal

146 of its 264 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Kathmandu accounted for 129 of Nepal's 146 stories about harm, carried by 146 outlets. Earthquake was named in 120 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Libya

172 of its 197 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (101 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Singapore

346 of its 1,689 stories (20%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (132 stories). 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: earthquake in Nepal (120 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); storm surge in Haiti (71 of its stories, about three times its usual); house fires in Spain (35 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); avalanche in Kuwait (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in Iceland (15 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 29 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 31,874 stories about harm among 151,442 counted on 29 Oct.

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Belarus' news was 88% about people being harmed, against a usual 13%. of the day's 151,442 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Nepal's news mentioned the earthquake about 4 times as often as usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Central African Republic97 in 100 of its 237 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen90 in 100 of its 488 stories · usually 77 · mostly conflict & violence Belarus88 in 100 of its 112 stories · usually 13 · mostly rights & justice Libya87 in 100 of its 197 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Cameroon78 in 100 of its 74 stories · usually 65 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Morton County US540 stories about protests or strikes, of its 540 Aleppo Syria303 stories about protests or strikes, of its 622 Islamabad Pakistan282 stories about protests or strikes, of its 554 Harney County US233 stories about protests or strikes, of its 240 Portland US191 stories about protests or strikes, of its 228

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 lessZambia: too little coverage to readVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.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 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 readTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: 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 lessSri Lanka: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Africa: too little coverage to readSomalia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: too little coverage to readSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: about as warm as its own usual or lessSaudi 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: 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 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 lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: too little coverage to readMalaysia: too little coverage to readMalawi: 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: too little coverage to readLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: too little coverage to readJordan: 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 lessHungary: 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 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 lessGermany: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: too little coverage to readGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: 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: too little coverage to readDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: 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 readCyprus: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuba: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: too little coverage to readComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: 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 lessCambodia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: 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: too little coverage to readBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: 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: too little coverage to readAzerbaijan: 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 readArgentina: too little coverage to readAntigua & 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern 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: 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: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: 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. Martin: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: warmth about one and a half times its own usualVietnam: warmth about its own usualTürkiye: warmth about one and a half times its own usualThailand: warmth about its own usualTaiwan: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualIceland: warmth about one and a half times its own usualHaiti: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGuatemala: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualCameroon: warmth about twice its own usualBurundi: warmth about its own usualBolivia: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about one and a half times its own usualArmenia: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualShanghai, China -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 11 outletsHodeida, Yemen -- conflict & violence: 20 stories, carried by 19 outletsStanford, UK -- health: 24 stories, carried by 18 outletsTennessee, US -- health: 34 stories, carried by 79 outletsOhio, US -- health: 41 stories, carried by 37 outletsReykjavik, Iceland -- rights & justice: 31 stories, carried by 26 outletsBogota, Colombia -- conflict & violence: 28 stories, carried by 28 outletsLammas, UK -- health: 12 stories, carried by 10 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

● Cameroon warmth about twice usual ● Iceland warmth about one and a half times usual ● Yemen warmth about one and a half times usual ● Belgium warmth about one and a half times usual ● Türkiye warmth about one and a half times usual ● Haiti warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Shanghai China about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 12 stories ● Hodeida Yemen about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 20 stories ● Stanford UK about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 24 stories ● Tennessee US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 34 stories ● Ohio US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 41 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 9,216 stories · more than usual (usually 26%) Conflict & violence25% 7,910 stories · more than usual (usually 23%) Health17% 5,265 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Disasters & accidents13% 3,930 stories · less than usual (usually 17%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 2,120 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 1,369 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,019 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 462 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 killed10,476 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,789 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people injured4,064 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting people affected3,762 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations743 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees732 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions519 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced462 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill112 at about one and a half times 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 much harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little more than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.