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30,592 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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Deaths in Budapest, protests in Seoul (South Korea) and arrests in Türkiye drew the news. Hungary's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 35 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostHungary 74 in 100 of its 172 stories, usually 28
RegionEast Asia 22 in 100 of its stories, usually 16
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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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Hungary

127 of its 172 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Budapest accounted for 124 of Hungary's 127 stories about harm, carried by 173 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (121 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Hungary over 30 days → its stories → Budapest stories →
Protests & strikes

South Korea

518 of its 1,022 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Seoul accounted for 424 of South Korea's 518 stories about harm, carried by 314 outlets. 391 of Seoul's 424 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (347 stories).

South Korea over 30 days → its stories → Seoul stories →
Conflict & violence

Türkiye

917 of its 1,217 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (586 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Türkiye over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Denmark

93 of its 178 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Volcanic eruption was named in 78 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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

Indonesia

173 of its 302 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Jakarta accounted for 129 of Indonesia's 173 stories about harm, carried by 204 outlets. 85 of Jakarta's 129 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (29 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Sudan

51 of its 68 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. 32 of Khartoum's 34 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Mali

33 of its 55 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Australia

1,466 of its 5,398 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (55 stories). Wildfires were named in 276 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with drought, whooping cough and food poisoning.

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Conflict & violence

Nigeria

699 of its 1,734 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (72 stories). Malaria was named in 55 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with outbreaks and tsunami.

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Health

Canada

519 of its 2,280 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of abductions ran at about 10 times the usual rate (26 stories). Oil spill was named in 31 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with plague, drought and hunger.

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Also named far more than usual: flooding in Brazil (30 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Nicaragua (26 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in South Sudan (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Australia (276 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); gas explosion in Russia (45 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 21; 22 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 6 Nov. 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 30,592 stories about harm among 139,124 counted on 6 Nov.

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Denmark's news mentioned volcanic eruption more than ten times as often as usual. 22 in every 100 of the day's 139,124 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 21. In Hungary, 74% of the news was about people being harmed, where 28% is usual. This week the news turned most often to Chile, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 1 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen83 in 100 of its 167 stories · usually 78 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq79 in 100 of its 1,710 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia77 in 100 of its 151 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Türkiye75 in 100 of its 1,217 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan75 in 100 of its 68 stories · usually 56 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Seoul South Korea391 stories about protests or strikes, of its 424 Raqqa Syria345 stories about protests or strikes, of its 703 Washington US254 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1019 Delhi India190 stories about protests or strikes, of its 508 Damascus Syria133 stories about protests or strikes, of its 220

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'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: 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'sUkraine: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: 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'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSaudi Arabia: 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: too little coverage to readRussia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: 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'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNiger: too little coverage to readNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: 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'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: 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: feelings about like the world'sKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: 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: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench 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: too little coverage to readEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: 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 readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong 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 readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: 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 readBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: too little coverage to readBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: 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 readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: 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 readCrimea: feelings about like the world'sEast 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: 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 readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMicronesia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUS: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSomalia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMontenegro: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sLibya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sHungary: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuinea-Bissau: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCanada: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBurundi: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAustria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as 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'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'sMonaco: 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

● Yemen about three times as angry as the world's · 138 stories about harm ● Hungary about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 127 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as fearful as the world's · 123 stories about harm ● Sudan about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 51 stories about harm ● Montenegro few stories about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 43 stories about harm ● Iraq about twice as angry as the world's · 1,359 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice35% 10,518 stories · much more than usual (usually 28%) Conflict & violence26% 7,850 stories · more than usual (usually 23%) Health14% 4,310 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Disasters & accidents10% 3,038 stories · much less than usual (usually 16%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,869 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 955 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 782 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 668 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 killed10,098 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,289 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Türkiye Stories reporting people injured3,832 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Iraq and the US Stories reporting people affected3,608 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees712 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions618 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people displaced320 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations172 at about a third of the usual rate · most about Australia and the US Stories reporting people falling ill18 at less than a quarter of the usual rate · most about the US and China

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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