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55,046 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 deaths in Almaty, protests in Kigali (Rwanda) and illness in Skopje. Bahrain's coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read much harsher than usual.

Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about the US and Myanmar →
Part of lifeConflict & violence 35 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostNorth Macedonia 77 in 100 of its 78 stories, usually 16
RegionCentral Asia 36 in 100 of its stories, usually 14
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Kazakhstan

59 of its 129 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Almaty accounted for 56 of Kazakhstan's 59 stories about harm, carried by 55 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (56 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Kazakhstan over 30 days → its stories → Almaty stories →
Protests & strikes

Rwanda

91 of its 167 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. 34 of Kigali's 62 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Road crashes were named in 39 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Rwanda over 30 days → its stories → Kigali stories →
Conflict & violence

Bahrain

63 of its 128 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (41 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

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

Ecuador

136 of its 290 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. 96 of Guayaquil's 100 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

186 of its 279 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (86 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Cameroon

111 of its 185 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. 32 of Bamenda's 39 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (98 stories).

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Kyrgyzstan

20 of its 53 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. 13 of Bishkek's 20 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (14 stories).

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Spain

898 of its 2,462 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 449 of Barcelona's 525 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (631 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Palestine

563 of its 1,049 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Gaza accounted for 340 of Palestine's 563 stories about harm, carried by 134 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (71 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: polio in Yemen (69 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hepatitis in Greece (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); malaria in Zambia (15 of its stories, about three times its usual); cyclone in Mexico (27 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in Bangladesh (29 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

26 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 24; 28 the day before
33 in 10020 in 1004 Sep11 Sep18 Sep25 Sep3 Oct4 Sep: 25 in 1005 Sep: 24 in 1006 Sep: 23 in 1007 Sep: 25 in 1008 Sep: 26 in 1009 Sep: 30 in 10010 Sep: 33 in 10011 Sep: 29 in 10012 Sep: 25 in 10013 Sep: 24 in 10014 Sep: 23 in 10015 Sep: 24 in 10016 Sep: 27 in 10017 Sep: 27 in 10018 Sep: 23 in 10019 Sep: 23 in 10020 Sep: 23 in 10021 Sep: 23 in 10022 Sep: 22 in 10023 Sep: 24 in 10024 Sep: 24 in 10025 Sep: 20 in 10026 Sep: 21 in 10027 Sep: 20 in 10028 Sep: 22 in 10029 Sep: 23 in 10030 Sep: 23 in 1001 Oct: 21 in 1002 Oct: 28 in 1003 Oct: 26 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 3 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 55,046 stories about harm among 208,886 counted on 3 Oct.

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Kazakhstan's news was 46% about people being harmed, against a usual 14%. of the day's 208,886 news stories, 26 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 24. People injured were reported at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about the US and Myanmar. Mentions of the polio ran more than ten times their usual in Yemen's news. On 3 October 2016, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 26 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Dominica85 in 100 of its 107 stories · usually 75 · mostly disasters & accidents Yemen85 in 100 of its 188 stories · usually 70 · mostly health Syria79 in 100 of its 507 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Myanmar78 in 100 of its 1,248 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence North Macedonia77 in 100 of its 78 stories · usually 16 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Barcelona Spain449 stories about protests or strikes, of its 525 Las Vegas US345 stories about protests or strikes, of its 4296 Washington US309 stories about protests or strikes, of its 3652 Madrid Spain117 stories about protests or strikes, of its 232 Guayaquil Ecuador96 stories about protests or strikes, of its 100

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: 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'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'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'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: 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'sPortugal: 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: 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'sNew Zealand: 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: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: 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'sGhana: 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'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 readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: 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'sEgypt: 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'sFaroe 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'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: 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 readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: 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: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: 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): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sCrimea: feelings about like the world'sEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican 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: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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: 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 readZimbabwe: coverage a little warmer than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUS: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUganda: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSweden: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSpain: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPakistan: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sMongolia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sMadagascar: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLiberia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKenya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIsrael: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIraq: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIndia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHungary: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGreenland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDenmark: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sCuba: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChad: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCambodia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBenin: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBahrain: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sBahamas: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sVatican City: coverage a little more fearful 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

● Bahrain about three times as fearful as the world's · 63 stories about harm ● Denmark about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 103 stories about harm ● Liberia about twice as angry as the world's · 67 stories about harm ● Kashmir about three times as fearful as the world's · 186 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 398 stories about harm ● Pakistan about three times as fearful as the world's · 419 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence35% 18,952 stories · much more than usual (usually 18%) Rights & justice18% 9,812 stories · less than usual (usually 23%) Health18% 9,632 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents13% 7,118 stories · much less than usual (usually 28%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given8% 4,416 stories · more than usual (usually 5%) Shelter & services3% 1,739 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,421 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 741 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 killed25,418 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people injured15,256 at about 4 times the usual rate · most about the US and Myanmar Stories reporting people affected5,901 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,146 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees986 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Bangladesh and the US Stories reporting evacuations445 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Dominica Stories reporting people displaced429 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting abductions318 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people falling ill59 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 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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