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49,565 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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The day's news pointed at violence in Mogadishu, protests in Bafilo (Togo) and people killed in Portugal. Mali's coverage was about twice as warm as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read much harsher than usual.

Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostMalta 61 in 100 of its 857 stories, usually 17
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 42 in 100 of its stories, usually 37
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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Conflict & violence

Somalia

811 of its 901 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 77%. Mogadishu accounted for 751 of Somalia's 811 stories about harm, carried by 535 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (184 stories). Hurricane was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Somalia over 30 days → its stories → Mogadishu stories →
Protests & strikes

Togo

69 of its 72 stories (96%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. 8 of Bafilo's 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (40 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Togo over 30 days → its stories → Bafilo stories →
Disasters & accidents

Portugal

274 of its 490 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (263 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Portugal over 30 days → its stories →
Displacement

Mali

92 of its 137 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (68 stories). Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Mali over 30 days → its stories →
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Conflict & violence

Malta

520 of its 857 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Valletta accounted for 382 of Malta's 520 stories about harm, carried by 286 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (142 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Yemen

271 of its 295 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Bayda accounted for 134 of Yemen's 271 stories about harm, carried by 174 outlets. Plane crash was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Türkiye

626 of its 991 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (279 stories). Accidents were named in 116 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Spain

791 of its 2,022 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. 256 of Barcelona's 364 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (559 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Morocco

75 of its 151 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 57 of Casablanca's 57 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 7 times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Ireland

701 of its 1,841 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (378 stories). Road crashes were named in 17 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: respiratory illness in Fiji (19 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); drownings in Latvia (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); accidents in Türkiye (116 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Egypt (30 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Iraq (95 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

23 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 17 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 49,565 stories about harm among 219,789 counted on 17 Oct.

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Reports of people freed or reunited, a sign of help, ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. 23 in every 100 of the day's 219,789 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Fiji's news, mentions of respiratory illness ran about 4 times their usual. A year earlier, on 17 October 2016, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 23 today. Somalia's news was 90% about people being harmed, against a usual 77%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Togo96 in 100 of its 72 stories · usually 52 · mostly rights & justice Yemen92 in 100 of its 295 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia90 in 100 of its 901 stories · usually 77 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan78 in 100 of its 1,102 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Syria76 in 100 of its 1,602 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Barcelona Spain256 stories about protests or strikes, of its 364 Hollywood US251 stories about protests or strikes, of its 842 Washington US210 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2734 Ashland US158 stories about protests or strikes, of its 174 Madrid Spain144 stories about protests or strikes, of its 263

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Vanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sGuam: 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: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: 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'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: 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'sSlovenia: 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'sRomania: 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'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: 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'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: 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 readEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: 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 readN. 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 readHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: 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'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: 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 readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): 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: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: feelings about like the world'sMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: feelings about like the world'sSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: 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 readNorfolk 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 readZimbabwe: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sZambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little warmer than the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTogo: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTanzania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTajikistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSeychelles: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPortugal: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPanama: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMalta: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage about twice as warm as the world'sMadagascar: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLesotho: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIceland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHungary: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGreece: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFiji: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDominican Republic: coverage a little warmer than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCzechia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sCuba: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCongo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChile: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sBrunei: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBhutan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelize: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBahrain: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAustria: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAlbania: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sMacao: 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

● Mali about twice as warm as the world's · 92 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about three times as angry as the world's · 860 stories about harm ● Yemen about three times as angry as the world's · 271 stories about harm ● Kashmir about twice as fearful as the world's · 86 stories about harm ● Madagascar few stories about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 42 stories about harm ● North Korea about twice as angry as the world's · 409 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice26% 12,575 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence23% 11,397 stories · more than usual (usually 21%) Health19% 9,309 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents18% 8,648 stories · less than usual (usually 22%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 2,598 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,637 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,358 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,036 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 killed17,539 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,565 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,008 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,968 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions924 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the Philippines and the US Stories reporting refugees858 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Bangladesh and the US Stories reporting evacuations828 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced519 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill63 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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