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46,541 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 illness in Havana, violence in Valletta and protests in Warsaw (Poland). Malta's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostMalta 66 in 100 of its 380 stories, usually 30
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 33 in 100 of its stories, usually 30
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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Health

Cuba

339 of its 472 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Havana accounted for 322 of Cuba's 339 stories about harm, carried by 362 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (313 stories). Poisoning was named in 280 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Cuba over 30 days → its stories → Havana stories →
Conflict & violence

Malta

249 of its 380 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Valletta accounted for 147 of Malta's 249 stories about harm, carried by 134 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (99 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Malta over 30 days → its stories → Valletta stories →
Protests & strikes

Poland

121 of its 441 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 79 of Warsaw's 87 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Poland over 30 days → its stories → Warsaw stories →
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Health

Uganda

239 of its 400 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (147 stories). Ebola was named in 139 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with haemorrhagic fever. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Kenya

283 of its 829 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. 122 of Nairobi's 172 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 8 times the usual rate (15 stories). Polio was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Health

Madagascar

132 of its 153 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Antananarivo accounted for 77 of Madagascar's 132 stories about harm, carried by 73 outlets. Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Ukraine

163 of its 334 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (116 stories). Plane crash was named in 47 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Brazil

164 of its 684 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. 69 of Sao Paulo's 117 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (61 stories).

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Displacement

Central African Republic

59 of its 83 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 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: ebola in Uganda (139 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plane crash in Ukraine (47 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Indonesia (33 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Puerto Rico (102 of its stories, about three times its usual); oil spill in Trinidad & Tobago (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 23; 22 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 19 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 46,541 stories about harm among 215,976 counted on 19 Oct.

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In Cuba's news, mentions of poisoning ran more than ten times their usual. A year earlier, on 19 October 2016, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 today. Cuba's news was 72% about people being harmed, against a usual 50%. of the day's 215,976 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 23.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Madagascar86 in 100 of its 153 stories · usually 51 · mostly health Yemen81 in 100 of its 108 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Niger79 in 100 of its 420 stories · usually 78 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia76 in 100 of its 246 stories · usually 80 · mostly conflict & violence Cuba72 in 100 of its 472 stories · usually 50 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Charlottesville US341 stories about protests or strikes, of its 385 Washington US227 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2684 Jerusalem Israel154 stories about protests or strikes, of its 449 Tulsa US143 stories about protests or strikes, of its 264 Gainesville US140 stories about protests or strikes, of its 222

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readTurkmenistan: 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'sTanzania: 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'sSlovenia: too little coverage to readSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSão 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'sRussia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: 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'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: 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: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: 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'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 readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: feelings about like the world'sDenmark: 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'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: 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'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: 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: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: 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: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: feelings about like the world'sPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBritish 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: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: feelings about like the world'sWallis & 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sVanuatu: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUS: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUganda: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTogo: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTaiwan: 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 a little warmer than the world'sSomalia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSeychelles: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSenegal: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little more fearful than 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'sParaguay: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPanama: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalta: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMalawi: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMadagascar: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sLuxembourg: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sItaly: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIraq: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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 a little warmer than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEcuador: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCzechia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sCuba: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCosta Rica: coverage a little warmer than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sComoros: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sChile: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCambodia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBolivia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBarbados: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBahrain: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBahamas: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about 4 times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little angrier than the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBermuda: 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

● Afghanistan about 4 times as angry as the world's · 569 stories about harm ● Madagascar about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 132 stories about harm ● Czechia few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 35 stories about harm ● Central African Republic about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 59 stories about harm ● Uganda about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 239 stories about harm ● Yemen about twice as angry as the world's · 88 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice27% 12,520 stories · more than usual (usually 24%) Conflict & violence20% 9,198 stories · about as usual Health20% 9,155 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents17% 7,985 stories · less than usual (usually 22%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 3,181 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,728 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 961 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 911 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 killed15,760 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,105 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,752 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,535 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting abductions637 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees615 at about half the usual rate · most about Palestine and Bangladesh Stories reporting evacuations464 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Mexico Stories reporting people displaced434 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill108 at about one and a half times 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 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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