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What the world's news said happened to people.
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45,013 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 violence in Pyongyang, protests in Prague (Czechia) and illness in Antananarivo. Madagascar's coverage was about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were harsher than usual.

Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the Philippines and the US → Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 25 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostCyprus 49 in 100 of its 117 stories, usually 10
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 42 in 100 of its stories, usually 38
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

North Korea

459 of its 1,038 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Pyongyang accounted for 423 of North Korea's 459 stories about harm, carried by 340 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (158 stories). Poisoning was named in 130 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

North Korea over 30 days → its stories → Pyongyang stories →
Protests & strikes

Czechia

110 of its 529 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. 64 of Prague's 77 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (76 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Belgium

140 of its 355 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (96 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Morocco

85 of its 149 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Rabat accounted for 79 of Morocco's 85 stories about harm, carried by 81 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (81 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Malta

236 of its 361 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Valletta accounted for 204 of Malta's 236 stories about harm, carried by 187 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (90 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Syria

900 of its 1,114 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 74%. 340 of Qaryatayn's 386 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (51 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Egypt

451 of its 689 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Switzerland

247 of its 573 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (50 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Romania

96 of its 272 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about 9 times the usual rate (85 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: typhoon in Japan (385 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); train derailment in Poland (58 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Tanzania (29 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); avalanche in Mongolia (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); bird flu in Bulgaria (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 23; 25 the day before
28 in 10020 in 10024 Sep1 Oct8 Oct15 Oct23 Oct24 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 1004 Oct: 24 in 1005 Oct: 23 in 1006 Oct: 23 in 1007 Oct: 27 in 1008 Oct: 26 in 1009 Oct: 22 in 10010 Oct: 22 in 10011 Oct: 21 in 10012 Oct: 22 in 10013 Oct: 22 in 10014 Oct: 26 in 10015 Oct: 25 in 10016 Oct: 24 in 10017 Oct: 23 in 10018 Oct: 22 in 10019 Oct: 22 in 10020 Oct: 22 in 10021 Oct: 27 in 10022 Oct: 25 in 10023 Oct: 22 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 23 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 45,013 stories about harm among 200,966 counted on 23 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. 22 in every 100 of the day's 200,966 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. People displaced were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about the Philippines and the US. North Korea stood out: 44% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 29%. On 23 October 2016, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 22 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Madagascar88 in 100 of its 139 stories · usually 59 · mostly health Syria81 in 100 of its 1,114 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia80 in 100 of its 275 stories · usually 83 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen78 in 100 of its 138 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan67 in 100 of its 849 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US490 stories about protests or strikes, of its 3062 Qaryatayn Syria340 stories about protests or strikes, of its 386 Moscow Russia197 stories about protests or strikes, of its 383 Jerusalem Israel184 stories about protests or strikes, of its 302 Nairobi Kenya123 stories about protests or strikes, of its 168

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: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: 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'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: 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: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSudan: 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 readSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: 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: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: 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'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: 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: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: 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: too little coverage to readNew 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'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: 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 readHong Kong: 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 readBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: 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 readAlbania: 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'sEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern 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: 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 readGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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 a little warmer than the world'sZambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUganda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTogo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSomalia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSolomon Islands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSlovakia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sQatar: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPortugal: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNigeria: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as 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 angrier than the world'sMorocco: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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 a little angrier than the world'sMalaysia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMalawi: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sMadagascar: coverage about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLaos: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKenya: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIreland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIraq: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFiji: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEgypt: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sDominica: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCzechia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sChile: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBurundi: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBulgaria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBosnia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBelgium: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as angry as 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'sAlgeria: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: 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'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sJersey: 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

● Madagascar about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 123 stories about harm ● Egypt about twice as angry as the world's · 451 stories about harm ● Malawi about twice as angry as the world's · 107 stories about harm ● Austria about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 80 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 900 stories about harm ● Algeria few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 20 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice25% 11,040 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence25% 10,964 stories · more than usual (usually 22%) Health21% 9,061 stories · more than usual (usually 18%) Disasters & accidents16% 6,890 stories · less than usual (usually 21%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,781 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,340 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,321 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 794 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 killed14,778 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,011 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,156 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,528 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting refugees1,085 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced882 at about twice the usual rate · most about the Philippines and the US Stories reporting abductions872 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the Philippines and Palestine Stories reporting evacuations496 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Japan and the US Stories reporting people falling ill34 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Canada

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 harsher than 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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