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45,421 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 building collapse in Bahrain, protests in Caracas (Venezuela) and violence in Dhaka. Venezuela's coverage was about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran softer than usual.

Part of lifeDisasters & accidents 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostPanama 78 in 100 of its 630 stories, usually 18
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 36 in 100 of its stories, usually 30
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Bahrain

108 of its 189 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Manama accounted for 94 of Bahrain's 108 stories about harm, carried by 116 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (91 stories). Building collapse was named in 98 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Bahrain over 30 days → its stories → Manama stories →
Protests & strikes

Venezuela

245 of its 331 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Caracas accounted for 225 of Venezuela's 245 stories about harm, carried by 221 outlets. 195 of Caracas' 225 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (205 stories). Its coverage was about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Venezuela over 30 days → its stories → Caracas stories →
Conflict & violence

Bangladesh

548 of its 736 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Dhaka accounted for 428 of Bangladesh's 548 stories about harm, carried by 346 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (290 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Bangladesh over 30 days → its stories → Dhaka stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Kenya

577 of its 1,063 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (125 stories). Road crashes were named in 87 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Kenya over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Panama

491 of its 630 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Panama City accounted for 473 of Panama's 491 stories about harm, carried by 511 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (74 stories). Storms were named in 167 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with power cuts, tropical storm and tornadoes.

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Rights & justice

Bulgaria

402 of its 511 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (202 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Morocco

122 of its 185 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (36 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Papua New Guinea

129 of its 250 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (30 stories). Earthquake was named in 121 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with landslides.

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Gambia

44 of its 132 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Oman

52 of its 144 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Cyclone was named in 34 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with tropical storm.

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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Papua New Guinea (121 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Puerto Rico (72 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in Oman (34 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); storms in Panama (167 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); rabies in South Africa (82 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 21; 21 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 10 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 45,421 stories about harm among 212,042 counted on 10 Oct.

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Bahrain's news was 57% about people being harmed, against a usual 22%. of the day's 212,042 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Papua New Guinea's news mentioned the earthquake more than ten times as often as usual. It was the second day running that the news turned to Bahrain. On 10 October 2017, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, against 21 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Somalia87 in 100 of its 186 stories · usually 78 · mostly conflict & violence Bulgaria79 in 100 of its 511 stories · usually 33 · mostly rights & justice Panama78 in 100 of its 630 stories · usually 18 · mostly disasters & accidents Haiti78 in 100 of its 121 stories · usually 60 · mostly disasters & accidents Bangladesh74 in 100 of its 736 stories · usually 38 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US386 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1542 Northern Ireland UK205 stories about protests or strikes, of its 330 Caracas Venezuela195 stories about protests or strikes, of its 225 Riyadh Saudi Arabia183 stories about protests or strikes, of its 302 Jerusalem Israel156 stories about protests or strikes, of its 512

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessYemen: about as warm as its own usual or lessVietnam: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: too little coverage to readPuerto Rico: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited States: too little coverage to readSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: about as warm as its own usual or lessUkraine: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: about as warm as its own usual or lessSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri Lanka: about as warm as its own usual or lessSpain: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Africa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomalia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: about as warm as its own usual or lessSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: about as warm as its own usual or lessQatar: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: about as warm as its own usual or lessPoland: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: too little coverage to readParaguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua New Guinea: too little coverage to readPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessNigeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiger: about as warm as its own usual or lessNicaragua: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: about as warm as its own usual or lessLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessItaly: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: about as warm as its own usual or lessIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndonesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessHungary: about as warm as its own usual or lessHonduras: about as warm as its own usual or lessHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt 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 readFiji: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: about as warm as its own usual or lessCzech Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral African Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: about as warm as its own usual or lessCambodia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: about as warm as its own usual or lessBangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustralia: about as warm as its own usual or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJammu & Kashmir: too little coverage to readAksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or lessGaza: about as warm as its own usual or lessWest Bank: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: too little coverage to readSiachen Glacier: too little coverage to readCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: too little coverage to readVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBermuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: warmth about its own usualUnited Arab Emirates: warmth about its own usualTanzania: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualNetherlands: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMozambique: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMali: warmth about one and a half times its own usualLibya: warmth about one and a half times its own usualJordan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualJamaica: warmth about its own usualIceland: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualGambia: warmth about its own usualFinland: warmth about its own usualEthiopia: warmth about its own usualEl Salvador: warmth about its own usualColombia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualHong Kong: warmth about its own usualChile: warmth about its own usualBelize: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about its own usualQuelimane, Mozambique -- conflict & violence: 15 stories, carried by 14 outletsKootingal, Australia -- health: 16 stories, carried by 81 outletsBogota, Colombia -- conflict & violence: 44 stories, carried by 52 outletsBathurst, Gambia -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 39 stories, carried by 16 outletsLesbos, Greece -- displacement: 17 stories, carried by 13 outletsVermont, US -- shelter & services: 40 stories, carried by 57 outletsShanghai, China -- other: 15 stories, carried by 15 outletsOslo, Norway -- conflict & violence: 22 stories, carried by 20 outlets
Warmer than its own usual The warmest eventsAbout as warm or lessToo little news

Each country shaded by the warmth in its news — care, help, gratitude — against its own last 30 days. Stronger colour: further above. Dots: the events whose coverage carried the most warmth, even where the event itself began as harm. Warm words, not good outcomes. Click a country or a dot.

Warmest news

● Libya warmth about one and a half times usual ● Tanzania warmth about one and a half times usual ● Colombia warmth about one and a half times usual ● Mozambique warmth about one and a half times usual ● Jordan warmth about one and a half times usual ● Netherlands warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Quelimane Mozambique about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 15 stories ● Kootingal Australia about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 16 stories ● Bogota Colombia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 44 stories ● Bathurst Gambia about twice as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 39 stories ● Lesbos Greece about twice as warm as the day's news · displacement · 17 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Disasters & accidents31% 13,629 stories · much more than usual (usually 23%) Rights & justice26% 11,627 stories · less than usual (usually 29%) Health20% 8,762 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence10% 4,670 stories · less than usual (usually 15%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,497 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,542 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 996 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 860 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 killed12,114 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,194 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,730 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,834 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations1,933 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting refugees463 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Bangladesh and the US Stories reporting abductions391 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced260 at about half the usual rate · most about Syria and Indonesia Stories reporting people falling ill126 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 softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little less than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little less 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.