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What the world's news said happened to people.
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26,305 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 news turned to protests in Caracas (Venezuela), a disaster in Kavala and violence in Kabul. Afghanistan's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were much harsher than usual.

Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostPortugal 79 in 100 of its 331 stories, usually 18
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 50 in 100 of its stories, usually 41
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 →
Protests & strikes

Venezuela

165 of its 211 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Caracas accounted for 135 of Venezuela's 165 stories about harm, carried by 159 outlets. 122 of Caracas' 135 stories were about protests or strikes. Poisoning was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Venezuela over 30 days → its stories → Caracas stories →
Disasters & accidents

Greece

340 of its 502 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Kavala accounted for 236 of Greece's 340 stories about harm, carried by 324 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (261 stories). Road crashes were named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Greece over 30 days → its stories → Kavala stories →
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

564 of its 741 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Kabul accounted for 384 of Afghanistan's 564 stories about harm, carried by 299 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (138 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Kabul stories →
Rights & justice

Israel

928 of its 1,202 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (514 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

Panama

170 of its 236 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Panama City accounted for 165 of Panama's 170 stories about harm, carried by 161 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (43 stories). Train derailment was named in 78 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Somalia

373 of its 409 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 76%. Mogadishu accounted for 201 of Somalia's 373 stories about harm, carried by 191 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (169 stories). Drought was named in 166 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Croatia

56 of its 223 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. 56 of Vukovar's 56 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (55 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Germany

189 of its 656 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 113 of Berlin's 120 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Portugal

263 of its 331 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. the Iberian Peninsula accounted for 162 of Portugal's 263 stories about harm, carried by 210 outlets. Hurricane was named in 256 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tropical storm.

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Disasters & accidents

Nepal

368 of its 484 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people affected ran at about 10 times the usual rate (186 stories). Snowstorms were named in 179 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with avalanche.

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Also named far more than usual: hurricane in Portugal (256 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storm surge in Puerto Rico (264 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); snowstorms in Nepal (179 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Somalia (166 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); train derailment in Panama (78 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

23 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 21; 21 the day before
27 in 10017 in 10014 Sep21 Sep28 Sep5 Oct13 Oct14 Sep: 24 in 10015 Sep: 27 in 10016 Sep: 26 in 10017 Sep: 21 in 10018 Sep: 20 in 10019 Sep: 20 in 10020 Sep: 20 in 10021 Sep: 20 in 10022 Sep: 23 in 10023 Sep: 22 in 10024 Sep: 20 in 10025 Sep: 19 in 10026 Sep: 18 in 10027 Sep: 17 in 10028 Sep: 19 in 10029 Sep: 22 in 10030 Sep: 21 in 1001 Oct: 19 in 1002 Oct: 19 in 1003 Oct: 19 in 1004 Oct: 19 in 1005 Oct: 20 in 1006 Oct: 22 in 1007 Oct: 23 in 1008 Oct: 21 in 1009 Oct: 21 in 10010 Oct: 21 in 10011 Oct: 22 in 10012 Oct: 21 in 10013 Oct: 23 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 13 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 26,305 stories about harm among 112,797 counted on 13 Oct.

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Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate. In Portugal's news, mentions of the hurricane ran more than ten times their usual. Venezuela stood out: 78% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 45%. 23 in every 100 of the day's 112,797 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 21.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Puerto Rico96 in 100 of its 293 stories · usually 63 · mostly disasters & accidents Somalia91 in 100 of its 409 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen86 in 100 of its 170 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Congo83 in 100 of its 154 stories · usually 72 · mostly health Portugal79 in 100 of its 331 stories · usually 18 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Riyadh Saudi Arabia267 stories about protests or strikes, of its 601 Washington US258 stories about protests or strikes, of its 746 Istanbul Türkiye131 stories about protests or strikes, of its 205 Caracas Venezuela122 stories about protests or strikes, of its 135 Berlin Germany113 stories about protests or strikes, of its 120

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or lessZambia: 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 lessVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited States: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth 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 lessUnited Arab Emirates: 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 readTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: too little coverage to readSyria: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth 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: too little coverage to readSomalia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSaudi 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: 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: too little coverage to readPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: too little coverage to readPalau: 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 readNetherlands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: 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 lessMali: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: too little coverage to readLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: 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: too little coverage to readJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: 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 lessIraq: 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 lessIceland: 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: too little coverage to readGreece: 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 lessGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrance: 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 readFinland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFiji: about as warm as its own usual or lessEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl Salvador: 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: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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: 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 lessComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChile: 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: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: too little coverage to readBarbados: 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: too little coverage to readAndorra: 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: 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): about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSiachen Glacier: about as warm as its own usual or lessCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAmerican 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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 readVenezuela: warmth about one and a half times its own usualTürkiye: warmth about one and a half times its own usualThailand: warmth about its own usualTanzania: warmth about its own usualPoland: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualMozambique: warmth about its own usualMorocco: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualLiberia: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualIreland: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about one and a half times its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualCuba: warmth about its own usualCongo: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualHong Kong: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBulgaria: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualGolan Heights, Syria -- conflict & violence: 21 stories, carried by 20 outletsChemnitz, Germany -- rights & justice: 18 stories, carried by 49 outletsMonrovia, Liberia -- rights & justice: 19 stories, carried by 16 outletsCaracas, Venezuela -- rights & justice: 135 stories, carried by 159 outletsKentucky, US -- health: 11 stories, carried by 19 outletsUmm Qasr, Iraq -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 15 stories, carried by 19 outletsPoint Lay, US -- disasters & accidents: 31 stories, carried by 39 outletsBerlin, Germany -- rights & justice: 120 stories, carried by 236 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

● Venezuela warmth about one and a half times usual ● Germany warmth about one and a half times usual ● Türkiye warmth about one and a half times usual ● Hong Kong warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Golan Heights Syria about three times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 21 stories ● Chemnitz Germany about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 18 stories ● Monrovia Liberia about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 19 stories ● Caracas Venezuela about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 135 stories ● Kentucky US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 7,269 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents26% 6,651 stories · more than usual (usually 24%) Conflict & violence17% 4,243 stories · more than usual (usually 14%) Health15% 3,824 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 1,808 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 746 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 550 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 364 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 killed9,504 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting people affected3,897 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Nepal Stories reporting people injured2,299 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and Afghanistan Stories reporting arrests2,251 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations945 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting abductions449 at about twice the usual rate · most about Afghanistan and Syria Stories reporting refugees367 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced233 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Syria and Yemen Stories reporting people falling ill5 at less than a quarter of the usual rate · most about the US and Germany

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.

● Angerabout as 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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