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38,963 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 train derailment in Morocco, rights and justice in Banjul and protests in Valletta (Malta). the Gambia's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostGambia 71 in 100 of its 229 stories, usually 17
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 31 in 100 of its stories, usually 29
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Disasters & accidents

Morocco

280 of its 350 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Rabat accounted for 265 of Morocco's 280 stories about harm, carried by 296 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (248 stories). Train derailment was named in 230 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Morocco over 30 days → its stories → Rabat stories →
Rights & justice

Gambia

162 of its 229 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Banjul accounted for 135 of the Gambia's 162 stories about harm, carried by 165 outlets. HIV was named in 152 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Gambia over 30 days → its stories → Banjul stories →
Protests & strikes

Malta

67 of its 166 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 23 of Valletta's 33 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Malta over 30 days → its stories → Valletta stories →
Conflict & violence

Iran

486 of its 966 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (208 stories). Poisoning was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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

Nepal

194 of its 278 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Kathmandu accounted for 135 of Nepal's 194 stories about harm, carried by 157 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (169 stories). Earthquake was named in 142 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Panama

318 of its 450 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Panama City accounted for 310 of Panama's 318 stories about harm, carried by 259 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (284 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

France

512 of its 1,933 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 10 times the usual rate (28 stories). Heavy rain was named in 34 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with power cuts. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Yemen

286 of its 365 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 73%. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Tropical storm was named in 26 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with cyclone. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Displacement

Angola

80 of its 128 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (51 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Cuba

147 of its 238 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. 73 of Havana's 78 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (70 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: bird flu in Czechia (201 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); earthquake in Nepal (142 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); ebola in Rwanda (17 of its stories, about three times its usual); heavy rain in Oman (19 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); malaria in Italy (31 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 21; 20 the day before
24 in 10017 in 10017 Sep24 Sep1 Oct8 Oct16 Oct17 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 10014 Oct: 24 in 10015 Oct: 20 in 10016 Oct: 19 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 16 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 38,963 stories about harm among 201,957 counted on 16 Oct.

Read the day's briefing

Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate. of the day's 201,957 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 21. Morocco stood out: 80% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 35%. A year earlier, on 16 October 2017, 24 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Somalia86 in 100 of its 296 stories · usually 81 · mostly conflict & violence Morocco80 in 100 of its 350 stories · usually 35 · mostly disasters & accidents Yemen78 in 100 of its 365 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Gambia71 in 100 of its 229 stories · usually 17 · mostly rights & justice Panama71 in 100 of its 450 stories · usually 48 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US437 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1489 Riyadh Saudi Arabia198 stories about protests or strikes, of its 791 Jerusalem Israel160 stories about protests or strikes, of its 308 Boston US89 stories about protests or strikes, of its 340 Berlin Germany84 stories about protests or strikes, of its 136

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: 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'sUnited States: feelings about like the world'sSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSudan: 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'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: 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'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: 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'sMadagascar: 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'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: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sHungary: 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'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sSt 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 readEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: feelings about like the world'sColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: 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'sAustria: 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'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: 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: 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 readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: feelings about like the world'sJersey: 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'sMonaco: 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 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: feelings about like the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sCayman Islands: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTonga: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTanzania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSweden: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSomalia: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSt Vincent: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRussia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPoland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPanama: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sOman: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNigeria: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNicaragua: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNepal: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMorocco: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sMalta: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMalaysia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalawi: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sLiberia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sJamaica: coverage a little warmer than the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sIceland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGambia: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFinland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFiji: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEstonia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEcuador: coverage a little warmer than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCuba: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCroatia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDR Congo: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCongo: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sChile: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBelize: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAngola: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNauru: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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

● Gambia about three times as angry as the world's · 162 stories about harm ● Angola about three times as fearful as the world's · 80 stories about harm ● Somalia about three times as angry as the world's · 256 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about three times as angry as the world's · 179 stories about harm ● Iran about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 486 stories about harm ● Morocco about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 280 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 11,379 stories · about as usual Health23% 8,901 stories · more than usual (usually 20%) Disasters & accidents20% 7,454 stories · less than usual (usually 23%) Conflict & violence13% 4,823 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,252 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,391 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,259 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 737 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 killed11,437 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests3,772 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,552 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and France Stories reporting people injured2,217 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Morocco Stories reporting abductions581 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Iran and Nigeria Stories reporting refugees417 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Australia and Angola Stories reporting evacuations348 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and France Stories reporting people displaced239 at about half the usual rate · most about Ethiopia and the US Stories reporting people falling ill9 at less than a quarter of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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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