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39,468 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 rights and justice in Riyadh, violence in Sirte and evacuations in Mexico. Saudi Arabia's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran softer than usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and France →
Part of lifeRights & justice 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostGuam 78 in 100 of its 76 stories, usually 19
RegionCentral Asia 23 in 100 of its stories, usually 11
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Rights & justice

Saudi Arabia

1,863 of its 3,999 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Riyadh accounted for 1,312 of Saudi Arabia's 1,863 stories about harm, carried by 1,035 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 8 times the usual rate (50 stories). Poisoning was named in 77 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with cholera. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Saudi Arabia over 30 days → its stories → Riyadh stories →
Conflict & violence

Libya

178 of its 204 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Sirte accounted for 140 of Libya's 178 stories about harm, carried by 193 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (140 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Libya over 30 days → its stories → Sirte stories →
Disasters & accidents

Mexico

1,229 of its 2,243 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (429 stories). Power cuts were named in 65 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.

Mexico over 30 days → its stories →
Displacement

Cuba

98 of its 203 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Havana accounted for 89 of Cuba's 98 stories about harm, carried by 120 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Central African Republic

86 of its 106 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Balaka accounted for 78 of the Central African Republic's 86 stories about harm, carried by 106 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (35 stories). Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Bosnia

40 of its 53 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Sarajevo accounted for 36 of Bosnia's 40 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (38 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Thailand

124 of its 408 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (55 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Guatemala

37 of its 81 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. 3 of Guatemala City's 6 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

Japan

447 of its 1,756 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (181 stories). Poisoning was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with rubella.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Yemen

268 of its 338 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 72%. Hodeida accounted for 199 of Yemen's 268 stories about harm, carried by 349 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: hunger in Cambodia (35 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); ebola in Sierra Leone (17 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); tropical storm in Northern Mariana Islands (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Tanzania (14 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); natural hazards in Italy (25 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 24 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 39,468 stories about harm among 204,993 counted on 24 Oct.

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The news turned to Saudi Arabia for the third day running. 19 in every 100 of the day's 204,993 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 20. People falling ill were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and France. Cambodia's news mentioned the hunger more than ten times as often as usual. On 24 October 2017, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Libya87 in 100 of its 204 stories · usually 49 · mostly conflict & violence Central African Republic81 in 100 of its 106 stories · usually 40 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen79 in 100 of its 338 stories · usually 72 · mostly disasters & accidents Guam78 in 100 of its 76 stories · usually 19 · mostly disasters & accidents El Salvador76 in 100 of its 70 stories · usually 58 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US623 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2949 Riyadh Saudi Arabia570 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1312 Jerusalem Israel272 stories about protests or strikes, of its 535 Atlanta US201 stories about protests or strikes, of its 243 Charlottesville US96 stories about protests or strikes, of its 104

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
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 lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: too little coverage to readUnited 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited Kingdom: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited Arab Emirates: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: 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: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: 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 lessSwitzerland: about as warm as its own usual or lessSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: 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: too little coverage to readSerbia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSamoa: 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 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 lessPhilippines: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readOman: 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 readNamibia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: 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 lessIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIraq: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: about as warm as its own usual or lessEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuba: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or lessChad: 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 lessBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: 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: too little coverage to readBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: too little coverage to readBelarus: 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: too little coverage to readAngola: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSiachen Glacier: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: about as warm as its own usual or lessPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan 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: 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 readPuerto Rico: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualThailand: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualPeru: warmth about its own usualPapua New Guinea: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualMozambique: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about its own usualKazakhstan: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualFiji: warmth about its own usualDenmark: warmth about its own usualChile: warmth about its own usualCentral African Republic: warmth about twice its own usualBulgaria: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualUkraine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBalaka, Central African Republic -- conflict & violence: 78 stories, carried by 106 outletsJuba, South Sudan -- health: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsFrimley, UK -- health: 12 stories, carried by 13 outletsBrussels, Belgium -- health: 35 stories, carried by 30 outletsManus Island, Papua New Guinea -- rights & justice: 12 stories, carried by 12 outletsTrickum, US -- health: 19 stories, carried by 19 outletsBangkok, Thailand -- conflict & violence: 77 stories, carried by 77 outletsAdams County, US -- health: 10 stories, carried by 10 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

● Central African Republic warmth about twice usual ● Thailand warmth about one and a half times usual ● Palestine warmth about one and a half times usual ● Japan warmth about one and a half times usual ● Bulgaria warmth about one and a half times usual ● Papua New Guinea warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Balaka Central African Republic about three times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 78 stories ● Juba South Sudan about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Frimley UK about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Brussels Belgium about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 35 stories ● Manus Island Papua New Guinea about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 12 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice31% 11,977 stories · about as usual Health24% 9,319 stories · more than usual (usually 21%) Conflict & violence18% 6,820 stories · more than usual (usually 14%) Disasters & accidents14% 5,500 stories · much less than usual (usually 20%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,879 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 1,477 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,113 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 665 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 killed10,032 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,763 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,188 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,291 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting evacuations966 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Mexico and the US Stories reporting people displaced597 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Libya and the US Stories reporting abductions576 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Japan and the US Stories reporting refugees383 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Mexico Stories reporting people falling ill164 at about three times the usual rate · most about the US and France

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.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout as usual
● Feara little more than 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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