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41,182 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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Protests in Bamenda (Cameroon), violence in Juba and rights and justice in Tirana drew the news. South Sudan's coverage was about twice as warm as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostGuatemala 88 in 100 of its 134 stories, usually 35
RegionCentral Asia 21 in 100 of its stories, usually 11
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Cameroon

215 of its 280 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Bamenda accounted for 165 of Cameroon's 215 stories about harm, carried by 177 outlets. 139 of Bamenda's 165 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (195 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Cameroon over 30 days → its stories → Bamenda stories →
Conflict & violence

South Sudan

229 of its 265 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Juba accounted for 209 of South Sudan's 229 stories about harm, carried by 289 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (164 stories). Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.

South Sudan over 30 days → its stories → Juba stories →
Disasters & accidents

Philippines

543 of its 1,177 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people affected ran at about 8 times the usual rate (298 stories). Typhoon was named in 357 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with avalanche and tropical storm.

Philippines over 30 days → its stories →
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Protests & strikes

Iran

443 of its 928 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Tehran accounted for 336 of Iran's 443 stories about harm, carried by 346 outlets. 175 of Tehran's 336 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (72 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Pakistan

831 of its 1,805 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. 329 of Islamabad's 490 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (34 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

612 of its 737 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Kabul accounted for 481 of Afghanistan's 612 stories about harm, carried by 422 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (65 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Uzbekistan

28 of its 52 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 8%. 21 of Tashkent's 24 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (22 stories).

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Rights & justice

Austria

154 of its 392 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (43 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Italy

301 of its 1,160 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (13 stories). Storms were named in 79 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with snowstorms, power cuts and tsunami.

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Also named far more than usual: avalanche in New Zealand (123 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in Italy (79 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); plane crash in Indonesia (168 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); cholera in Angola (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flu in Jordan (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

20 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 31 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 41,182 stories about harm among 205,109 counted on 31 Oct.

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20 in every 100 of the day's 205,109 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. On 31 October 2017, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 20 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Guatemala88 in 100 of its 134 stories · usually 35 · mostly rights & justice South Sudan86 in 100 of its 265 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan83 in 100 of its 737 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Cameroon77 in 100 of its 280 stories · usually 45 · mostly rights & justice Sudan76 in 100 of its 127 stories · usually 50 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US1074 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2328 Squirrel Hill US469 stories about protests or strikes, of its 560 Islamabad Pakistan329 stories about protests or strikes, of its 490 Tehran Iran175 stories about protests or strikes, of its 336 Jerusalem Israel153 stories about protests or strikes, of its 285

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'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.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 readCayman Islands: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: 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 readSouth 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: too little coverage to readSeychelles: 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. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: 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'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: 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'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: 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'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: 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'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: 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'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt 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 readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: 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'sComoros: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: 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 readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: 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'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sGaza: feelings about like the world'sWest Bank: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican 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: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: feelings about like the world'sMontserrat: 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: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: 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: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUzbekistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about twice as warm as the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as warm as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSpain: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSt Vincent: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMauritania: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLesotho: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJamaica: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuatemala: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sGreece: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFinland: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCongo: coverage a little warmer than the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustria: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAngola: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice 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

● South Sudan about twice as warm as the world's · 229 stories about harm ● Sweden about twice as fearful as the world's · 133 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 612 stories about harm ● Sudan about twice as warm as the world's · 97 stories about harm ● Guatemala about twice as fearful as the world's · 118 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as fearful as the world's · 443 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice31% 12,356 stories · about as usual Health21% 8,507 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence20% 7,953 stories · more than usual (usually 16%) Disasters & accidents13% 5,157 stories · much less than usual (usually 19%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 2,953 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 1,455 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,167 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 895 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 killed16,024 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Indonesia Stories reporting arrests5,538 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,333 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,109 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,114 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Germany Stories reporting people displaced383 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions260 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting evacuations214 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and the Philippines Stories reporting people falling ill42 at about two-thirds 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 one and a half times 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.