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21,930 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 protests in Quito (Ecuador), violence in Ankara and rights and justice in Arouca. Türkiye's coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Language across the world's news ran softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostGermany 36 in 100 of its 1,133 stories, usually 12
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 39 in 100 of its stories, usually 33
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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Protests & strikes

Ecuador

96 of its 162 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Quito accounted for 69 of Ecuador's 96 stories about harm, carried by 166 outlets. 66 of Quito's 69 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (35 stories). Flooding was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Ecuador over 30 days → its stories → Quito stories →
Conflict & violence

Türkiye

648 of its 1,155 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Ankara accounted for 328 of Türkiye's 648 stories about harm, carried by 615 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (199 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Türkiye over 30 days → its stories → Ankara stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Bangladesh

134 of its 289 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. 32 of Dhaka's 58 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (63 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Iraq

Baghdad accounted for 87 of Iraq's 110 stories about harm, carried by 148 outlets. 68 of Baghdad's 87 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Germany

405 of its 1,133 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people killed ran at about 9 times the usual rate (306 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

Kabul accounted for 63 of Afghanistan's 157 stories about harm, carried by 133 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Myanmar

12 of its 19 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).

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Displacement

Azerbaijan

19 of its 110 stories (17%) were about people being harmed, usually 8%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: cholera in Yemen (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hurricane in Japan (20 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); hiv in France (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in US (394 of its stories, about three times its usual); poisoning in Russia (10 of its stories, about three times its usual).

17 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 19; 17 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 9 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 21,930 stories about harm among 126,143 counted on 9 Oct.

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For the third day running, the news turned to Ecuador. Stories about people being harmed made up 17 in every 100 of the day's 126,143 stories, below the usual 19. Mentions of the cholera ran about 5 times their usual in Yemen's news. A year earlier, on 9 October 2018, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 17 today. Ecuador stood out: 59% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 34%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Afghanistan62 in 100 of its 252 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen61 in 100 of its 54 stories · usually 60 · mostly health Syria60 in 100 of its 750 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Ecuador59 in 100 of its 162 stories · usually 34 · mostly rights & justice Türkiye56 in 100 of its 1,155 stories · usually 34 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

London UK107 stories about protests or strikes, of its 303 Washington US107 stories about protests or strikes, of its 581 Baghdad Iraq68 stories about protests or strikes, of its 87 Quito Ecuador66 stories about protests or strikes, of its 69 Ankara Türkiye62 stories about protests or strikes, of its 328

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'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 readCayman Islands: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: 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'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: 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 readSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRussia: 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: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: 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 readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: 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'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'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: 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'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sJammu & Kashmir: 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 readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sSiachen Glacier: feelings about like the world'sEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos 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: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: 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: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: feelings about like the world'sWallis & 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sVietnam: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sThailand: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSamoa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSt Vincent: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNiger: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMalta: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMali: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMalawi: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKiribati: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sItaly: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuinea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGermany: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGambia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFrance: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEcuador: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCyprus: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBotswana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelize: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than 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

● Afghanistan about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 157 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as fearful as the world's · 450 stories about harm ● Türkiye about twice as fearful as the world's · 648 stories about harm ● Bangladesh about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 134 stories about harm ● Sweden about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 84 stories about harm ● Burkina Faso few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 9 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 6,157 stories · about as usual Health26% 5,675 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 3,391 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence15% 3,156 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,105 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 983 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 509 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 477 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 killed5,126 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Germany Stories reporting arrests2,803 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,609 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured980 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting refugees495 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Türkiye and Syria Stories reporting people displaced200 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions183 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations98 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Australia Stories reporting people falling ill45 at about half 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 softer than 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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