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22,925 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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Violence in Ankara, protests in Quito (Ecuador) and rights and justice in Dhaka drew the news. Bangladesh's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was softer 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 mostTürkiye 61 in 100 of its 1,463 stories, usually 37
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 40 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

how these are picked →
Conflict & violence

Türkiye

895 of its 1,463 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Ankara accounted for 450 of Türkiye's 895 stories about harm, carried by 810 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (64 stories). Flooding was named in 56 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with landslides. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Türkiye over 30 days → its stories → Ankara stories →
Protests & strikes

Ecuador

69 of its 124 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Quito accounted for 53 of Ecuador's 69 stories about harm, carried by 102 outlets. 51 of Quito's 53 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (20 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

Ecuador over 30 days → its stories → Quito stories →
Rights & justice

Bangladesh

134 of its 327 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Dhaka accounted for 62 of Bangladesh's 134 stories about harm, carried by 36 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (55 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Bangladesh over 30 days → its stories → Dhaka stories →
Health

Canada

Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Snowstorms were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with food poisoning.

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

Iraq

Baghdad accounted for 65 of Iraq's 108 stories about harm, carried by 95 outlets. 42 of Baghdad's 65 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Germany

420 of its 1,174 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (314 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Morocco

25 of its 71 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 6 of Rabat's 9 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Norway

41 of its 178 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. 12 of Oslo's 15 stories were about protests or strikes. Storms were named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Haiti

19 of its 39 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. 7 of Port-au-Prince's 7 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Poland

58 of its 272 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (30 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: typhoon in Japan (82 of its stories, about three times its usual); illness in Indonesia (53 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); tuberculosis in France (52 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in Norway (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in New Zealand (15 of its stories, about three times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 19; 17 the day before
23 in 10016 in 10011 Sep18 Sep25 Sep2 Oct10 Oct11 Sep: 21 in 10012 Sep: 20 in 10013 Sep: 20 in 10014 Sep: 23 in 10015 Sep: 22 in 10016 Sep: 20 in 10017 Sep: 19 in 10018 Sep: 20 in 10019 Sep: 21 in 10020 Sep: 21 in 10021 Sep: 22 in 10022 Sep: 20 in 10023 Sep: 18 in 10024 Sep: 18 in 10025 Sep: 17 in 10026 Sep: 16 in 10027 Sep: 17 in 10028 Sep: 19 in 10029 Sep: 19 in 10030 Sep: 17 in 1001 Oct: 17 in 1002 Oct: 17 in 1003 Oct: 17 in 1004 Oct: 17 in 1005 Oct: 19 in 1006 Oct: 19 in 1007 Oct: 18 in 1008 Oct: 17 in 1009 Oct: 17 in 10010 Oct: 18 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 10 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 22,925 stories about harm among 129,185 counted on 10 Oct.

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The news turned to Türkiye for the fifth day running. 18 in every 100 of the day's 129,185 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 19. On the side of help, reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate. Japan's news mentioned the typhoon about three times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 10 October 2018, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria64 in 100 of its 790 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Türkiye61 in 100 of its 1,463 stories · usually 37 · mostly conflict & violence Ecuador56 in 100 of its 124 stories · usually 37 · mostly rights & justice Afghanistan52 in 100 of its 212 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq47 in 100 of its 232 stories · usually 60 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

London UK163 stories about protests or strikes, of its 388 Washington US102 stories about protests or strikes, of its 721 Ankara Türkiye84 stories about protests or strikes, of its 450 Beijing China51 stories about protests or strikes, of its 107 Quito Ecuador51 stories about protests or strikes, of its 53

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 Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUkraine: 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: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: 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'sSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: 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: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMadagascar: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: 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'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: 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: 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'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: 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: 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'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: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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 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: too little coverage to readChina: 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 readCameroon: 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: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: 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'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 readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: 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'sCrimea: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican 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: too little coverage to readTurks & 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: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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 one and a half times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sThailand: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sEswatini: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSlovakia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSt Vincent: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPeru: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorway: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNiger: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMalta: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalaysia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMalawi: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJordan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIreland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGermany: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sFiji: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEcuador: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBotswana: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little warmer 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

● Syria about twice as fearful as the world's · 504 stories about harm ● Türkiye about twice as angry as the world's · 895 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 111 stories about harm ● Bangladesh about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 134 stories about harm ● Poland about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 58 stories about harm ● Germany about twice as angry as the world's · 420 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 6,414 stories · about as usual Health27% 6,153 stories · more than usual (usually 25%) Conflict & violence16% 3,504 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents14% 3,259 stories · less than usual (usually 17%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,027 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,001 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 578 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 561 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 killed5,423 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,996 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,582 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,067 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Türkiye Stories reporting refugees646 at about twice the usual rate · most about Türkiye and Syria Stories reporting abductions321 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Türkiye and Nigeria Stories reporting people displaced181 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations118 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people falling ill35 at about a third of 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
● 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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