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22,752 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 protests in Asmara (Eritrea), violence in Ankara and power cuts in Panama. Türkiye's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was softer than usual.

Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Türkiye and the US → Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostTürkiye 62 in 100 of its 1,221 stories, usually 40
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 42 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 →
Protests & strikes

Eritrea

49 of its 76 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Asmara accounted for 26 of Eritrea's 49 stories about harm, carried by 76 outlets. 17 of Asmara's 26 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.

Eritrea over 30 days → its stories → Asmara stories →
Conflict & violence

Türkiye

751 of its 1,221 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Ankara accounted for 349 of Türkiye's 751 stories about harm, carried by 824 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 7 times the usual rate (71 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Türkiye over 30 days → its stories → Ankara stories →
Disasters & accidents

Panama

19 of its 51 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (10 stories). Power cuts were named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Panama over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Bangladesh

97 of its 209 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (41 stories). Its coverage was about twice 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 →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Ecuador

61 of its 93 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Quito accounted for 50 of Ecuador's 61 stories about harm, carried by 297 outlets. 49 of Quito's 50 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 9 times the usual rate (43 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Haiti

29 of its 50 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 22 of Haiti's 29 stories about harm, carried by 178 outlets. 19 of Port-au-Prince's 22 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Ethiopia

234 of its 388 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. 16 of Addis Ababa's 30 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (80 stories). Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Iraq

Baghdad accounted for 58 of Iraq's 93 stories about harm, carried by 124 outlets. 43 of Baghdad's 58 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Germany

227 of its 842 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (146 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

Bosnia

9 of its 15 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 3 of Sarajevo's 4 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: typhoon in Japan (127 of its stories, about three times its usual); illness in Indonesia (38 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); tuberculosis in France (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); oil spill in Iran (25 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Kenya (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 19; 18 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 11 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 22,752 stories about harm among 123,141 counted on 11 Oct.

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Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate. of the day's 123,141 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Refugees were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about Türkiye and the US. Eritrea's news was 64% about people being harmed, against a usual 33%. On 11 October 2018, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, against 18 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Ecuador66 in 100 of its 93 stories · usually 39 · mostly rights & justice Eritrea64 in 100 of its 76 stories · usually 33 · mostly rights & justice Syria63 in 100 of its 564 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Türkiye62 in 100 of its 1,221 stories · usually 40 · mostly conflict & violence Ethiopia60 in 100 of its 388 stories · usually 42 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US208 stories about protests or strikes, of its 806 London UK128 stories about protests or strikes, of its 372 Ankara Türkiye97 stories about protests or strikes, of its 349 Quito Ecuador49 stories about protests or strikes, of its 50 Baghdad Iraq43 stories about protests or strikes, of its 58

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited 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: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited Arab Emirates: about as warm as its own usual or lessUkraine: too little coverage to readUganda: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth 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 Africa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomalia: 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: too little coverage to readSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: too little coverage to readSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: too little coverage to readQatar: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: about as warm as its own usual or lessPhilippines: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: too little coverage to readNorth 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 readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: 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 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: too little coverage to readLibya: 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: too little coverage to readKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJapan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: too little coverage to readItaly: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: too little coverage to readIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: 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: too little coverage to readHaiti: 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 lessGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: too little coverage to readGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFiji: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican 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 readDenmark: about as warm as its own usual or lessCzech 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: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR 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 lessChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessChile: about as warm as its own usual or lessChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape 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 lessBulgaria: 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 lessBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: 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 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 lessGaza: too little coverage to readWest Bank: too little coverage to readWestern 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 lessCrimea: too little coverage to readEast Jerusalem: too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: about as warm as its own usual or lessJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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 readSweden: warmth about its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about its own usualSenegal: warmth about its own usualPoland: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualNorway: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMalawi: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualGambia: warmth about its own usualEthiopia: warmth about twice its own usualEritrea: warmth about twice its own usualColombia: warmth about its own usualHong Kong: warmth about its own usualBosnia: warmth about its own usualAlbania: warmth about its own usualOslo, Norway -- rights & justice: 24 stories, carried by 127 outletsAsmara, Eritrea -- rights & justice: 26 stories, carried by 76 outletsAmhara, Ethiopia -- displacement: 12 stories, carried by 23 outletsBadme, Eritrea -- rights & justice: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsAddis Ababa, Ethiopia -- rights & justice: 30 stories, carried by 72 outletsUppsala, Sweden -- rights & justice: 11 stories, carried by 52 outletsBelgrade, -- conflict & violence: 14 stories, carried by 19 outletsMissouri River, US -- health: 23 stories, carried by 30 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

● Ethiopia warmth about twice usual ● Eritrea warmth about twice usual ● Norway warmth about one and a half times usual ● Indonesia warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Oslo Norway about three times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 24 stories ● Asmara Eritrea about three times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 26 stories ● Amhara Ethiopia about three times as warm as the day's news · displacement · 12 stories ● Badme Eritrea about three times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 11 stories ● Addis Ababa Ethiopia about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 30 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice31% 6,850 stories · about as usual Health23% 5,214 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 3,657 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence14% 3,176 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,120 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 1,040 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 807 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 455 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 killed5,161 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests3,385 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people affected2,695 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,248 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees648 at about twice the usual rate · most about Türkiye and the US Stories reporting evacuations306 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people displaced296 at about twice the usual rate · most about Ethiopia and Türkiye Stories reporting abductions233 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill53 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Canada

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
● Griefa little less than 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.