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What the world's news said happened to people.
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13,293 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 news turned to the typhoon in Japan, violence in Ankara and protests in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia). Türkiye's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were much harsher than usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about Japan and the US → Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Türkiye and Ethiopia → 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 mostJapan 41 in 100 of its 1,035 stories, usually 13
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 45 in 100 of its stories, usually 33
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Japan

421 of its 1,035 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Tokyo accounted for 341 of Japan's 421 stories about harm, carried by 737 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (151 stories). Typhoon was named in 313 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with landslides, flooding and storms.

Japan over 30 days → its stories → Tokyo stories →
Conflict & violence

Türkiye

555 of its 838 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Ankara accounted for 276 of Türkiye's 555 stories about harm, carried by 461 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (70 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

Ethiopia

109 of its 162 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. 9 of Addis Ababa's 15 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (30 stories). Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.

Ethiopia over 30 days → its stories → Addis Ababa stories →
Health

Belgium

19 of its 65 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Ecuador

60 of its 92 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Quito accounted for 52 of Ecuador's 60 stories about harm, carried by 202 outlets. 52 of Quito's 52 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (6 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Burkina Faso

32 of its 36 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Salmossi accounted for 19 of Burkina Faso's 32 stories about harm, carried by 38 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Haiti

21 of its 36 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. 12 of Port-au-Prince's 13 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Kashmir

Jammu accounted for 65 of Kashmir's 75 stories about harm, carried by 52 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (32 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Ukraine

100 of its 432 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 7%. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (65 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

Bangladesh

114 of its 260 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: flooding in Nigeria (29 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); oil spill in Saudi Arabia (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); natural hazards in Malaysia (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); wildfires in US (335 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); snowstorms in Canada (15 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 19; 18 the day before
23 in 10016 in 10013 Sep20 Sep27 Sep4 Oct12 Oct13 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 10011 Oct: 18 in 10012 Oct: 20 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 12 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 13,293 stories about harm among 67,508 counted on 12 Oct.

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Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about Japan and the US. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 67,508 stories, as usual. Japan's news was 41% about people being harmed, against a usual 13%. On the side of help, reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate. A year earlier, on 12 October 2018, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria69 in 100 of its 345 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Ethiopia67 in 100 of its 162 stories · usually 43 · mostly rights & justice Türkiye66 in 100 of its 838 stories · usually 42 · mostly conflict & violence Ecuador65 in 100 of its 92 stories · usually 41 · mostly rights & justice Iraq62 in 100 of its 66 stories · usually 59 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US104 stories about protests or strikes, of its 434 London UK77 stories about protests or strikes, of its 177 Quito Ecuador52 stories about protests or strikes, of its 52 Ankara Türkiye52 stories about protests or strikes, of its 276 Tsim Sha Tsui Hong Kong34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 34

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: 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 readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUkraine: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: 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: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSudan: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: 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 Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: 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: feelings about like the world'sPapua 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'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: 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: too little coverage to readMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: too little coverage to readHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: 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 readEstonia: too little coverage to readEquatorial 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: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: feelings about like the world'sColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: 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'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelarus: too little coverage to readBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: too little coverage to readBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: 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: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: too little coverage to readAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sGaza: feelings about like the world'sWest Bank: 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'sEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern 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: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readGuernsey: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readZambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSweden: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSeychelles: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPoland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMalaysia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMalawi: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJordan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIreland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuyana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuinea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFiji: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEthiopia: coverage about twice as warm as the world'sEritrea: coverage about one and a half times as warm 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'sCzechia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChile: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelize: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAustria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJersey: 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

● Ethiopia about twice as warm as the world's · 109 stories about harm ● Türkiye about twice as angry as the world's · 555 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 239 stories about harm ● Norway few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 16 stories about harm ● Bangladesh about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 114 stories about harm ● Burkina Faso few stories about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's · 32 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 3,725 stories · about as usual Health22% 2,816 stories · less than usual (usually 25%) Disasters & accidents19% 2,434 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence17% 2,206 stories · more than usual (usually 15%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 741 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 494 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 419 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 221 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 killed3,482 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,833 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,718 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,084 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Japan Stories reporting evacuations350 at about 4 times the usual rate · most about Japan and the US Stories reporting refugees307 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Türkiye and Syria Stories reporting people displaced188 at about twice the usual rate · most about Türkiye and Ethiopia Stories reporting abductions145 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about India and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill28 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 much harsher 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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