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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.

its stories →
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
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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.

Where the news was warmest

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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: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: 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: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: 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 lessSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: 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 lessSouth Korea: 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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 readSenegal: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessQatar: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: about as warm as its own usual or lessPoland: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: too little coverage to readPalau: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth 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: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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 lessMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: 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: too little coverage to readKenya: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessItaly: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: 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: too little coverage to readHonduras: about as warm as its own usual or lessHaiti: 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: too little coverage to readGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew 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: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEgypt: 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 lessColombia: 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: too little coverage to readBurkina 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: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: too little coverage to readBarbados: about as warm as its own usual or lessBangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: too little coverage to readBahamas: 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 readArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessWest Bank: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSiachen Glacier: about as warm as its own usual or lessCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad 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: too little coverage to readJersey: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readTanzania: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualIreland: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualEthiopia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualEritrea: warmth about its own usualHong Kong: warmth about its own usualArmenia: warmth about its own usualAddis Ababa, Ethiopia -- rights & justice: 15 stories, carried by 23 outletsHaryana, India -- food & livelihood: 16 stories, carried by 17 outletsStockholm, Sweden -- health: 11 stories, carried by 18 outletsAfrin, Syria -- conflict & violence: 15 stories, carried by 13 outletsIndianapolis, US -- health: 20 stories, carried by 24 outletsEl Camino, US -- health: 15 stories, carried by 29 outletsTunis, Tunisia -- food & livelihood: 11 stories, carried by 57 outletsBaghdad, Iraq -- rights & justice: 23 stories, carried by 83 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 one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Addis Ababa Ethiopia about three times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 15 stories ● Haryana India about twice as warm as the day's news · food & livelihood · 16 stories ● Stockholm Sweden about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Afrin Syria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 15 stories ● Indianapolis US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 20 stories

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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