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What the world's news said happened to people.
Counts of coverage, not of suffering
18,509 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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Protests in Quito (Ecuador), violence in Mogadishu and flooding in Japan drew the news. Ecuador's coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostJapan 31 in 100 of its 1,237 stories, usually 15
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 38 in 100 of its stories, usually 34
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Ecuador

115 of its 185 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Quito accounted for 102 of Ecuador's 115 stories about harm, carried by 255 outlets. 92 of Quito's 102 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (12 stories). 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

Somalia

38 of its 55 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Mogadishu accounted for 29 of Somalia's 38 stories about harm, carried by 26 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Somalia over 30 days → its stories → Mogadishu stories →
Disasters & accidents

Japan

388 of its 1,237 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (108 stories). Flooding was named in 150 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with power cuts and landslides.

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

Spain

199 of its 750 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. 83 of Barcelona's 95 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (83 stories). Tsunami was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Burkina Faso

27 of its 31 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 73%. Salmossi accounted for 16 of Burkina Faso's 27 stories about harm, carried by 16 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Guinea

16 of its 30 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 14 of Conakry's 14 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (9 stories).

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Ukraine

19 of Kyiv's 27 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (27 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

New Zealand

Reports of evacuations ran at about 8 times the usual rate (6 stories). Heavy rain was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with storms. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Guyana

12 of its 54 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: heavy rain in New Zealand (14 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); building collapse in France (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); snowstorms in Canada (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in South Africa (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); tsunami in Spain (10 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 19; 19 the day before
22 in 10016 in 10015 Sep22 Sep29 Sep6 Oct14 Oct15 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 10013 Oct: 19 in 10014 Oct: 18 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 14 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 18,509 stories about harm among 104,896 counted on 14 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 104,896 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. the news turned to Ecuador for the second day running. Mentions of flooding ran about 5 times their usual in Japan's news. A year earlier, on 14 October 2018, 24 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 →

Somalia69 in 100 of its 55 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence Syria64 in 100 of its 933 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Ecuador62 in 100 of its 185 stories · usually 46 · mostly rights & justice Libya53 in 100 of its 57 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan50 in 100 of its 168 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

London UK121 stories about protests or strikes, of its 366 Quito Ecuador92 stories about protests or strikes, of its 102 Barcelona Spain83 stories about protests or strikes, of its 95 Beijing China82 stories about protests or strikes, of its 146 Washington US71 stories about protests or strikes, of its 392

Stories, not people.

Where harm was most of the news

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Vietnam: near the world's share or lessVenezuela: near the world's share or lessUzbekistan: near the world's share or lessUruguay: near the world's share or lessMicronesia: near the world's share or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessGuam: near the world's share or lessPuerto Rico: near the world's share or lessUnited States: near the world's share or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: no storiesFalkland Islands: no storiesCayman Islands: near the world's share or lessIsle of Man: no storiesUnited Kingdom: near the world's share or lessUnited Arab Emirates: near the world's share or lessUkraine: near the world's share or lessTurkmenistan: near the world's share or lessTrinidad & Tobago: near the world's share or lessTonga: near the world's share or lessTogo: near the world's share or lessTimor-Leste: no storiesThailand: near the world's share or lessTanzania: near the world's share or lessTajikistan: near the world's share or lessTaiwan: near the world's share or lessSwitzerland: near the world's share or lessSweden: near the world's share or lessEswatini: near the world's share or lessSuriname: near the world's share or lessSouth Korea: near the world's share or lessSouth Africa: near the world's share or lessSomaliland: no storiesSolomon Islands: near the world's share or lessSlovakia: near the world's share or lessSlovenia: near the world's share or lessSingapore: near the world's share or lessSierra Leone: near the world's share or lessSeychelles: near the world's share or lessSerbia: no storiesSenegal: near the world's share or lessSaudi Arabia: near the world's share or lessSão Tomé: near the world's share or lessSamoa: near the world's share or lessSt Vincent: near the world's share or lessSt. Lucia: near the world's share or lessRussia: near the world's share or lessRomania: near the world's share or lessQatar: near the world's share or lessPortugal: near the world's share or lessPoland: near the world's share or lessPhilippines: near the world's share or lessPeru: near the world's share or lessParaguay: near the world's share or lessPapua New Guinea: near the world's share or lessPanama: near the world's share or lessPalau: no storiesOman: near the world's share or lessNorway: near the world's share or lessNorth Korea: near the world's share or lessNicaragua: near the world's share or lessNew Zealand: near the world's share or lessNiue: near the world's share or lessNetherlands: near the world's share or lessCuraçao: no storiesNepal: near the world's share or lessMorocco: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara: near the world's share or lessMontenegro: near the world's share or lessMongolia: near the world's share or lessMoldova: near the world's share or lessMauritius: near the world's share or lessMauritania: near the world's share or lessMalta: near the world's share or lessMali: near the world's share or lessMalawi: near the world's share or lessMadagascar: near the world's share or lessNorth Macedonia: near the world's share or lessLuxembourg: near the world's share or lessLithuania: near the world's share or lessLesotho: near the world's share or lessLebanon: near the world's share or lessLatvia: near the world's share or lessLaos: near the world's share or lessKyrgyzstan: near the world's share or lessKuwait: near the world's share or lessKosovo: no storiesKiribati: near the world's share or lessKenya: near the world's share or lessKazakhstan: near the world's share or lessJordan: near the world's share or lessJamaica: near the world's share or lessItaly: near the world's share or lessIreland: near the world's share or lessIndia: near the world's share or lessIceland: near the world's share or lessHungary: near the world's share or lessGuyana: near the world's share or lessGuinea-Bissau: near the world's share or lessGuatemala: near the world's share or lessGrenada: near the world's share or lessGreece: near the world's share or lessGhana: near the world's share or lessGermany: near the world's share or lessGeorgia: near the world's share or lessGambia: near the world's share or lessGabon: near the world's share or lessFrance: near the world's share or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: no storiesFrench Polynesia: near the world's share or lessNew Caledonia: no storiesFrench Southern Territories: no storiesÅland Islands: no storiesFinland: near the world's share or lessFiji: near the world's share or lessEstonia: near the world's share or lessEritrea: near the world's share or lessEquatorial Guinea: near the world's share or lessEl Salvador: near the world's share or lessDominican Republic: near the world's share or lessDominica: near the world's share or lessDjibouti: near the world's share or lessGreenland: near the world's share or lessFaroe Islands: near the world's share or lessDenmark: near the world's share or lessCzech Republic: near the world's share or lessN. Cyprus: no storiesCyprus: near the world's share or lessCuba: near the world's share or lessCroatia: near the world's share or lessCôte d'Ivoire: near the world's share or lessCosta Rica: near the world's share or lessDR Congo: near the world's share or lessComoros: no storiesColombia: near the world's share or lessChina: near the world's share or lessChile: near the world's share or lessChad: near the world's share or lessCentral African Republic: near the world's share or lessCape Verde: no storiesCanada: near the world's share or lessMyanmar: near the world's share or lessBurundi: near the world's share or lessBulgaria: near the world's share or lessBrunei: near the world's share or lessBrazil: near the world's share or lessBotswana: near the world's share or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: near the world's share or lessBolivia: near the world's share or lessBhutan: near the world's share or lessBenin: near the world's share or lessBelgium: near the world's share or lessBelarus: near the world's share or lessBarbados: near the world's share or lessBahrain: near the world's share or lessAzerbaijan: near the world's share or lessAustria: near the world's share or lessAustralia: near the world's share or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: no storiesArmenia: near the world's share or lessArgentina: near the world's share or lessAntigua & Barbuda: near the world's share or lessAngola: near the world's share or lessAndorra: near the world's share or lessAlgeria: near the world's share or lessAlbania: near the world's share or lessAksai Chin: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): near the world's share or lessCrimea: near the world's share or lessVatican City: near the world's share or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: no storiesAmerican Samoa: near the world's share or lessChagos Islands: no storiesSt. Helena: near the world's share or lessPitcairn: near the world's share or lessAnguilla: near the world's share or lessBermuda: near the world's share or lessBritish Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: near the world's share or lessMontserrat: near the world's share or lessJersey: near the world's share or lessGuernsey: near the world's share or lessSan Marino: near the world's share or lessSt Kitts & Nevis: near the world's share or lessCook Islands: near the world's share or lessAruba: near the world's share or lessNauru: no storiesMonaco: near the world's share or lessMaldives: near the world's share or lessLiechtenstein: near the world's share or lessWallis & Futuna: no storiesSt. Martin: near the world's share or lessSt. Barthélemy: no storiesMacao: near the world's share or lessNorfolk Island: no storiesSint Maarten: no storiesChristmas Island: no storiesGibraltar: near the world's share or lessMayotte: near the world's share or lessZimbabwe: 30 in 100 of its 360 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Zambia: 27 in 100 of its 44 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Yemen: 50 in 100 of its 18 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Vanuatu: 45 in 100 of its 11 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Uganda: 45 in 100 of its 148 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Türkiye: 49 in 100 of its 1,068 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Tunisia: 37 in 100 of its 134 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Syria: 64 in 100 of its 933 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)South Sudan: 53 in 100 of its 15 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Sudan: 49 in 100 of its 65 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Sri Lanka: 24 in 100 of its 221 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Spain: 27 in 100 of its 750 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Somalia: 69 in 100 of its 55 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Rwanda: 38 in 100 of its 47 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Pakistan: 38 in 100 of its 983 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Nigeria: 24 in 100 of its 1,487 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Niger: 50 in 100 of its 16 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Namibia: 26 in 100 of its 70 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Mozambique: 38 in 100 of its 61 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Mexico: 28 in 100 of its 419 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Malaysia: 24 in 100 of its 635 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Libya: 53 in 100 of its 57 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Liberia: 33 in 100 of its 67 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Japan: 31 in 100 of its 1,237 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Israel: 30 in 100 of its 249 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Palestine: 38 in 100 of its 60 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Iraq: 48 in 100 of its 89 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Iran: 30 in 100 of its 252 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Indonesia: 31 in 100 of its 259 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Honduras: 64 in 100 of its 11 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Haiti: 47 in 100 of its 49 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Guinea: 53 in 100 of its 30 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Ethiopia: 41 in 100 of its 118 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Egypt: 29 in 100 of its 188 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Ecuador: 62 in 100 of its 185 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Congo: 48 in 100 of its 23 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Hong Kong: 45 in 100 of its 247 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Cameroon: 38 in 100 of its 39 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Cambodia: 33 in 100 of its 45 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Burkina Faso: 87 in 100 of its 31 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Belize: 40 in 100 of its 20 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Bangladesh: 30 in 100 of its 250 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Bahamas: 45 in 100 of its 66 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Afghanistan: 50 in 100 of its 168 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Kashmir: 35 in 100 of its 172 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Palestine: 38 in 100 of its 60 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Palestine: 38 in 100 of its 60 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Kashmir: 35 in 100 of its 172 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Kashmir: 35 in 100 of its 172 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Palestine: 38 in 100 of its 60 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Kashmir: 35 in 100 of its 172 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)Marshall Islands: 69 in 100 of its 16 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 18)
A quarter or more above the world's share Near the world's or lessNo stories

Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 18 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.

Most of its news about harm

● Syria 64 in 100 of its 933 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Ecuador 62 in 100 of its 185 stories · mostly rights & justice ● Türkiye 49 in 100 of its 1,068 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Somalia 69 in 100 of its 55 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Afghanistan 50 in 100 of its 168 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Hong Kong 45 in 100 of its 247 stories · mostly rights & justice

Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 stories.

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 5,095 stories · about as usual Health24% 4,274 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence17% 3,139 stories · more than usual (usually 15%) Disasters & accidents16% 2,885 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,077 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 734 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 493 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 478 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 killed4,537 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,371 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,208 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,248 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees345 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced261 at about twice the usual rate · most about Syria and Türkiye Stories reporting evacuations223 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Japan Stories reporting abductions163 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill41 at about two-thirds of 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 about as 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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