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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

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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 the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: too little coverage to readZambia: 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: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: too little coverage to readPuerto 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 lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: 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: too little coverage to readTajikistan: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readRwanda: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: 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 lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: 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 lessIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndonesia: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: 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 lessGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: too little coverage to readGabon: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrance: 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 lessEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: 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: too little coverage to readDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe 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: too little coverage to readCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: 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: too little coverage to readBangladesh: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: too little coverage to readAlbania: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessWest Bank: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAnguilla: about as warm as its own usual or lessBermuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: 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 readUkraine: warmth about its own usualTunisia: warmth about its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPoland: warmth about its own usualMozambique: warmth about its own usualMalta: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualLebanon: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualGambia: warmth about its own usualBrazil: warmth about its own usualAustralia: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualJersey: warmth about its own usualWisconsin, US -- rights & justice: 27 stories, carried by 79 outletsStockholm, Sweden -- food & livelihood: 16 stories, carried by 22 outletsAdelaide, Australia -- health: 48 stories, carried by 189 outletsWarsaw, Poland -- rights & justice: 33 stories, carried by 82 outletsKentucky, US -- health: 15 stories, carried by 15 outletsKolkata, India -- food & livelihood: 26 stories, carried by 44 outletsBasingstoke, UK -- health: 16 stories, carried by 13 outletsHaryana, India -- conflict & violence: 40 stories, carried by 28 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

● Saudi Arabia warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Wisconsin US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 27 stories ● Stockholm Sweden about twice as warm as the day's news · food & livelihood · 16 stories ● Adelaide Australia about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 48 stories ● Warsaw Poland about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 33 stories ● Kentucky US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 15 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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