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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 protests in Santiago (Chile), violence in Ankara and the cyclone in Bangladesh. Türkiye's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Help and hope: reports of peace efforts 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 mostChile 64 in 100 of its 198 stories, usually 19
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 32 in 100 of its stories, usually 26
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Chile

127 of its 198 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Santiago accounted for 122 of Chile's 127 stories about harm, carried by 392 outlets. 118 of Santiago's 122 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (53 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Chile over 30 days → its stories → Santiago stories →
Conflict & violence

Türkiye

266 of its 492 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Ankara accounted for 141 of Türkiye's 266 stories about harm, carried by 214 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Food poisoning was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Türkiye over 30 days → its stories → Ankara stories →
Rights & justice

Bangladesh

109 of its 256 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (42 stories). Cyclone was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with heavy rain.

Bangladesh over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Guam

12 of its 18 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Typhoon was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

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

Hong Kong

93 of its 185 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Tsim Sha Tsui accounted for 48 of Hong Kong's 93 stories about harm, carried by 72 outlets. 45 of Tsim Sha Tsui's 48 stories were about protests or strikes. Illness was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Lebanon

124 of its 298 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Beirut accounted for 107 of Lebanon's 124 stories about harm, carried by 107 outlets. 97 of Beirut's 107 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (48 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

159 of its 229 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Kabul accounted for 93 of Afghanistan's 159 stories about harm, carried by 302 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Croatia

6 of its 14 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 6%. 4 of Zagreb's 4 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Spain

101 of its 407 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 68 of Barcelona's 74 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (45 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Italy

55 of its 308 stories (18%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: plague in Indonesia (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in Hong Kong (12 of its stories, about three times its usual); typhoon in Philippines (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); tornadoes in US (78 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); landslides in India (12 of its stories, about three 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 20 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 10,610 stories about harm among 58,848 counted on 20 Oct.

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Chile's news was 64% about people being harmed, against a usual 19%. of the day's 58,848 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of peace efforts, a sign of help, ran at about twice the usual rate. It was the second day running that the news turned to Chile. In Guam's news, mentions of the typhoon ran about 5 times their usual. This week the news turned most often to Poland, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 2 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Afghanistan69 in 100 of its 229 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Chile64 in 100 of its 198 stories · usually 19 · mostly rights & justice Türkiye54 in 100 of its 492 stories · usually 47 · mostly conflict & violence Hong Kong50 in 100 of its 185 stories · usually 37 · mostly rights & justice Syria49 in 100 of its 378 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Santiago Chile118 stories about protests or strikes, of its 122 Beirut Lebanon97 stories about protests or strikes, of its 107 Beijing China87 stories about protests or strikes, of its 103 Barcelona Spain68 stories about protests or strikes, of its 74 Tsim Sha Tsui Hong Kong45 stories about protests or strikes, of its 48

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: 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: too little coverage to readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRussia: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: 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 readMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: 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'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: too little coverage to readGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: too little coverage to readComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sChad: too little coverage to readCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: too little coverage to readBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: 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: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai 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: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern 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 readBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: 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 readYemen: coverage a little angrier than the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sThailand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSpain: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRomania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMalta: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLithuania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEstonia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDominican Republic: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGreenland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCroatia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChile: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sBermuda: coverage a little more fearful 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

● Pakistan about three times as fearful as the world's · 359 stories about harm ● Kashmir about twice as fearful as the world's · 54 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 159 stories about harm ● Türkiye about twice as angry as the world's · 266 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 187 stories about harm ● Chile about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 127 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 3,048 stories · about as usual Health21% 2,149 stories · less than usual (usually 25%) Conflict & violence19% 2,001 stories · more than usual (usually 15%) Disasters & accidents16% 1,621 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 692 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 368 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 329 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 219 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 killed3,037 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,423 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,237 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,155 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Pakistan Stories reporting refugees200 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced121 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Türkiye and Syria Stories reporting evacuations104 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions75 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and Mexico Stories reporting people falling ill8 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and India

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.

● Angera little more than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more 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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