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11,550 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 day's news pointed at protests in Tsim Sha Tsui (Hong Kong), flooding in Palestine and people killed in Vietnam. Iraq's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about the US and India → Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 25 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostPalestine 82 in 100 of its 178 stories, usually 45
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 50 in 100 of its stories, usually 35
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

Hong Kong

88 of its 159 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Tsim Sha Tsui accounted for 63 of Hong Kong's 88 stories about harm, carried by 92 outlets. 63 of Tsim Sha Tsui's 63 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Illness was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 4 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.

Hong Kong over 30 days → its stories → Tsim Sha Tsui stories →
Rights & justice

Vietnam

93 of its 195 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (82 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Vietnam over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Iraq

455 of its 582 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Baghdad accounted for 334 of Iraq's 455 stories about harm, carried by 581 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

Chile

76 of its 116 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Santiago accounted for 64 of Chile's 76 stories about harm, carried by 172 outlets. 57 of Santiago's 64 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (31 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Syria

716 of its 984 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Idlib accounted for 411 of Syria's 716 stories about harm, carried by 870 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Ethiopia

29 of its 43 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. 8 of Oromo's 9 stories were about protests or strikes. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Spain

94 of its 320 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 58 of Barcelona's 63 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (27 stories).

its stories →
Food & livelihood

Argentina

31 of its 103 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Fiji

16 of its 46 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: flooding in Malaysia (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); wildfires in US (331 of its stories, about three times its usual); cyclone in India (34 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); storms in Canada (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 18; 19 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 27 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 11,550 stories about harm among 56,944 counted on 27 Oct.

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No day had a higher share of stories about people being harmed since 21 September 2019. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 56,944 stories, above the usual 18. Evacuations were reported at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about the US and India. On the side of help, reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. On 27 October 2018, a year earlier, the share was 23 in every 100, against 20 today. This week the news turned most often to Chile, on 6 of 7 days; help rose on 1 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Palestine82 in 100 of its 178 stories · usually 45 · mostly disasters & accidents Iraq78 in 100 of its 582 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Syria73 in 100 of its 984 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Chile66 in 100 of its 116 stories · usually 37 · mostly rights & justice Hong Kong55 in 100 of its 159 stories · usually 36 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Baghdad Iraq146 stories about protests or strikes, of its 334 Tsim Sha Tsui Hong Kong63 stories about protests or strikes, of its 63 Barcelona Spain58 stories about protests or strikes, of its 63 Santiago Chile57 stories about protests or strikes, of its 64 Washington US51 stories about protests or strikes, of its 558

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: too little coverage to readUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: too little coverage to readUnited 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: too little coverage to readIsle 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: 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: 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 lessSpain: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Korea: too little coverage to readSouth 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: too little coverage to readSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. 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: too little coverage to readPoland: 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: too little coverage to readPapua 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: too little coverage to readNorway: 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: too little coverage to readNicaragua: too little coverage to readNew 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: 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: too little coverage to readLibya: 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: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: 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 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 lessIran: 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: too little coverage to readHungary: 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: too little coverage to readGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: 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: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrench 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: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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: too little coverage to readCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: too little coverage to readComoros: 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: too little coverage to readCentral 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 lessBrazil: 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: 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: 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 lessAustralia: 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: too little coverage to readAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: 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 readCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall 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 readBermuda: too little coverage to readBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: too little coverage to readGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: 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 readSaudi Arabia: warmth about its own usualJordan: warmth about its own usualGermany: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualJammu, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 19 stories, carried by 19 outletsTennessee, US -- health: 11 stories, carried by 12 outletsKabul, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 36 stories, carried by 46 outletsOhio, US -- rights & justice: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsBaku, Azerbaijan -- rights & justice: 12 stories, carried by 12 outletsQuebec, Canada -- rights & justice: 18 stories, carried by 90 outletsAnkara, Türkiye -- conflict & violence: 55 stories, carried by 70 outletsBerkshire, UK -- rights & justice: 18 stories, carried by 18 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

No country's news was much warmer than its usual (a quarter or more).

Warmest events

● Jammu Kashmir about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 19 stories ● Tennessee US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Kabul Afghanistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 36 stories ● Ohio US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 11 stories ● Baku Azerbaijan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 12 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice25% 2,844 stories · less than usual (usually 29%) Conflict & violence24% 2,765 stories · much more than usual (usually 15%) Health18% 2,091 stories · much less than usual (usually 25%) Disasters & accidents17% 1,902 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 685 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 446 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 409 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 232 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 killed3,585 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people affected1,304 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,259 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured924 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Iraq Stories reporting evacuations349 at about 4 times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting refugees148 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions101 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced73 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill11 at about half 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 much harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little more than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout one and a half times 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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