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What the world's news said happened to people.
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19,871 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 protests in Baghdad (Iraq), livelihoods in Buenos Aires and people affected in Vietnam. Syria's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and New Zealand →
Part of lifeRights & justice 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostArgentina 30 in 100 of its 320 stories, usually 15
RegionCentral Asia 19 in 100 of its stories, usually 13
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Iraq

344 of its 445 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Baghdad accounted for 235 of Iraq's 344 stories about harm, carried by 385 outlets. 125 of Baghdad's 235 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Iraq over 30 days → its stories → Baghdad stories →
Rights & justice

Vietnam

84 of its 290 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Vietnam over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

658 of its 960 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Idlib accounted for 297 of Syria's 658 stories about harm, carried by 619 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Chile

89 of its 179 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Santiago accounted for 76 of Chile's 89 stories about harm, carried by 146 outlets. 70 of Santiago's 76 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Latvia

11 of its 35 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 8 of Riga's 9 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Power cuts were named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Iran

92 of its 219 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Tehran accounted for 54 of Iran's 92 stories about harm, carried by 115 outlets. 32 of Tehran's 54 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Conflict & violence

Kashmir

85 of its 172 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (52 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Tanzania

7 of Dar es Salaam's 12 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Hong Kong

24 of Tsim Sha Tsui's 28 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: power cuts in Latvia (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in El Salvador (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tuberculosis in Papua New Guinea (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Cambodia (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Malaysia (13 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 28 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 19,871 stories about harm among 109,990 counted on 28 Oct.

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Latvia's news mentioned power cuts more than ten times as often as usual. 18 in every 100 of the day's 109,990 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and New Zealand. the news turned to Iraq for the second day running. A year earlier, on 28 October 2018, 23 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 →

Iraq77 in 100 of its 445 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Syria69 in 100 of its 960 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia54 in 100 of its 63 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan51 in 100 of its 197 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Chile50 in 100 of its 179 stories · usually 39 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US129 stories about protests or strikes, of its 839 Baghdad Iraq125 stories about protests or strikes, of its 235 Chicago US79 stories about protests or strikes, of its 220 Santiago Chile70 stories about protests or strikes, of its 76 Beijing China36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 80

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Yemen: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: 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: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSudan: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: 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 readPakistan: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: 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'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: 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 readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKenya: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIran: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: 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: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: 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: feelings about like the world'sNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: 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'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: 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: too little coverage to readAngola: 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): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern 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: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: feelings about like the world'sMontserrat: feelings about like the world'sJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: feelings about like the world'sGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little angrier than the world'sZambia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUzbekistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUruguay: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMicronesia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUganda: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSpain: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNiger: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGermany: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFiji: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little warmer than the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer 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'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBelarus: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little angrier 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 grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times 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'sUkraine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as 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

● Kashmir about twice as fearful as the world's · 85 stories about harm ● Syria about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 658 stories about harm ● Iraq about twice as angry as the world's · 344 stories about harm ● Türkiye about twice as fearful as the world's · 154 stories about harm ● Chile about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 89 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's · 100 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice26% 4,958 stories · less than usual (usually 29%) Health23% 4,544 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence18% 3,454 stories · more than usual (usually 15%) Disasters & accidents16% 3,130 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,240 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 889 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 636 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 542 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 killed5,232 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,288 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,161 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,320 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations516 at about three times the usual rate · most about the US and New Zealand Stories reporting refugees205 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting people displaced167 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions153 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill31 at about the usual rate

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
● 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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