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22,525 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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Violence in Tehran, people injured in South Sudan and protests in Baghdad (Iraq) drew the news. Iraq's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Language across the world's news ran softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostArmenia 62 in 100 of its 265 stories, usually 19
RegionCentral Asia 15 in 100 of its stories, usually 13
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Iran

121 of its 233 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Tehran accounted for 52 of Iran's 121 stories about harm, carried by 66 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Health

South Sudan

53 of its 79 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (17 stories). Ebola was named in 27 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with outbreaks. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

South Sudan over 30 days → its stories →
Protests & strikes

Iraq

Baghdad accounted for 106 of Iraq's 222 stories about harm, carried by 187 outlets. 77 of Baghdad's 106 stories were about protests or strikes. Power cuts were named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. 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
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

116 of its 221 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Kulgam accounted for 53 of Kashmir's 116 stories about harm, carried by 41 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (91 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Armenia

165 of its 265 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Colombia

33 of its 92 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Brazil

73 of its 361 stories (20%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Türkiye

Ankara accounted for 159 of Türkiye's 302 stories about harm, carried by 243 outlets. Hunger was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Lebanon

56 of Beirut's 58 stories were about protests or strikes. Natural hazards were named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. 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: cyclone in Oman (18 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); drownings in Cambodia (10 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); natural hazards in Lebanon (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in Syria (20 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hiv in Nigeria (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

17 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 30 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 22,525 stories about harm among 130,996 counted on 30 Oct.

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In South Sudan's news, mentions of Ebola ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 17 in every 100 of the day's 130,996 stories, as usual. A year earlier, on 30 October 2018, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 17 today. In Iran, 52% of the news was about people being harmed, where 31% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

South Sudan67 in 100 of its 79 stories · usually 47 · mostly health Yemen66 in 100 of its 56 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq64 in 100 of its 346 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Syria63 in 100 of its 465 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Armenia62 in 100 of its 265 stories · usually 19 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US129 stories about protests or strikes, of its 718 Baghdad Iraq77 stories about protests or strikes, of its 106 Santiago Chile67 stories about protests or strikes, of its 104 Delhi India66 stories about protests or strikes, of its 199 Beirut Lebanon56 stories about protests or strikes, of its 58

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: too little coverage to readVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto 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: 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: too little coverage to readTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPoland: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPakistan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNicaragua: too little coverage to readNew Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMalta: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth 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 lessLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: 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 lessJordan: 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: 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 lessGreece: too little coverage to readGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: 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: 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: too little coverage to readFiji: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: 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: too little coverage to readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: too little coverage to readCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: too little coverage to readCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: about as warm as its own usual or lessColombia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape 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: too little coverage to readBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: 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: too little coverage to readBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: 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 lessCrimea: 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: 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 readBermuda: 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: too little coverage to readJersey: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: about as warm as its own usual or lessSaudi Arabia: warmth about its own usualNamibia: warmth about its own usualMali: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualBangladesh: warmth about its own usualCumbria, UK -- health: 10 stories, carried by 48 outletsCuliacan, Mexico -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 123 outletsKarbala, Iraq -- rights & justice: 42 stories, carried by 72 outletsKabul, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 32 stories, carried by 138 outletsArizona, US -- rights & justice: 22 stories, carried by 20 outletsBasij, Iran -- conflict & violence: 14 stories, carried by 25 outletsAddis Ababa, Ethiopia -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 11 stories, carried by 65 outletsShok, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 18 stories, carried by 47 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

● Cumbria UK about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Culiacan Mexico about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 12 stories ● Karbala Iraq about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 42 stories ● Kabul Afghanistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 32 stories ● Arizona US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 22 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice27% 5,961 stories · less than usual (usually 29%) Health24% 5,334 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents18% 3,976 stories · more than usual (usually 16%) Conflict & violence14% 3,103 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,316 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 1,013 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 633 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 603 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 killed5,951 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,684 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,339 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,172 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations308 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting refugees301 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and South Africa Stories reporting people displaced204 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions118 at about half the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people falling ill44 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 softer than 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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