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10,407 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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Most of the day's attention went to the cyclone in Bangladesh, protests in Tsuen Wan (Hong Kong) and people injured in Denmark. Mexico's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was harsher than usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Bangladesh and India → Help and hope: reports of volunteers ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostBangladesh 69 in 100 of its 278 stories, usually 34
RegionCentral Asia 26 in 100 of its stories, usually 16
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Bangladesh

192 of its 278 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Khulna accounted for 82 of Bangladesh's 192 stories about harm, carried by 102 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (76 stories). Cyclone was named in 163 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with storm surge, flooding and hurricane. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Bangladesh over 30 days → its stories → Khulna stories →
Protests & strikes

Hong Kong

81 of its 155 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Tsuen Wan accounted for 60 of Hong Kong's 81 stories about harm, carried by 233 outlets. 58 of Tsuen Wan's 60 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (54 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Hong Kong over 30 days → its stories → Tsuen Wan stories →
Rights & justice

Denmark

14 of its 44 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Denmark over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Australia

449 of its 1,617 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (24 stories). Wildfires were named in 210 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Cambodia

48 of its 89 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Phnom Penh accounted for 30 of Cambodia's 48 stories about harm, carried by 76 outlets. 18 of Phnom Penh's 30 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Protests & strikes

Poland

16 of its 47 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 3 of Warsaw's 6 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

United Arab Emirates

38 of its 253 stories (15%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Flooding was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Indonesia

40 of its 108 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. 11 of Jakarta's 19 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (18 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Bolivia

La Paz accounted for 61 of Bolivia's 113 stories about harm, carried by 238 outlets. 52 of la Paz's 61 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (83 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: wildfires in Australia (210 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); cyclone in India (189 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); hypothermia in Russia (35 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Kashmir (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in United Arab Emirates (10 of its stories, about 9 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 10 Nov. 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 10,407 stories about harm among 58,155 counted on 10 Nov.

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Help and hope: reports of volunteers ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. of the day's 58,155 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Bangladesh's news mentioned the cyclone more than ten times as often as usual. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Bangladesh and India. In Bangladesh, 69% of the news was about people being harmed, where 34% is usual. This week the news turned most often to Mexico, 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 →

Bangladesh69 in 100 of its 278 stories · usually 34 · mostly disasters & accidents Iraq66 in 100 of its 240 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Syria58 in 100 of its 140 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Cambodia54 in 100 of its 89 stories · usually 35 · mostly rights & justice Hong Kong52 in 100 of its 155 stories · usually 33 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Baghdad Iraq97 stories about protests or strikes, of its 117 Tsuen Wan Hong Kong58 stories about protests or strikes, of its 60 La Paz Bolivia52 stories about protests or strikes, of its 61 Madrid Spain33 stories about protests or strikes, of its 69 Ayodhya India32 stories about protests or strikes, of its 83

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: too little coverage to readUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.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: 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'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: 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'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua 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'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: 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'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: 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'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: too little coverage to readHaiti: 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'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: too little coverage to readGabon: too little coverage to readSt 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 readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: 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: too little coverage to readComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: 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'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBotswana: 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'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: too little coverage to readAksai 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'sEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos 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: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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: too little coverage to readGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUganda: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTonga: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sThailand: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSweden: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSpain: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSamoa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRwanda: 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'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sIran: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFrance: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChile: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBolivia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJersey: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCook Islands: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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

● Syria about twice as fearful as the world's · 81 stories about harm ● Mexico about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 112 stories about harm ● Iraq about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 158 stories about harm ● Türkiye about twice as fearful as the world's · 72 stories about harm ● Kashmir few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 27 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 68 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice26% 2,687 stories · less than usual (usually 29%) Disasters & accidents22% 2,276 stories · much more than usual (usually 17%) Health22% 2,207 stories · less than usual (usually 24%) Conflict & violence17% 1,698 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 586 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 342 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 215 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 184 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 killed3,094 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,317 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,165 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured926 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Iraq Stories reporting evacuations246 at about twice the usual rate · most about Bangladesh and India Stories reporting refugees109 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about India and Syria Stories reporting people displaced76 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Syria and the US Stories reporting abductions74 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill14 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the Central African Republic

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 harsher 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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