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23,637 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 rights and justice in Minsk, violence in Kabul and evacuations in Romania. Romania's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 59 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostRomania 52 in 100 of its 208 stories, usually 22
RegionEvery region about as usual
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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Rights & justice

Belarus

38 of its 79 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Minsk accounted for 27 of Belarus' 38 stories about harm, carried by 23 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Belarus over 30 days → its stories → Minsk stories →
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

Kabul accounted for 170 of Afghanistan's 275 stories about harm, carried by 153 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (22 stories). Measles was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Kabul stories →
Health

Romania

108 of its 208 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Romania over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Oman

14 of its 23 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Cyclone was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tropical storm, flooding and storms.

Oman over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Rights & justice

Ecuador

48 of its 62 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Guayaquil accounted for 40 of Ecuador's 48 stories about harm, carried by 67 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Bangladesh

81 of its 137 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

42 of its 84 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Iran

94 of its 219 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Tehran accounted for 56 of Iran's 94 stories about harm, carried by 67 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Seychelles

15 of its 23 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (10 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Bermuda

37 of its 63 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Tropical storm was named in 29 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: tropical storm in Bermuda (29 of its stories, about three times its usual); typhoon in Japan (25 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in Pakistan (25 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in China (23 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); drought in Australia (23 of its stories, about three times its usual).

25 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 28; 25 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 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 23,637 stories about harm among 94,172 counted on 1 Oct.

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Of the day's 94,172 news stories, 25 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 28. On 1 October 2020, a year earlier, the share was 26 in every 100, against 25 today. Over September, 28 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 27 in September 2020.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Ecuador77 in 100 of its 62 stories · usually 50 · mostly rights & justice Haiti65 in 100 of its 93 stories · usually 53 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria61 in 100 of its 92 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq59 in 100 of its 76 stories · usually 47 · mostly conflict & violence Bangladesh59 in 100 of its 137 stories · usually 45 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US148 stories about protests or strikes, of its 878 London UK70 stories about protests or strikes, of its 508 Los Angeles US50 stories about protests or strikes, of its 264 Kabul Afghanistan33 stories about protests or strikes, of its 170 Sydney Australia29 stories about protests or strikes, of its 206

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: 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 Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: 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'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: 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 readNorway: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: 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 readJordan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: 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'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFiji: 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'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe 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'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: 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'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall 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: feelings about like the world'sAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: feelings about like the world'sJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: 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: too little coverage to readGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: feelings about like the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sUganda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSt. Lucia: 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 a little more fearful than the world'sRomania: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sOman: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMadagascar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sHungary: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGuatemala: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGermany: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEcuador: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sCuba: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCongo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sColombia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChile: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBulgaria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBelarus: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBarbados: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAustria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSt Kitts & Nevis: coverage a little warmer 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

● Ecuador few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 48 stories about harm ● Bangladesh about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 81 stories about harm ● Kashmir few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 42 stories about harm ● Syria about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 56 stories about harm ● Ukraine few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 29 stories about harm ● New Zealand about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 169 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health59% 13,883 stories · more than usual (usually 57%) Rights & justice16% 3,815 stories · more than usual (usually 14%) Disasters & accidents8% 1,990 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence6% 1,495 stories · less than usual (usually 10%) Food & livelihood3% 746 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given2% 569 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 531 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 393 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 killed4,837 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,640 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,521 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people injured982 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees208 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations124 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting abductions116 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people displaced102 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill7 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Bangladesh

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
● Griefabout as 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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