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11,559 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 cyclone in Oman, illness in Milan and protests in Bucharest (Romania) drew the news. Afghanistan's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 52 in 100 of the stories about harm · much less than usual Country that rose mostOman 86 in 100 of its 113 stories, usually 30
RegionCentral Asia 44 in 100 of its stories, usually 33
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Oman

97 of its 113 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories). Cyclone was named in 88 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with flooding, tropical storm and heavy rain. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Oman over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Italy

128 of its 327 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Milan accounted for 73 of Italy's 128 stories about harm, carried by 270 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (75 stories). Plane crash was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Italy over 30 days → its stories → Milan stories →
Protests & strikes

Romania

26 of its 48 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 9 of Bucharest's 17 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Romania over 30 days → its stories → Bucharest stories →
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

311 of its 481 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Kabul accounted for 236 of Afghanistan's 311 stories about harm, carried by 475 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (93 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

Russia

99 of its 263 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (45 stories). Outbreaks were named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Libya

37 of its 77 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Tripoli accounted for 24 of Libya's 37 stories about harm, carried by 94 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (13 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Mali

25 of its 31 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Honduras

17 of its 22 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Guanaja accounted for 13 of Honduras' 17 stories about harm, carried by 23 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories).

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Rights & justice

Ecuador

22 of its 25 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Guayaquil accounted for 17 of Ecuador's 22 stories about harm, carried by 60 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

Singapore

49 of its 105 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (18 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: cyclone in United Arab Emirates (29 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Russia (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); oil spill in US (49 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).

26 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 28; 26 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 3 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 11,559 stories about harm among 45,074 counted on 3 Oct.

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Oman's news was 86% about people being harmed, against a usual 30%. On 3 October 2020, a year earlier, the share was 29 in every 100, against 26 today. Stories about people being harmed made up 26 in every 100 of the day's 45,074 stories, below the usual 28. This week the news turned most often to Afghanistan, on 4 of 7 days.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Oman86 in 100 of its 113 stories · usually 30 · mostly disasters & accidents Afghanistan65 in 100 of its 481 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Syria64 in 100 of its 70 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Fiji60 in 100 of its 60 stories · usually 40 · mostly health Vietnam55 in 100 of its 106 stories · usually 52 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US90 stories about protests or strikes, of its 368 London UK34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 234 Kabul Afghanistan31 stories about protests or strikes, of its 236 Texas US26 stories about protests or strikes, of its 70 Banbirpur India25 stories about protests or strikes, of its 25

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'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.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 readUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: too little coverage to readSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: feelings about like the world'sSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: 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'sNorth Korea: 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: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: 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: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: 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 readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: 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'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGermany: 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: feelings about like the world'sNew 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: too little coverage to readEgypt: 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 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'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTogo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTanzania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSlovenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSt Vincent: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPoland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sOman: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNiger: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sLibya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLaos: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJapan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sItaly: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage a little angrier than 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 a little angrier than the world'sIceland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFinland: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEcuador: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCosta Rica: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChad: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBrazil: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBarbados: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times 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 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 about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times 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

● Afghanistan about twice as angry as the world's · 311 stories about harm ● Bangladesh about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 62 stories about harm ● Costa Rica few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 9 stories about harm ● Mali few stories about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 25 stories about harm ● Kashmir few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 34 stories about harm ● Russia about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 99 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health52% 5,918 stories · much less than usual (usually 57%) Rights & justice19% 2,139 stories · more than usual (usually 14%) Disasters & accidents10% 1,185 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence10% 1,168 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 383 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 258 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 212 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 200 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 killed2,900 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,004 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected832 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured680 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees140 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced92 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Afghanistan and the US Stories reporting abductions91 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations80 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting people falling ill6 at about two-thirds of 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
● 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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