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20,471 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 day's news pointed at road crashes in Sweden, drownings in Iran and rights and justice in Tripoli. Sweden's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 56 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostOman 77 in 100 of its 101 stories, usually 35
RegionSouth Asia 40 in 100 of its stories, usually 37
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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Disasters & accidents

Sweden

163 of its 287 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Stockholm accounted for 74 of Sweden's 163 stories about harm, carried by 257 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (76 stories). Road crashes were named in 38 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with hepatitis. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Sweden over 30 days → its stories → Stockholm stories →
Health

Iran

98 of its 228 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Tehran accounted for 51 of Iran's 98 stories about harm, carried by 102 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (15 stories). Drownings were named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with flooding, hurricane and landslides. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Rights & justice

Libya

49 of its 86 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Tripoli accounted for 30 of Libya's 49 stories about harm, carried by 98 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Libya over 30 days → its stories → Tripoli stories →
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

317 of its 486 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Kabul accounted for 236 of Afghanistan's 317 stories about harm, carried by 429 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (61 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

Oman

78 of its 101 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people affected ran at about 9 times the usual rate (18 stories). Flooding was named in 33 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with tropical storm and landslides. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

India

1,479 of its 3,826 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (76 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Romania

3 of Bucharest's 6 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (25 stories). Plane crash was named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Health

Puerto Rico

13 of its 24 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Health

New Zealand

263 of its 617 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Wildfires were named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Ecuador

18 of its 23 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. 6 of Guayaquil's 10 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Also named far more than usual: flooding in Oman (33 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); plane crash in Romania (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Ireland (14 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); wildfires in New Zealand (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); oil spill in US (180 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

25 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 27; 26 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 4 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 20,471 stories about harm among 82,657 counted on 4 Oct.

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In Sweden, 57% of the news was about people being harmed, where 26% is usual. Oman's news mentioned flooding about 4 times as often as usual. 25 in every 100 of the day's 82,657 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 27.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Oman77 in 100 of its 101 stories · usually 35 · mostly disasters & accidents Afghanistan65 in 100 of its 486 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Syria62 in 100 of its 74 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Myanmar58 in 100 of its 62 stories · usually 58 · mostly rights & justice Sudan58 in 100 of its 50 stories · usually 42 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US111 stories about protests or strikes, of its 594 Lucknow India96 stories about protests or strikes, of its 113 Delhi India88 stories about protests or strikes, of its 215 London UK67 stories about protests or strikes, of its 349 Manchester UK41 stories about protests or strikes, of its 191

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: 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: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: 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: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTrinidad & 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'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: 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: feelings about like the world'sSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: 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: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readNiger: 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'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'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: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt 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'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readN. 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'sDR Congo: too little coverage to readCongo: 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'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBhutan: 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'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: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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'sZimbabwe: coverage a little angrier than the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sGuam: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSweden: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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 fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSt. Lucia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRomania: 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 about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorway: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNamibia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sLibya: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sLatvia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJapan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful 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 grief-stricken as the world'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFiji: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEcuador: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCzechia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBrunei: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBolivia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBenin: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelarus: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBarbados: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArmenia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArgentina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSt Kitts & Nevis: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMaldives: 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

● Sweden about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 163 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as angry as the world's · 317 stories about harm ● Pakistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 166 stories about harm ● Libya few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 49 stories about harm ● Syria few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 46 stories about harm ● Mali few stories about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 12 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health56% 11,358 stories · about as usual Rights & justice18% 3,588 stories · more than usual (usually 15%) Disasters & accidents10% 2,044 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence7% 1,385 stories · less than usual (usually 10%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 604 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 567 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 413 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 336 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 killed4,448 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,532 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,388 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured918 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees210 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced119 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions109 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations91 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting people falling ill11 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 about as 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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