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23,088 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 violence in Cabo Delgado and people affected in Libya and Oman. Libya's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 57 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostOman 63 in 100 of its 62 stories, usually 37
RegionEvery region about as usual
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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Conflict & violence

Mozambique

28 of its 42 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Cabo Delgado accounted for 20 of Mozambique's 28 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Mozambique over 30 days → its stories → Cabo Delgado stories →
Rights & justice

Libya

31 of its 67 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Libya over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Oman

39 of its 62 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (10 stories).

Oman over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

Kabul accounted for 183 of Afghanistan's 285 stories about harm, carried by 178 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (29 stories). Measles was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with hunger. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Sudan

30 of its 48 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Belgium

29 of its 88 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Brussels accounted for 27 of Belgium's 29 stories about harm, carried by 60 outlets.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

41 of its 79 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Azerbaijan

23 of its 64 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Ukraine

Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: road crashes in Sweden (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); measles in Afghanistan (16 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); oil spill in US (186 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); plague in UK (16 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

25 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 27; 25 the day before
32 in 10025 in 1006 Sep13 Sep20 Sep27 Sep5 Oct6 Sep: 28 in 1007 Sep: 28 in 1008 Sep: 29 in 1009 Sep: 29 in 10010 Sep: 29 in 10011 Sep: 32 in 10012 Sep: 29 in 10013 Sep: 28 in 10014 Sep: 28 in 10015 Sep: 27 in 10016 Sep: 27 in 10017 Sep: 27 in 10018 Sep: 28 in 10019 Sep: 28 in 10020 Sep: 28 in 10021 Sep: 27 in 10022 Sep: 27 in 10023 Sep: 27 in 10024 Sep: 27 in 10025 Sep: 27 in 10026 Sep: 26 in 10027 Sep: 25 in 10028 Sep: 25 in 10029 Sep: 25 in 10030 Sep: 25 in 1001 Oct: 25 in 1002 Oct: 26 in 1003 Oct: 26 in 1004 Oct: 25 in 1005 Oct: 25 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 5 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 23,088 stories about harm among 92,488 counted on 5 Oct.

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Stories about people being harmed made up 25 in every 100 of the day's 92,488 stories, below the usual 27. On 5 October 2020, a year earlier, the share was 27 in every 100, against 25 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Myanmar63 in 100 of its 52 stories · usually 58 · mostly rights & justice Oman63 in 100 of its 62 stories · usually 37 · mostly disasters & accidents Barbados58 in 100 of its 65 stories · usually 39 · mostly health Afghanistan58 in 100 of its 490 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Syria58 in 100 of its 78 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US153 stories about protests or strikes, of its 782 Huntington Beach US81 stories about protests or strikes, of its 284 Lucknow India62 stories about protests or strikes, of its 87 London UK62 stories about protests or strikes, of its 435 New Delhi India56 stories about protests or strikes, of its 226

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUganda: 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'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: 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'sSomalia: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: 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'sSaudi Arabia: 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'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: 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 readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNiger: 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'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: 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 readJapan: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: 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: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew 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: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: 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: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: 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'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sVatican 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: 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 readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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: too little coverage to readZambia: coverage a little warmer 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'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little angrier than 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'sSweden: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNicaragua: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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'sMalawi: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMadagascar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLatvia: 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'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHungary: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGuyana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFrance: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChad: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCambodia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBarbados: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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 angry as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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 about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sMonaco: coverage a little angrier 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

● Kashmir few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 41 stories about harm ● Yemen few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 34 stories about harm ● Ukraine few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 48 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as angry as the world's · 285 stories about harm ● France about twice as angry as the world's · 232 stories about harm ● Libya few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 31 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health57% 12,946 stories · about as usual Rights & justice18% 4,103 stories · more than usual (usually 15%) Disasters & accidents9% 2,055 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence7% 1,500 stories · less than usual (usually 9%) Food & livelihood3% 719 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 605 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 544 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 380 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 killed4,755 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,710 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,598 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured935 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees203 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced125 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions107 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting evacuations102 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting people falling ill9 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Hong Kong

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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.