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23,553 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 illness in Copenhagen, violence in Cabo Delgado and arrests in Poland. Mozambique's coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 58 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostPoland 48 in 100 of its 190 stories, usually 26
RegionCentral Asia 39 in 100 of its stories, usually 33
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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Health

Denmark

49 of its 101 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Copenhagen accounted for 28 of Denmark's 49 stories about harm, carried by 68 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Denmark over 30 days → its stories → Copenhagen stories →
Conflict & violence

Mozambique

43 of its 56 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Cabo Delgado accounted for 29 of Mozambique's 43 stories about harm, carried by 24 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (8 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

Poland

92 of its 190 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Poland over 30 days → its stories →
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Health

Ghana

225 of its 626 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). HIV was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

Kabul accounted for 177 of Afghanistan's 303 stories about harm, carried by 207 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (32 stories). Hunger was named in 26 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Ukraine

66 of its 147 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (33 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Kashmir

45 of its 83 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

Belgium

33 of its 113 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Health

Malawi

31 of its 64 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Brazil (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); earthquake in Japan (22 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hunger in Afghanistan (26 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); polio in Pakistan (16 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hiv in Ghana (14 of its stories, about three times its usual).

25 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 27; 25 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 6 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 23,553 stories about harm among 93,418 counted on 6 Oct.

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Mentions of outbreaks ran about 4 times their usual in Brazil's news. In Denmark, 49% of the news was about people being harmed, where 28% is usual. On 6 October 2020, a year earlier, the share was 27 in every 100, against 25 today. 25 in every 100 of the day's 93,418 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 →

Mozambique77 in 100 of its 56 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan60 in 100 of its 501 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Haiti60 in 100 of its 72 stories · usually 53 · mostly disasters & accidents Kashmir54 in 100 of its 83 stories · usually 41 · mostly conflict & violence Tunisia54 in 100 of its 65 stories · usually 44 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US141 stories about protests or strikes, of its 740 Lucknow India67 stories about protests or strikes, of its 93 Delhi India57 stories about protests or strikes, of its 199 London UK49 stories about protests or strikes, of its 363 Manchester UK41 stories about protests or strikes, of its 181

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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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: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: 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: too little coverage to readTimor-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'sSouth Korea: 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: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt 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'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua 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'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: 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'sLebanon: 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: feelings about like the world'sKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: 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'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'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: too little coverage to readFrench 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: 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: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCôte 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 readHong 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'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: 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'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican 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: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan 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: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: 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: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sGuam: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful 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 warmer than the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPakistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNamibia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMongolia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMalta: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLesotho: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuyana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFrance: coverage about twice as angry as 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'sEcuador: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCyprus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCuba: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCroatia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sColombia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChad: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBotswana: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelize: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelarus: 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'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAngola: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sVatican City: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJersey: coverage a little more fearful 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

● Ukraine about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 66 stories about harm ● Kashmir few stories about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 45 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 303 stories about harm ● Yemen few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 26 stories about harm ● Denmark few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 49 stories about harm ● France about twice as angry as the world's · 223 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health58% 13,425 stories · about as usual Rights & justice17% 4,069 stories · more than usual (usually 15%) Disasters & accidents8% 1,830 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence7% 1,641 stories · less than usual (usually 9%) Food & livelihood4% 862 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 653 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 497 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 370 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 killed4,990 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,591 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,533 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,014 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees178 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting people displaced168 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting abductions141 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations86 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting people falling ill10 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and India

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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