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12,534 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 building collapse in Georgia, violence in Kabul and rights and justice in Moscow. Afghanistan's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 53 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostSingapore 64 in 100 of its 168 stories, usually 32
RegionCentral Asia 41 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

Georgia

23 of its 29 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (6 stories). Building collapse was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Georgia over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

293 of its 426 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Kabul accounted for 120 of Afghanistan's 293 stories about harm, carried by 266 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (108 stories). 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.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Kabul stories →
Rights & justice

Russia

163 of its 425 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Moscow accounted for 95 of Russia's 163 stories about harm, carried by 368 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Russia over 30 days → its stories → Moscow stories →
Health

Congo

36 of its 39 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Libya

25 of its 40 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Tripoli accounted for 24 of Libya's 25 stories about harm, carried by 127 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (14 stories).

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Health

Brazil

51 of its 120 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (39 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

Kuwait

23 of its 40 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Health

Iraq

43 of its 79 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Baghdad accounted for 34 of Iraq's 43 stories about harm, carried by 174 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (10 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Syria

Damascus accounted for 28 of Syria's 53 stories about harm, carried by 31 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Ethiopia

Tigray accounted for 22 of Ethiopia's 27 stories about harm, carried by 24 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: illness in Cuba (16 of its stories, about three times its usual); power cuts in Lebanon (11 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); tropical storm in Philippines (19 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); oil spill in US (52 of its stories, about three times its usual); cyclone in UK (11 of its stories, more than ten 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 9 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 12,534 stories about harm among 49,204 counted on 9 Oct.

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Mentions of building collapse ran more than ten times their usual in Georgia's news. of the day's 49,204 news stories, 25 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 27. Georgia stood out: 79% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 34%. On 9 October 2020, a year earlier, the share was 28 in every 100, against 25 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Afghanistan69 in 100 of its 426 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Syria65 in 100 of its 82 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Singapore64 in 100 of its 168 stories · usually 32 · mostly health Iraq54 in 100 of its 79 stories · usually 44 · mostly health Ethiopia54 in 100 of its 50 stories · usually 48 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US62 stories about protests or strikes, of its 395 Delhi India38 stories about protests or strikes, of its 182 London UK27 stories about protests or strikes, of its 180 Lucknow India24 stories about protests or strikes, of its 32 Los Angeles US23 stories about protests or strikes, of its 106

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: feelings about like the world'sU.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: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: 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'sTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: 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: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSudan: 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 readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPoland: 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'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: 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'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: 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'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: 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'sJapan: 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'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: too little coverage to readHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: 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'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGambia: too little coverage to readGabon: too little coverage to readSt 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 readEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEcuador: 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 readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: too little coverage to readCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: 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'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: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: 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 readBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & 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: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGuam: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSolomon Islands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPeru: 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'sNigeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKuwait: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJordan: coverage a little angrier 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 about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGeorgia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFrance: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFiji: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCuba: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBrazil: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBolivia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBarbados: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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'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 grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sBermuda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMaldives: 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

● Kashmir about twice as fearful as the world's · 50 stories about harm ● Saudi Arabia about three times as angry as the world's · 57 stories about harm ● Brazil about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 51 stories about harm ● Russia about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 163 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as angry as the world's · 293 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 53 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health53% 6,608 stories · less than usual (usually 57%) Rights & justice19% 2,332 stories · more than usual (usually 15%) Disasters & accidents10% 1,227 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence9% 1,112 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 373 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 310 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 245 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 212 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 killed2,994 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,005 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected887 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured723 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting refugees101 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions98 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people displaced84 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations57 at about half 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 Russia

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.

● 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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