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18,995 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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Violence in Jammu, protests in Baghdad (Iraq) and arrests in North Korea drew the news. Kashmir's coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 55 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostKashmir 72 in 100 of its 170 stories, usually 47
RegionCentral Asia 37 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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Conflict & violence

Kashmir

123 of its 170 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Jammu accounted for 53 of Kashmir's 123 stories about harm, carried by 33 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (72 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's.

Kashmir over 30 days → its stories → Jammu stories →
Protests & strikes

Iraq

100 of its 187 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Baghdad accounted for 64 of Iraq's 100 stories about harm, carried by 305 outlets. 43 of Baghdad's 64 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Iraq over 30 days → its stories → Baghdad stories →
Health

North Korea

33 of its 65 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Hunger was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

North Korea over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Chile

24 of its 62 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. 10 of Santiago's 15 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (6 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Azerbaijan

22 of its 65 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Health

China

Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Flooding was named in 65 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with heavy rain and landslides. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Health

Belgium

34 of its 97 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Brussels accounted for 30 of Belgium's 34 stories about harm, carried by 27 outlets.

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Conflict & violence

Mali

19 of its 27 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (6 stories).

its stories →
Health

Russia

248 of its 661 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (25 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: flooding in China (65 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); heavy rain in Bangladesh (11 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); hurricane in Mexico (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); tropical storm in Philippines (24 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); storms in US (134 of its stories, about three times its usual).

25 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 26; 26 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 11 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 18,995 stories about harm among 75,974 counted on 11 Oct.

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Stories about people being harmed made up 25 in every 100 of the day's 75,974 stories, below the usual 26. On 11 October 2020, a year earlier, the share was 29 in every 100, against 25 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen84 in 100 of its 51 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir72 in 100 of its 170 stories · usually 47 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan61 in 100 of its 499 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Syria58 in 100 of its 105 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Burkina Faso56 in 100 of its 55 stories · usually 68 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US101 stories about protests or strikes, of its 507 Baghdad Iraq43 stories about protests or strikes, of its 64 Chicago US42 stories about protests or strikes, of its 170 London UK39 stories about protests or strikes, of its 367 Shiv India36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 40

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: 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: feelings about like the world'sUnited Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTonga: 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'sSouth Sudan: 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'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: too little coverage to readQatar: 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'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'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: 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: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: 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'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: 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'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIsrael: 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: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGambia: 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: 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: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: 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'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: 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 readBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: 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'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: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern 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: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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 more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sGuam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUganda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken 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 a little angrier than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRomania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sParaguay: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNepal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLibya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLaos: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful 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'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGeorgia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFiji: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sColombia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChile: coverage a little angrier 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 about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBolivia: coverage a little angrier 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'sBahamas: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAngola: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about 4 times 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 4 times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about 4 times 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 fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about 4 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

● Kashmir about 4 times as fearful as the world's · 123 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 61 stories about harm ● Yemen few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 43 stories about harm ● Ethiopia few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 39 stories about harm ● Mali few stories a little warmer than the world's · 19 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 303 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health55% 10,311 stories · about as usual Rights & justice16% 3,063 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents10% 1,904 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence8% 1,582 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 741 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 539 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 366 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 294 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 killed4,098 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,376 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,264 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured821 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees157 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations102 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting people displaced99 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions97 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill10 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Indonesia

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.