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12,488 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 protests in Khartoum (Sudan), people injured in Yemen and refugees in China. Yemen's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 57 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostSudan 80 in 100 of its 172 stories, usually 53
RegionCentral Asia 41 in 100 of its stories, usually 35
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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Protests & strikes

Sudan

137 of its 172 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Khartoum accounted for 112 of Sudan's 137 stories about harm, carried by 275 outlets. 109 of Khartoum's 112 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (119 stories). Train derailment was named in 21 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. 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.

Sudan over 30 days → its stories → Khartoum stories →
Conflict & violence

Yemen

50 of its 53 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 73%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Yemen over 30 days → its stories →
Health

China

283 of its 865 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories). Respiratory illness was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.

China over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Panama

9 of its 13 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people injured ran at about 10 times the usual rate (7 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Saudi Arabia

51 of its 156 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Riyadh accounted for 37 of Saudi Arabia's 51 stories about harm, carried by 37 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Ethiopia

37 of its 61 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Tigray accounted for 25 of Ethiopia's 37 stories about harm, carried by 40 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Health

Japan

75 of its 370 stories (20%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

Damascus accounted for 43 of Syria's 64 stories about harm, carried by 55 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (35 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Health

UK

Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (13 stories). Storms were named in 28 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with wildfires. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

Kabul accounted for 64 of Afghanistan's 126 stories about harm, carried by 103 outlets. Hunger was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: hunger in Afghanistan (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); power cuts in Australia (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in UK (28 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); landslides in US (40 of its stories, about three times its usual).

25 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 30 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 12,488 stories about harm among 48,976 counted on 30 Oct.

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It was the sixth day running that the news turned to Sudan. of the day's 48,976 news stories, 25 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Sudan's news mentioned train derailment more than ten times as often as usual. Sudan's news was 80% about people being harmed, against a usual 53%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen94 in 100 of its 53 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan80 in 100 of its 172 stories · usually 53 · mostly rights & justice Syria65 in 100 of its 99 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Ethiopia61 in 100 of its 61 stories · usually 49 · mostly conflict & violence Vietnam50 in 100 of its 134 stories · usually 46 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Khartoum Sudan109 stories about protests or strikes, of its 112 Washington US76 stories about protests or strikes, of its 464 Rome Italy48 stories about protests or strikes, of its 184 Glasgow UK40 stories about protests or strikes, of its 134 Mumbai India35 stories about protests or strikes, of its 121

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: 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'sGuam: 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 readTurkmenistan: 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: 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'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: 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'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sOman: 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 readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: too little coverage to readMoldova: 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'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'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: 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: too little coverage to readJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: 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: too little coverage to readGrenada: 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: 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: too little coverage to readFrench 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'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: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: 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: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: too little coverage to readComoros: feelings about like the world'sColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: 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: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: 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'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: too little coverage to readBahamas: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: too little coverage to readAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sGaza: feelings about like the world'sWest Bank: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall 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: 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 readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUganda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEswatini: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPoland: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPanama: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKenya: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJordan: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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 fearful as the world'sIraq: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEritrea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCuba: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCongo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little more fearful 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'sBelgium: 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 about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSt Kitts & Nevis: 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

● Yemen about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 50 stories about harm ● Syria about three times as angry as the world's · 64 stories about harm ● Türkiye few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 37 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 126 stories about harm ● Kashmir few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 42 stories about harm ● Sudan about twice as angry as the world's · 137 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health57% 7,010 stories · about as usual Rights & justice18% 2,222 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents8% 1,035 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence8% 1,009 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 376 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 299 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 263 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 187 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 killed2,806 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests957 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected763 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured625 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees92 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions81 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced66 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations49 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill11 at about the usual rate

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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