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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.

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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.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or lessZambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessYemen: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited States: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited Arab Emirates: about as warm as its own usual or lessUkraine: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: about as warm as its own usual or lessSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri Lanka: about as warm as its own usual or lessSpain: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Africa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomalia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: about as warm as its own usual or lessSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: about as warm as its own usual or lessQatar: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: about as warm as its own usual or lessPoland: about as warm as its own usual or lessPhilippines: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: too little coverage to readPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: about as warm as its own usual or lessPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessNigeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiger: about as warm as its own usual or lessNicaragua: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: about as warm as its own usual or lessLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJapan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessItaly: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: about as warm as its own usual or lessIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndonesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: about as warm as its own usual or lessHungary: about as warm as its own usual or lessHonduras: too little coverage to readHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt 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: too little coverage to readFiji: about as warm as its own usual or lessEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEgypt: too little coverage to readEcuador: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: about as warm as its own usual or lessCzech Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: too little coverage to readCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: about as warm as its own usual or lessColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: too little coverage to readChile: about as warm as its own usual or lessChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: about as warm as its own usual or lessCambodia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: about as warm as its own usual or lessBangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: too little coverage to readBahamas: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustralia: about as warm as its own usual or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJammu & Kashmir: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or lessGaza: about as warm as its own usual or lessWest Bank: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSiachen Glacier: about as warm as its own usual or lessCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican 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: too little coverage to readBritish Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: too little coverage to readGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorfolk 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 readVietnam: warmth about its own usualTrinidad & Tobago: warmth about its own usualSudan: warmth about its own usualOman: warmth about its own usualNorway: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualKenya: warmth about its own usualMaine, US -- health: 35 stories, carried by 60 outletsKuala Lumpur, Malaysia -- health: 42 stories, carried by 12 outletsAnambra, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 26 stories, carried by 15 outletsEssex, UK -- displacement: 13 stories, carried by 16 outletsDubai, United Arab Emirates -- health: 21 stories, carried by 12 outletsWest Midlands, UK -- health: 17 stories, carried by 10 outletsMinnesota, US -- health: 23 stories, carried by 57 outlets
Warmer than its own usual The warmest eventsAbout as warm or lessToo little news

Each country shaded by the warmth in its news — care, help, gratitude — against its own last 30 days. Stronger colour: further above. Dots: the events whose coverage carried the most warmth, even where the event itself began as harm. Warm words, not good outcomes. Click a country or a dot.

Warmest news

No country's news was much warmer than its usual (a quarter or more).

Warmest events

● Maine US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 35 stories ● Kuala Lumpur Malaysia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 42 stories ● Anambra Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 26 stories ● Essex UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · displacement · 13 stories ● Dubai United Arab Emirates about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 21 stories

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