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What the world's news said happened to people.
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13,193 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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Protests in Khartoum (Sudan), violence in Mogadishu and illness in Tokyo drew the news. Somalia's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Somalia and the US → Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Somalia and the US → Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about Somalia and the UK → Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeHealth 44 in 100 of the stories about harm · much less than usual Country that rose mostJapan 40 in 100 of its 605 stories, usually 14
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 48 in 100 of its stories, usually 34
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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Protests & strikes

Sudan

141 of its 174 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Khartoum accounted for 101 of Sudan's 141 stories about harm, carried by 258 outlets. 95 of Khartoum's 101 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Illness was named in 33 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Somalia

1,539 of its 2,645 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Mogadishu accounted for 935 of Somalia's 1,539 stories about harm, carried by 7 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (13 stories). Heavy rain was named in 35 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Somalia over 30 days → its stories → Mogadishu stories →
Health

Japan

245 of its 605 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Tokyo accounted for 193 of Japan's 245 stories about harm, carried by 438 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (102 stories).

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

Kenya

190 of its 357 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (32 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Mali

21 of its 26 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 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.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Ethiopia

101 of its 180 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (14 stories). Drought was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Kashmir

Jammu accounted for 27 of Kashmir's 48 stories about harm, carried by 17 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

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Health

Switzerland

30 of its 80 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories).

its stories →
Health

Mexico

75 of its 178 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: accidents in Zimbabwe (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Ethiopia (11 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); road crashes in Ireland (13 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); wildfires in France (10 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); storms in UK (65 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).

28 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 25; 25 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 31 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 13,193 stories about harm among 47,597 counted on 31 Oct.

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No day had a higher share of stories about people being harmed since 19 September 2021. Stories about people being harmed made up 28 in every 100 of the day's 47,597 stories, above the usual 25. It was the seventh day running that the news turned to Sudan. On the side of help, reports of peace efforts ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Somalia and the US. This week the news turned most often to Sudan, on 7 of 7 days; help rose on 1 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen82 in 100 of its 60 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan81 in 100 of its 174 stories · usually 55 · mostly rights & justice Kashmir61 in 100 of its 79 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia58 in 100 of its 2,645 stories · usually 47 · mostly conflict & violence Syria58 in 100 of its 83 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Khartoum Sudan95 stories about protests or strikes, of its 101 Washington US86 stories about protests or strikes, of its 380 Glasgow UK75 stories about protests or strikes, of its 221 Mogadishu Somalia50 stories about protests or strikes, of its 935 Rome Italy34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 117

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: 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: too little coverage to readGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: too little coverage to readUnited 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: feelings about like the world'sUnited Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sUkraine: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-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 readSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: 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: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: too little coverage to readPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: feelings about like the world'sOman: 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'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: 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: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: 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: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: 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 readJordan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: 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 readGuyana: 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: 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: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFiji: 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: too little coverage to readDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: 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'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: 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'sBolivia: 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'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: 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: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sGaza: feelings about like the world'sWest Bank: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readCrimea: feelings about like the world'sEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall 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 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: too little coverage to readGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: 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 readZambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRussia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRomania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLithuania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKenya: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJapan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as 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'sIreland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sColombia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurundi: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little angrier than 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'sBarbados: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three 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 few stories about three times as fearful as the world's · 48 stories about harm ● Somalia about three times as angry as the world's · 1,539 stories about harm ● Kenya about twice as angry as the world's · 190 stories about harm ● Yemen few stories about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's · 49 stories about harm ● Mali few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 21 stories about harm ● France a little warmer than the world's · 108 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health44% 5,793 stories · much less than usual (usually 55%) Conflict & violence18% 2,343 stories · much more than usual (usually 8%) Rights & justice16% 2,160 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents11% 1,452 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 458 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 301 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 295 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 292 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 killed3,643 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Somalia Stories reporting people injured1,144 at about twice the usual rate · most about Somalia and the US Stories reporting people affected990 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests912 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees190 at about twice the usual rate · most about Somalia and the US Stories reporting people displaced177 at about three times the usual rate · most about Somalia and the UK Stories reporting evacuations77 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Somalia and the US Stories reporting abductions76 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill9 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Jamaica and Bermuda

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 one and a half times usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout one and a half times 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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