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18,867 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 day's news pointed at the hypothermia in Brazil, train derailment in Zimbabwe and violence in Tigray. Ethiopia's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 58 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostIndonesia 51 in 100 of its 196 stories, usually 39
RegionEast Asia 25 in 100 of its stories, usually 22
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Health

Brazil

93 of its 223 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories). Hypothermia was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Brazil over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Zimbabwe

83 of its 195 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Salisbury accounted for 65 of Zimbabwe's 83 stories about harm, carried by 161 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (16 stories). Train derailment was named in 34 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Zimbabwe over 30 days → its stories → Salisbury stories →
Rights & justice

Nigeria

Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (79 stories). Building collapse was named in 22 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Nigeria over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Health

Saudi Arabia

83 of its 297 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Health

UK

Reports of people falling ill ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories). Storms were named in 74 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with train derailment, wildfires and drought. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Thailand

104 of its 205 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Bangkok accounted for 54 of Thailand's 104 stories about harm, carried by 68 outlets.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Bulgaria

23 of its 83 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 9 of Sofia's 12 stories were about protests or strikes.

its stories →
Health

Japan

248 of its 1,152 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (71 stories).

its stories →
Health

Russia

211 of its 565 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: power cuts in South Africa (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); storms in UK (74 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); wildfires in China (13 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); storms in Canada (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); road crashes in India (16 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

24 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 25; 28 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 Nov. 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 18,867 stories about harm among 79,932 counted on 1 Nov.

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The share of stories about people being harmed was the lowest since 4 August 2021. Mentions of train derailment ran more than ten times their usual in Zimbabwe's news. In Brazil, 42% of the news was about people being harmed, where 31% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 24 in every 100 of the day's 79,932 stories, below the usual 25. Over October, 25 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen78 in 100 of its 65 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Ethiopia62 in 100 of its 122 stories · usually 49 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan62 in 100 of its 108 stories · usually 56 · mostly rights & justice Cambodia59 in 100 of its 63 stories · usually 51 · mostly health Afghanistan53 in 100 of its 310 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US115 stories about protests or strikes, of its 709 Glasgow UK100 stories about protests or strikes, of its 305 Kenosha US54 stories about protests or strikes, of its 84 New York US50 stories about protests or strikes, of its 221 London UK46 stories about protests or strikes, of its 272

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: too little coverage to readYemen: about as warm as its own usual or lessVietnam: too little coverage to readVenezuela: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: 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: too little coverage to readTajikistan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSudan: 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: too little coverage to readSouth 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readOman: 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: too little coverage to readMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: 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: too little coverage to readLithuania: 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: too little coverage to readKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: too little coverage to readJapan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: 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 lessIceland: about as warm as its own usual or lessHungary: about as warm as its own usual or lessHonduras: about as warm as its own usual or lessHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFiji: about as warm as its own usual or lessEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or lessChile: too little coverage to readChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral African Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina 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: too little coverage to readBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: 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): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: about as warm as its own usual or lessJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readRomania: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualNorway: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualIndia: warmth about its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualBrussels, Belgium -- health: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsArizona, US -- health: 45 stories, carried by 56 outletsVermont, US -- health: 12 stories, carried by 12 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

● Brussels Belgium about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Arizona US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 45 stories ● Vermont US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health58% 10,895 stories · more than usual (usually 55%) Rights & justice16% 2,898 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents10% 1,807 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence7% 1,319 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 595 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 532 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 434 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 204 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 killed3,964 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,341 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,219 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured979 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced108 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations107 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees85 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting abductions72 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill26 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Egypt and the UK

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 softer 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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