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10,339 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 Baghdad (Iraq), a disaster in Freetown and people injured in Kazakhstan. Ethiopia's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was harsher than usual.

Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Iraq →
Part of lifeHealth 50 in 100 of the stories about harm · much less than usual Country that rose mostSierra Leone 88 in 100 of its 68 stories, usually 53
RegionCentral Asia 54 in 100 of its stories, usually 35
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Iraq

268 of its 399 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Baghdad accounted for 217 of Iraq's 268 stories about harm, carried by 574 outlets. 140 of Baghdad's 217 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (160 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Iraq over 30 days → its stories → Baghdad stories →
Disasters & accidents

Sierra Leone

60 of its 68 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Freetown accounted for 56 of Sierra Leone's 60 stories about harm, carried by 133 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Sierra Leone over 30 days → its stories → Freetown stories →
Health

Kazakhstan

17 of its 23 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Sudan

63 of its 92 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Khartoum accounted for 47 of Sudan's 63 stories about harm, carried by 83 outlets. 44 of Khartoum's 47 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (23 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Palestine

25 of its 39 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Nicaragua

31 of its 44 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Managua accounted for 16 of Nicaragua's 31 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets. 11 of Managua's 16 stories were about protests or strikes.

its stories →
Health

India

856 of its 2,208 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Hunger was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with cyclone.

its stories →
Health

China

242 of its 755 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (18 stories). Snowstorms were named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with extreme cold.

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

Kabul accounted for 49 of Afghanistan's 101 stories about harm, carried by 149 outlets. Polio was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: natural hazards in Italy (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); polio in Afghanistan (14 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); snowstorms in China (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); building collapse in Nigeria (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); tornadoes in Canada (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

26 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 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 10,339 stories about harm among 40,025 counted on 7 Nov.

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People injured were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Iraq. 26 in every 100 of the day's 40,025 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Afghanistan's news, mentions of the polio ran about 7 times their usual. Iraq stood out: 67% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 45%. This week the news turned most often to Ethiopia, on 3 of 7 days.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sierra Leone88 in 100 of its 68 stories · usually 53 · mostly disasters & accidents Ethiopia71 in 100 of its 116 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan68 in 100 of its 92 stories · usually 57 · mostly rights & justice Iraq67 in 100 of its 399 stories · usually 45 · mostly conflict & violence Indonesia48 in 100 of its 66 stories · usually 40 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Baghdad Iraq140 stories about protests or strikes, of its 217 Houston US66 stories about protests or strikes, of its 398 Glasgow UK59 stories about protests or strikes, of its 110 Washington US50 stories about protests or strikes, of its 313 Khartoum Sudan44 stories about protests or strikes, of its 47

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: too little coverage to readUnited 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: 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: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Africa: 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: too little coverage to readSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: 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: 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: 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: 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 readKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: 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 lessIndonesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: too little coverage to readIceland: 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: too little coverage to readGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: 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: too little coverage to readFrance: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl 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: too little coverage to readCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: too little coverage to readComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: too little coverage to readHong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or lessChile: 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: too little coverage to readBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: 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: 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: too little coverage to readAustralia: 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: too little coverage to readAngola: 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: too little coverage to readGaza: 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: too little coverage to readBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: 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: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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 readSomalia: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualBaghdad, Iraq -- conflict & violence: 217 stories, carried by 574 outletsManipur, India -- health: 22 stories, carried by 20 outletsNadda, India -- health: 52 stories, carried by 23 outletsMaine, US -- health: 15 stories, carried by 20 outletsTennessee, US -- health: 10 stories, carried by 11 outletsMiddlesbrough, UK -- health: 15 stories, carried by 11 outletsAbuja, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 24 stories, carried by 11 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

● Iraq warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Baghdad Iraq about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 217 stories ● Manipur India about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 22 stories ● Nadda India about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 52 stories ● Maine US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 15 stories ● Tennessee US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health50% 5,072 stories · much less than usual (usually 55%) Rights & justice16% 1,661 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents12% 1,242 stories · more than usual (usually 9%) Conflict & violence11% 1,150 stories · more than usual (usually 8%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 498 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 275 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 209 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 134 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 killed2,764 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people injured974 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Iraq Stories reporting arrests829 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected698 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions72 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced69 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees66 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations48 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 harsher 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.