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16,569 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 news turned to violence in Kabul, protests in Havana (Cuba) and people injured in Switzerland. Afghanistan's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was softer than usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about India and the US →
Part of lifeHealth 33 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostAfghanistan 84 in 100 of its 231 stories, usually 57
RegionNorth America 28 in 100 of its stories, usually 24
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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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

194 of its 231 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Kabul accounted for 157 of Afghanistan's 194 stories about harm, carried by 321 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (136 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Kabul stories →
Protests & strikes

Cuba

47 of its 77 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Havana accounted for 25 of Cuba's 47 stories about harm, carried by 95 outlets. 21 of Havana's 25 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories).

Cuba over 30 days → its stories → Havana stories →
Health

Switzerland

48 of its 277 stories (17%) were about people being harmed, usually 8%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Cholera was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Iran

230 of its 388 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Tehran accounted for 91 of Iran's 230 stories about harm, carried by 169 outlets. 83 of Tehran's 91 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Kashmir

45 of its 95 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

34 of its 50 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Jenin accounted for 19 of Palestine's 34 stories about harm, carried by 25 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Rwanda

18 of its 31 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

Brazil

66 of its 251 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Health

UK

Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Hurricane was named in 30 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with storms and respiratory illness.

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Also named far more than usual: hurricane in US (2054 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); natural hazards in Ireland (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in UK (30 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); storms in India (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 30 Sep. 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 16,569 stories about harm among 79,065 counted on 30 Sep.

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Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about India and the US. 21 in every 100 of the day's 79,065 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In the US's news, mentions of the hurricane ran about 4 times their usual. On 30 September 2021, a year earlier, the share was 25 in every 100, against 21 today. Afghanistan's news was 84% about people being harmed, against a usual 57%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Afghanistan84 in 100 of its 231 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine68 in 100 of its 50 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Burkina Faso61 in 100 of its 93 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Cuba61 in 100 of its 77 stories · usually 42 · mostly disasters & accidents Iran59 in 100 of its 388 stories · usually 53 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US97 stories about protests or strikes, of its 553 Tehran Iran83 stories about protests or strikes, of its 91 Moscow Russia39 stories about protests or strikes, of its 278 London UK36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 228 Delhi India28 stories about protests or strikes, of its 134

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'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUruguay: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: feelings about like the world'sUnited Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: 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'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: 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'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: 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'sNew Zealand: 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'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: 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'sLebanon: 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: feelings about like the world'sKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIsrael: feelings about like the world'sIreland: 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'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: 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: feelings about like the world'sDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: 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: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: 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: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican 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: feelings about like the world'sAnguilla: 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 readGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook 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 one and a half times as angry as the world'sUzbekistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTimor-Leste: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRwanda: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMalta: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIran: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuinea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGreece: coverage a little angrier 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'sColombia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBrazil: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahamas: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sJersey: coverage a little more fearful 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

● Kashmir few stories about three times as fearful as the world's · 45 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 194 stories about harm ● Iran about three times as angry as the world's · 230 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 300 stories about harm ● Rwanda few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 18 stories about harm ● Morocco few stories a little warmer than the world's · 9 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health33% 5,478 stories · less than usual (usually 36%) Disasters & accidents22% 3,606 stories · much more than usual (usually 17%) Rights & justice18% 3,013 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Conflict & violence10% 1,698 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood7% 1,098 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 659 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 618 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 212 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 killed3,920 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,537 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,303 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured930 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations207 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced126 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees118 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions102 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill30 at about three times the usual rate · most about India and the US

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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