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16,992 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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Violence in Bangkok, storms in Greece and protests in Tehran (Iran) drew the news. Thailand's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was harsher than usual.

Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Nigeria →
Part of lifeHealth 35 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostThailand 73 in 100 of its 509 stories, usually 28
RegionSoutheast Asia 38 in 100 of its stories, usually 29
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 →
Conflict & violence

Thailand

373 of its 509 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Bangkok accounted for 162 of Thailand's 373 stories about harm, carried by 262 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (156 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Thailand over 30 days → its stories → Bangkok stories →
Disasters & accidents

Greece

134 of its 262 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Kythira accounted for 64 of Greece's 134 stories about harm, carried by 140 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (93 stories). Storms were named in 22 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with drownings.

Greece over 30 days → its stories → Kythira stories →
Protests & strikes

Iran

253 of its 345 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Tehran accounted for 124 of Iran's 253 stories about harm, carried by 188 outlets. 95 of Tehran's 124 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Health

Gambia

49 of its 72 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (49 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Ecuador

19 of its 27 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. 8 of Guayaquil's 10 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories).

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Health

Haiti

30 of its 46 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 19 of Haiti's 30 stories about harm, carried by 30 outlets. Cholera was named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with outbreaks.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

81 of its 125 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Kabul accounted for 43 of Afghanistan's 81 stories about harm, carried by 43 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Russia

Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (23 stories). Poisoning was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Trinidad & Tobago

32 of its 67 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Flooding was named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.

its stories →
Health

Switzerland

57 of its 238 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: cholera in Haiti (21 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in Trinidad & Tobago (21 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); flooding in Australia (59 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); storms in China (22 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); avalanche in India (34 of its stories, about 9 times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 21; 20 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 6 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 16,992 stories about harm among 80,994 counted on 6 Oct.

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Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Nigeria. 21 in every 100 of the day's 80,994 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Thailand, 73% of the news was about people being harmed, where 28% is usual. the news turned to Thailand for the second day running. A year earlier, on 6 October 2021, 25 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Iran73 in 100 of its 345 stories · usually 59 · mostly rights & justice Thailand73 in 100 of its 509 stories · usually 28 · mostly conflict & violence Gambia68 in 100 of its 72 stories · usually 30 · mostly health Afghanistan65 in 100 of its 125 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Uganda59 in 100 of its 114 stories · usually 46 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US99 stories about protests or strikes, of its 566 Tehran Iran95 stories about protests or strikes, of its 124 Moscow Russia52 stories about protests or strikes, of its 229 London UK30 stories about protests or strikes, of its 218 San Francisco US27 stories about protests or strikes, of its 124

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessYemen: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: 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 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 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 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: too little coverage to readSaudi 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: too little coverage to readSt. 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 lessNorth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiger: about as warm as its own usual or lessNicaragua: too little coverage to readNew 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: too little coverage to readMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: too little coverage to readMalaysia: 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: too little coverage to readLesotho: about as warm as its own usual or lessLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: 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 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 lessIraq: 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: too little coverage to readHungary: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: 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 lessFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew 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: too little coverage to readEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: about as warm as its own usual or lessColombia: too little coverage to readChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: too little coverage to readChile: about as warm as its own usual or lessChad: too little coverage to readCentral 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: too little coverage to readBosnia 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: too little coverage to readBarbados: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBermuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: 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: 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 readZimbabwe: warmth about its own usualPuerto Rico: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about its own usualNorway: warmth about its own usualNigeria: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualDenmark: warmth about its own usualStockholm, Sweden -- health: 14 stories, carried by 92 outletsKaduna, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 55 stories, carried by 23 outletsSanaa, Yemen -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 11 outletsCopenhagen, Denmark -- health: 11 stories, carried by 13 outletsPerth, Australia -- health: 33 stories, carried by 37 outletsEdinburgh, UK -- health: 35 stories, carried by 22 outletsDelaware, US -- rights & justice: 17 stories, carried by 15 outletsWisconsin, US -- health: 25 stories, carried by 63 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

● Stockholm Sweden about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 14 stories ● Kaduna Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 55 stories ● Sanaa Yemen about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 12 stories ● Copenhagen Denmark about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Perth Australia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 33 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health35% 5,917 stories · about as usual Rights & justice22% 3,734 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents15% 2,552 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence11% 1,844 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood7% 1,213 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 742 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 544 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 245 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 killed4,284 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,579 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,535 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured956 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions302 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting refugees177 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced148 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations64 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Malaysia Stories reporting people falling ill18 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the Gambia 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 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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