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14,189 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 violence in Kyiv, protests in Tehran (Iran) and people affected in Sri Lanka. Iran's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 37 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostUkraine 50 in 100 of its 1,007 stories, usually 39
RegionCentral Asia 34 in 100 of its stories, usually 23
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Ukraine

503 of its 1,007 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Kyiv accounted for 374 of Ukraine's 503 stories about harm, carried by 629 outlets. Train derailment was named in 24 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Ukraine over 30 days → its stories → Kyiv stories →
Protests & strikes

Iran

Tehran accounted for 160 of Iran's 256 stories about harm, carried by 243 outlets. 127 of Tehran's 160 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Food & livelihood

Sri Lanka

66 of its 155 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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

Ethiopia

69 of its 122 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Tigray accounted for 53 of Ethiopia's 69 stories about harm, carried by 81 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Sierra Leone

9 of its 13 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. 4 of Freetown's 6 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

France

185 of its 787 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (21 stories). Road crashes were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Azerbaijan

20 of its 65 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Russia

Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (24 stories). Plane crash was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Haiti

Port-au-Prince accounted for 23 of Haiti's 39 stories about harm, carried by 41 outlets. 13 of Port-au-Prince's 23 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: polio in Afghanistan (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); polio in Germany (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); house fires in Ireland (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in France (10 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); drought in Canada (15 of its stories, about three times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 17 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 14,189 stories about harm among 72,410 counted on 17 Oct.

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No day had a lower share of stories about people being harmed since 15 September 2022. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 72,410 stories, below the usual 21. Mentions of the polio ran more than ten times their usual in Afghanistan's news. A year earlier, on 17 October 2021, 25 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 today. Ukraine stood out: 50% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 39%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Iran70 in 100 of its 368 stories · usually 68 · mostly rights & justice Syria65 in 100 of its 66 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine61 in 100 of its 59 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Uganda60 in 100 of its 95 stories · usually 51 · mostly health Afghanistan59 in 100 of its 93 stories · usually 58 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Tehran Iran127 stories about protests or strikes, of its 160 Kyiv Ukraine94 stories about protests or strikes, of its 374 Washington US92 stories about protests or strikes, of its 429 Paris France56 stories about protests or strikes, of its 130 London UK53 stories about protests or strikes, of its 248

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessYemen: 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: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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 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: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: too little coverage to readSyria: 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: 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: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: 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: too little coverage to readPalau: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNetherlands: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: 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 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: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readJordan: 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 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: too little coverage to readIndia: 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: 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: too little coverage to readEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte 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: too little coverage to readComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: too little coverage to readBelgium: 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: too little coverage to readJammu & Kashmir: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessChagos 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: 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: 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 readVietnam: warmth about its own usualPuerto Rico: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualMali: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualHong Kong: warmth about its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualLittle Rock, US -- rights & justice: 15 stories, carried by 118 outletsArizona, US -- rights & justice: 30 stories, carried by 28 outletsKaduna, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 17 stories, carried by 12 outletsRome, Italy -- health: 14 stories, carried by 16 outletsFaisalabad, Pakistan -- disasters & accidents: 10 stories, carried by 15 outletsOttawa, Canada -- health: 28 stories, carried by 38 outletsHanoi, Vietnam -- health: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsBeijing, China -- health: 141 stories, carried by 265 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

● Little Rock US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 15 stories ● Arizona US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 30 stories ● Kaduna Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 17 stories ● Rome Italy about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 14 stories ● Faisalabad Pakistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 10 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health37% 5,162 stories · more than usual (usually 34%) Rights & justice22% 3,131 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents14% 1,902 stories · less than usual (usually 17%) Conflict & violence10% 1,448 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood7% 1,019 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 616 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 476 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 232 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 killed3,211 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,410 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,253 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured894 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced180 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Nigeria and Pakistan Stories reporting refugees141 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations100 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Russia and the US Stories reporting abductions86 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill20 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US 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 about as 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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