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15,964 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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Power cuts in Ukraine, protests in Tehran (Iran) and arrests in France drew the news. Ukraine's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 37 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostUkraine 51 in 100 of its 877 stories, usually 39
RegionCentral Asia 31 in 100 of its stories, usually 22
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

449 of its 877 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Kyiv accounted for 325 of Ukraine's 449 stories about harm, carried by 422 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (68 stories). Power cuts were named in 78 of its stories about harm, about 6 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 136 of Iran's 201 stories about harm, carried by 203 outlets. 110 of Tehran's 136 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Rights & justice

France

189 of its 761 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (21 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

France over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Nigeria

333 of its 1,005 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (53 stories). Natural hazards were named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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

Ethiopia

55 of its 109 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Tigray accounted for 45 of Ethiopia's 55 stories about harm, carried by 60 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Mali

28 of its 39 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Kashmir

41 of its 83 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Jammu accounted for 30 of Kashmir's 41 stories about harm, carried by 24 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Tunisia

20 of its 44 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. 8 of Zarzis' 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (8 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Russia

Reports of evacuations ran at about 9 times the usual rate (45 stories). Plane crash was named in 23 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.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

90 of its 123 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: measles in Somalia (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Thailand (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in Ireland (24 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); polio in Germany (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plane crash in Russia (23 of its stories, more than ten 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 18 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 15,964 stories about harm among 80,394 counted on 18 Oct.

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The news turned to Ukraine for the second day running. 20 in every 100 of the day's 80,394 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Ukraine's news, mentions of power cuts ran about 6 times their usual. On 18 October 2021, a year earlier, the share was 25 in every 100, against 20 today. Ukraine's news was 51% about people being harmed, against a usual 39%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria73 in 100 of its 123 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Haiti64 in 100 of its 89 stories · usually 62 · mostly health Iran59 in 100 of its 339 stories · usually 69 · mostly rights & justice Afghanistan54 in 100 of its 93 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Ukraine51 in 100 of its 877 stories · usually 39 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Tehran Iran110 stories about protests or strikes, of its 136 Washington US98 stories about protests or strikes, of its 505 London UK52 stories about protests or strikes, of its 239 Paris France44 stories about protests or strikes, of its 125 Delhi India41 stories about protests or strikes, of its 219

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: 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 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: too little coverage to readIsle 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 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: too little coverage to readTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: too little coverage to readTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: too little coverage to readSweden: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: too little coverage to readRussia: 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: 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 readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: too little coverage to readNorway: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: 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: too little coverage to readNorth 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: 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 lessIran: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndonesia: too little coverage to readIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: about as warm as its own usual or lessHungary: too little coverage to readHonduras: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: too little coverage to readGuinea-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: too little coverage to readGabon: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: 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 lessCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR 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 lessHong 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: 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: too little coverage to readBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: 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: too little coverage to readAngola: 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 lessGaza: about as warm as its own usual or lessWest Bank: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall 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: 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: too little coverage to readSan 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: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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 usualUganda: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualMali: warmth about one and a half times its own usualHaiti: warmth about its own usualCuba: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualKidal, Mali -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 16 outletsLittle Rock, US -- health: 14 stories, carried by 17 outletsCanberra, Australia -- disasters & accidents: 13 stories, carried by 12 outletsCedar Rapids, US -- health: 10 stories, carried by 14 outletsFrankfurt, Germany -- health: 15 stories, carried by 14 outletsKaduna, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 13 stories, carried by 10 outletsBasingstoke, UK -- health: 29 stories, carried by 29 outletsCambridge, UK -- health: 35 stories, carried by 38 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

● Mali warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Kidal Mali about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 11 stories ● Little Rock US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 14 stories ● Canberra Australia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 13 stories ● Cedar Rapids US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories ● Frankfurt Germany about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 15 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health37% 5,863 stories · more than usual (usually 34%) Rights & justice23% 3,641 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents13% 2,083 stories · less than usual (usually 17%) Conflict & violence11% 1,671 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood7% 1,029 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 668 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 597 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 229 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 killed3,862 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,548 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,369 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured739 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions205 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US Stories reporting people displaced167 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees135 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations134 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Russia and the US Stories reporting people falling ill9 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Australia

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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