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16,369 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 day's news pointed at violence in Jammu, rights and justice in Yangon and flooding in Ukraine. Kashmir's coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 37 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostKashmir 63 in 100 of its 102 stories, usually 36
RegionCentral Asia 30 in 100 of its stories, usually 21
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

Kashmir

64 of its 102 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Jammu accounted for 39 of Kashmir's 64 stories about harm, carried by 24 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (21 stories). 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.

Kashmir over 30 days → its stories → Jammu stories →
Rights & justice

Myanmar

34 of its 40 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Yangon accounted for 27 of Myanmar's 34 stories about harm, carried by 39 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Myanmar over 30 days → its stories → Yangon stories →
Displacement

Ukraine

429 of its 934 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (36 stories). Flooding was named in 59 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with power cuts. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

Ethiopia

52 of its 79 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Tigray accounted for 45 of Ethiopia's 52 stories about harm, carried by 48 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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Rights & justice

Saudi Arabia

91 of its 263 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (31 stories).

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Health

Norway

26 of its 87 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (10 stories).

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Health

Lebanon

32 of its 88 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Cholera was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

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Health

New Zealand

Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (19 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Health

Haiti

Port-au-Prince accounted for 28 of Haiti's 41 stories about harm, carried by 61 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: cholera in Lebanon (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flooding in Ireland (27 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); plague in UK (17 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); oil spill in US (18 of its stories, about three times its usual).

20 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 19 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 16,369 stories about harm among 82,859 counted on 19 Oct.

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Mentions of the cholera ran about 5 times their usual in Lebanon's news. of the day's 82,859 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. On 19 October 2021, a year earlier, the share was 25 in every 100, against 20 today. Kashmir's news was 63% about people being harmed, against a usual 36%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Ethiopia66 in 100 of its 79 stories · usually 43 · mostly conflict & violence Haiti63 in 100 of its 65 stories · usually 62 · mostly health Kashmir63 in 100 of its 102 stories · usually 36 · mostly conflict & violence Syria62 in 100 of its 125 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine60 in 100 of its 70 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Tehran Iran109 stories about protests or strikes, of its 155 Washington US102 stories about protests or strikes, of its 529 Los Angeles US49 stories about protests or strikes, of its 208 Beijing China48 stories about protests or strikes, of its 101 London UK37 stories about protests or strikes, of its 257

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 readUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: 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'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: feelings about like the world'sNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: 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: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: 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'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: 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'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'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: 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: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: 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 readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: 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 grief-stricken as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer 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'sTunisia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTonga: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTajikistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPoland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMali: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLithuania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLaos: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIndia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGreece: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sEl Salvador: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sColombia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChile: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sArmenia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sArgentina: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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 one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as 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 about three times as fearful as the world's · 64 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 429 stories about harm ● Myanmar few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 34 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as angry as the world's · 238 stories about harm ● Armenia few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 20 stories about harm ● Ethiopia about twice as angry as the world's · 52 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health37% 6,036 stories · more than usual (usually 34%) Rights & justice23% 3,699 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents12% 1,983 stories · less than usual (usually 17%) Conflict & violence10% 1,563 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood8% 1,270 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 637 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 632 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 340 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 killed3,569 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,568 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,407 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured704 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting refugees180 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced145 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions127 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations102 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US Stories reporting people falling ill10 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Bangladesh

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
● Griefa little less than 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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