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14,726 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 protests in Ndjamena (Chad), violence in Tigray and arrests in Malawi. Chad's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 38 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostChad 78 in 100 of its 68 stories, usually 26
RegionEvery region about as usual
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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Protests & strikes

Chad

53 of its 68 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Ndjamena accounted for 41 of Chad's 53 stories about harm, carried by 194 outlets. 37 of Ndjamena's 41 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (34 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Chad over 30 days → its stories → Ndjamena stories →
Rights & justice

Malawi

24 of its 57 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Ukraine

Kherson accounted for 166 of Ukraine's 341 stories about harm, carried by 342 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (48 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Palestine

Jenin accounted for 24 of Palestine's 38 stories about harm, carried by 34 outlets. 13 of Jenin's 24 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Iran

Tehran accounted for 95 of Iran's 190 stories about harm, carried by 204 outlets. 73 of Tehran's 95 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

South Sudan

18 of its 22 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories).

its stories →
Displacement

Moldova

8 of its 25 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Sudan

Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: flu in Germany (13 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); earthquake in Japan (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); cholera in Nigeria (24 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); natural hazards in Australia (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); cyclone in India (27 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 20; 19 the day before
22 in 10019 in 10022 Sep29 Sep6 Oct13 Oct21 Oct22 Sep: 20 in 10023 Sep: 20 in 10024 Sep: 22 in 10025 Sep: 21 in 10026 Sep: 21 in 10027 Sep: 20 in 10028 Sep: 21 in 10029 Sep: 21 in 10030 Sep: 21 in 1001 Oct: 21 in 1002 Oct: 21 in 1003 Oct: 20 in 1004 Oct: 20 in 1005 Oct: 20 in 1006 Oct: 21 in 1007 Oct: 21 in 1008 Oct: 21 in 1009 Oct: 20 in 10010 Oct: 20 in 10011 Oct: 20 in 10012 Oct: 20 in 10013 Oct: 20 in 10014 Oct: 20 in 10015 Oct: 20 in 10016 Oct: 21 in 10017 Oct: 20 in 10018 Oct: 20 in 10019 Oct: 20 in 10020 Oct: 19 in 10021 Oct: 19 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 21 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 14,726 stories about harm among 78,557 counted on 21 Oct.

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Chad stood out: 78% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 26%. 19 in every 100 of the day's 78,557 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 20. For the second day running, the news turned to Chad. Germany's news mentioned the flu about 8 times as often as usual. On 21 October 2021, a year earlier, the share was 25 in every 100, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Chad78 in 100 of its 68 stories · usually 26 · mostly rights & justice Syria61 in 100 of its 64 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Haiti60 in 100 of its 50 stories · usually 63 · mostly rights & justice Palestine58 in 100 of its 66 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Ethiopia55 in 100 of its 88 stories · usually 44 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US162 stories about protests or strikes, of its 609 Tehran Iran73 stories about protests or strikes, of its 95 London UK39 stories about protests or strikes, of its 222 Ndjamena Chad37 stories about protests or strikes, of its 41 Islamabad Pakistan36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 120

Stories, not people.

Where harm was most of the news

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: near the world's share or lessZambia: near the world's share or lessVietnam: near the world's share or lessVenezuela: near the world's share or lessVanuatu: near the world's share or lessUzbekistan: near the world's share or lessUruguay: near the world's share or lessMicronesia: no storiesU.S. Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessGuam: near the world's share or lessPuerto Rico: near the world's share or lessUnited States: near the world's share or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: no storiesFalkland Islands: no storiesCayman Islands: near the world's share or lessIsle of Man: near the world's share or lessUnited Kingdom: near the world's share or lessUnited Arab Emirates: near the world's share or lessTurkmenistan: near the world's share or lessTrinidad & Tobago: near the world's share or lessTonga: near the world's share or lessTogo: near the world's share or lessTimor-Leste: near the world's share or lessTanzania: near the world's share or lessTajikistan: near the world's share or lessTaiwan: near the world's share or lessSwitzerland: near the world's share or lessSweden: near the world's share or lessEswatini: near the world's share or lessSuriname: near the world's share or lessSpain: near the world's share or lessSouth Korea: near the world's share or lessSomaliland: no storiesSolomon Islands: near the world's share or lessSlovakia: near the world's share or lessSlovenia: near the world's share or lessSingapore: near the world's share or lessSierra Leone: near the world's share or lessSeychelles: near the world's share or lessSerbia: no storiesSenegal: near the world's share or lessSaudi Arabia: near the world's share or lessSão Tomé: no storiesSamoa: near the world's share or lessSt Vincent: near the world's share or lessSt. Lucia: near the world's share or lessRussia: near the world's share or lessRomania: near the world's share or lessQatar: near the world's share or lessPortugal: near the world's share or lessPoland: near the world's share or lessPeru: near the world's share or lessParaguay: near the world's share or lessPapua New Guinea: near the world's share or lessPanama: near the world's share or lessPalau: near the world's share or lessOman: near the world's share or lessNorway: near the world's share or lessNorth Korea: near the world's share or lessNiger: near the world's share or lessNicaragua: near the world's share or lessNew Zealand: near the world's share or lessNiue: near the world's share or lessNetherlands: near the world's share or lessCuraçao: no storiesNepal: near the world's share or lessNamibia: near the world's share or lessMorocco: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara: near the world's share or lessMontenegro: near the world's share or lessMongolia: near the world's share or lessMoldova: near the world's share or lessMexico: near the world's share or lessMauritius: near the world's share or lessMauritania: near the world's share or lessMalta: near the world's share or lessMali: near the world's share or lessMalaysia: near the world's share or lessMadagascar: near the world's share or lessNorth Macedonia: near the world's share or lessLuxembourg: near the world's share or lessLithuania: near the world's share or lessLibya: near the world's share or lessLesotho: near the world's share or lessLatvia: near the world's share or lessKyrgyzstan: near the world's share or lessKuwait: near the world's share or lessKosovo: no storiesKiribati: no storiesKenya: near the world's share or lessKazakhstan: near the world's share or lessJordan: near the world's share or lessJapan: near the world's share or lessJamaica: near the world's share or lessItaly: near the world's share or lessIreland: near the world's share or lessIndia: near the world's share or lessIceland: near the world's share or lessHungary: near the world's share or lessGuyana: near the world's share or lessGuinea-Bissau: no storiesGuatemala: near the world's share or lessGrenada: near the world's share or lessGreece: near the world's share or lessGeorgia: near the world's share or lessGambia: near the world's share or lessGabon: near the world's share or lessFrance: near the world's share or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: no storiesFrench Polynesia: near the world's share or lessNew Caledonia: no storiesFrench Southern Territories: no storiesÅland Islands: no storiesFinland: near the world's share or lessFiji: near the world's share or lessEstonia: near the world's share or lessEritrea: near the world's share or lessEquatorial Guinea: no storiesEl Salvador: near the world's share or lessEgypt: near the world's share or lessEcuador: near the world's share or lessDominican Republic: near the world's share or lessDominica: no storiesDjibouti: no storiesFaroe Islands: near the world's share or lessCzech Republic: near the world's share or lessN. Cyprus: no storiesCyprus: near the world's share or lessCuba: near the world's share or lessCroatia: near the world's share or lessCôte d'Ivoire: near the world's share or lessCosta Rica: near the world's share or lessDR Congo: near the world's share or lessComoros: near the world's share or lessColombia: near the world's share or lessChina: near the world's share or lessChile: near the world's share or lessCentral African Republic: near the world's share or lessCape Verde: near the world's share or lessCanada: near the world's share or lessBurundi: no storiesBulgaria: near the world's share or lessBrunei: near the world's share or lessBrazil: near the world's share or lessBotswana: near the world's share or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: near the world's share or lessBolivia: near the world's share or lessBhutan: no storiesBenin: near the world's share or lessBelize: near the world's share or lessBelgium: near the world's share or lessBelarus: near the world's share or lessBarbados: near the world's share or lessBahrain: near the world's share or lessAzerbaijan: near the world's share or lessAustria: near the world's share or lessAustralia: near the world's share or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: no storiesArmenia: near the world's share or lessArgentina: near the world's share or lessAntigua & Barbuda: near the world's share or lessAngola: near the world's share or lessAndorra: no storiesAlgeria: near the world's share or lessAlbania: near the world's share or lessAksai Chin: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): near the world's share or lessVatican City: near the world's share or lessMarshall Islands: near the world's share or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: near the world's share or lessAmerican Samoa: no storiesChagos Islands: no storiesSt. Helena: no storiesPitcairn: no storiesAnguilla: no storiesBermuda: near the world's share or lessBritish Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: no storiesMontserrat: near the world's share or lessJersey: near the world's share or lessGuernsey: near the world's share or lessSan Marino: no storiesSt Kitts & Nevis: near the world's share or lessCook Islands: near the world's share or lessAruba: near the world's share or lessNauru: no storiesMonaco: near the world's share or lessMaldives: near the world's share or lessLiechtenstein: near the world's share or lessWallis & Futuna: no storiesSt. Martin: no storiesSt. Barthélemy: no storiesMacao: near the world's share or lessNorfolk Island: no storiesSint Maarten: no storiesChristmas Island: no storiesGibraltar: near the world's share or lessMayotte: no storiesYemen: 54 in 100 of its 26 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Ukraine: 44 in 100 of its 777 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Uganda: 47 in 100 of its 96 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Türkiye: 29 in 100 of its 217 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Tunisia: 44 in 100 of its 16 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Thailand: 31 in 100 of its 157 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Syria: 61 in 100 of its 64 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)South Sudan: 82 in 100 of its 22 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Sudan: 57 in 100 of its 44 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Sri Lanka: 31 in 100 of its 102 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)South Africa: 27 in 100 of its 670 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Somalia: 54 in 100 of its 28 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Rwanda: 61 in 100 of its 38 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Philippines: 31 in 100 of its 534 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Pakistan: 34 in 100 of its 743 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Nigeria: 28 in 100 of its 1,033 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Mozambique: 45 in 100 of its 20 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Malawi: 42 in 100 of its 57 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Liberia: 31 in 100 of its 32 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Lebanon: 36 in 100 of its 64 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Laos: 59 in 100 of its 17 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Israel: 29 in 100 of its 251 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Palestine: 58 in 100 of its 66 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Iraq: 31 in 100 of its 35 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Iran: 51 in 100 of its 375 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Indonesia: 33 in 100 of its 183 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Honduras: 62 in 100 of its 8 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Haiti: 60 in 100 of its 50 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Guinea: 58 in 100 of its 12 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Ghana: 25 in 100 of its 320 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Germany: 24 in 100 of its 453 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Ethiopia: 55 in 100 of its 88 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Greenland: 50 in 100 of its 10 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Denmark: 29 in 100 of its 58 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Congo: 45 in 100 of its 11 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Hong Kong: 33 in 100 of its 93 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Chad: 78 in 100 of its 68 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Cameroon: 50 in 100 of its 16 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Cambodia: 45 in 100 of its 65 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Myanmar: 48 in 100 of its 33 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Burkina Faso: 75 in 100 of its 16 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Bangladesh: 38 in 100 of its 146 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Bahamas: 33 in 100 of its 42 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Afghanistan: 50 in 100 of its 94 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Kashmir: 40 in 100 of its 78 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Palestine: 58 in 100 of its 66 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Palestine: 58 in 100 of its 66 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Kashmir: 40 in 100 of its 78 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Kashmir: 40 in 100 of its 78 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Ukraine: 44 in 100 of its 777 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Palestine: 58 in 100 of its 66 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Kashmir: 40 in 100 of its 78 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)
A quarter or more above the world's share Near the world's or lessNo stories

Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 19 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.

Most of its news about harm

● Chad 78 in 100 of its 68 stories · mostly rights & justice ● Iran 51 in 100 of its 375 stories · mostly rights & justice ● Syria 61 in 100 of its 64 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Ukraine 44 in 100 of its 777 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Ethiopia 55 in 100 of its 88 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Palestine 58 in 100 of its 66 stories · mostly conflict & violence

Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 stories.

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health38% 5,483 stories · more than usual (usually 34%) Rights & justice23% 3,373 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents13% 1,872 stories · less than usual (usually 17%) Conflict & violence10% 1,510 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood7% 997 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 551 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 456 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 259 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 killed3,127 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,363 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,348 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured700 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced178 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees113 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting abductions106 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting evacuations91 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US Stories reporting people falling ill12 at about the usual rate

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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