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7,051 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 Kherson, the hurricane in Mexico and protests in Khartoum (Sudan). Ukraine's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 33 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostMexico 50 in 100 of its 175 stories, usually 26
RegionCentral Asia 38 in 100 of its stories, usually 19
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Ukraine

213 of its 407 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Kherson accounted for 96 of Ukraine's 213 stories about harm, carried by 301 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (9 stories). Hurricane was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with power cuts. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Ukraine over 30 days → its stories → Kherson stories →
Disasters & accidents

Mexico

88 of its 175 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (21 stories). Hurricane was named in 68 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with storm surge, landslides and heavy rain.

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

Russia

179 of its 475 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Power cuts were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Somalia

44 of its 51 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 72%. Kismayo accounted for 29 of Somalia's 44 stories about harm, carried by 74 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Yemen

16 of its 19 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. 3 of Sanaa's 6 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Iran

Tehran accounted for 58 of Iran's 116 stories about harm, carried by 300 outlets. 54 of Tehran's 58 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Health

Germany

72 of its 227 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (18 stories).

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Hungary

9 of its 25 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. 6 of Budapest's 7 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Also named far more than usual: accidents in Canada (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in India (31 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in UK (36 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); natural hazards in Australia (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); power cuts in Russia (10 of its stories, about 9 times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 23 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 7,051 stories about harm among 36,564 counted on 23 Oct.

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For the second day running, the news turned to Ukraine. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 36,564 stories, below the usual 20. On 23 October 2021, a year earlier, the share was 26 in every 100, against 19 today. In Ukraine, 52% of the news was about people being harmed, where 40% is usual. This week the news turned most often to Ukraine, on 5 of 7 days.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Somalia86 in 100 of its 51 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Ukraine52 in 100 of its 407 stories · usually 40 · mostly conflict & violence Iran52 in 100 of its 222 stories · usually 67 · mostly rights & justice Mexico50 in 100 of its 175 stories · usually 26 · mostly disasters & accidents Afghanistan44 in 100 of its 86 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Tehran Iran54 stories about protests or strikes, of its 58 Washington US47 stories about protests or strikes, of its 198 London UK43 stories about protests or strikes, of its 116 Beijing China20 stories about protests or strikes, of its 61 Los Angeles US18 stories about protests or strikes, of its 66

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 lessVietnam: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: too little coverage to readVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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 lessUganda: too little coverage to readTurkmenistan: 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 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 lessSyria: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSaudi Arabia: too little coverage to readSão 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: too little coverage to readParaguay: 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 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: too little coverage to readNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: too little coverage to readNamibia: too little coverage to readMozambique: 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: too little coverage to readMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: 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: 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: too little coverage to readIraq: 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: 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: too little coverage to readGrenada: 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: too little coverage to readGambia: 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: too little coverage to readEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: too little coverage to readCongo: too little coverage to readComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: too little coverage to readChile: too little coverage to readChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: too little coverage to readMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina 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: too little coverage to readBhutan: 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: 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: too little coverage to readAustria: 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: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: too little coverage to readAlbania: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAmerican 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: too little coverage to readBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: too little coverage to readGuernsey: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readThailand: warmth about its own usualCambodia: warmth about its own usualGlasgow, UK -- health: 18 stories, carried by 16 outletsMissouri, US -- disasters & accidents: 11 stories, carried by 12 outletsNorthern Ireland, UK -- health: 14 stories, carried by 31 outletsArizona, US -- rights & justice: 13 stories, carried by 11 outletsDoha, Qatar -- health: 10 stories, carried by 16 outletsSunak, India -- health: 18 stories, carried by 21 outletsGusau, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 10 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

● Glasgow UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 18 stories ● Missouri US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 11 stories ● Northern Ireland UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 14 stories ● Arizona US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 13 stories ● Doha Qatar about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health33% 2,308 stories · about as usual Rights & justice22% 1,525 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 1,132 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence12% 845 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood6% 385 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 375 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 251 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 154 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 killed1,764 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected680 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests623 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured449 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations104 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Mexico and the US Stories reporting people displaced84 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees84 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions65 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 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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