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13,505 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to violence in Kismayo, protests in Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan) and the cyclone in Bangladesh. Somalia's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 39 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostEthiopia 58 in 100 of its 88 stories, usually 45
RegionCentral Asia 36 in 100 of its stories, usually 19
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

Somalia

43 of its 52 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 72%. Kismayo accounted for 26 of Somalia's 43 stories about harm, carried by 36 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (29 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.

Somalia over 30 days → its stories → Kismayo stories →
Disasters & accidents

Bangladesh

108 of its 230 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (21 stories). Cyclone was named in 75 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain and storm surge.

Bangladesh over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Pakistan

Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Polio was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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

Ethiopia

51 of its 88 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Tigray accounted for 38 of Ethiopia's 51 stories about harm, carried by 50 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Iran

Tehran accounted for 59 of Iran's 113 stories about harm, carried by 50 outlets. 43 of Tehran's 59 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Sudan

32 of its 43 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. 12 of Khartoum's 14 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Costa Rica

12 of its 28 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Health

South Korea

73 of its 318 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (28 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

Brazil

51 of its 176 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (32 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: landslides in Mexico (24 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); earthquake in Haiti (12 of its stories, about three times its usual); hurricane in Bermuda (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); flu in Türkiye (12 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); cyclone in India (53 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 20; 19 the day before
21 in 10019 in 10025 Sep2 Oct9 Oct16 Oct24 Oct25 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 10022 Oct: 20 in 10023 Oct: 19 in 10024 Oct: 20 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 24 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 13,505 stories about harm among 67,786 counted on 24 Oct.

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Bangladesh's news mentioned the cyclone more than ten times as often as usual. 20 in every 100 of the day's 67,786 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 24 October 2021, 26 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 today. Somalia stood out: 83% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 72%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Somalia83 in 100 of its 52 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Ethiopia58 in 100 of its 88 stories · usually 45 · mostly conflict & violence Uganda57 in 100 of its 91 stories · usually 49 · mostly health Afghanistan53 in 100 of its 97 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Bangladesh47 in 100 of its 230 stories · usually 37 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US86 stories about protests or strikes, of its 450 London UK68 stories about protests or strikes, of its 280 Tehran Iran43 stories about protests or strikes, of its 59 Los Angeles US39 stories about protests or strikes, of its 255 Beijing China35 stories about protests or strikes, of its 104

Stories, not people.

Where harm was most of the news

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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 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: no storiesUnited Kingdom: near the world's share or lessUnited Arab Emirates: near the world's share or lessTurkmenistan: near the world's share or lessTunisia: 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 lessTaiwan: near the world's share or lessSwitzerland: near the world's share or lessSweden: near the world's share or lessEswatini: no storiesSuriname: 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: no storiesRomania: 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 lessNew Zealand: near the world's share or lessNiue: no storiesNetherlands: 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 lessMauritius: near the world's share or lessMauritania: no storiesMalta: 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 lessLiberia: near the world's share or lessLesotho: near the world's share or lessLebanon: near the world's share or lessLatvia: near the world's share or lessLaos: near the world's share or lessKuwait: near the world's share or lessKosovo: no storiesKiribati: 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 lessIraq: 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 lessHonduras: near the world's share or lessGuyana: near the world's share or lessGuinea-Bissau: near the world's share or lessGuinea: near the world's share or lessGuatemala: near the world's share or lessGrenada: near the world's share or lessGreece: near the world's share or lessGhana: near the world's share or lessGermany: 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: near the world's share or lessFrench Southern Territories: no storiesÅland Islands: no storiesFinland: 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: near the world's share or lessDjibouti: no storiesGreenland: near the world's share or lessFaroe Islands: no storiesCzech 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 lessComoros: no storiesColombia: near the world's share or lessChina: near the world's share or lessHong Kong: 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: near the world's share or lessBulgaria: near the world's share or lessBrunei: 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: near the world's share or lessBenin: 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 lessBahamas: 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 lessJammu & Kashmir: 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 lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: near the world's share or lessSiachen Glacier: near the world's share or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: 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: no storiesAmerican Samoa: no storiesChagos Islands: no storiesSt. Helena: near the world's share or lessPitcairn: no storiesAnguilla: no storiesBritish Virgin Islands: no storiesTurks & 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: no storiesNorfolk Island: near the world's share or lessSint Maarten: no storiesChristmas Island: no storiesGibraltar: near the world's share or lessMayotte: near the world's share or lessYemen: 74 in 100 of its 23 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Venezuela: 34 in 100 of its 38 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Ukraine: 41 in 100 of its 666 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Uganda: 57 in 100 of its 91 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Türkiye: 32 in 100 of its 148 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Thailand: 35 in 100 of its 130 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Tanzania: 37 in 100 of its 46 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Tajikistan: 80 in 100 of its 5 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Syria: 46 in 100 of its 97 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)South Sudan: 50 in 100 of its 14 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Sudan: 74 in 100 of its 43 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Sri Lanka: 28 in 100 of its 74 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)South Africa: 30 in 100 of its 742 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Somalia: 83 in 100 of its 52 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Rwanda: 46 in 100 of its 35 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Russia: 33 in 100 of its 884 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Philippines: 32 in 100 of its 575 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Pakistan: 37 in 100 of its 557 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Nigeria: 32 in 100 of its 970 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Nicaragua: 61 in 100 of its 18 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Mozambique: 46 in 100 of its 26 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Mexico: 28 in 100 of its 277 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Malawi: 32 in 100 of its 41 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Kyrgyzstan: 71 in 100 of its 17 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Kenya: 27 in 100 of its 273 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Israel: 31 in 100 of its 338 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Palestine: 40 in 100 of its 47 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Iran: 45 in 100 of its 253 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Indonesia: 34 in 100 of its 161 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Haiti: 59 in 100 of its 44 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Fiji: 35 in 100 of its 48 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Ethiopia: 58 in 100 of its 88 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Denmark: 29 in 100 of its 80 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Costa Rica: 43 in 100 of its 28 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)DR Congo: 78 in 100 of its 9 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Congo: 50 in 100 of its 10 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Chad: 50 in 100 of its 22 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Cameroon: 57 in 100 of its 23 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Cambodia: 51 in 100 of its 49 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Myanmar: 48 in 100 of its 31 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Burkina Faso: 71 in 100 of its 14 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Brazil: 29 in 100 of its 176 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Bangladesh: 47 in 100 of its 230 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Afghanistan: 53 in 100 of its 97 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Palestine: 40 in 100 of its 47 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Palestine: 40 in 100 of its 47 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Ukraine: 41 in 100 of its 666 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Palestine: 40 in 100 of its 47 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)Bermuda: 35 in 100 of its 49 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 20)
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 20 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

● Somalia 83 in 100 of its 52 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Ethiopia 58 in 100 of its 88 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Uganda 57 in 100 of its 91 stories · mostly health ● Bangladesh 47 in 100 of its 230 stories · mostly disasters & accidents ● Afghanistan 53 in 100 of its 97 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Iran 45 in 100 of its 253 stories · mostly rights & justice

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

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health39% 5,245 stories · more than usual (usually 34%) Rights & justice20% 2,652 stories · less than usual (usually 22%) Disasters & accidents14% 1,873 stories · less than usual (usually 17%) Conflict & violence11% 1,508 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood6% 823 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 582 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 361 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 332 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 killed2,820 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,136 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,055 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured745 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees140 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations135 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced127 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions109 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
● 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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