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What the world's news said happened to people.
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15,069 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 news turned to tropical storm in the Philippines, people affected in Kashmir and protests in Tehran (Iran). Iran's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was softer than usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about Ukraine and the US →
Part of lifeHealth 37 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostTrinidad & Tobago 46 in 100 of its 50 stories, usually 24
RegionEvery region about as usual
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Disasters & accidents

Philippines

234 of its 543 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (67 stories). Tropical storm was named in 105 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with landslides, flooding and heavy rain.

Philippines over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

30 of its 61 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Kashmir over 30 days → its stories →
Protests & strikes

Iran

Tehran accounted for 53 of Iran's 192 stories about harm, carried by 140 outlets. 46 of Tehran's 53 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Ukraine

Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories). HIV was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tuberculosis. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Italy

92 of its 480 stories (19%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories).

its stories →
Health

Bangladesh

Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Nigeria

Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

India

Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (9 stories). Tuberculosis was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Palestine

Nablus accounted for 43 of Palestine's 58 stories about harm, carried by 55 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: hunger in Pakistan (19 of its stories, about three times its usual); flu in France (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hiv in Ukraine (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Canada (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); tuberculosis in India (16 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 20; 19 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 28 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 15,069 stories about harm among 77,324 counted on 28 Oct.

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Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about Ukraine and the US. of the day's 77,324 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. the Philippines' news mentioned tropical storm more than ten times as often as usual. On 28 October 2021, a year earlier, the share was 24 in every 100, against 19 today. In the Philippines, 43% of the news was about people being harmed, where 33% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Iran66 in 100 of its 293 stories · usually 65 · mostly rights & justice Palestine64 in 100 of its 91 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Uganda53 in 100 of its 68 stories · usually 50 · mostly health Kashmir49 in 100 of its 61 stories · usually 39 · mostly conflict & violence Trinidad & Tobago46 in 100 of its 50 stories · usually 24 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US128 stories about protests or strikes, of its 520 San Francisco US69 stories about protests or strikes, of its 262 Tehran Iran46 stories about protests or strikes, of its 53 London UK33 stories about protests or strikes, of its 197 Islamabad Pakistan31 stories about protests or strikes, of its 82

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sYemen: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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 Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSaudi Arabia: 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: too little coverage to readPortugal: 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'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: 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: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: 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'sLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: 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'sIraq: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: too little coverage to readHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: too little coverage to readGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sFrance: 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: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: 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: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: 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 readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: 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: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall 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: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: feelings about like the world'sJersey: 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: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: 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 readVietnam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSlovakia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSenegal: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNigeria: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMalaysia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sIndia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuinea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChad: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBelize: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sArmenia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half 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

● Iran about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 192 stories about harm ● Nigeria about twice as fearful as the world's · 278 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 58 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 249 stories about harm ● Russia about twice as angry as the world's · 286 stories about harm ● South Africa about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 226 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health37% 5,435 stories · about as usual Rights & justice24% 3,507 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents13% 1,949 stories · less than usual (usually 16%) Conflict & violence11% 1,580 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood7% 1,062 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 572 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 492 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 288 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 killed3,248 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,350 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,339 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured652 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting refugees143 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced141 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations96 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the Philippines Stories reporting abductions73 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill40 at about three times the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US

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 softer than 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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