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8,802 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 illness in Seoul, tropical storm in the Philippines and violence in Mogadishu. Iran's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 32 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostSouth Korea 76 in 100 of its 332 stories, usually 14
RegionEast Asia 31 in 100 of its stories, usually 17
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Health

South Korea

251 of its 332 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Seoul accounted for 236 of South Korea's 251 stories about harm, carried by 565 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (210 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

South Korea over 30 days → its stories → Seoul stories →
Disasters & accidents

Philippines

266 of its 448 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (124 stories). Tropical storm was named in 190 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with landslides, flooding and heavy rain. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Philippines over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Somalia

60 of its 70 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 73%. Mogadishu accounted for 54 of Somalia's 60 stories about harm, carried by 326 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (40 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Somalia over 30 days → its stories → Mogadishu stories →
Protests & strikes

Iran

172 of its 235 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Tehran accounted for 55 of Iran's 172 stories about harm, carried by 66 outlets. 40 of Tehran's 55 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
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Health

Haiti

42 of its 54 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 33 of Haiti's 42 stories about harm, carried by 72 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (18 stories). Hunger was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Malawi

13 of its 24 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. 5 of Lilongwe's 6 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Rwanda

17 of its 29 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Ethiopia

30 of its 53 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Tigray accounted for 24 of Ethiopia's 30 stories about harm, carried by 101 outlets. Hunger was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Kashmir

Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Landslides were named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Health

Brazil

61 of its 173 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: hunger in Haiti (15 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hunger in Ethiopia (12 of its stories, about three times its usual); landslides in Kashmir (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 29 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 8,802 stories about harm among 42,135 counted on 29 Oct.

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In South Korea, 76% of the news was about people being harmed, where 14% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 42,135 stories, as usual. On 29 October 2021, a year earlier, the share was 24 in every 100, against 21 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Somalia86 in 100 of its 70 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Haiti78 in 100 of its 54 stories · usually 63 · mostly health South Korea76 in 100 of its 332 stories · usually 14 · mostly health Iran73 in 100 of its 235 stories · usually 65 · mostly rights & justice Philippines59 in 100 of its 448 stories · usually 33 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

San Francisco US106 stories about protests or strikes, of its 219 Washington US71 stories about protests or strikes, of its 268 Tehran Iran40 stories about protests or strikes, of its 55 London UK26 stories about protests or strikes, of its 111 Shiraz Iran25 stories about protests or strikes, of its 34

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsle 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: 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: too little coverage to readSouth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomalia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: about as warm as its own usual or lessSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: too little coverage to readQatar: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua 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 lessNiger: about as warm as its own usual or lessNicaragua: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth 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: too little coverage to readLesotho: about as warm as its own usual or lessLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: 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 lessIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndonesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: about as warm as its own usual or lessHungary: too little coverage to readHonduras: too little coverage to readHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe 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: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: too little coverage to readChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or lessChile: about as warm as its own usual or lessChad: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCambodia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: 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: too little coverage to readBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: too little coverage to readBelarus: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustria: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: 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 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 lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontserrat: 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: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readSouth Africa: warmth about its own usualNigeria: warmth about its own usualNetherlands: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualIndia: warmth about its own usualAustralia: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualAbuja, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 51 stories, carried by 43 outletsBasij, Iran -- rights & justice: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsArizona, US -- rights & justice: 35 stories, carried by 19 outletsAmsterdam, Netherlands -- conflict & violence: 15 stories, carried by 112 outletsSandton, South Africa -- conflict & violence: 30 stories, carried by 27 outletsWisconsin, US -- health: 11 stories, carried by 17 outletsSunak, India -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 160 outletsSydney, Australia -- conflict & violence: 38 stories, carried by 77 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

● Abuja Nigeria about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 51 stories ● Basij Iran about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 10 stories ● Arizona US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 35 stories ● Amsterdam Netherlands about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 15 stories ● Sandton South Africa about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 30 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health32% 2,824 stories · less than usual (usually 35%) Rights & justice26% 2,224 stories · more than usual (usually 22%) Disasters & accidents14% 1,210 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence14% 1,185 stories · more than usual (usually 11%) Food & livelihood5% 433 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 420 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 250 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 162 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 killed2,270 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests941 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected818 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured806 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about South Korea and the US Stories reporting refugees110 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Ukraine and Australia Stories reporting people displaced92 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations72 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions67 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill13 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Ukraine and Indonesia

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 much harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little more than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout as usual
● Feara little more than 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.