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15,275 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 illness in Seoul, tropical storm in the Philippines and homes and services in Kyiv. South Korea's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 37 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostSouth Korea 50 in 100 of its 615 stories, usually 24
RegionEast Asia 25 in 100 of its stories, usually 18
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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Health

South Korea

310 of its 615 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Seoul accounted for 256 of South Korea's 310 stories about harm, carried by 312 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (265 stories). Accidents were named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Philippines

207 of its 437 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Tropical storm was named in 111 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with landslides and power cuts. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Philippines over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Ukraine

Kyiv accounted for 149 of Ukraine's 257 stories about harm, carried by 323 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (41 stories). Hunger was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with power cuts. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Ukraine over 30 days → its stories → Kyiv stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Health

Mali

23 of its 29 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Bamako accounted for 17 of Mali's 23 stories about harm, carried by 122 outlets. Malaria was named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Rwanda

43 of its 80 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Kigali accounted for 22 of Rwanda's 43 stories about harm, carried by 16 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Somalia

48 of its 50 stories (96%) were about people being harmed, usually 78%. Mogadishu accounted for 27 of Somalia's 48 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Belize

22 of its 40 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Hurricane was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with tropical storm.

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Protests & strikes

Bahrain

19 of its 50 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. 8 of Manama's 12 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Health

Jordan

23 of its 89 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: hurricane in Belize (18 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); bridge collapse in India (232 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); malaria in Mali (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); malaria in Ethiopia (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Ireland (22 of its stories, about three 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 1 Nov. 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 15,275 stories about harm among 79,861 counted on 1 Nov.

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For the fourth day running, the news turned to South Korea. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 79,861 stories, as usual. South Korea's news was 50% about people being harmed, against a usual 24%. On 1 November 2021, a year earlier, the share was 24 in every 100, against 19 today. Over October, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 25 in October 2021.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Somalia96 in 100 of its 50 stories · usually 78 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine58 in 100 of its 50 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Iran58 in 100 of its 257 stories · usually 65 · mostly rights & justice Rwanda54 in 100 of its 80 stories · usually 37 · mostly conflict & violence South Korea50 in 100 of its 615 stories · usually 24 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

San Francisco US98 stories about protests or strikes, of its 281 Washington US80 stories about protests or strikes, of its 420 Tehran Iran72 stories about protests or strikes, of its 88 London UK30 stories about protests or strikes, of its 168 Houston US26 stories about protests or strikes, of its 154

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: 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: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: 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'sSudan: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: too little coverage to readSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSaudi 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 readRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: 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: feelings about like the world'sOman: 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: too little coverage to readMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: 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: too little coverage to readLibya: 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 readKazakhstan: 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'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: 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: feelings about like the world'sNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: 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: too little coverage to readCongo: too little coverage to readComoros: 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'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: 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'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: 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: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern 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: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: feelings about like the world'sJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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 readYemen: coverage a little angrier than the world'sVietnam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSlovenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNiger: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMontenegro: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKenya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIsrael: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIraq: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGuyana: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGreece: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFiji: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEcuador: coverage a little angrier than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCambodia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about 4 times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about 4 times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about 4 times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about 4 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

● Kashmir few stories about 4 times as fearful as the world's · 36 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as angry as the world's · 149 stories about harm ● South Korea about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 310 stories about harm ● Somalia few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 48 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 257 stories about harm ● Bangladesh about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 53 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health37% 5,565 stories · about as usual Rights & justice22% 3,257 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents15% 2,201 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence10% 1,482 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood7% 1,005 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 781 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 545 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 257 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 killed3,575 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,349 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,311 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured950 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees158 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced121 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Pakistan Stories reporting abductions102 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting evacuations93 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill13 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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