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15,965 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 violence in Tigray, the hurricane in Belize and protests in Astana (Kazakhstan). Ethiopia's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Language across the world's news ran softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 37 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostBelize 80 in 100 of its 55 stories, usually 27
RegionCentral Asia 38 in 100 of its stories, usually 20
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Ethiopia

102 of its 168 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Tigray accounted for 63 of Ethiopia's 102 stories about harm, carried by 146 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories). Outbreaks were named in 26 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with malaria. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Ethiopia over 30 days → its stories → Tigray stories →
Disasters & accidents

Belize

44 of its 55 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Belize City accounted for 29 of Belize's 44 stories about harm, carried by 37 outlets. Hurricane was named in 43 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with storm surge.

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

Ecuador

26 of its 38 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Guayaquil accounted for 24 of Ecuador's 26 stories about harm, carried by 42 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (16 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.

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Conflict & violence

South Korea

228 of its 590 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Seoul accounted for 185 of South Korea's 228 stories about harm, carried by 428 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (30 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken 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

Greenland

18 of its 28 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories). Wildfires were named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heatwave.

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Protests & strikes

Sri Lanka

53 of its 121 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. 21 of Colombo's 28 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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Disasters & accidents

Greece

63 of its 199 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (39 stories). Drownings were named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

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Conflict & violence

North Korea

26 of its 108 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: hurricane in Honduras (16 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); wildfires in Greenland (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); covid in Cuba (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); drownings in Greece (15 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); bridge collapse in India (101 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 2 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 15,965 stories about harm among 83,116 counted on 2 Nov.

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Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 83,116 stories, as usual. A year earlier, on 2 November 2021, 24 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Belize80 in 100 of its 55 stories · usually 27 · mostly disasters & accidents Somalia71 in 100 of its 55 stories · usually 79 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine62 in 100 of its 60 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Ethiopia61 in 100 of its 168 stories · usually 47 · mostly conflict & violence Syria60 in 100 of its 57 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US101 stories about protests or strikes, of its 528 San Francisco US79 stories about protests or strikes, of its 212 Tehran Iran57 stories about protests or strikes, of its 78 Seoul South Korea47 stories about protests or strikes, of its 185 Los Angeles US31 stories about protests or strikes, of its 138

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: 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'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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth 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: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua 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'sNorway: 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: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: 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'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKenya: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: 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'sGuyana: 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'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench 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: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: 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 readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta 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'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: 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'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'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: 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: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readGuernsey: 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPeru: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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 about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMalawi: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLuxembourg: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGreece: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGambia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFrance: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEcuador: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBrazil: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAustria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sJersey: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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 twice as fearful as the world's · 19 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as angry as the world's · 151 stories about harm ● Somalia few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 39 stories about harm ● Ecuador few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 26 stories about harm ● Israel about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 215 stories about harm ● Ethiopia about twice as angry as the world's · 102 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health37% 5,765 stories · about as usual Rights & justice22% 3,485 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents14% 2,175 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence10% 1,634 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood8% 1,190 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 692 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 557 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 killed3,601 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,443 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,393 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured737 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and South Korea Stories reporting refugees132 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced131 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations115 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions114 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill11 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India

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
● 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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