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13,363 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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Plane crash in Tanzania, a disaster in Sharm el-Sheikh and violence in Jammu drew the news. Kashmir's coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were much softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 37 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostTanzania 72 in 100 of its 132 stories, usually 33
RegionEast Asia 24 in 100 of its stories, usually 19
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Disasters & accidents

Tanzania

95 of its 132 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Bukoba accounted for 49 of Tanzania's 95 stories about harm, carried by 67 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (51 stories). Plane crash was named in 29 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Tanzania over 30 days → its stories → Bukoba stories →
Rights & justice

Egypt

269 of its 782 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Sharm el-Sheikh accounted for 129 of Egypt's 269 stories about harm, carried by 230 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Egypt over 30 days → its stories → Sharm el-Sheikh stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

39 of its 76 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Jammu accounted for 23 of Kashmir's 39 stories about harm, carried by 17 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Kashmir over 30 days → its stories → Jammu stories →
Health

China

545 of its 1,753 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Poisoning was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with drownings and earthquake.

China over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Iran

Tehran accounted for 45 of Iran's 114 stories about harm, carried by 53 outlets. 28 of Tehran's 45 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Bahamas

32 of its 77 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Hurricane was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with storms.

its stories →
Health

Cyprus

15 of its 35 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (6 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Dominican Republic

10 of its 18 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Italy

82 of its 376 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (15 stories).

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Kenya

76 of its 236 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. 25 of Nairobi's 42 stories were about protests or strikes.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: hurricane in Bahamas (20 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); illness in Brazil (12 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in India (41 of its stories, about three times its usual); outbreaks in Israel (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); storms in Pakistan (12 of its stories, about 4 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 7 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 13,363 stories about harm among 70,231 counted on 7 Nov.

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For the second day running, the news turned to Tanzania. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 70,231 stories, as usual. Tanzania's news was 72% about people being harmed, against a usual 33%. In the Bahamas' news, mentions of the hurricane ran about 4 times their usual. A year earlier, on 7 November 2021, 26 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 →

Tanzania72 in 100 of its 132 stories · usually 33 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria62 in 100 of its 72 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence Iran51 in 100 of its 222 stories · usually 62 · mostly rights & justice Kashmir51 in 100 of its 76 stories · usually 39 · mostly conflict & violence Uganda47 in 100 of its 62 stories · usually 47 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US84 stories about protests or strikes, of its 397 Sharm el-Sheikh Egypt49 stories about protests or strikes, of its 129 London UK49 stories about protests or strikes, of its 204 Islamabad Pakistan30 stories about protests or strikes, of its 69 San Francisco US29 stories about protests or strikes, of its 95

Stories, not people.

Where harm was most of the news

feelings in full →
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 lessVenezuela: near the world's share or lessVanuatu: near the world's share or lessUruguay: near the world's share or lessMicronesia: near the world's share or lessU.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: near the world's share or lessUnited Kingdom: near the world's share or lessUnited Arab Emirates: near the world's share or lessTurkmenistan: near the world's share or lessTurkey: 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: no storiesThailand: near the world's share or lessTajikistan: 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: near the world's share or lessSuriname: near the world's share or lessSpain: 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 storiesRussia: near the world's share or lessRomania: 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 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 lessNicaragua: near the world's share or lessNiue: near the world's share or lessNetherlands: 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: no storiesMontenegro: no storiesMongolia: near the world's share or lessMoldova: near the world's share or lessMexico: near the world's share or lessMauritius: near the world's share or lessMauritania: near the world's share or lessMalta: 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 lessKyrgyzstan: near the world's share or lessKuwait: near the world's share or lessKosovo: no storiesKiribati: no storiesKazakhstan: 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 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: no storiesGuatemala: 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: no storiesNew Caledonia: near the world's share or lessFrench Southern Territories: no storiesÅland Islands: no storiesFinland: near the world's share or lessFiji: near the world's share or lessEstonia: near the world's share or lessEritrea: near the world's share or lessEquatorial Guinea: near the world's share or lessEl Salvador: near the world's share or lessEcuador: near the world's share or lessDominica: near the world's share or lessDjibouti: near the world's share or lessFaroe Islands: no storiesDenmark: near the world's share or lessCzech Republic: near the world's share or lessN. Cyprus: no storiesCuba: near the world's share or lessCroatia: near the world's share or lessCôte d'Ivoire: near the world's share or lessCosta Rica: near the world's share or lessComoros: no storiesHong Kong: near the world's share or lessChile: near the world's share or lessChad: 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 lessBurkina Faso: near the world's share or lessBulgaria: near the world's share or lessBrunei: near the world's share or lessBrazil: near the world's share or lessBotswana: near the world's share or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: no storiesBolivia: 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 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 lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): no storiesWestern Sahara (Free Zone): no storiesVatican City: near the world's share or lessMarshall Islands: near the world's share or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: near the world's share or lessAmerican Samoa: no storiesChagos Islands: near the world's share or lessSt. Helena: no storiesPitcairn: no storiesAnguilla: no storiesBermuda: near the world's share or lessBritish Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessTurks & 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: no storiesNauru: near the world's share or lessMonaco: 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: near the world's share or lessNorfolk Island: no storiesSint Maarten: no storiesChristmas Island: no storiesGibraltar: near the world's share or lessMayotte: no storiesYemen: 73 in 100 of its 15 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Uzbekistan: 40 in 100 of its 15 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Ukraine: 41 in 100 of its 630 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Uganda: 47 in 100 of its 62 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Tanzania: 72 in 100 of its 132 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Syria: 62 in 100 of its 72 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)South Sudan: 82 in 100 of its 11 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Sudan: 65 in 100 of its 20 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Sri Lanka: 37 in 100 of its 79 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)South Korea: 25 in 100 of its 374 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)South Africa: 33 in 100 of its 695 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Somalia: 89 in 100 of its 37 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Rwanda: 45 in 100 of its 40 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Philippines: 35 in 100 of its 466 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Peru: 41 in 100 of its 44 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Pakistan: 34 in 100 of its 626 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Nigeria: 25 in 100 of its 958 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)New Zealand: 30 in 100 of its 428 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Mozambique: 50 in 100 of its 12 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Malawi: 37 in 100 of its 38 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Kenya: 32 in 100 of its 236 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Israel: 36 in 100 of its 461 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Palestine: 40 in 100 of its 48 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Iraq: 41 in 100 of its 56 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Iran: 51 in 100 of its 222 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Indonesia: 29 in 100 of its 209 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Haiti: 59 in 100 of its 17 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Guinea: 41 in 100 of its 17 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Ethiopia: 44 in 100 of its 81 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Egypt: 34 in 100 of its 782 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Dominican Republic: 56 in 100 of its 18 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Greenland: 67 in 100 of its 9 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Cyprus: 43 in 100 of its 35 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)DR Congo: 86 in 100 of its 7 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Congo: 62 in 100 of its 8 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Colombia: 38 in 100 of its 29 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)China: 31 in 100 of its 1,753 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Cameroon: 47 in 100 of its 19 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Cambodia: 52 in 100 of its 29 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Myanmar: 50 in 100 of its 24 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Bangladesh: 32 in 100 of its 196 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Bahamas: 42 in 100 of its 77 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Afghanistan: 41 in 100 of its 120 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Kashmir: 51 in 100 of its 76 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)China: 31 in 100 of its 1,753 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Palestine: 40 in 100 of its 48 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Palestine: 40 in 100 of its 48 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Kashmir: 51 in 100 of its 76 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Kashmir: 51 in 100 of its 76 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Ukraine: 41 in 100 of its 630 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Palestine: 40 in 100 of its 48 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)Kashmir: 51 in 100 of its 76 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 19)
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 19 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

● Tanzania 72 in 100 of its 132 stories · mostly disasters & accidents ● Iran 51 in 100 of its 222 stories · mostly rights & justice ● Syria 62 in 100 of its 72 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Ukraine 41 in 100 of its 630 stories · mostly shelter & services ● Kashmir 51 in 100 of its 76 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Ethiopia 44 in 100 of its 81 stories · mostly conflict & violence

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

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health37% 4,937 stories · more than usual (usually 35%) Rights & justice21% 2,757 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 2,159 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence9% 1,161 stories · less than usual (usually 11%) Food & livelihood6% 854 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 561 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 499 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 245 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 killed2,731 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,341 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,065 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured621 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting people displaced196 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about India and Egypt Stories reporting refugees152 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions95 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations69 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting people falling ill9 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Bangladesh

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 softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little less than 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.