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19,955 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 violence in Mastung, a disaster in Derna and rights and justice in Pyongyang. Pakistan's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostPakistan 59 in 100 of its 912 stories, usually 30
RegionSouth Asia 27 in 100 of its stories, usually 21
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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Conflict & violence

Pakistan

539 of its 912 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Mastung accounted for 216 of Pakistan's 539 stories about harm, carried by 424 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (307 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Pakistan over 30 days → its stories → Mastung stories →
Disasters & accidents

Libya

Derna accounted for 32 of Libya's 60 stories about harm, carried by 72 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories). Outbreaks were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Niger

32 of its 37 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (16 stories). Road crashes were named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Netherlands

127 of its 377 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (84 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Tunisia

26 of its 60 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Sweden

70 of its 234 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (40 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Somalia

Mogadishu accounted for 20 of Somalia's 32 stories about harm, carried by 31 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Displacement

Armenia

111 of its 198 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (32 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: flooding in Vietnam (82 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); covid in Indonesia (18 of its stories, about three times its usual); cholera in Sudan (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); road crashes in Niger (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Greece (11 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 29 Sep. 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 19,955 stories about harm among 109,914 counted on 29 Sep.

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Mentions of flooding ran about 5 times their usual in Vietnam's news. of the day's 109,914 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Pakistan stood out: 59% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 30%. On 29 September 2022, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 18 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Libya74 in 100 of its 81 stories · usually 81 · mostly disasters & accidents Somalia64 in 100 of its 50 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan60 in 100 of its 88 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Pakistan59 in 100 of its 912 stories · usually 30 · mostly conflict & violence Armenia56 in 100 of its 198 stories · usually 35 · mostly displacement

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US137 stories about protests or strikes, of its 723 Bengaluru India69 stories about protests or strikes, of its 92 San Francisco US54 stories about protests or strikes, of its 403 Hollywood US39 stories about protests or strikes, of its 201 Chicago US35 stories about protests or strikes, of its 204

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.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: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: 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 readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: 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'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: 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: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: 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: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: 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'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'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: 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: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial 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: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: 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: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sCongo: 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'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: 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'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: 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'sBahamas: 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: 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: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: feelings about like the world'sWallis & 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 readZimbabwe: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUruguay: 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 about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSomalia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSlovakia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPakistan: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNiger: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMexico: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMali: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little angrier than 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 angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIndia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGreece: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFinland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEcuador: coverage a little angrier than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChile: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChad: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBolivia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than 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 a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times 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

● Pakistan about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 539 stories about harm ● Niger few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 32 stories about harm ● Somalia few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 32 stories about harm ● Kashmir few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 18 stories about harm ● Russia about twice as angry as the world's · 208 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 207 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health30% 5,975 stories · about as usual Rights & justice26% 5,115 stories · more than usual (usually 23%) Disasters & accidents14% 2,792 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Conflict & violence13% 2,491 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 1,050 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 994 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 770 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 435 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 killed4,905 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,191 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,973 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,222 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees268 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced186 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions177 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations90 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting people falling ill24 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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