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20,387 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 heavy rain in Thailand, illness in Stockholm and the drought in Brazil. Brazil'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 33 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostThailand 51 in 100 of its 504 stories, usually 21
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 29 in 100 of its stories, usually 23
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

Thailand

255 of its 504 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Bangkok accounted for 197 of Thailand's 255 stories about harm, carried by 278 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (163 stories). Heavy rain was named in 42 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Thailand over 30 days → its stories → Bangkok stories →
Health

Sweden

174 of its 405 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Stockholm accounted for 128 of Sweden's 174 stories about harm, carried by 364 outlets. Covid was named in 130 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.

Sweden over 30 days → its stories → Stockholm stories →
Disasters & accidents

Brazil

96 of its 313 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (62 stories). Drought was named in 61 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with flooding. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Brazil over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Haiti

100 of its 175 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (40 stories). Cholera was named in 70 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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

Türkiye

155 of its 302 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Ankara accounted for 80 of Türkiye's 155 stories about harm, carried by 91 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (57 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Italy

194 of its 756 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (33 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

Bangladesh

103 of its 240 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Dhaka accounted for 57 of Bangladesh's 103 stories about harm, carried by 52 outlets. Chikungunya was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. 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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Conflict & violence

Niger

42 of its 56 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Nepal

59 of its 143 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories). Landslides were named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

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Rights & justice

Mexico

195 of its 517 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (44 stories). Accidents were named in 14 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: covid in Hungary (31 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); typhoon in Taiwan (24 of its stories, about three times its usual); tropical storm in Antigua & Barbuda (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); plane crash in Zimbabwe (17 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); landslides in Nepal (14 of its stories, about 6 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 3 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 20,387 stories about harm among 113,031 counted on 3 Oct.

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In Thailand, 51% of the news was about people being harmed, where 21% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 113,031 stories, as usual. Mentions of Covid ran about 4 times their usual in Sweden's news. On 3 October 2022, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 18 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Niger75 in 100 of its 56 stories · usually 42 · mostly conflict & violence Syria72 in 100 of its 119 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan72 in 100 of its 81 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Libya61 in 100 of its 61 stories · usually 81 · mostly disasters & accidents Haiti57 in 100 of its 175 stories · usually 47 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US144 stories about protests or strikes, of its 650 Delhi India117 stories about protests or strikes, of its 400 London UK70 stories about protests or strikes, of its 348 Stockholm Sweden52 stories about protests or strikes, of its 128 Hollywood US47 stories about protests or strikes, of its 191

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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: too little coverage to readTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: too little coverage to readSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Africa: 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: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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 lessQatar: 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: too little coverage to readPapua 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 lessNigeria: 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 readNetherlands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: too little coverage to readMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: 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 lessLesotho: about as warm as its own usual or lessLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: 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 lessPalestine: about as warm as its own usual or lessIreland: 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 lessIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: about as warm as its own usual or lessHonduras: too little coverage to readGuyana: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: 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: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessDenmark: 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: too little coverage to readCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: too little coverage to readBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: 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 lessAustralia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: 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 lessGaza: about as warm as its own usual or lessWest Bank: 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 lessEast Jerusalem: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBermuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: about as warm as its own usual or lessJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readSweden: warmth about twice its own usualSouth Korea: warmth about its own usualRomania: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualLibya: warmth about its own usualLiberia: warmth about its own usualIraq: warmth about its own usualHungary: warmth about its own usualHaiti: warmth about one and a half times its own usualFrance: warmth about its own usualDR Congo: warmth about its own usualHong Kong: warmth about its own usualPezu, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 10 stories, carried by 11 outletsStockholm, Sweden -- health: 128 stories, carried by 364 outletsCabo San Lucas, Mexico -- health: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsPort-au-Prince, Haiti -- rights & justice: 35 stories, carried by 65 outletsDoha, Qatar -- health: 14 stories, carried by 11 outletsOhio, US -- health: 23 stories, carried by 49 outletsZurich, Switzerland -- health: 18 stories, carried by 16 outletsMassachusetts, US -- health: 20 stories, carried by 24 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

● Sweden warmth about twice usual ● Haiti warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Pezu Pakistan about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 10 stories ● Stockholm Sweden about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 128 stories ● Cabo San Lucas Mexico about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Port-au-Prince Haiti about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 35 stories ● Doha Qatar about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 14 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health33% 6,600 stories · more than usual (usually 31%) Rights & justice25% 4,983 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents15% 3,063 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Conflict & violence11% 2,188 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 1,029 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,000 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 741 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 420 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 killed4,830 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,271 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,969 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,325 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees253 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions239 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Haiti Stories reporting people displaced162 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations67 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Australia Stories reporting people falling ill20 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Jamaica

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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