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20,788 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 Bangkok, people injured in Italy and rights and justice in Jerusalem. Italy's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 33 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostThailand 48 in 100 of its 350 stories, usually 23
RegionSoutheast Asia 26 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

Thailand

168 of its 350 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Bangkok accounted for 143 of Thailand's 168 stories about harm, carried by 172 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (99 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Thailand over 30 days → its stories → Bangkok stories →
Disasters & accidents

Italy

281 of its 879 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (119 stories). Road crashes were named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Italy over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Israel

191 of its 477 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Jerusalem accounted for 91 of Israel's 191 stories about harm, carried by 99 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (43 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Israel over 30 days → its stories → Jerusalem stories →
Protests & strikes

Iran

Tehran accounted for 55 of Iran's 77 stories about harm, carried by 100 outlets. 37 of Tehran's 55 stories were about protests or strikes. Illness was named in 39 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Nepal

47 of its 111 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (14 stories). Earthquake was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with landslides.

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Disasters & accidents

Philippines

284 of its 849 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Philippine accounted for 153 of the Philippines' 284 stories about harm, carried by 104 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (130 stories).

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Health

Sweden

125 of its 385 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Stockholm accounted for 75 of Sweden's 125 stories about harm, carried by 220 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Türkiye

Ankara accounted for 77 of Türkiye's 118 stories about harm, carried by 83 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (37 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Health

China

Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (75 stories). Poisoning was named in 25 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with overdoses. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Tunisia

23 of its 52 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. 5 of Tunis' 10 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Also named far more than usual: typhoon in Taiwan (33 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); drought in Brazil (22 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); earthquake in Nepal (19 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); overdoses in Mexico (31 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Antarctica (10 of its stories, more than ten 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 4 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 20,788 stories about harm among 116,763 counted on 4 Oct.

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The news turned to Thailand for the second day running. 18 in every 100 of the day's 116,763 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Thailand, 48% of the news was about people being harmed, where 23% is usual. A year earlier, on 4 October 2022, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan58 in 100 of its 76 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan48 in 100 of its 135 stories · usually 47 · mostly displacement Thailand48 in 100 of its 350 stories · usually 23 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine48 in 100 of its 73 stories · usually 51 · mostly rights & justice Haiti48 in 100 of its 109 stories · usually 48 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US221 stories about protests or strikes, of its 847 Delhi India117 stories about protests or strikes, of its 313 London UK59 stories about protests or strikes, of its 280 Moscow Russia52 stories about protests or strikes, of its 115 Hollywood US50 stories about protests or strikes, of its 206

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 lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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: too little coverage to readUnited 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: too little coverage to readIsle 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: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: 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 Korea: 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: too little coverage to readSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: 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: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: 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 lessParaguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua New Guinea: too little coverage to readPanama: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: 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: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: 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 lessIraq: 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: too little coverage to readIceland: too little coverage to readHungary: about as warm as its own usual or lessHonduras: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: 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: too little coverage to readGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: 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: too little coverage to readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: 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 lessHong Kong: 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: too little coverage to readBurkina 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: 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 readArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall 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: too little coverage to readBritish 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: about as warm as its own usual or lessNauru: about as warm as its own usual or lessMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readVietnam: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPeru: warmth about its own usualLibya: warmth about its own usualHaiti: warmth about its own usualGuatemala: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualArmenia: warmth about its own usualStockholm, Sweden -- health: 75 stories, carried by 220 outletsPort-au-Prince, Haiti -- rights & justice: 27 stories, carried by 31 outletsDoha, Qatar -- health: 12 stories, carried by 11 outletsAdelaide, Australia -- health: 30 stories, carried by 40 outletsWellington, New Zealand -- health: 12 stories, carried by 12 outletsAntioquia, Colombia -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 33 outletsColorado, US -- health: 23 stories, carried by 31 outletsHanoi, Vietnam -- disasters & accidents: 111 stories, carried by 15 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 one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Stockholm Sweden about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 75 stories ● Port-au-Prince Haiti about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 27 stories ● Doha Qatar about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Adelaide Australia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 30 stories ● Wellington New Zealand about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health33% 6,700 stories · about as usual Rights & justice25% 5,037 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 3,341 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence10% 2,045 stories · less than usual (usually 12%) Food & livelihood5% 1,063 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,037 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 731 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 479 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 killed4,821 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,155 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,111 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,196 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees264 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions181 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced149 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Armenia Stories reporting evacuations134 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill19 at about half the usual rate · most about India and the US

Stories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.

How it felt 30 days →

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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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