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13,053 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to the earthquake in Afghanistan, abductions in Israel and protests in Tehran (Iran). Afghanistan's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Israel and the US → Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about Israel and Afghanistan → Reports of abductions ran at about 9 times the usual rate, most often about Israel and Nigeria → Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about Israel and Afghanistan → Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about 7 times the usual rate →
Part of lifeConflict & violence 38 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostIsrael 81 in 100 of its 4,578 stories, usually 43
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 68 in 100 of its stories, usually 38
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Afghanistan

428 of its 510 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Herat accounted for 360 of Afghanistan's 428 stories about harm, carried by 690 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (290 stories). Earthquake was named in 336 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Herat stories →
Conflict & violence

Israel

3,723 of its 4,578 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of abductions ran at about 8 times the usual rate (674 stories). Train derailment was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Israel over 30 days → its stories →
Protests & strikes

Iran

130 of its 197 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Tehran accounted for 50 of Iran's 130 stories about harm, carried by 68 outlets. 26 of Tehran's 50 stories were about protests or strikes. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
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Conflict & violence

Egypt

91 of its 192 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Alexandria accounted for 59 of Egypt's 91 stories about harm, carried by 170 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (64 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Ghana

64 of its 241 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 16 of Accra's 27 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (32 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

Gaza accounted for 115 of Palestine's 194 stories about harm, carried by 139 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (24 stories). Flooding was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry 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

Hong Kong

55 of its 105 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Cheung Chau accounted for 30 of Hong Kong's 55 stories about harm, carried by 111 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Ecuador

24 of its 30 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Vietnam

247 of its 777 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (162 stories). Landslides were named in 50 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with wildfires.

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Also named far more than usual: wildfires in Indonesia (16 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); tropical storm in Guam (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Vietnam (50 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); illness in Mexico (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); illness in Ukraine (20 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).

23 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 8 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 13,053 stories about harm among 55,907 counted on 8 Oct.

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It was the highest share of stories about people being harmed since 25 December 2022. On the side of help, reports of people freed or reunited ran at about 7 times the usual rate. Stories about people being harmed made up 23 in every 100 of the day's 55,907 stories, above the usual 18. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Israel and the US. This week the news turned most often to Thailand, on 4 of 7 days; help rose on 3 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Afghanistan84 in 100 of its 510 stories · usually 50 · mostly disasters & accidents Israel81 in 100 of its 4,578 stories · usually 43 · mostly conflict & violence Syria73 in 100 of its 60 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Iran66 in 100 of its 197 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine56 in 100 of its 349 stories · usually 52 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Jerusalem Israel180 stories about protests or strikes, of its 783 Tel Aviv Israel87 stories about protests or strikes, of its 605 Sderot Israel71 stories about protests or strikes, of its 475 Herat Afghanistan52 stories about protests or strikes, of its 360 Washington US49 stories about protests or strikes, of its 237

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sYemen: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: 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 readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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'sSaudi Arabia: 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: 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'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: too little coverage to readNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: 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: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: 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: too little coverage to readLibya: 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'sKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: too little coverage to readJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIraq: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: 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: too little coverage to readFrench 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: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech 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: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR 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'sCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: 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: too little coverage to readBolivia: 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'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: too little coverage to readAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sJammu & Kashmir: 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 readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sSiachen Glacier: feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos 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 readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: feelings about like the world'sSt. 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 readVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNiger: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEcuador: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as 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 twice as fearful as the world's · 146 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 428 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 3,723 stories about harm ● Ecuador few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 24 stories about harm ● Iran a little warmer than the world's · 130 stories about harm ● Egypt about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 91 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence38% 4,828 stories · much more than usual (usually 13%) Health19% 2,479 stories · much less than usual (usually 30%) Rights & justice16% 2,075 stories · much less than usual (usually 23%) Disasters & accidents16% 2,044 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 544 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 337 stories · less than usual (usually 5%) Shelter & services3% 331 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 225 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 killed5,685 at about twice the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people injured2,249 at about three times the usual rate · most about Israel and Afghanistan Stories reporting people affected1,534 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting arrests952 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions835 at about 9 times the usual rate · most about Israel and Nigeria Stories reporting people displaced247 at about three times the usual rate · most about Israel and Afghanistan Stories reporting refugees166 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and Afghanistan Stories reporting evacuations84 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 much harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout one and a half times usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout one and a half times usual
● Fearabout one and a half times 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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