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13,488 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 day's news pointed at train derailment in Saudi Arabia, evacuations in Vietnam and flooding in Ghana. New Zealand's coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were much harsher than usual.

Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about Israel and Palestine → Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate, most often about Israel and Palestine → Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about three times the usual rate →
Part of lifeConflict & violence 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostFrance 38 in 100 of its 654 stories, usually 16
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 63 in 100 of its stories, usually 47
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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Conflict & violence

Saudi Arabia

42 of its 144 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Riyadh accounted for 31 of Saudi Arabia's 42 stories about harm, carried by 41 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (27 stories). Train derailment was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Saudi Arabia over 30 days → its stories → Riyadh stories →
Health

Vietnam

252 of its 729 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (18 stories). Dengue was named in 73 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with malaria and outbreaks.

Vietnam over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Ghana

53 of its 196 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Flooding was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.

Ghana over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

New Zealand

Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Covid was named in 68 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with landslides, cyclone and flooding. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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

France

251 of its 654 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Paris accounted for 199 of France's 251 stories about harm, carried by 450 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (156 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Lebanon

64 of its 117 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Beirut accounted for 36 of Lebanon's 64 stories about harm, carried by 59 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (44 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

489 of its 723 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Gaza accounted for 430 of Palestine's 489 stories about harm, carried by 671 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 8 times the usual rate (92 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Israel

3,001 of its 4,103 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (516 stories). Accidents were named in 90 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Health

UK

Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Earthquake was named in 39 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Singapore

43 of its 158 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: road crashes in Ireland (10 of its stories, about three times its usual); earthquake in UK (39 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Australia (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); accidents in Israel (90 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 14 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 13,488 stories about harm among 63,043 counted on 14 Oct.

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Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about three times the usual rate. of the day's 63,043 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 19. Abductions were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about Israel and Palestine. Mentions of Covid ran about 4 times their usual in New Zealand's news. In Saudi Arabia, 29% of the news was about people being harmed, where 14% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Israel73 in 100 of its 4,103 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine68 in 100 of its 723 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan60 in 100 of its 144 stories · usually 60 · mostly disasters & accidents Lebanon55 in 100 of its 117 stories · usually 35 · mostly conflict & violence Iran48 in 100 of its 126 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Gaza Palestine104 stories about protests or strikes, of its 430 Tel Aviv Israel102 stories about protests or strikes, of its 472 Jerusalem Israel79 stories about protests or strikes, of its 394 London UK69 stories about protests or strikes, of its 198 Washington US64 stories about protests or strikes, of its 278

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'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.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: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSri 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: 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: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRomania: 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'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: 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: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth 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: too little coverage to readLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: 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'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: 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'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt 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'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'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: too little coverage to readCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: 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'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: too little coverage to readBahamas: 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: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: too little coverage to readAksai 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sAnguilla: 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: feelings about like the world'sAruba: 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: 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 readYemen: coverage a little angrier than the world'sVietnam: 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'sSyria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSweden: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSeychelles: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sLebanon: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFrance: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAngola: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: 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

● New Zealand about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 126 stories about harm ● France about twice as angry as the world's · 251 stories about harm ● Lebanon about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 64 stories about harm ● Israel about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 3,001 stories about harm ● Pakistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 140 stories about harm ● Ukraine about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 75 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence28% 3,656 stories · much more than usual (usually 17%) Health25% 3,257 stories · less than usual (usually 29%) Rights & justice20% 2,618 stories · less than usual (usually 23%) Disasters & accidents10% 1,360 stories · much less than usual (usually 16%) Displacement8% 1,024 stories · much more than usual (usually 2%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 567 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 463 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 315 stories · less than usual (usually 5%)

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 killed4,313 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people affected1,763 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people injured1,347 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and France Stories reporting arrests1,241 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions795 at about three times the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting evacuations708 at about 7 times the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting people displaced203 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting refugees198 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting people falling ill14 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
● Griefa little more than usual
● Feara little more than 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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