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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.

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: too little coverage to readUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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: 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 lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: 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: too little coverage to readTaiwan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: about as warm as its own usual or lessSweden: 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: too little coverage to readRwanda: 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 lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: 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 lessNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: too little coverage to readNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: 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 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 lessMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: 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: too little coverage to readJordan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: about as warm as its own usual or lessHungary: about as warm as its own usual or lessHonduras: about as warm as its own usual or lessHaiti: 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 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: too little coverage to readGermany: 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: 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: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEgypt: 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: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: 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: 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: too little coverage to readCongo: 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: too little coverage to readChad: too little coverage to readCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: 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: too little coverage to readBrazil: 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: too little coverage to readBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: 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: too little coverage to readBahamas: too little coverage to readAzerbaijan: too little coverage to readAustria: 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 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: 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 readUkraine: warmth about its own usualNew Zealand: warmth about one and a half times its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualMaori, New Zealand -- disasters & accidents: 10 stories, carried by 11 outletsWellington, New Zealand -- disasters & accidents: 42 stories, carried by 199 outletsOregon, US -- health: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsSaskatchewan, Canada -- rights & justice: 11 stories, carried by 42 outletsConnecticut, US -- rights & justice: 11 stories, carried by 79 outletsSussex, UK -- health: 11 stories, carried by 11 outletsStockholm, Sweden -- health: 11 stories, carried by 14 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

● New Zealand warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Maori New Zealand about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 10 stories ● Wellington New Zealand about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 42 stories ● Oregon US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● Saskatchewan Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 11 stories ● Connecticut US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 11 stories

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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