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What the world's news said happened to people.
Counts of coverage, not of suffering
21,021 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 tropical storm in Barbados, protests in Ndjamena (Chad) and arrests in Haiti. Haiti's coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was about as usual.

Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeHealth 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostBarbados 49 in 100 of its 61 stories, usually 19
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 55 in 100 of its stories, usually 52
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Disasters & accidents

Barbados

30 of its 61 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people affected ran at about 9 times the usual rate (6 stories). Tropical storm was named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with storms and hurricane.

Barbados over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Haiti

36 of its 59 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Haiti over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Lebanon

Beirut accounted for 30 of Lebanon's 51 stories about harm, carried by 68 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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

Guadeloupe

30 of its 33 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. the Leeward Islands accounted for 27 of Guadeloupe's 30 stories about harm, carried by 29 outlets. Storm surge was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Niger

42 of its 72 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Niamey accounted for 30 of Niger's 42 stories about harm, carried by 55 outlets.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Yemen

22 of its 32 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. 8 of Sanaa's 10 stories were about protests or strikes.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

UK

Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (95 stories). Power cuts were named in 33 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Iran

Tehran accounted for 41 of Iran's 96 stories about harm, carried by 43 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Palestine

Gaza accounted for 416 of Palestine's 491 stories about harm, carried by 554 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: hurricane in Mexico (32 of its stories, about three times its usual); storm surge in Guadeloupe (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in South Africa (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); road crashes in Australia (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); cyclone in India (20 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 19; 20 the day before
23 in 10017 in 10021 Sep28 Sep5 Oct12 Oct20 Oct21 Sep: 18 in 10022 Sep: 17 in 10023 Sep: 18 in 10024 Sep: 18 in 10025 Sep: 18 in 10026 Sep: 17 in 10027 Sep: 17 in 10028 Sep: 17 in 10029 Sep: 18 in 10030 Sep: 18 in 1001 Oct: 18 in 1002 Oct: 18 in 1003 Oct: 18 in 1004 Oct: 18 in 1005 Oct: 18 in 1006 Oct: 18 in 1007 Oct: 22 in 1008 Oct: 23 in 1009 Oct: 22 in 10010 Oct: 21 in 10011 Oct: 21 in 10012 Oct: 20 in 10013 Oct: 20 in 10014 Oct: 21 in 10015 Oct: 22 in 10016 Oct: 20 in 10017 Oct: 19 in 10018 Oct: 21 in 10019 Oct: 20 in 10020 Oct: 20 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 20 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 21,021 stories about harm among 107,513 counted on 20 Oct.

Read the day's briefing

Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. of the day's 107,513 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Barbados stood out: 49% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 19%. Mentions of tropical storm ran about 7 times their usual in Barbados' news. On 20 October 2022, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, against 20 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Israel69 in 100 of its 4,721 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine64 in 100 of its 770 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Haiti61 in 100 of its 59 stories · usually 45 · mostly rights & justice Niger58 in 100 of its 72 stories · usually 47 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan57 in 100 of its 83 stories · usually 60 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Jerusalem Israel126 stories about protests or strikes, of its 441 Washington US105 stories about protests or strikes, of its 588 Tel Aviv Israel104 stories about protests or strikes, of its 396 Gaza Palestine90 stories about protests or strikes, of its 416 London UK51 stories about protests or strikes, of its 308

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: 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: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: 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: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: 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'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew 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'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: 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 readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIreland: 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'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGermany: 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: too little coverage to readEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial 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: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe 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: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: too little coverage to readCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: 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'sAfghanistan: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorthern 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: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: feelings about like the world'sJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. 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 readYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTajikistan: 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'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSudan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSlovenia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPeru: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLuxembourg: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGreece: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sColombia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChad: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBotswana: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBermuda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAruba: 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

● Pakistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 180 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 491 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 3,258 stories about harm ● Ukraine about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 187 stories about harm ● Iraq few stories about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 38 stories about harm ● Lebanon about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 51 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health26% 5,284 stories · less than usual (usually 28%) Conflict & violence23% 4,778 stories · more than usual (usually 20%) Rights & justice23% 4,737 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents13% 2,733 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 956 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 792 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 725 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 643 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 killed5,802 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,396 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,044 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions1,167 at about twice the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people injured1,159 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting evacuations422 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and the UK Stories reporting people displaced396 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting refugees284 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill14 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about South Africa and the US

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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