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What the world's news said happened to people.
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22,196 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 hurricane in Mexico, violence in Golan Heights and arrests in Belgium drew the news. Syria's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Australia →
Part of lifeHealth 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostMexico 45 in 100 of its 688 stories, usually 26
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 29 in 100 of its stories, usually 23
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

Mexico

310 of its 688 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Acapulco accounted for 210 of Mexico's 310 stories about harm, carried by 685 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (60 stories). Hurricane was named in 244 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with tropical storm, flooding and storms.

Mexico over 30 days → its stories → Acapulco stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

67 of its 95 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Golan Heights accounted for 24 of Syria's 67 stories about harm, carried by 28 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Syria over 30 days → its stories → Golan Heights stories →
Health

Belgium

37 of its 143 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Peru

39 of its 95 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (6 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Palestine

Gaza accounted for 366 of Palestine's 492 stories about harm, carried by 334 outlets. Covid was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Iran

Tehran accounted for 46 of Iran's 91 stories about harm, carried by 87 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Réunion

20 of its 26 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories).

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Iceland

35 of its 69 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 12 of Reykjavik's 12 stories were about protests or strikes.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Brazil

66 of its 267 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (12 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in Peru (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Australia (75 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); outbreaks in Vietnam (46 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); heavy rain in New Zealand (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); volcanic eruption in Philippines (14 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 20; 20 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 25 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 22,196 stories about harm among 117,130 counted on 25 Oct.

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Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Australia. 19 in every 100 of the day's 117,130 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Mexico's news, mentions of the hurricane ran about 5 times their usual. Mexico stood out: 45% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 26%. A year earlier, on 25 October 2022, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Israel71 in 100 of its 4,238 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Syria71 in 100 of its 95 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan69 in 100 of its 64 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine64 in 100 of its 766 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Iceland51 in 100 of its 69 stories · usually 25 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US116 stories about protests or strikes, of its 599 Jerusalem Israel105 stories about protests or strikes, of its 366 Tel Aviv Israel63 stories about protests or strikes, of its 307 Gaza Palestine56 stories about protests or strikes, of its 366 Hollywood US39 stories about protests or strikes, of its 290

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited 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 lessUkraine: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: too little coverage to readTanzania: 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 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: too little coverage to readSomalia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: 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: too little coverage to readSerbia: 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: too little coverage to readNorway: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: too little coverage to readMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: too little coverage to readMali: 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 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 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 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: too little coverage to readHaiti: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrance: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe 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: 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 lessMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina 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: too little coverage to readBenin: 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: 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: too little coverage to readAustralia: too little coverage to readHeard & 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern 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: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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 readSudan: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualLiberia: warmth about its own usualKyrgyzstan: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about its own usualCambodia: warmth about its own usualIndiana, US -- health: 13 stories, carried by 15 outletsCalgary, Canada -- rights & justice: 23 stories, carried by 31 outletsDubai, United Arab Emirates -- health: 19 stories, carried by 17 outletsIndianapolis, US -- health: 16 stories, carried by 22 outletsDarfur, Sudan -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 23 outletsSaskatchewan, Canada -- health: 14 stories, carried by 31 outletsLanarkshire, UK -- health: 34 stories, carried by 13 outletsJammu, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 15 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

No country's news was much warmer than its usual (a quarter or more).

Warmest events

● Indiana US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 13 stories ● Calgary Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 23 stories ● Dubai United Arab Emirates about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 19 stories ● Indianapolis US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 16 stories ● Darfur Sudan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 13 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health29% 6,287 stories · about as usual Rights & justice22% 4,695 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence21% 4,617 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents14% 3,094 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 937 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 855 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 727 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 623 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 killed6,080 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,370 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,944 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,426 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions1,289 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people displaced422 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting refugees336 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations255 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and Australia Stories reporting people falling ill42 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Australia

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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.