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22,256 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 violence in Jammu, protests in Tehran (Iran) and rights and justice in Kampala. Kashmir's coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Language across the world's news ran softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostBelize 44 in 100 of its 68 stories, usually 22
RegionEvery region about as usual
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Kashmir

61 of its 134 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Jammu accounted for 25 of Kashmir's 61 stories about harm, carried by 18 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Kashmir over 30 days → its stories → Jammu stories →
Protests & strikes

Iran

108 of its 176 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Tehran accounted for 73 of Iran's 108 stories about harm, carried by 97 outlets. 39 of Tehran's 73 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Disasters & accidents

El Salvador

12 of its 20 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Tropical storm was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with hurricane.

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

Mali

22 of its 38 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Palestine

635 of its 928 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Gaza accounted for 554 of Palestine's 635 stories about harm, carried by 656 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Zimbabwe

77 of its 249 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Harare accounted for 45 of Zimbabwe's 77 stories about harm, carried by 36 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Ukraine

196 of its 572 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Israel

Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (196 stories). Building collapse was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Chile

19 of its 78 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Jamaica (20 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); heatwave in Australia (19 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); power cuts in Canada (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); meningitis in US (54 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); storm surge in UK (11 of its stories, about 10 times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 20; 19 the day before
23 in 10018 in 1003 Oct10 Oct17 Oct24 Oct1 Nov3 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 10021 Oct: 20 in 10022 Oct: 21 in 10023 Oct: 19 in 10024 Oct: 20 in 10025 Oct: 19 in 10026 Oct: 19 in 10027 Oct: 19 in 10028 Oct: 20 in 10029 Oct: 21 in 10030 Oct: 20 in 10031 Oct: 19 in 1001 Nov: 19 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 Nov. 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 22,256 stories about harm among 116,276 counted on 1 Nov.

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Mentions of the earthquake ran about 5 times their usual in Jamaica's news. of the day's 116,276 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Kashmir stood out: 46% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 32%. A year earlier, on 1 November 2022, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today. Over October, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 in October 2022.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Israel71 in 100 of its 3,557 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine68 in 100 of its 928 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Iran61 in 100 of its 176 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan57 in 100 of its 189 stories · usually 60 · mostly rights & justice Syria56 in 100 of its 54 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US175 stories about protests or strikes, of its 755 Jerusalem Israel77 stories about protests or strikes, of its 303 Gaza Palestine71 stories about protests or strikes, of its 554 Tel Aviv Israel64 stories about protests or strikes, of its 198 London UK58 stories about protests or strikes, of its 374

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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 Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTurkey: 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'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: 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'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: 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: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: too little coverage to readNorway: 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 readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: 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'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: 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: too little coverage to readLiberia: 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: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: 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'sHonduras: 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'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: 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 readFiji: 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: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: too little coverage to readFaroe 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: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: 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: feelings about like the world'sCape 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: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: 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'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall 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: too little coverage to readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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 readZimbabwe: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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'sNew Zealand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNepal: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMalta: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLithuania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGreenland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as 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 twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful 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

● Kashmir about twice as fearful as the world's · 61 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 2,524 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 635 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 196 stories about harm ● Pakistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 212 stories about harm ● Ghana a little warmer than the world's · 85 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health28% 6,234 stories · more than usual (usually 26%) Rights & justice22% 4,739 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence20% 4,357 stories · less than usual (usually 24%) Disasters & accidents13% 2,829 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,226 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 929 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 809 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 755 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 killed6,387 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,417 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,079 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,768 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions1,071 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees472 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting people displaced309 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations255 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting people falling ill5 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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 softer than 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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