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What the world's news said happened to people.
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21,890 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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Protests in Tehran (Iran), violence in Gaza and rights and justice in Tigray drew the news. Palestine's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was much softer than usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Australia and the US →
Part of lifeHealth 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostJersey 30 in 100 of its 73 stories, usually 13
RegionOceania 22 in 100 of its stories, usually 19
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Iran

107 of its 168 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Tehran accounted for 55 of Iran's 107 stories about harm, carried by 75 outlets. 28 of Tehran's 55 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Conflict & violence

Palestine

Gaza accounted for 533 of Palestine's 624 stories about harm, carried by 766 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (73 stories). Illness was named in 67 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Palestine over 30 days → its stories → Gaza stories →
Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

69 of its 244 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (31 stories). Tsunami was named in 20 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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

Mali

19 of its 32 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Lebanon

Beirut accounted for 25 of Lebanon's 47 stories about harm, carried by 23 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Health

China

Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Heatwave was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Nigeria

53 of Owerri's 62 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (17 stories). HIV was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Guernsey

11 of its 22 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Jersey

22 of its 73 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: heavy rain in Vietnam (48 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); poisoning in Australia (104 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in France (35 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in UK (131 of its stories, about three times its usual); hiv in Nigeria (15 of its stories, about three times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 20; 19 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 2 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 21,890 stories about harm among 112,325 counted on 2 Nov.

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Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Australia and the US. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 112,325 stories, as usual. It was the second day running that the news turned to Iran. In Vietnam's news, mentions of heavy rain ran about 4 times their usual. Iran stood out: 64% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 54%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Israel69 in 100 of its 3,207 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan68 in 100 of its 63 stories · usually 64 · mostly displacement Palestine66 in 100 of its 944 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Iran64 in 100 of its 168 stories · usually 54 · mostly rights & justice Afghanistan59 in 100 of its 164 stories · usually 60 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US170 stories about protests or strikes, of its 732 Jerusalem Israel93 stories about protests or strikes, of its 357 Gaza Palestine79 stories about protests or strikes, of its 533 Owerri Nigeria53 stories about protests or strikes, of its 62 Tel Aviv Israel52 stories about protests or strikes, of its 161

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'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: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.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'sTurkmenistan: 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: feelings about like the world'sThailand: 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'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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: 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: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: 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'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: 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'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: 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: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: 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'sIraq: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sFrance: 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 readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: 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: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: 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'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: 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: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: 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: feelings about like the world'sBelize: 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: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: feelings about like the world'sMontserrat: 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: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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: feelings about like the world'sYemen: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful 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'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSingapore: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPeru: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPanama: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKenya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHungary: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGreece: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGeorgia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCroatia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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 few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 42 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 2,227 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 624 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 147 stories about harm ● Georgia few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 5 stories about harm ● Ethiopia few stories a little warmer than the world's · 42 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health30% 6,372 stories · more than usual (usually 26%) Rights & justice23% 4,866 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence18% 3,849 stories · much less than usual (usually 24%) Disasters & accidents13% 2,729 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,211 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 937 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 823 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 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 killed6,157 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,484 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,087 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,578 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions1,052 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees389 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations357 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced290 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill33 at about twice the usual rate · most about Australia 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 much 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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