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18,100 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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A disaster in Jajarkot, rights and justice in Conakry and people killed in the Philippines drew the news. Nepal's coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeHealth 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostNepal 70 in 100 of its 222 stories, usually 44
RegionEvery region about as usual
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

Nepal

155 of its 222 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Jajarkot accounted for 94 of Nepal's 155 stories about harm, carried by 216 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Nepal over 30 days → its stories → Jajarkot stories →
Conflict & violence

Guinea

32 of its 44 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Conakry accounted for 25 of Guinea's 32 stories about harm, carried by 30 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Guinea over 30 days → its stories → Conakry stories →
Health

Philippines

234 of its 756 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (109 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Philippines over 30 days → its stories →
Protests & strikes

Iran

Tehran accounted for 60 of Iran's 111 stories about harm, carried by 144 outlets. 30 of Tehran's 60 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 →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Cameroon

19 of its 33 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Puerto Rico

12 of its 28 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Ukraine

248 of its 690 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Covid was named in 49 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Sudan

Khartoum accounted for 25 of Sudan's 56 stories about harm, carried by 38 outlets. Hunger was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Australia

Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Road crashes were named in 39 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.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Palestine

Gaza accounted for 444 of Palestine's 524 stories about harm, carried by 721 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (91 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: heavy rain in Somalia (20 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); hunger in Sudan (20 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); covid in Ukraine (49 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); heavy rain in Kenya (19 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); road crashes in Ireland (26 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 6 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 18,100 stories about harm among 99,724 counted on 6 Nov.

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The share of stories about people being harmed was the lowest since 5 October 2023. 18 in every 100 of the day's 99,724 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 20. For the third day running, the news turned to Nepal. Reports of peace efforts, a sign of help, ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Mentions of heavy rain ran about 8 times their usual in Somalia's news.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Israel72 in 100 of its 3,118 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Nepal70 in 100 of its 222 stories · usually 44 · mostly disasters & accidents Sudan68 in 100 of its 82 stories · usually 63 · mostly health Palestine64 in 100 of its 814 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Iran54 in 100 of its 207 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Jerusalem Israel123 stories about protests or strikes, of its 381 Gaza Palestine120 stories about protests or strikes, of its 444 Tel Aviv Israel103 stories about protests or strikes, of its 300 Washington US98 stories about protests or strikes, of its 370 London UK83 stories about protests or strikes, of its 263

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 lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: 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: 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: too little coverage to readTurkey: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: too little coverage to readSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: too little coverage to readSierra 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: too little coverage to readPalau: too little coverage to readOman: 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: too little coverage to readNew 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: too little coverage to readMorocco: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: 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: too little coverage to readLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: 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 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 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: too little coverage to readGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: too little coverage to readGeorgia: 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: too little coverage to readEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: 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: too little coverage to readCôte 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 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: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: 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: 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: too little coverage to readArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: about as warm as its own usual or lessGibraltar: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: about as warm as its own usual or lessVietnam: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualSingapore: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualJamaica: warmth about its own usualIceland: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualChabahar, Iran -- conflict & violence: 14 stories, carried by 26 outletsWisconsin, US -- health: 16 stories, carried by 20 outletsBlackrock, UK -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 21 stories, carried by 11 outletsMissouri, US -- health: 12 stories, carried by 13 outletsAccra, Ghana -- health: 19 stories, carried by 16 outletsMianwali, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 19 stories, carried by 23 outletsShanghai, China -- health: 37 stories, carried by 108 outletsKogi, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 10 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

● Chabahar Iran about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 14 stories ● Wisconsin US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 16 stories ● Blackrock UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · deaths & injuries, cause not given · 21 stories ● Missouri US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Accra Ghana about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 19 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health27% 4,882 stories · more than usual (usually 25%) Rights & justice21% 3,785 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence21% 3,760 stories · less than usual (usually 25%) Disasters & accidents13% 2,382 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,026 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 769 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 654 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 535 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 killed5,663 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,963 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,715 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,500 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions1,014 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees396 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting people displaced289 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations205 at about half the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting people falling ill7 at about half 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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