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20,902 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 news turned to protests in Panama City (Panama), the typhoon in the Philippines and people displaced in Darfur. Israel's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Language across the world's news ran much softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostPanama 50 in 100 of its 56 stories, usually 17
RegionEvery region about as usual
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Panama

28 of its 56 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 7 of Panama City's 11 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 9 times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Panama over 30 days → its stories → Panama City stories →
Health

Philippines

258 of its 835 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Typhoon was named in 60 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with storm surge.

Philippines over 30 days → its stories →
Displacement

Sudan

Darfur accounted for 22 of Sudan's 50 stories about harm, carried by 23 outlets. Measles was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Sudan over 30 days → its stories → Darfur stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Iran

Tehran accounted for 32 of Iran's 62 stories about harm, carried by 44 outlets. 17 of Tehran's 32 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Venezuela

20 of its 61 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 3 of Caracas' 5 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories).

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Spain

13 of Madrid's 20 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (13 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Mexico

Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Illness was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

46 of its 68 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Portugal

42 of its 160 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (20 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: tsunami in Indonesia (38 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Somalia (16 of its stories, about three times its usual); covid in Ukraine (52 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); illness in Mexico (19 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); wildfires in Greece (11 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 20; 18 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 8 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 20,902 stories about harm among 116,584 counted on 8 Nov.

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No day had a lower share of stories about people being harmed since 4 October 2023. Panama stood out: 50% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 17%. Mentions of the tsunami ran more than ten times their usual in Indonesia's news. of the day's 116,584 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 20.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Israel72 in 100 of its 3,041 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Syria68 in 100 of its 68 stories · usually 50 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan65 in 100 of its 77 stories · usually 63 · mostly displacement Palestine62 in 100 of its 720 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Panama50 in 100 of its 56 stories · usually 17 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US159 stories about protests or strikes, of its 631 Jerusalem Israel139 stories about protests or strikes, of its 547 London UK83 stories about protests or strikes, of its 344 Gaza Palestine59 stories about protests or strikes, of its 379 Dhaka Bangladesh37 stories about protests or strikes, of its 74

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'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readGuam: 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 readTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: 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'sSomalia: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: 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'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'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'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: 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'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: 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 readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: 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'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: 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 readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: 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'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: 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'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: 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'sJammu & Kashmir: 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 readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sSiachen Glacier: feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sVatican 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: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: 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'sAruba: 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 readMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage a little angrier than the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUzbekistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUganda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTonga: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sThailand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPeru: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPanama: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMalta: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more fearful than 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 angrier than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHungary: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGambia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCroatia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChile: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChad: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times 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'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGuernsey: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGibraltar: coverage a little more fearful 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

● Syria few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 46 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 2,186 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 444 stories about harm ● Pakistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 194 stories about harm ● Russia about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 162 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 70 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health30% 6,139 stories · more than usual (usually 26%) Rights & justice23% 4,790 stories · more than usual (usually 21%) Conflict & violence18% 3,658 stories · much less than usual (usually 25%) Disasters & accidents12% 2,532 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,217 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 768 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 730 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 636 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 killed5,835 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,276 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,098 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,066 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting abductions1,043 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting people displaced374 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees300 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations228 at about half the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people falling ill23 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about India and the Philippines

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.

● Angera little less than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little less than usual
● Feara little less than 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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