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What the world's news said happened to people.
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19,468 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 earthquake in Iceland, people injured in Canada and people falling ill in Pakistan drew the news. Iceland's coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was much softer than usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Ireland and the US →
Part of lifeHealth 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostPanama 40 in 100 of its 65 stories, usually 20
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

how these are picked →
Disasters & accidents

Iceland

35 of its 72 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Earthquake was named in 24 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with volcanic eruption. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Iceland over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Canada

Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (53 stories). Power cuts were named in 12 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Canada over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Pakistan

Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Natural hazards were named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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

Somalia

26 of its 32 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Mogadishu accounted for 11 of Somalia's 26 stories about harm, carried by 27 outlets.

its stories →
Health

Finland

35 of its 123 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (20 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Norway

Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Brazil

Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Kenya

Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (18 stories). Flooding was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with heavy rain.

its stories →
Displacement

Sudan

Darfur accounted for 30 of Sudan's 46 stories about harm, carried by 53 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: illness in Mexico (32 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); poisoning in Egypt (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Japan (32 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Vietnam (24 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); flooding in Kenya (16 of its stories, about three times its usual).

18 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 10 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 19,468 stories about harm among 106,808 counted on 10 Nov.

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Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Ireland and the US. of the day's 106,808 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 20. the news turned to Iceland for the second day running. Iceland's news was 49% about people being harmed, against a usual 35%. A year earlier, on 10 November 2022, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Israel70 in 100 of its 2,937 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan68 in 100 of its 68 stories · usually 63 · mostly displacement Palestine62 in 100 of its 720 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Iran55 in 100 of its 142 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence Iceland49 in 100 of its 72 stories · usually 35 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Jerusalem Israel122 stories about protests or strikes, of its 385 Washington US114 stories about protests or strikes, of its 437 London UK107 stories about protests or strikes, of its 369 Gaza Palestine84 stories about protests or strikes, of its 338 Hollywood US66 stories about protests or strikes, of its 233

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: 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: feelings about like the world'sGuam: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: 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: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: 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'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'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: 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'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: 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: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: 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: too little coverage to readKenya: 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'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: 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 readEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: 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 readCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: 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'sCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: 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'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'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: 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: 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: too little coverage to readTurks & 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: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: feelings about like the world'sWallis & 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPoland: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sParaguay: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPanama: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMali: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIceland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHungary: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuinea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGreece: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFiji: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sCyprus: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChad: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: 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

● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 2,059 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 444 stories about harm ● Syria few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 33 stories about harm ● Egypt about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 51 stories about harm ● Sudan few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 46 stories about harm ● South Korea about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's · 60 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health29% 5,481 stories · more than usual (usually 26%) Rights & justice24% 4,532 stories · more than usual (usually 22%) Conflict & violence19% 3,662 stories · less than usual (usually 24%) Disasters & accidents12% 2,238 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 1,314 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 695 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 690 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 523 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 killed5,418 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,089 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,914 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,091 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting abductions925 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting people displaced326 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees315 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations209 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people falling ill32 at about twice the usual rate · most about Ireland 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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