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18,780 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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Oil spill in Samoa, violence in Karachi and illness in Stockholm drew the news. Pakistan's coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about Israel and the US → Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about three times the usual rate →
Part of lifeHealth 25 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostPakistan 49 in 100 of its 811 stories, usually 29
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 59 in 100 of its stories, usually 49
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Samoa

32 of its 48 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Upolu accounted for 28 of Samoa's 32 stories about harm, carried by 28 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Oil spill was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual.

Samoa over 30 days → its stories → Upolu stories →
Conflict & violence

Pakistan

399 of its 811 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Karachi accounted for 191 of Pakistan's 399 stories about harm, carried by 196 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (150 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Pakistan over 30 days → its stories → Karachi stories →
Health

Sweden

82 of its 211 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Stockholm accounted for 53 of Sweden's 82 stories about harm, carried by 139 outlets. Covid was named in 44 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Sweden over 30 days → its stories → Stockholm stories →
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Conflict & violence

Israel

2,307 of its 3,029 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (1,099 stories). Earthquake was named in 40 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Sudan

37 of its 47 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Mexico

101 of its 321 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Lebanon

Beirut accounted for 130 of Lebanon's 183 stories about harm, carried by 170 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

New Zealand

133 of its 507 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories).

its stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Zambia

14 of its 32 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: covid in Myanmar (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Tunisia (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storm surge in US (737 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); road crashes in UK (57 of its stories, about three times its usual); landslides in Russia (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 19; 21 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 Oct. 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 18,780 stories about harm among 90,096 counted on 7 Oct.

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Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about Israel and the US. 21 in every 100 of the day's 90,096 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 19. On the side of help, reports of people freed or reunited ran at about three times the usual rate. Samoa stood out: 67% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 21%. Mentions of Covid ran about 7 times their usual in Sweden's news.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Israel76 in 100 of its 3,029 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Rwanda75 in 100 of its 57 stories · usually 45 · mostly health Haiti74 in 100 of its 68 stories · usually 48 · mostly rights & justice Lebanon70 in 100 of its 260 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine65 in 100 of its 319 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Tel Aviv Israel119 stories about protests or strikes, of its 372 Jerusalem Israel84 stories about protests or strikes, of its 302 Washington US82 stories about protests or strikes, of its 523 Islamabad Pakistan57 stories about protests or strikes, of its 106 Delhi India52 stories about protests or strikes, of its 144

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Yemen: 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: feelings about like the world'sGuam: 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 readUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTurkey: 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: too little coverage to readTimor-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'sSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: 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. Lucia: too little coverage to readRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPeru: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorway: 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'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: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth 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: 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'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: 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'sGermany: 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 readFiji: 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 readCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: 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: too little coverage to readCape 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: too little coverage to readBhutan: 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'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'sJammu & Kashmir: 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: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican 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: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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 readZimbabwe: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sZambia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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 angry as the world'sSyria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSuriname: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSt Vincent: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sJordan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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 more fearful than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCyprus: coverage a little angrier than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBolivia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: 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 about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAlbania: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than 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 angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken 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

● Sweden about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 82 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 2,307 stories about harm ● Pakistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 399 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 208 stories about harm ● Australia about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 323 stories about harm ● Lebanon about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 183 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health25% 4,600 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents22% 4,097 stories · more than usual (usually 19%) Rights & justice21% 3,834 stories · less than usual (usually 23%) Conflict & violence19% 3,450 stories · more than usual (usually 16%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 785 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 600 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 574 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 564 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 killed5,584 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people affected2,287 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,549 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions1,476 at about 4 times the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people injured1,432 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced595 at about twice the usual rate · most about Israel and Lebanon Stories reporting evacuations431 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting refugees165 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill18 at about the usual rate

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.

● Angera little more than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more than 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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