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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 →
6 more places the news pointed at
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).

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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.

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: too little coverage to readVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: 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: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: 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 lessSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: 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: too little coverage to readSouth Africa: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: 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: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: too little coverage to readKosovo: 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 lessJamaica: 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 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 lessIceland: 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: too little coverage to readGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: too little coverage to readGabon: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEthiopia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: too little coverage to readBrunei: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia 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: too little coverage to readAustria: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessArgentina: 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 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 lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAmerican 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: too little coverage to readBritish 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: too little coverage to readAruba: 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: 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 readVietnam: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualNepal: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualStockholm, Sweden -- health: 53 stories, carried by 139 outletsBurlington, US -- disasters & accidents: 14 stories, carried by 22 outletsNew Jersey, US -- health: 40 stories, carried by 55 outletsSaskatchewan, Canada -- health: 16 stories, carried by 36 outletsZurich, Switzerland -- health: 11 stories, carried by 17 outletsAbuja, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 19 stories, carried by 16 outletsShanghai, China -- health: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsAlloa, UK -- health: 75 stories, carried by 100 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

● Sweden warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Stockholm Sweden about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 53 stories ● Burlington US about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 14 stories ● New Jersey US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 40 stories ● Saskatchewan Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 16 stories ● Zurich Switzerland about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories

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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.