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20,256 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 day's news pointed at protests in Islamabad (Pakistan), people killed in Belgium and violence in Damascus. Syria's coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read much softer than usual.

Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeHealth 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostRwanda 72 in 100 of its 61 stories, usually 47
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 52 in 100 of its stories, usually 50
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 →
Protests & strikes

Pakistan

272 of its 758 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. 50 of Islamabad's 99 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories). Earthquake was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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

Belgium

35 of its 112 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Covid was named in 23 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Belgium over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

40 of its 50 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Damascus accounted for 26 of Syria's 40 stories about harm, carried by 28 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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

Albania

17 of its 31 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 15 of Tirana's 15 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories).

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Azerbaijan

43 of its 204 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. 8 of Baku's 16 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories).

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Mexico

9 of Chilpancingo's 18 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Health

Canada

Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories). Flu was named in 27 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with house fires. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

North Korea

22 of its 61 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories).

its stories →
Health

Zambia

16 of its 31 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: cholera in Sudan (16 of its stories, about three times its usual); covid in Russia (33 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); storm surge in US (942 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hurricane in Japan (11 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); flu in Canada (27 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 8 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 20,256 stories about harm among 103,918 counted on 8 Oct.

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It was the fourth day running that the news turned to Pakistan. of the day's 103,918 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of people freed or reunited, a sign of help, ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Mentions of Covid ran more than ten times their usual in Belgium's news. On 9 October 2023, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria80 in 100 of its 50 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Rwanda72 in 100 of its 61 stories · usually 47 · mostly health Israel69 in 100 of its 2,180 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Lebanon66 in 100 of its 320 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine64 in 100 of its 266 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Tel Aviv Israel100 stories about protests or strikes, of its 390 Washington US83 stories about protests or strikes, of its 577 Tampa US65 stories about protests or strikes, of its 928 Islamabad Pakistan50 stories about protests or strikes, of its 99 Kolkata India36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 48

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or lessZambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessVietnam: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: 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: too little coverage to readUnited 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: too little coverage to readTaiwan: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: 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: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: 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: too little coverage to readParaguay: 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: 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: too little coverage to readMali: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: 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: too little coverage to readLebanon: 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 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: too little coverage to readGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: 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: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: too little coverage to readBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: 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 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: too little coverage to readBahamas: 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: 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 lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern 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: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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: too little coverage to readGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: warmth about its own usualSweden: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualJapan: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualChina: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about its own usualKashmir: warmth about its own usualNew Jersey, US -- health: 50 stories, carried by 71 outletsStockholm, Sweden -- health: 35 stories, carried by 177 outletsBrussels, Belgium -- health: 27 stories, carried by 28 outletsIowa, US -- health: 16 stories, carried by 18 outletsJammu, Kashmir -- conflict & violence: 39 stories, carried by 27 outletsAbuja, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 65 stories, carried by 34 outletsSaskatchewan, Canada -- health: 26 stories, carried by 19 outletsChaukhamba, India -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 13 stories, carried by 33 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

● New Jersey US about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 50 stories ● Stockholm Sweden about twice as warm as the day's news · health · 35 stories ● Brussels Belgium about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 27 stories ● Iowa US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 16 stories ● Jammu Kashmir about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 39 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health27% 5,285 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents24% 4,855 stories · much more than usual (usually 19%) Rights & justice21% 4,102 stories · less than usual (usually 23%) Conflict & violence15% 2,913 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 849 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 686 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 633 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 587 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 killed5,195 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,455 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,616 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured998 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting abductions831 at about twice the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting evacuations519 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people displaced499 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and Lebanon Stories reporting refugees159 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill19 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 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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