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17,175 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 violence in Ankara, tropical storm in the Philippines and protests in Maputo (Mozambique). Türkiye's coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was about as usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about 5 times the usual rate, most often about the US and Canada →
Part of lifeHealth 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostKashmir 58 in 100 of its 192 stories, usually 31
RegionEvery region about as usual
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Conflict & violence

Türkiye

117 of its 249 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Ankara accounted for 82 of Türkiye's 117 stories about harm, carried by 73 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (68 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

Türkiye over 30 days → its stories → Ankara stories →
Disasters & accidents

Philippines

268 of its 536 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Philippine accounted for 134 of the Philippines' 268 stories about harm, carried by 92 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 8 times the usual rate (124 stories). Tropical storm was named in 154 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with flooding, landslides and typhoon.

Philippines over 30 days → its stories → Philippine stories →
Health

US

Reports of people falling ill ran at about 6 times the usual rate (159 stories). Outbreaks were named in 363 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with poisoning and bridge collapse.

US over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

111 of its 192 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (70 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Uganda

48 of its 106 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Haiti

Port-au-Prince accounted for 27 of Haiti's 31 stories about harm, carried by 179 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories). Drownings were named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Sri Lanka

37 of its 117 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories).

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Georgia

8 of Tbilisi's 13 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Palestine

Gaza accounted for 126 of Palestine's 151 stories about harm, carried by 112 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: cyclone in India (184 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); drownings in Haiti (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); accidents in Brazil (11 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); helicopter crash in Nigeria (27 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); house fires in Canada (17 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

17 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 25 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 17,175 stories about harm among 99,186 counted on 25 Oct.

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The share of stories about people being harmed was the lowest since 5 September 2024. 17 in every 100 of the day's 99,186 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 19. Reports of people falling ill ran at about 5 times the usual rate, most often about the US and Canada. the news turned to Türkiye for the third day running. Türkiye's news was 47% about people being harmed, against a usual 29%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Israel70 in 100 of its 899 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Lebanon69 in 100 of its 317 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine69 in 100 of its 220 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir58 in 100 of its 192 stories · usually 31 · mostly conflict & violence Haiti57 in 100 of its 54 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US107 stories about protests or strikes, of its 578 London UK60 stories about protests or strikes, of its 235 Los Angeles US36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 263 Delhi India33 stories about protests or strikes, of its 181 Islamabad Pakistan28 stories about protests or strikes, of its 75

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 lessYemen: about as warm as its own usual or lessVietnam: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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 lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: 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 lessSwitzerland: about as warm as its own usual or lessSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: 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: too little coverage to readSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: too little coverage to readSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: 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 readSt 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: too little coverage to readPapua 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: too little coverage to readNorway: 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: too little coverage to readNew Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiue: about as warm as its own usual or lessNetherlands: 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: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth 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: too little coverage to readLiberia: 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: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: 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 lessJapan: too little coverage to readItaly: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: 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: too little coverage to readIceland: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEgypt: 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: too little coverage to readDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe 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 lessCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: too little coverage to readCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or lessChile: too little coverage to readChad: 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: too little coverage to readBrazil: 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: 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 lessJammu & Kashmir: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or lessGaza: about as warm as its own usual or lessWest Bank: 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 lessEast Jerusalem: 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: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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 readVenezuela: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualTürkiye: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualSudan: warmth about its own usualSri Lanka: warmth about its own usualSamoa: warmth about its own usualJamaica: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualCuba: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualSwanage, UK -- disasters & accidents: 10 stories, carried by 60 outletsAthens, Greece -- health: 17 stories, carried by 15 outletsMianwali, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 11 stories, carried by 84 outletsDera Ismail Khan, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 21 stories, carried by 22 outletsOklahoma, US -- health: 19 stories, carried by 20 outletsGlasgow, UK -- health: 23 stories, carried by 15 outletsPennsylvania, US -- rights & justice: 34 stories, carried by 44 outletsTbilisi, Georgia -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 36 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

No country's news was much warmer than its usual (a quarter or more).

Warmest events

● Swanage UK about twice as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 10 stories ● Athens Greece about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 17 stories ● Mianwali Pakistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 11 stories ● Dera Ismail Khan Pakistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 21 stories ● Oklahoma US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 19 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health30% 5,015 stories · more than usual (usually 27%) Rights & justice25% 4,168 stories · more than usual (usually 22%) Disasters & accidents17% 2,811 stories · less than usual (usually 21%) Conflict & violence14% 2,390 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 852 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 668 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 563 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 387 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 killed4,453 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,068 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,808 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,249 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions309 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people displaced278 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and Lebanon Stories reporting evacuations243 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about India and Israel Stories reporting people falling ill180 at about 5 times the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting refugees150 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel

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.

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