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16,415 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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Most of the day's attention went to illness in Buenos Aires, protests in Maputo (Mozambique) and a disaster in Havana. Argentina's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was much softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostCuba 80 in 100 of its 249 stories, usually 53
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 33 in 100 of its stories, usually 25
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Health

Argentina

108 of its 254 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Buenos Aires accounted for 86 of Argentina's 108 stories about harm, carried by 248 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (62 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Argentina over 30 days → its stories → Buenos Aires stories →
Protests & strikes

Mozambique

62 of its 99 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Maputo accounted for 45 of Mozambique's 62 stories about harm, carried by 148 outlets. 38 of Maputo's 45 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Mozambique over 30 days → its stories → Maputo stories →
Disasters & accidents

Cuba

198 of its 249 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Havana accounted for 101 of Cuba's 198 stories about harm, carried by 445 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (73 stories).

Cuba over 30 days → its stories → Havana stories →
Rights & justice

Nigeria

Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (29 stories). HIV was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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

Indonesia

67 of its 219 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (16 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 34 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Morocco

21 of its 70 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Niger

6 of its 7 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Zimbabwe

80 of its 244 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

Central African Republic

7 of its 9 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Azerbaijan

Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Storms were named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with flooding.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in Indonesia (34 of its stories, about three times its usual); drought in Brazil (28 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); storms in Azerbaijan (15 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); power cuts in Ukraine (18 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); storms in France (16 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).

16 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 18; 14 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 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 16,415 stories about harm among 102,931 counted on 7 Nov.

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16 in every 100 of the day's 102,931 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 18. A year earlier, on 8 November 2023, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 16 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Cuba80 in 100 of its 249 stories · usually 53 · mostly disasters & accidents Lebanon69 in 100 of its 196 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Mozambique63 in 100 of its 99 stories · usually 52 · mostly rights & justice Palestine62 in 100 of its 242 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Israel51 in 100 of its 813 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US168 stories about protests or strikes, of its 769 Jerusalem Israel42 stories about protests or strikes, of its 197 Maputo Mozambique38 stories about protests or strikes, of its 45 Toronto Canada33 stories about protests or strikes, of its 109 London UK30 stories about protests or strikes, of its 234

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sYemen: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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 readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: 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'sSyria: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: 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: too little coverage to readSierra 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 Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: 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: too little coverage to readNorway: 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'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: too little coverage to readLiberia: 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 readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: 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'sHungary: 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: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: 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 readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: 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'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina 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: 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'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: 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: too little coverage to readNorthern 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sNauru: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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: 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 readZimbabwe: coverage a little angrier than the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSpain: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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 angry as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMalta: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMalaysia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKiribati: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJapan: 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 angrier than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIceland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChad: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArgentina: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful 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'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sMonaco: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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

● Kashmir about three times as fearful as the world's · 56 stories about harm ● Argentina about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 108 stories about harm ● Lebanon about twice as angry as the world's · 136 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 413 stories about harm ● Russia about twice as angry as the world's · 150 stories about harm ● Nigeria about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 325 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health29% 4,687 stories · about as usual Rights & justice24% 3,860 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents18% 2,903 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence12% 1,995 stories · less than usual (usually 14%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 838 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 809 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 614 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 366 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 killed3,593 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,698 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting arrests1,646 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured871 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting evacuations220 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions206 at about half the usual rate · most about Israel and Nigeria Stories reporting people displaced162 at about half the usual rate · most about Israel and Sudan Stories reporting refugees147 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Palestine Stories reporting people falling ill8 at less than a quarter of the usual rate · most about the US and India

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
● Griefa little less 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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