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13,987 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 the earthquake in Cuba, rights and justice in Buenos Aires and flooding in Romania. Argentina's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostCuba 76 in 100 of its 152 stories, usually 58
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 →
Disasters & accidents

Cuba

116 of its 152 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories). Earthquake was named in 62 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tsunami. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Cuba over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Argentina

51 of its 128 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Buenos Aires accounted for 36 of Argentina's 51 stories about harm, carried by 68 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Argentina over 30 days → its stories → Buenos Aires stories →
Shelter & services

Romania

30 of its 147 stories (20%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (18 stories). Flooding was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.

Romania over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Chad

23 of its 50 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Chad over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Rights & justice

Mali

29 of its 39 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Bamako accounted for 25 of Mali's 29 stories about harm, carried by 46 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (23 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Russia

191 of its 696 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (71 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Canada

Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Flu was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with bird flu and power cuts. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Health

Philippines

Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (20 stories). Storm surge was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Bermuda

13 of its 31 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Saudi Arabia

46 of its 227 stories (20%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (23 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: storms in Azerbaijan (51 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); drought in Afghanistan (20 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); natural hazards in Pakistan (41 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); storms in France (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); storm surge in Philippines (14 of its stories, about 6 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 11 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 13,987 stories about harm among 83,507 counted on 11 Nov.

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For the second day running, the news turned to Cuba. Stories about people being harmed made up 17 in every 100 of the day's 83,507 stories, as usual. On 12 November 2023, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 17 today. In Cuba, 76% of the news was about people being harmed, where 58% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Cuba76 in 100 of its 152 stories · usually 58 · mostly disasters & accidents Palestine61 in 100 of its 178 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Israel60 in 100 of its 874 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Lebanon59 in 100 of its 133 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Syria51 in 100 of its 63 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US106 stories about protests or strikes, of its 492 Baku Azerbaijan55 stories about protests or strikes, of its 131 Delhi India27 stories about protests or strikes, of its 125 London UK26 stories about protests or strikes, of its 285 Dhaka Bangladesh21 stories about protests or strikes, of its 38

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: 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: 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: too little coverage to readTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: 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: too little coverage to readSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sQatar: 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'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: 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: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: 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 readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIraq: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: too little coverage to readHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: 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'sEthiopia: 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: 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: 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'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: too little coverage to readCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: 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'sMyanmar: 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: 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'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: too little coverage to readAlbania: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican 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 readBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: 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: feelings about like the world'sGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sThailand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSt Vincent: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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'sNorth Korea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMali: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKenya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHungary: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGreece: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCuba: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChad: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArgentina: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAngola: coverage about one and a half 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'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry 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 twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sBermuda: coverage a little warmer 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 · 62 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 523 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 137 stories about harm ● Lebanon about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 79 stories about harm ● Russia about twice as angry as the world's · 191 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as angry as the world's · 108 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health28% 3,830 stories · about as usual Rights & justice21% 2,921 stories · less than usual (usually 24%) Conflict & violence18% 2,463 stories · more than usual (usually 15%) Disasters & accidents18% 2,425 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 743 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 530 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 517 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 292 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 killed3,586 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,541 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,319 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,089 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions199 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people displaced199 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees171 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations157 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill9 at less than a quarter of the usual rate · most about the US and Sudan

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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