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9,390 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 Gaza, people killed in Iran and protests in Tbilisi (Georgia). Iran's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were harsher than usual.

Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about Israel and Palestine → Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about three times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 32 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostUkraine 52 in 100 of its 185 stories, usually 28
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 51 in 100 of its stories, usually 41
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

241 of its 388 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Gaza accounted for 216 of Palestine's 241 stories about harm, carried by 370 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (54 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Palestine over 30 days → its stories → Gaza stories →
Rights & justice

Iran

47 of its 81 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (32 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Singapore

50 of its 225 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Poisoning was named in 21 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with drownings. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Ukraine

96 of its 185 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Germany

82 of its 293 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Munich accounted for 56 of Germany's 82 stories about harm, carried by 234 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 9 times the usual rate (60 stories).

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Rights & justice

UK

Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Heavy rain was named in 84 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with power cuts and building collapse. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Spain

23 of Barcelona's 23 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (13 stories). Hunger was named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Nepal

Kathmandu accounted for 17 of Nepal's 21 stories about harm, carried by 28 outlets. Landslides were named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Somalia

15 of its 20 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Mogadishu accounted for 11 of Somalia's 15 stories about harm, carried by 14 outlets.

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Also named far more than usual: hunger in Spain (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in United Arab Emirates (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Ireland (28 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); landslides in Nepal (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in UK (84 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 4 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 9,390 stories about harm among 48,972 counted on 4 Oct.

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On the side of help, reports of people freed or reunited ran at about three times the usual rate. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 48,972 stories, as usual. Mentions of poisoning ran more than ten times their usual in Singapore's news. Abductions were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about Israel and Palestine. A year earlier, on 4 October 2024, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Israel66 in 100 of its 1,062 stories · usually 63 · mostly rights & justice Palestine62 in 100 of its 388 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence Iran58 in 100 of its 81 stories · usually 31 · mostly rights & justice Ukraine52 in 100 of its 185 stories · usually 28 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir51 in 100 of its 118 stories · usually 50 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Manchester UK87 stories about protests or strikes, of its 222 Chicago US83 stories about protests or strikes, of its 149 Washington US69 stories about protests or strikes, of its 274 Tel Aviv Israel47 stories about protests or strikes, of its 68 Portland US38 stories about protests or strikes, of its 51

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'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: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: too little coverage to readUnited 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 readTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: 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: too little coverage to readSlovenia: too little coverage to readSierra Leone: too little coverage to readSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: 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'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: 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 readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: 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'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: too little coverage to readMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: too little coverage to readLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: 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'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIraq: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGambia: too little coverage to readGabon: 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 readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sFaroe 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: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: too little coverage to readComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: too little coverage to readCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: 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'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: too little coverage to readBelgium: 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'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAfghanistan: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sBritish 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: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: 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: too little coverage to readGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readVenezuela: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSyria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSt Vincent: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNiger: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMorocco: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMadagascar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLibya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGreenland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBelize: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAngola: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half 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 one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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

● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 96 stories about harm ● Iran few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 47 stories about harm ● Saudi Arabia few stories about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 23 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 241 stories about harm ● UK about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 855 stories about harm ● Singapore about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's · 50 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice32% 2,909 stories · more than usual (usually 27%) Health23% 2,099 stories · less than usual (usually 26%) Disasters & accidents17% 1,528 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence16% 1,454 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 442 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 398 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 209 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 178 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 killed2,431 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,473 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people affected972 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured661 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions449 at about three times the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting people displaced143 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting refugees77 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations64 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Palestine Stories reporting people falling ill15 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Bangladesh

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