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15,701 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 violence in Tel Aviv, rights and justice in Darfur and people falling ill in Türkiye. Israel's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Israel and the US → Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeHealth 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostIsrael 77 in 100 of its 1,536 stories, usually 64
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 50 in 100 of its stories, usually 41
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Israel

1,180 of its 1,536 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Tel Aviv accounted for 283 of Israel's 1,180 stories about harm, carried by 531 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (508 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Israel over 30 days → its stories → Tel Aviv stories →
Rights & justice

Sudan

55 of its 66 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Darfur accounted for 27 of Sudan's 55 stories about harm, carried by 52 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Sudan over 30 days → its stories → Darfur stories →
Health

Türkiye

68 of its 188 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (17 stories). Food poisoning was named in 25 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with outbreaks. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Türkiye over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Papua New Guinea

15 of its 61 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (7 stories). Earthquake was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with tsunami.

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

Palestine

232 of its 341 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Gaza accounted for 195 of Palestine's 232 stories about harm, carried by 274 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Iran

Tehran accounted for 28 of Iran's 48 stories about harm, carried by 22 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Pakistan

Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Train derailment was named in 22 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.

its stories →
Health

UK

Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (36 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.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Belize

18 of its 48 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Displacement

Mozambique

10 of its 15 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: hurricane in Mexico (37 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); landslides in Nepal (19 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); hypothermia in China (28 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); train derailment in Pakistan (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); measles in Nigeria (11 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 19; 18 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 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 15,701 stories about harm among 89,676 counted on 7 Oct.

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On the side of help, reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 89,676 stories, below the usual 19. Abductions were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about Israel and the US. A year earlier, on 7 October 2024, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today. Israel stood out: 77% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 64%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan83 in 100 of its 66 stories · usually 66 · mostly rights & justice Israel77 in 100 of its 1,536 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine68 in 100 of its 341 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Venezuela55 in 100 of its 94 stories · usually 47 · mostly conflict & violence Nepal54 in 100 of its 80 stories · usually 58 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Chicago US137 stories about protests or strikes, of its 272 Washington US101 stories about protests or strikes, of its 456 Tel Aviv Israel87 stories about protests or strikes, of its 283 Portland US78 stories about protests or strikes, of its 109 London UK65 stories about protests or strikes, of its 299

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: 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 readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: 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'sSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: 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'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: 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 readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: 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: too little coverage to readMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: 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'sLiberia: 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 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'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: too little coverage to readHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt 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'sEthiopia: 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: 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 readCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: 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: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: 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'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 readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: 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: 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 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: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: 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 readZambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage a little angrier than the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTunisia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSweden: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSolomon Islands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRussia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRomania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMadagascar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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 three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIreland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIraq: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHungary: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFrance: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCyprus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCosta Rica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAlbania: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than 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 a little more fearful 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

● Israel about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 1,180 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 232 stories about harm ● Ukraine about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 84 stories about harm ● Pakistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 209 stories about harm ● Sudan about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 55 stories about harm ● Afghanistan few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 41 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health27% 4,218 stories · about as usual Rights & justice27% 4,114 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents17% 2,606 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence15% 2,351 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 841 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 518 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 487 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 250 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 killed4,120 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,944 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,717 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured971 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions768 at about twice the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people displaced255 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting refugees125 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations115 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about China and the US Stories reporting people falling ill37 at about twice the usual rate · most about Türkiye and the US

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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