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14,105 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 rights and justice in Tel Aviv, violence in Islamabad and landslides in Mexico. Pakistan's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were much softer than usual.

Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate, most often about Israel and Palestine → Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about 4 times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 34 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostPakistan 48 in 100 of its 549 stories, usually 38
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 54 in 100 of its stories, usually 42
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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Rights & justice

Israel

2,028 of its 2,844 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Tel Aviv accounted for 788 of Israel's 2,028 stories about harm, carried by 1,220 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (1,474 stories). Road crashes were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Israel over 30 days → its stories → Tel Aviv stories →
Conflict & violence

Pakistan

265 of its 549 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Islamabad accounted for 107 of Pakistan's 265 stories about harm, carried by 71 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Pakistan over 30 days → its stories → Islamabad stories →
Disasters & accidents

Mexico

77 of its 229 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (34 stories). Landslides were named in 42 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Slovakia

26 of its 32 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (23 stories). Train derailment was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Bosnia

7 of its 9 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

57 of its 107 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Kabul accounted for 36 of Afghanistan's 57 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Zimbabwe

45 of its 161 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people injured ran at about 10 times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Switzerland

6 of Bern's 11 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Rights & justice

Palestine

Gaza accounted for 251 of Palestine's 314 stories about harm, carried by 360 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (116 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: train derailment in Slovakia (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Philippines (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in US (133 of its stories, about three times its usual); extreme cold in UK (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 18; 19 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 13 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 14,105 stories about harm among 75,851 counted on 13 Oct.

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Abductions were reported at about 5 times the usual rate, most often about Israel and Palestine. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 75,851 stories, as usual. Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about 4 times the usual rate. For the second day running, the news turned to Israel. Israel stood out: 71% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 65%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan74 in 100 of its 50 stories · usually 70 · mostly health Israel71 in 100 of its 2,844 stories · usually 65 · mostly rights & justice Palestine59 in 100 of its 531 stories · usually 56 · mostly rights & justice Madagascar58 in 100 of its 115 stories · usually 61 · mostly rights & justice Afghanistan53 in 100 of its 107 stories · usually 45 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Tel Aviv Israel182 stories about protests or strikes, of its 788 Washington US79 stories about protests or strikes, of its 321 Antananarivo Madagascar54 stories about protests or strikes, of its 54 Chicago US53 stories about protests or strikes, of its 120 Gaza Palestine42 stories about protests or strikes, of its 251

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: too little coverage to readYemen: 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: feelings about like the world'sU.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: feelings about like the world'sTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: 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'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSyria: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: 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: 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 readRomania: 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: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: too little coverage to readNew 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'sMozambique: too little coverage to readMorocco: 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: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: 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'sLatvia: 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'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIraq: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: too little coverage to readGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGhana: 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: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech 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: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: 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: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: 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'sBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: too little coverage to readBelarus: 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: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sJammu & Kashmir: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sSiachen Glacier: feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall 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: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: feelings about like the world'sSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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 about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTonga: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little more fearful 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'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sQatar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMadagascar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLesotho: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJapan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIreland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIran: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGreece: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sEcuador: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGreenland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage a little angrier than the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBosnia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArgentina: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken 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

● Pakistan about twice as angry as the world's · 265 stories about harm ● Egypt about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 70 stories about harm ● Israel about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's · 2,028 stories about harm ● Palestine about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's · 314 stories about harm ● Sudan few stories about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 37 stories about harm ● Japan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 71 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice34% 4,656 stories · much more than usual (usually 28%) Health24% 3,263 stories · less than usual (usually 26%) Disasters & accidents17% 2,289 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence13% 1,817 stories · less than usual (usually 16%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 767 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 466 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 392 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 216 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 killed3,741 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,166 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting abductions1,825 at about 5 times the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting people affected1,490 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured797 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced314 at about twice the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting evacuations80 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting refugees74 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Pakistan and Sudan Stories reporting people falling ill10 at about half the usual rate · most about Greece and Sweden

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
● 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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