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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

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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.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or lessZambia: too little coverage to readYemen: about as warm as its own usual or lessVietnam: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited States: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited Arab Emirates: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: about as warm as its own usual or lessThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: about as warm as its own usual or lessSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri Lanka: about as warm as its own usual or lessSpain: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Africa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomalia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: about as warm as its own usual or lessSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: about as warm as its own usual or lessQatar: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: about as warm as its own usual or lessPoland: about as warm as its own usual or lessPhilippines: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessNigeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiger: about as warm as its own usual or lessNicaragua: too little coverage to readNew Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: too little coverage to readMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: about as warm as its own usual or lessLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: about as warm as its own usual or lessLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJapan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessItaly: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: about as warm as its own usual or lessIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndonesia: too little coverage to readIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: too little coverage to readHungary: about as warm as its own usual or lessHonduras: too little coverage to readHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: too little coverage to readGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFiji: about as warm as its own usual or lessEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or lessChile: about as warm as its own usual or lessChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: too little coverage to readCameroon: about as warm as its own usual or lessCambodia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: too little coverage to readBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: about as warm as its own usual or lessBangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustralia: about as warm as its own usual or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJammu & Kashmir: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or lessGaza: about as warm as its own usual or lessWest Bank: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSiachen Glacier: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: about as warm as its own usual or lessCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorfolk 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 readUkraine: warmth about its own usualIsrael: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualGreece: warmth about its own usualEgypt: warmth about one and a half times its own usualDenmark: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualDenver, US -- health: 23 stories, carried by 44 outletsSharm el-Sheikh, Egypt -- conflict & violence: 43 stories, carried by 103 outletsSan Diego, US -- health: 34 stories, carried by 89 outletsJerusalem, Israel -- rights & justice: 113 stories, carried by 131 outletsCairo, Egypt -- disasters & accidents: 11 stories, carried by 13 outletsCopenhagen, Denmark -- health: 12 stories, carried by 11 outletsDamascus, Syria -- conflict & violence: 10 stories, carried by 12 outletsBrussels, Belgium -- health: 11 stories, carried by 11 outlets
Warmer than its own usual The warmest eventsAbout as warm or lessToo little news

Each country shaded by the warmth in its news — care, help, gratitude — against its own last 30 days. Stronger colour: further above. Dots: the events whose coverage carried the most warmth, even where the event itself began as harm. Warm words, not good outcomes. Click a country or a dot.

Warmest news

● Egypt warmth about one and a half times usual ● Israel warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Denver US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 23 stories ● Sharm el-Sheikh Egypt about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 43 stories ● San Diego US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 34 stories ● Jerusalem Israel about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 113 stories ● Cairo Egypt about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 11 stories

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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