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What the world's news said happened to people.
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7,690 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 protests in Santa Marta (Colombia), violence in Doha and people affected in Cape Verde. Kenya's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostColombia 67 in 100 of its 99 stories, usually 29
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 32 in 100 of its stories, usually 26
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Colombia

66 of its 99 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. 10 of Santa Marta's 15 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 9 times the usual rate (32 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Colombia over 30 days → its stories → Santa Marta stories →
Conflict & violence

Qatar

33 of its 136 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Doha accounted for 30 of Qatar's 33 stories about harm, carried by 42 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Qatar over 30 days → its stories → Doha stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Italy

61 of its 264 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. 9 of Rome's 15 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Yemen

27 of its 32 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Sanaa accounted for 20 of Yemen's 27 stories about harm, carried by 44 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (21 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

187 of its 298 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Gaza accounted for 157 of Palestine's 187 stories about harm, carried by 390 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Israel

Jerusalem accounted for 173 of Israel's 590 stories about harm, carried by 270 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (97 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Nigeria

198 of its 669 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 26 of Abuja's 47 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Health

Germany

58 of its 245 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Illness was named in 29 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: illness in Germany (29 of its stories, about three times its usual); tropical storm in Philippines (37 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); accidents in US (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 19 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 7,690 stories about harm among 43,309 counted on 19 Oct.

Read the day's briefing

On the side of help, reports of peace efforts ran at about twice the usual rate. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 43,309 stories, as usual. Colombia's news was 67% about people being harmed, against a usual 29%. In the Philippines' news, mentions of tropical storm ran about 5 times their usual. On 19 October 2024, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, the same as today. This week the news turned most often to Afghanistan, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 3 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Israel71 in 100 of its 830 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Colombia67 in 100 of its 99 stories · usually 29 · mostly disasters & accidents Palestine63 in 100 of its 298 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan48 in 100 of its 143 stories · usually 49 · mostly conflict & violence Venezuela42 in 100 of its 108 stories · usually 46 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US167 stories about protests or strikes, of its 379 Chicago US61 stories about protests or strikes, of its 101 Jerusalem Israel45 stories about protests or strikes, of its 173 Los Angeles US34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 84 London UK28 stories about protests or strikes, of its 125

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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 readIsle 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 readTunisia: too little coverage to readTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: too little coverage to readTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: 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'sSomalia: too little coverage to readSomaliland: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: 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'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: 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'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: too little coverage to readMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: too little coverage to readJapan: feelings about like the world'sIreland: 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: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: 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: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: 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 readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: 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: too little coverage to readCzech 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: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: too little coverage to readCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: 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: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: 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'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'sArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: too little coverage to readAlbania: too little coverage to readJammu & 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: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern 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: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sYemen: coverage a little angrier than the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCayman Islands: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times 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 a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKenya: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sJordan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCape Verde: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than 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 twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry 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

● Israel about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 590 stories about harm ● Qatar few stories about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 33 stories about harm ● Pakistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 161 stories about harm ● Kenya few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 35 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as angry as the world's · 187 stories about harm ● Colombia about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 66 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 2,291 stories · more than usual (usually 28%) Health21% 1,617 stories · less than usual (usually 26%) Conflict & violence17% 1,317 stories · more than usual (usually 15%) Disasters & accidents17% 1,270 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 438 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 219 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 210 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 180 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 killed2,073 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests890 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected819 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured570 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions381 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting people displaced70 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting refugees67 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations40 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the Philippines and the US Stories reporting people falling ill7 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Cape Verde

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 harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little more than 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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