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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.

its stories →
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.

its stories →

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.

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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.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or lessZambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessYemen: 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: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: too little coverage to readUnited 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 lessUkraine: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: too little coverage to readTajikistan: 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: too little coverage to readSomalia: too little coverage to readSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: 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 lessPortugal: about as warm as its own usual or lessPoland: too little coverage to readPhilippines: 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: too little coverage to readNorth Korea: too little coverage to readNigeria: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: too little coverage to readMozambique: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: too little coverage to readMalawi: too little coverage to readMadagascar: 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: too little coverage to readLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: 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: too little coverage to readJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJapan: too little coverage to readJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessItaly: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsrael: 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 lessIran: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndonesia: too little coverage to readIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: about as warm as its own usual or lessHungary: about as warm as its own usual or lessHonduras: about as warm as its own usual or lessHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: 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: 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 readFinland: too little coverage to readFiji: about as warm as its own usual or lessEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: 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: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR Congo: too little coverage to readCongo: 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: too little coverage to readCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: 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: too little coverage to readBulgaria: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: too little coverage to readBangladesh: 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: too little coverage to readArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & 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 readAfghanistan: 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 lessCrimea: 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: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern 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: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: 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 readQatar: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualCuba: warmth about its own usualDoha, Qatar -- conflict & violence: 30 stories, carried by 42 outletsSearsport, US -- health: 11 stories, carried by 13 outletsCalifornia, US -- health: 24 stories, carried by 44 outletsAbuja, Nigeria -- rights & justice: 47 stories, carried by 22 outletsKabul, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 41 stories, carried by 79 outletsNairobi, Kenya -- conflict & violence: 10 stories, carried by 25 outletsBondo, Kenya -- rights & justice: 17 stories, carried by 15 outletsYorkshire, UK -- rights & justice: 12 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

No country's news was much warmer than its usual (a quarter or more).

Warmest events

● Doha Qatar about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 30 stories ● Searsport US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 11 stories ● California US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 24 stories ● Abuja Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 47 stories ● Kabul Afghanistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 41 stories

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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