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14,815 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The news turned to protests in Bogota (Colombia), landslides in Haiti and violence in Venezuela. Venezuela's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostJamaica 58 in 100 of its 249 stories, usually 24
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 32 in 100 of its stories, usually 26
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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Protests & strikes

Colombia

51 of its 92 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. 8 of Bogota's 16 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Poisoning was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Colombia over 30 days → its stories → Bogota stories →
Disasters & accidents

Haiti

47 of its 62 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 28 of Haiti's 47 stories about harm, carried by 79 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (24 stories). Landslides were named in 36 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with storms and heavy rain.

Haiti over 30 days → its stories → Port-au-Prince stories →
Conflict & violence

Venezuela

116 of its 194 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Plague was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Belize

32 of its 73 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. the Caribbean Sea accounted for 23 of Belize's 32 stories about harm, carried by 25 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Pakistan

Islamabad accounted for 73 of Pakistan's 183 stories about harm, carried by 110 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

Gaza accounted for 83 of Palestine's 113 stories about harm, carried by 66 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Jamaica

144 of its 249 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Landslides were named in 58 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with storms and storm surge.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Lebanon

37 of its 71 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

66 of its 114 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Kabul accounted for 37 of Afghanistan's 66 stories about harm, carried by 51 outlets.

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Also named far more than usual: landslides in Jamaica (58 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); flu in Australia (31 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); polio in India (38 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Canada (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); earthquake in UK (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

17 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 18; 16 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 24 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 14,815 stories about harm among 89,295 counted on 24 Oct.

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Mentions of landslides ran about 9 times their usual in Haiti's news. of the day's 89,295 news stories, 17 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 18. Colombia stood out: 55% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 37%. On 24 October 2024, a year earlier, the share was 17 in every 100, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Haiti76 in 100 of its 62 stories · usually 56 · mostly disasters & accidents Sudan70 in 100 of its 54 stories · usually 67 · mostly health Venezuela60 in 100 of its 194 stories · usually 46 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan58 in 100 of its 114 stories · usually 50 · mostly conflict & violence Jamaica58 in 100 of its 249 stories · usually 24 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US151 stories about protests or strikes, of its 680 San Francisco US83 stories about protests or strikes, of its 154 Chicago US69 stories about protests or strikes, of its 171 Abuja Nigeria56 stories about protests or strikes, of its 100 London UK32 stories about protests or strikes, of its 232

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sYemen: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: 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: feelings about like the world'sTurkey: 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'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: 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 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'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: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: 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: 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 readNepal: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: 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: too little coverage to readLatvia: 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'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIraq: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: 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 readGrenada: 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'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: 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 readChina: 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 readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: 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 readBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: 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: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sJammu & Kashmir: 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 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: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sWallis & 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: feelings about like the world'sGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little angrier than the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sVenezuela: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTanzania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRwanda: 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'sRomania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sQatar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPeru: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPanama: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sItaly: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIreland: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEcuador: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCroatia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBelize: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times 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

● Pakistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 183 stories about harm ● Venezuela about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 116 stories about harm ● Lebanon few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 37 stories about harm ● Russia about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 202 stories about harm ● Sweden few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 35 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 80 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health27% 3,959 stories · about as usual Rights & justice26% 3,833 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents19% 2,752 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence13% 1,871 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 671 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 576 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 533 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 277 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 killed3,473 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,885 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,507 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured807 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting abductions185 at about a third of the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people displaced131 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Sudan Stories reporting refugees116 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations98 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people falling ill11 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and France

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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.