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14,815 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 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

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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.

Where the news was warmest

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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 lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.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 lessUkraine: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: too little coverage to readSyria: 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 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: too little coverage to readSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: 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: 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 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 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 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: too little coverage to readKosovo: 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: too little coverage to readItaly: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: 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: too little coverage to readGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrance: 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: too little coverage to readEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: about as warm as its own usual or lessCzech 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: too little coverage to readChile: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: about as warm as its own usual or lessCambodia: too little coverage to readMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: too little coverage to readBotswana: 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: too little coverage to readBenin: 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: 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: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: too little coverage to readAlbania: 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: too little coverage to readGaza: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessWallis & 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGibraltar: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readVietnam: warmth about its own usualSpain: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualPanama: warmth about its own usualHong Kong: warmth about its own usualMassachusetts, US -- health: 18 stories, carried by 18 outletsCalgary, Canada -- disasters & accidents: 11 stories, carried by 16 outletsWorcester, US -- health: 18 stories, carried by 53 outletsBrussels, Belgium -- conflict & violence: 14 stories, carried by 84 outletsMafa, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 10 outletsStockholm, Sweden -- health: 15 stories, carried by 34 outletsAccra, Ghana -- health: 28 stories, carried by 15 outletsCape Town, South Africa -- rights & justice: 17 stories, carried by 20 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

● Massachusetts US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 18 stories ● Calgary Canada about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 11 stories ● Worcester US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 18 stories ● Brussels Belgium about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 14 stories ● Mafa Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 13 stories

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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