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8,883 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 violence in Bangkok and Kyiv and flooding in Haiti. Ukraine's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostJamaica 79 in 100 of its 198 stories, usually 27
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 37 in 100 of its stories, usually 27
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Health

Thailand

85 of its 212 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Bangkok accounted for 55 of Thailand's 85 stories about harm, carried by 137 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (52 stories). Illness was named in 45 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Thailand over 30 days → its stories → Bangkok stories →
Disasters & accidents

Haiti

59 of its 65 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 30 of Haiti's 59 stories about harm, carried by 94 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (26 stories). Flooding was named in 54 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with storm surge.

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

Ukraine

98 of its 207 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Kyiv accounted for 71 of Ukraine's 98 stories about harm, carried by 240 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (72 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

Jamaica

156 of its 198 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (29 stories). Storm surge was named in 43 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Cameroon

9 of its 17 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 3 of Bafoussam's 3 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Pakistan

171 of its 381 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

Gaza accounted for 75 of Palestine's 103 stories about harm, carried by 60 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (31 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Lebanon

25 of its 44 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

41 of its 65 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Kabul accounted for 24 of Afghanistan's 41 stories about harm, carried by 40 outlets.

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Also named far more than usual: storm surge in Jamaica (43 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in India (57 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); tornadoes in US (47 of its stories, about three times its usual).

17 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 18; 17 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 25 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 8,883 stories about harm among 53,143 counted on 25 Oct.

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In Haiti's news, mentions of flooding ran about 4 times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 17 in every 100 of the day's 53,143 stories, below the usual 18. Thailand's news was 40% about people being harmed, against a usual 21%. A year earlier, on 25 October 2024, 17 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Haiti91 in 100 of its 65 stories · usually 57 · mostly disasters & accidents Jamaica79 in 100 of its 198 stories · usually 27 · mostly disasters & accidents Afghanistan63 in 100 of its 65 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine62 in 100 of its 167 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Israel55 in 100 of its 355 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US64 stories about protests or strikes, of its 335 Chicago US36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 87 London UK30 stories about protests or strikes, of its 148 San Francisco US23 stories about protests or strikes, of its 50 Abuja Nigeria21 stories about protests or strikes, of its 37

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: 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: 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 readUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sSyria: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: 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: too little coverage to readSierra Leone: too little coverage to readSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: 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'sNorth Korea: too little coverage to readNiger: 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 readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: 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'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: 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'sJordan: 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: too little coverage to readHaiti: 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'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: too little coverage to readGabon: 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: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial 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: too little coverage to readGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: 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: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: too little coverage to readComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: 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 readCambodia: 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 readBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: 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: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos 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: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: feelings about like the world'sSt 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: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: 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 readYemen: 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'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTurkmenistan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sThailand: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sTanzania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSpain: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSenegal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSamoa: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNepal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLibya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKenya: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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 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 a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGreece: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEgypt: coverage a little warmer than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBelize: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little angrier 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 angry 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 twice as fearful as the world's · 171 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 98 stories about harm ● Venezuela about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 70 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 194 stories about harm ● Thailand about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 85 stories about harm ● Lebanon few stories about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 25 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice26% 2,214 stories · less than usual (usually 28%) Health24% 2,081 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents20% 1,766 stories · more than usual (usually 17%) Conflict & violence15% 1,312 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 517 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 374 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 218 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 194 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 killed2,192 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,095 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected881 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured622 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions156 at about half the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people displaced81 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Malaysia and Palestine Stories reporting refugees61 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations40 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people falling ill6 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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.

● 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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