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13,714 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at protests in Douala (Cameroon), the hurricane in Cuba and violence in el Fasher. Sudan's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostJamaica 83 in 100 of its 619 stories, usually 35
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 42 in 100 of its stories, usually 27
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Cameroon

97 of its 146 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Douala accounted for 60 of Cameroon's 97 stories about harm, carried by 115 outlets. 51 of Douala's 60 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (89 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Cameroon over 30 days → its stories → Douala stories →
Disasters & accidents

Cuba

79 of its 105 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Santiago de Cuba accounted for 29 of Cuba's 79 stories about harm, carried by 15 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories). Hurricane was named in 65 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with flooding and storms.

Cuba over 30 days → its stories → Santiago de Cuba stories →
Conflict & violence

Sudan

112 of its 151 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. el Fasher accounted for 48 of Sudan's 112 stories about harm, carried by 63 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Sudan over 30 days → its stories → El Fasher stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Guyana

17 of its 52 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories).

Guyana over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Mali

28 of its 44 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Bamako accounted for 24 of Mali's 28 stories about harm, carried by 42 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Jamaica

511 of its 619 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (64 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Brunei

22 of its 76 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (19 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Djibouti

15 of its 22 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. the Red Sea accounted for 14 of Djibouti's 15 stories about harm, carried by 15 outlets.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Lithuania

24 of its 76 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (16 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Guadeloupe

11 of its 15 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Earthquake was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tsunami.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: cyclone in India (189 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Guadeloupe (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); snowstorms in New Zealand (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); building collapse in Nigeria (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tornadoes in Australia (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

16 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 27 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 13,714 stories about harm among 83,356 counted on 27 Oct.

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It was the second day running that the news turned to Cameroon. of the day's 83,356 news stories, 16 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 18. Cameroon stood out: 66% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 27%. A year earlier, on 27 October 2024, 17 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 16 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Jamaica83 in 100 of its 619 stories · usually 35 · mostly disasters & accidents Cuba75 in 100 of its 105 stories · usually 42 · mostly disasters & accidents Sudan74 in 100 of its 151 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Cameroon66 in 100 of its 146 stories · usually 27 · mostly rights & justice Israel58 in 100 of its 639 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US110 stories about protests or strikes, of its 435 Chicago US63 stories about protests or strikes, of its 166 Douala Cameroon51 stories about protests or strikes, of its 60 Delhi India29 stories about protests or strikes, of its 135 London UK27 stories about protests or strikes, of its 185

Stories, not people.

Where harm was most of the news

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: near the world's share or lessVietnam: near the world's share or lessVanuatu: near the world's share or lessUzbekistan: near the world's share or lessUruguay: near the world's share or lessMicronesia: near the world's share or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessPuerto Rico: near the world's share or lessUnited States: near the world's share or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: no storiesFalkland Islands: no storiesIsle of Man: near the world's share or lessUnited Kingdom: near the world's share or lessUnited Arab Emirates: near the world's share or lessUganda: near the world's share or lessTurkmenistan: near the world's share or lessTunisia: near the world's share or lessTrinidad & Tobago: near the world's share or lessTonga: near the world's share or lessTogo: near the world's share or lessTimor-Leste: near the world's share or lessThailand: near the world's share or lessTajikistan: near the world's share or lessTaiwan: near the world's share or lessSwitzerland: near the world's share or lessSweden: near the world's share or lessEswatini: no storiesSuriname: near the world's share or lessSpain: near the world's share or lessSouth Korea: near the world's share or lessSomaliland: no storiesSolomon Islands: near the world's share or lessSlovakia: near the world's share or lessSlovenia: near the world's share or lessSingapore: near the world's share or lessSeychelles: near the world's share or lessSerbia: no storiesSenegal: near the world's share or lessSaudi Arabia: near the world's share or lessSão Tomé: no storiesSamoa: near the world's share or lessSt Vincent: near the world's share or lessSt. Lucia: near the world's share or lessRwanda: near the world's share or lessRomania: near the world's share or lessQatar: near the world's share or lessPortugal: near the world's share or lessPoland: near the world's share or lessPhilippines: near the world's share or lessPeru: near the world's share or lessParaguay: near the world's share or lessPapua New Guinea: near the world's share or lessPanama: near the world's share or lessPalau: near the world's share or lessOman: near the world's share or lessNorway: near the world's share or lessNorth Korea: near the world's share or lessNicaragua: near the world's share or lessNiue: near the world's share or lessNetherlands: near the world's share or lessCuraçao: no storiesNamibia: near the world's share or lessMorocco: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara: near the world's share or lessMontenegro: near the world's share or lessMongolia: near the world's share or lessMoldova: near the world's share or lessMexico: near the world's share or lessMauritius: near the world's share or lessMauritania: near the world's share or lessMalta: near the world's share or lessMalaysia: near the world's share or lessNorth Macedonia: near the world's share or lessLuxembourg: near the world's share or lessLibya: near the world's share or lessLesotho: near the world's share or lessLatvia: near the world's share or lessLaos: near the world's share or lessKyrgyzstan: near the world's share or lessKuwait: near the world's share or lessKosovo: no storiesKiribati: near the world's share or lessKenya: near the world's share or lessKazakhstan: near the world's share or lessJordan: near the world's share or lessJapan: near the world's share or lessItaly: near the world's share or lessIreland: near the world's share or lessIraq: near the world's share or lessIndia: near the world's share or lessIceland: near the world's share or lessHungary: near the world's share or lessHonduras: near the world's share or lessGuinea-Bissau: near the world's share or lessGuinea: near the world's share or lessGuatemala: near the world's share or lessGrenada: near the world's share or lessGhana: near the world's share or lessGermany: near the world's share or lessGambia: near the world's share or lessGabon: near the world's share or lessFrance: near the world's share or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: no storiesFrench Polynesia: near the world's share or lessNew Caledonia: near the world's share or lessFrench Southern Territories: no storiesÅland Islands: no storiesFinland: near the world's share or lessFiji: near the world's share or lessEthiopia: near the world's share or lessEstonia: near the world's share or lessEritrea: near the world's share or lessEquatorial Guinea: no storiesEl Salvador: near the world's share or lessEgypt: near the world's share or lessEcuador: near the world's share or lessDominican Republic: near the world's share or lessDominica: near the world's share or lessGreenland: near the world's share or lessFaroe Islands: near the world's share or lessDenmark: near the world's share or lessCzech Republic: near the world's share or lessN. Cyprus: no storiesCyprus: near the world's share or lessCroatia: near the world's share or lessCosta Rica: near the world's share or lessDR Congo: near the world's share or lessCongo: near the world's share or lessComoros: near the world's share or lessChina: near the world's share or lessHong Kong: near the world's share or lessChile: near the world's share or lessChad: near the world's share or lessCentral African Republic: near the world's share or lessCape Verde: near the world's share or lessCanada: near the world's share or lessMyanmar: near the world's share or lessBurundi: near the world's share or lessBurkina Faso: near the world's share or lessBulgaria: near the world's share or lessBrazil: near the world's share or lessBotswana: near the world's share or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: near the world's share or lessBolivia: near the world's share or lessBhutan: near the world's share or lessBenin: near the world's share or lessBelgium: near the world's share or lessBelarus: near the world's share or lessBarbados: near the world's share or lessBahrain: near the world's share or lessAzerbaijan: near the world's share or lessAustralia: near the world's share or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: no storiesArmenia: near the world's share or lessArgentina: near the world's share or lessAngola: near the world's share or lessAndorra: near the world's share or lessAlgeria: near the world's share or lessAlbania: near the world's share or lessAksai Chin: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): near the world's share or lessVatican City: near the world's share or lessMarshall Islands: near the world's share or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: near the world's share or lessAmerican Samoa: no storiesChagos Islands: no storiesSt. Helena: no storiesPitcairn: no storiesAnguilla: near the world's share or lessBermuda: near the world's share or lessBritish Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: near the world's share or lessMontserrat: no storiesJersey: near the world's share or lessGuernsey: near the world's share or lessSan Marino: no storiesSt Kitts & Nevis: near the world's share or lessCook Islands: near the world's share or lessAruba: near the world's share or lessNauru: no storiesMonaco: near the world's share or lessMaldives: near the world's share or lessLiechtenstein: near the world's share or lessWallis & Futuna: no storiesSt. Martin: no storiesSt. Barthélemy: no storiesMacao: near the world's share or lessNorfolk Island: no storiesSint Maarten: no storiesChristmas Island: no storiesGibraltar: near the world's share or lessMayotte: no storiesZimbabwe: 26 in 100 of its 150 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 16)Yemen: 50 in 100 of its 12 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 16)Venezuela: 46 in 100 of its 156 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 16)Guam: 29 in 100 of its 24 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 16)Cayman Islands: 38 in 100 of its 16 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 16)Ukraine: 34 in 100 of its 251 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 16)Türkiye: 30 in 100 of its 310 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 16)Tanzania: 28 in 100 of its 58 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 16)Syria: 27 in 100 of its 44 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 16)South Sudan: 42 in 100 of its 26 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 16)Sudan: 74 in 100 of its 151 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 16)Sri Lanka: 26 in 100 of its 98 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 16)South Africa: 28 in 100 of its 548 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 16)Somalia: 34 in 100 of its 38 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 16)Sierra Leone: 56 in 100 of its 9 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 16)Russia: 21 in 100 of its 670 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 16)Pakistan: 35 in 100 of its 456 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 16)Nigeria: 27 in 100 of its 1,053 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 16)Niger: 57 in 100 of its 7 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 16)New Zealand: 21 in 100 of its 379 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 16)Nepal: 37 in 100 of its 76 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 16)Mozambique: 63 in 100 of its 19 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 16)Mali: 64 in 100 of its 44 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 16)Malawi: 27 in 100 of its 67 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 16)Madagascar: 42 in 100 of its 12 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 16)Lithuania: 32 in 100 of its 76 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 16)Liberia: 27 in 100 of its 82 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 16)Lebanon: 47 in 100 of its 93 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 16)Jamaica: 83 in 100 of its 619 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 16)Israel: 58 in 100 of its 639 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 16)Palestine: 57 in 100 of its 174 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 16)Iran: 28 in 100 of its 93 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 16)Indonesia: 25 in 100 of its 183 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 16)Haiti: 73 in 100 of its 22 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 16)Guyana: 33 in 100 of its 52 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 16)Greece: 22 in 100 of its 261 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 16)Georgia: 38 in 100 of its 26 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 16)Djibouti: 68 in 100 of its 22 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 16)Cuba: 75 in 100 of its 105 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 16)Côte d’Ivoire: 46 in 100 of its 39 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 16)Colombia: 38 in 100 of its 48 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 16)Cameroon: 66 in 100 of its 146 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 16)Cambodia: 32 in 100 of its 47 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 16)Brunei: 29 in 100 of its 76 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 16)Belize: 37 in 100 of its 19 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 16)Bangladesh: 30 in 100 of its 260 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 16)Bahamas: 28 in 100 of its 60 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 16)Austria: 24 in 100 of its 92 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 16)Antigua & Barbuda: 50 in 100 of its 8 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 16)Afghanistan: 38 in 100 of its 78 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 16)Kashmir: 29 in 100 of its 120 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 16)Palestine: 57 in 100 of its 174 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 16)Palestine: 57 in 100 of its 174 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 16)Kashmir: 29 in 100 of its 120 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 16)Kashmir: 29 in 100 of its 120 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 16)Ukraine: 34 in 100 of its 251 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 16)Palestine: 57 in 100 of its 174 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 16)Kashmir: 29 in 100 of its 120 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 16)
A quarter or more above the world's share Near the world's or lessNo stories

Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 16 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.

Most of its news about harm

● Jamaica 83 in 100 of its 619 stories · mostly disasters & accidents ● Sudan 74 in 100 of its 151 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Cuba 75 in 100 of its 105 stories · mostly disasters & accidents ● Israel 58 in 100 of its 639 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Cameroon 66 in 100 of its 146 stories · mostly rights & justice ● Palestine 57 in 100 of its 174 stories · mostly conflict & violence

Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 stories.

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health26% 3,509 stories · about as usual Rights & justice26% 3,423 stories · less than usual (usually 28%) Disasters & accidents20% 2,670 stories · more than usual (usually 17%) Conflict & violence13% 1,696 stories · less than usual (usually 15%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 804 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 528 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 471 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 287 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 killed3,113 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,632 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,555 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured757 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people displaced249 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Jamaica and Sudan Stories reporting abductions206 at about a third of the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting evacuations112 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees97 at about the usual rate

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

● Angera little less than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little less than 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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