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15,140 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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Violence in Islamabad, the typhoon in Taiwan and arrests in Moldova drew the news. Pakistan's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about 5 times the usual rate, most often about the US and Canada →
Part of lifeHealth 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostPakistan 54 in 100 of its 619 stories, usually 36
RegionSouth Asia 30 in 100 of its stories, usually 22
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Conflict & violence

Pakistan

337 of its 619 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Islamabad accounted for 261 of Pakistan's 337 stories about harm, carried by 391 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (177 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Pakistan over 30 days → its stories → Islamabad stories →
Disasters & accidents

Taiwan

49 of its 164 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories). Typhoon was named in 26 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with tropical storm, flooding and storms.

Taiwan over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Moldova

8 of its 17 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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

India

1,698 of its 6,002 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Delhi accounted for 1,093 of India's 1,698 stories about harm, carried by 313 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (471 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Thailand

86 of its 233 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Bangkok accounted for 43 of Thailand's 86 stories about harm, carried by 54 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (50 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

Nigeria

Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Power cuts were named in 13 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.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Ecuador

19 of its 26 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Philippines

231 of its 598 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (51 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Ghana

Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (40 stories). Helicopter crash was named in 26 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: helicopter crash in Ghana (26 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Canada (49 of its stories, about three times its usual); hurricane in Brazil (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); plane crash in Jamaica (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in China (14 of its stories, more than ten 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 11 Nov. 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 15,140 stories about harm among 91,509 counted on 11 Nov.

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Reports of people falling ill ran at about 5 times the usual rate, most often about the US and Canada. of the day's 91,509 news stories, 17 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Pakistan stood out: 54% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 36%. On 11 November 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 →

Sudan73 in 100 of its 111 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Pakistan54 in 100 of its 619 stories · usually 36 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine52 in 100 of its 174 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence Israel50 in 100 of its 605 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Jamaica49 in 100 of its 195 stories · usually 62 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Berkeley US77 stories about protests or strikes, of its 145 Chicago US73 stories about protests or strikes, of its 174 Washington US71 stories about protests or strikes, of its 485 Delhi India45 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1093 London UK35 stories about protests or strikes, of its 309

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'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: feelings about like the world'sU.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 Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: 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'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: 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 readSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: too little coverage to readSeychelles: 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: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: 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'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: 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: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: 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: too little coverage to readKuwait: 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'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: 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: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sFrance: 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'sEthiopia: 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'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: too little coverage to readCongo: too little coverage to readComoros: too little coverage to readChina: 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: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: 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: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: 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'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: too little coverage to readBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: 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: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: too little coverage to readAlbania: 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 readVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern 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: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: 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: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: feelings about like the world'sWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sThailand: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTanzania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNepal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMoldova: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more fearful 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'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIran: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEcuador: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBhutan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelize: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: 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'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMacao: coverage a little more fearful than 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 angry as the world's · 337 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 304 stories about harm ● Sudan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 81 stories about harm ● Ecuador few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 19 stories about harm ● Afghanistan few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 45 stories about harm ● India about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 1,698 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health27% 4,047 stories · about as usual Rights & justice23% 3,405 stories · less than usual (usually 27%) Conflict & violence18% 2,661 stories · more than usual (usually 14%) Disasters & accidents16% 2,422 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 897 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 583 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 537 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 257 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 killed4,257 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,809 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,640 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,312 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about India and Pakistan Stories reporting people displaced206 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions155 at about a third of the usual rate · most about Israel and Nigeria Stories reporting refugees131 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations117 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill64 at about 5 times the usual rate · most about the US and Canada

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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