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13,319 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at illness in Moscow, violence in Jerusalem and a disaster in Byala. Russia's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostBulgaria 68 in 100 of its 93 stories, usually 17
RegionEurope 22 in 100 of its stories, usually 18
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Health

Russia

436 of its 710 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Moscow accounted for 181 of Russia's 436 stories about harm, carried by 284 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (46 stories). Plague was named in 302 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with respiratory illness, covid and cholera. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Russia over 30 days → its stories → Moscow stories →
Conflict & violence

Israel

366 of its 644 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Jerusalem accounted for 166 of Israel's 366 stories about harm, carried by 209 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (66 stories). Flooding was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Israel over 30 days → its stories → Jerusalem stories →
Disasters & accidents

Bulgaria

63 of its 93 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Byala accounted for 39 of Bulgaria's 63 stories about harm, carried by 36 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Bulgaria over 30 days → its stories → Byala stories →
Protests & strikes

France

244 of its 925 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 142 of Paris' 183 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (118 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

France over 30 days → its stories → Paris stories →
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Health

Kenya

176 of its 379 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Nairobi accounted for 124 of Kenya's 176 stories about harm, carried by 265 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (57 stories). Ebola was named in 109 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Oman

44 of its 103 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Khasab accounted for 31 of Oman's 44 stories about harm, carried by 38 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (33 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

86 of its 141 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Gaza accounted for 54 of Palestine's 86 stories about harm, carried by 45 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Spain

21 of Barcelona's 28 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Storms were named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Displacement

Bermuda

21 of its 60 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (10 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

North Korea

12 of its 21 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: ebola in Kenya (109 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); ebola in Uganda (18 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); storms in Spain (12 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); heavy rain in New Zealand (12 of its stories, about three times its usual); plane crash in Nigeria (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 6 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 13,319 stories about harm among 69,802 counted on 6 Oct.

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The news turned to Russia for the second day running. 19 in every 100 of the day's 69,802 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Russia's news, mentions of the plague ran about 8 times their usual. Russia stood out: 61% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 28%. On 6 October 2025, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Bulgaria68 in 100 of its 93 stories · usually 17 · mostly disasters & accidents Russia61 in 100 of its 710 stories · usually 28 · mostly health Palestine61 in 100 of its 141 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence Nepal59 in 100 of its 54 stories · usually 67 · mostly disasters & accidents Israel57 in 100 of its 644 stories · usually 49 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Delhi India180 stories about protests or strikes, of its 283 Paris France142 stories about protests or strikes, of its 183 Washington US69 stories about protests or strikes, of its 322 Tompkins County US50 stories about protests or strikes, of its 83 Jerusalem Israel42 stories about protests or strikes, of its 166

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: 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: too little coverage to readGuam: 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 readTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Korea: 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: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: 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'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sQatar: 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 readNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: 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'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth 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: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: 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'sIraq: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: 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: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: 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: 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'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: 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 readCzech 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: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: 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: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: 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: too little coverage to readBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: too little coverage to readBarbados: 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: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sJammu & Kashmir: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sAzad 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: 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 readBritish 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: 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: 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 readZimbabwe: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUS: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTonga: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sThailand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSweden: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSt Vincent: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sRomania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sOman: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMontenegro: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKuwait: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIreland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFiji: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBulgaria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken 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 grief-stricken as the world'sBermuda: coverage a little warmer 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

● Russia about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 436 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 122 stories about harm ● Saudi Arabia about twice as angry as the world's · 133 stories about harm ● Iran about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 134 stories about harm ● Yemen few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 49 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 366 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health29% 3,726 stories · more than usual (usually 24%) Rights & justice28% 3,678 stories · more than usual (usually 24%) Disasters & accidents14% 1,836 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Conflict & violence13% 1,710 stories · less than usual (usually 16%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 828 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 538 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 476 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 252 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 killed3,337 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,709 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,327 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,048 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions188 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and Nigeria Stories reporting people displaced111 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations93 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Bulgaria and the UK Stories reporting refugees81 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill19 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 harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more 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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