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14,031 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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The day's news pointed at protests in Tirana (Albania), people affected in Bulgaria and illness in Rome. Saudi Arabia's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Language across the world's news ran much softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostAlbania 49 in 100 of its 72 stories, usually 14
RegionEvery region about as usual
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Albania

35 of its 72 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Tirana accounted for 31 of Albania's 35 stories about harm, carried by 25 outlets. 27 of Tirana's 31 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Albania over 30 days → its stories → Tirana stories →
Disasters & accidents

Bulgaria

40 of its 74 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Bulgaria over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Italy

105 of its 385 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Rome accounted for 81 of Italy's 105 stories about harm, carried by 211 outlets. Illness was named in 72 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

Italy over 30 days → its stories → Rome stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Iran

205 of its 471 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. 34 of Tehran's 61 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Libya

16 of its 22 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Thailand

Bangkok accounted for 48 of Thailand's 64 stories about harm, carried by 84 outlets. Covid was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Ukraine

Kyiv accounted for 154 of Ukraine's 212 stories about harm, carried by 270 outlets. Power cuts were named in 62 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Health

Congo

22 of its 26 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Health

Ireland

House fires were named in 17 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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Also named far more than usual: power cuts in Ukraine (62 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); covid in New Zealand (12 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); covid in Thailand (10 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); house fires in Ireland (17 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); extreme cold in US (13 of its stories, about three 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 14 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 14,031 stories about harm among 74,596 counted on 14 Oct.

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In Albania, 49% of the news was about people being harmed, where 14% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 74,596 stories, as usual. It was the second day running that the news turned to Albania. In Ukraine's news, mentions of power cuts ran about 7 times their usual. On 14 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 →

Yemen66 in 100 of its 53 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Bulgaria54 in 100 of its 74 stories · usually 30 · mostly disasters & accidents Saudi Arabia49 in 100 of its 604 stories · usually 41 · mostly conflict & violence Albania49 in 100 of its 72 stories · usually 14 · mostly rights & justice Palestine48 in 100 of its 162 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Delhi India277 stories about protests or strikes, of its 405 Washington US50 stories about protests or strikes, of its 388 Kyiv Ukraine45 stories about protests or strikes, of its 154 London UK40 stories about protests or strikes, of its 191 Mansa India39 stories about protests or strikes, of its 40

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readGuam: 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 readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: 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: too little coverage to readTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: too little coverage to readSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: 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'sPhilippines: 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'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMali: 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: too little coverage to readLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: 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'sItaly: 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'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: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: 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: feelings about like the world'sNew 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: too little coverage to readEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial 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 readGreenland: 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'sComoros: too little coverage to readHong 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: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: 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'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: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAfghanistan: feelings about like the world'sJammu & Kashmir: 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: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZambia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCayman Islands: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTanzania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSyria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSt Vincent: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPoland: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNepal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMalta: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMalaysia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMalawi: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLibya: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJamaica: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: 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'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFrance: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFiji: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sDjibouti: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDR Congo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBulgaria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBotswana: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAlbania: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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 twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken 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 · 151 stories about harm ● Saudi Arabia about twice as angry as the world's · 297 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 212 stories about harm ● Vietnam few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 27 stories about harm ● Libya few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 16 stories about harm ● Israel about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's · 261 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health28% 3,884 stories · more than usual (usually 25%) Rights & justice26% 3,571 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents15% 2,025 stories · less than usual (usually 17%) Conflict & violence12% 1,648 stories · less than usual (usually 15%) Food & livelihood7% 946 stories · more than usual (usually 5%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 731 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 657 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 278 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 killed3,238 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,681 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,553 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured941 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions142 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations109 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced104 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and Sudan Stories reporting refugees103 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill8 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Kenya

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

● Angerabout as 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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