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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.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or lessYemen: about as warm as its own usual or lessVietnam: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited States: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited Arab Emirates: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: too little coverage to readTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: too little coverage to readSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri Lanka: about as warm as its own usual or lessSpain: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Africa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomalia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: too little coverage to readSeychelles: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: about as warm as its own usual or lessQatar: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: about as warm as its own usual or lessPoland: about as warm as its own usual or lessPhilippines: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: too little coverage to readParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessNigeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiger: about as warm as its own usual or lessNicaragua: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: about as warm as its own usual or lessLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJapan: about as warm as its own usual or lessItaly: too little coverage to readIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: about as warm as its own usual or lessIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndonesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: too little coverage to readHungary: about as warm as its own usual or lessHonduras: about as warm as its own usual or lessHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: too little coverage to readGuinea-Bissau: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFiji: about as warm as its own usual or lessEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: about as warm as its own usual or lessCzech Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or lessChile: about as warm as its own usual or lessChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral African Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: about as warm as its own usual or lessCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCameroon: too little coverage to readCambodia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: about as warm as its own usual or lessBangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustralia: about as warm as its own usual or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: about as warm as its own usual or lessAfghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJammu & Kashmir: too little coverage to readAksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or lessGaza: about as warm as its own usual or lessWest Bank: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: too little coverage to readSiachen Glacier: too little coverage to readEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: too little coverage to readVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readZambia: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualThailand: warmth about its own usualTanzania: warmth about its own usualSyria: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualPanama: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualMalawi: warmth about its own usualJamaica: warmth about its own usualBulgaria: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualCanberra, Australia -- rights & justice: 15 stories, carried by 39 outletsLouisiana, US -- health: 12 stories, carried by 12 outletsAbuja, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 40 stories, carried by 16 outletsMakkah, Saudi Arabia -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 13 outletsBrighton, UK -- rights & justice: 18 stories, carried by 15 outletsColorado, US -- health: 12 stories, carried by 12 outletsIslamabad, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 40 stories, carried by 31 outletsBangkok, Thailand -- food & livelihood: 48 stories, carried by 84 outlets
Warmer than its own usual The warmest eventsAbout as warm or lessToo little news

Each country shaded by the warmth in its news — care, help, gratitude — against its own last 30 days. Stronger colour: further above. Dots: the events whose coverage carried the most warmth, even where the event itself began as harm. Warm words, not good outcomes. Click a country or a dot.

Warmest news

No country's news was much warmer than its usual (a quarter or more).

Warmest events

● Canberra Australia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 15 stories ● Louisiana US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Abuja Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 40 stories ● Makkah Saudi Arabia about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 12 stories ● Brighton UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 18 stories

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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