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Most of the day's attention went to protests in Tirana (Albania) and people injured in Palestine and Italy. Palestine's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostAlbania 54 in 100 of its 50 stories, usually 22
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 28 in 100 of its stories, usually 25
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Albania

27 of its 50 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Tirana accounted for 24 of Albania's 27 stories about harm, carried by 27 outlets. 22 of Tirana's 24 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Albania over 30 days → its stories → Tirana stories →
Conflict & violence

Palestine

114 of its 185 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (48 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Palestine over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Italy

71 of its 366 stories (19%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (8 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Italy over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Guam

19 of its 31 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Typhoon was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with tropical storm.

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

Slovenia

5 of its 12 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. 4 of Ljubljana's 5 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Health

Argentina

37 of its 104 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Romania

35 of its 133 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

Venezuela

22 of its 44 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Uganda

35 of its 109 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

Gambia

9 of its 29 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: flooding in Türkiye (21 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); earthquake in Japan (16 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); typhoon in Mexico (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Russia (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); building collapse in Pakistan (17 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 16 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 12,829 stories about harm among 68,701 counted on 16 Oct.

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It was the fourth day running that the news turned to Albania. of the day's 68,701 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Albania stood out: 54% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 22%. Mentions of the typhoon ran about three times their usual in Guam's news. On 16 October 2025, a year earlier, the share was 17 in every 100, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen64 in 100 of its 70 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine62 in 100 of its 185 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence Albania54 in 100 of its 50 stories · usually 22 · mostly rights & justice Israel48 in 100 of its 437 stories · usually 52 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan46 in 100 of its 54 stories · usually 52 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Delhi India285 stories about protests or strikes, of its 376 Washington US58 stories about protests or strikes, of its 389 Mumbai India47 stories about protests or strikes, of its 94 Kyiv Ukraine28 stories about protests or strikes, of its 115 Tirana Albania22 stories about protests or strikes, of its 24

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'sVietnam: 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: too little coverage to readSouth 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 readUganda: 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: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Sudan: 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: 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: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: 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'sNicaragua: too little coverage to readNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: 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'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: too little coverage to readMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: 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'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'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: 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 readEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: 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 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 readCuba: 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'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'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: 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: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: 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'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'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: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican 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 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 readGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: feelings about like the world'sSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk 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 readYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUS: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sThailand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSudan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSt Vincent: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPanama: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sNiger: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJapan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIndia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFinland: 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'sCyprus: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChad: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAlbania: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sJersey: 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

● Saudi Arabia about twice as angry as the world's · 143 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 183 stories about harm ● Yemen few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 45 stories about harm ● Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 246 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as angry as the world's · 114 stories about harm ● Venezuela few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 22 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health26% 3,224 stories · about as usual Rights & justice26% 3,220 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 1,982 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence14% 1,695 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 829 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 621 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 575 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 375 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 killed3,243 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,500 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,374 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured950 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations119 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions107 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people displaced106 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees80 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill17 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 about as 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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