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13,640 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Protests in Paris (France), violence in Abyei and people affected in Uganda drew the news. Sudan's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken 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 mostUganda 39 in 100 of its 178 stories, usually 24
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 28 in 100 of its stories, usually 26
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

France

Paris accounted for 207 of France's 314 stories about harm, carried by 340 outlets. 141 of Paris' 207 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Wildfires were named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with flooding and storms. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

France over 30 days → its stories → Paris stories →
Conflict & violence

Sudan

58 of its 76 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Abyei accounted for 21 of Sudan's 58 stories about harm, carried by 21 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Sudan over 30 days → its stories → Abyei stories →
Health

Uganda

69 of its 178 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories). Ebola was named in 37 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

Uganda over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Health

Nigeria

468 of its 1,346 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Ebola was named in 213 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with malaria. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Portugal

17 of its 93 stories (18%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. 7 of Lisbon's 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Italy

35 of Milan's 39 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Saudi Arabia

Riyadh accounted for 89 of Saudi Arabia's 151 stories about harm, carried by 121 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Ireland

172 of its 769 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Flooding was named in 27 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with heavy rain and storms.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

36 of its 111 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: ebola in Nigeria (213 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Afghanistan (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Ireland (27 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hunger in Russia (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in UK (75 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 21 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 13,640 stories about harm among 74,031 counted on 21 Oct.

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The news turned to France for the fifth day running. 18 in every 100 of the day's 74,031 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 21 October 2025, 17 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today. France stood out: 29% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 25%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan76 in 100 of its 76 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine60 in 100 of its 119 stories · usually 55 · mostly rights & justice Yemen57 in 100 of its 84 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Cuba49 in 100 of its 103 stories · usually 43 · mostly rights & justice Israel43 in 100 of its 558 stories · usually 52 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Delhi India155 stories about protests or strikes, of its 253 Paris France141 stories about protests or strikes, of its 207 Washington US61 stories about protests or strikes, of its 343 Milan Italy35 stories about protests or strikes, of its 39 Mansa India34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 36

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: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: 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: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: too little coverage to readNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: 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: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: too little coverage to readMali: too little coverage to readMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: 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 readLebanon: 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: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: too little coverage to readJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: 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 readGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: 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'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: 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'sCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: 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 readCanada: 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'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: 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: too little coverage to readBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: 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: too little coverage to readAndorra: 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: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: feelings about like the world'sAnguilla: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sWallis & 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 readZimbabwe: coverage a little angrier than the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sThailand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more fearful 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 grief-stricken as the world'sQatar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIreland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIraq: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIndia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGuatemala: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGambia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEcuador: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCuba: coverage a little angrier than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBahamas: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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 about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful 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 · 151 stories about harm ● Sudan about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 58 stories about harm ● Afghanistan few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 23 stories about harm ● Yemen few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 48 stories about harm ● Netherlands few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 33 stories about harm ● Bangladesh few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 31 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health28% 3,659 stories · more than usual (usually 25%) Rights & justice28% 3,651 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents15% 2,013 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence11% 1,522 stories · less than usual (usually 15%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 814 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 725 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 561 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 302 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 killed3,230 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,724 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,427 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured761 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting evacuations108 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions93 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people displaced93 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Sudan and the US Stories reporting refugees66 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people falling ill20 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and South Africa

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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