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7,879 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

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Most of the day's attention went to building collapse in Kenya, violence in Karak and the typhoon in Taiwan. Jordan's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 25 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostJordan 76 in 100 of its 191 stories, usually 18
RegionSoutheast Asia 28 in 100 of its stories, usually 21
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

Kenya

77 of its 227 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Nairobi accounted for 50 of Kenya's 77 stories about harm, carried by 46 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (10 stories). Building collapse was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Kenya over 30 days → its stories → Nairobi stories →
Conflict & violence

Jordan

146 of its 191 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Karak accounted for 117 of Jordan's 146 stories about harm, carried by 258 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (124 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Jordan over 30 days → its stories → Karak stories →
Disasters & accidents

Taiwan

52 of its 105 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Taipei accounted for 39 of Taiwan's 52 stories about harm, carried by 73 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (31 stories). Typhoon was named in 35 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

Taiwan over 30 days → its stories → Taipei stories →
Protests & strikes

France

283 of its 652 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Paris accounted for 234 of France's 283 stories about harm, carried by 529 outlets. 182 of Paris' 234 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

France over 30 days → its stories → Paris stories →
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Disasters & accidents

Philippines

109 of its 288 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (40 stories). Accidents were named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

84 of its 125 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Hebron accounted for 53 of Palestine's 84 stories about harm, carried by 50 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 8 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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Disasters & accidents

Bahamas

13 of its 29 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Italy

56 of its 243 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 29 of Milan's 30 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (27 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Vanuatu

24 of its 30 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Earthquake was named in 22 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tsunami.

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Protests & strikes

Syria

18 of its 36 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. 3 of Quneitra's 5 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Also named far more than usual: illness in Spain (33 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); earthquake in Vanuatu (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in China (32 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); ebola in Nigeria (44 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in UK (97 of its stories, about 5 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 24 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 7,879 stories about harm among 41,369 counted on 24 Oct.

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Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 41,369 stories, as usual. A year earlier, on 24 October 2025, 17 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Jordan76 in 100 of its 191 stories · usually 18 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine67 in 100 of its 125 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence Israel56 in 100 of its 315 stories · usually 52 · mostly conflict & violence Taiwan50 in 100 of its 105 stories · usually 16 · mostly disasters & accidents Uganda46 in 100 of its 92 stories · usually 27 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Paris France182 stories about protests or strikes, of its 234 Delhi India87 stories about protests or strikes, of its 194 Milan Italy29 stories about protests or strikes, of its 30 Washington US24 stories about protests or strikes, of its 176 London UK19 stories about protests or strikes, of its 102

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 lessZambia: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: 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: too little coverage to readIsle 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 lessUkraine: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: about as warm as its own usual or lessSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth 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: too little coverage to readSouth 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: too little coverage to readSierra 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: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: too little coverage to readQatar: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: too little coverage to readPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: 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: too little coverage to readNew 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: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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 lessMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: too little coverage to readLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: 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 lessJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessItaly: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsrael: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessHungary: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: 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: too little coverage to readGabon: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: about as warm as its own usual or lessColombia: 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: too little coverage to readCanada: 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 readBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelgium: too little coverage to readBelarus: too little coverage to readBarbados: too little coverage to readBangladesh: 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: too little coverage to readAndorra: 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessSiachen Glacier: about as warm as its own usual or lessCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern 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: too little coverage to readGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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 readGreece: warmth about its own usualKaduna, Nigeria -- food & livelihood: 19 stories, carried by 16 outletsMichigan, US -- health: 14 stories, carried by 14 outletsManipur, India -- conflict & violence: 10 stories, carried by 13 outletsCambridge, UK -- health: 12 stories, carried by 14 outletsBrooklyn, US -- health: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsIslamabad, Pakistan -- conflict & violence: 30 stories, carried by 34 outletsVancouver, Canada -- health: 12 stories, carried by 16 outletsMerseyside, UK -- disasters & accidents: 22 stories, carried by 11 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

● Kaduna Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · food & livelihood · 19 stories ● Michigan US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 14 stories ● Manipur India about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 10 stories ● Cambridge UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 12 stories ● Brooklyn US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 10 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice25% 1,930 stories · about as usual Health24% 1,844 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents18% 1,409 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence16% 1,239 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 462 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 302 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 278 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 236 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 killed2,040 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,073 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected896 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured752 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Jordan and the US Stories reporting evacuations97 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and China Stories reporting people displaced84 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions79 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees46 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill10 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 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.