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The news turned to violence in Damascus, people killed in Uganda and rights and justice in Masr. Syria's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostSyria 64 in 100 of its 89 stories, usually 38
RegionCentral Asia 14 in 100 of its stories, usually 10
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Syria

57 of its 89 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Damascus accounted for 23 of Syria's 57 stories about harm, carried by 27 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Syria over 30 days → its stories → Damascus stories →
Health

Uganda

74 of its 162 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (46 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Uganda over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Egypt

46 of its 134 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Masr accounted for 33 of Egypt's 46 stories about harm, carried by 43 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (18 stories).

Egypt over 30 days → its stories → Masr stories →
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Conflict & violence

Jordan

73 of its 148 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Karak accounted for 37 of Jordan's 73 stories about harm, carried by 53 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (49 stories). 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 76 of Ukraine's 153 stories about harm, carried by 209 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Flooding was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Sudan

63 of its 83 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Hunger was named in 30 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with power cuts. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Somalia

31 of its 60 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Health

Nigeria

406 of its 1,264 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Palestine

Gaza accounted for 35 of Palestine's 84 stories about harm, carried by 36 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: hunger in Sudan (30 of its stories, about three times its usual); cyclone in India (204 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Ukraine (12 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); landslides in Israel (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); meningitis in US (14 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 19; 18 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 27 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 12,841 stories about harm among 72,246 counted on 27 Oct.

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The share of stories about people being harmed was the lowest since 19 September 2026. 18 in every 100 of the day's 72,246 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 19. In Sudan's news, mentions of the hunger ran about three times their usual. Syria stood out: 64% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 38%. A year earlier, on 27 October 2025, 16 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan76 in 100 of its 83 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Syria64 in 100 of its 89 stories · usually 38 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine52 in 100 of its 161 stories · usually 57 · mostly rights & justice Somalia52 in 100 of its 60 stories · usually 39 · mostly conflict & violence Jordan49 in 100 of its 148 stories · usually 28 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Delhi India78 stories about protests or strikes, of its 188 Washington US64 stories about protests or strikes, of its 353 Paris France42 stories about protests or strikes, of its 67 Jerusalem Israel41 stories about protests or strikes, of its 217 Mumbai India36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 96

Stories, not people.

The world today

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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: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: 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 Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: 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 readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readQatar: 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'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: 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'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: too little coverage to readMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: 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 readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIraq: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: 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'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: 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: too little coverage to readEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: 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: 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: too little coverage to readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina 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'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: 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'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall 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: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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 about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTanzania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSenegal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSamoa: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRomania: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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 grief-stricken as the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMalaysia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLaos: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful 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 angry as the world'sIreland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFiji: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDominican Republic: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful 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 grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAustria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArmenia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as warm 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

● Jordan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 73 stories about harm ● Ethiopia few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 29 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 57 stories about harm ● Kashmir few stories about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 36 stories about harm ● Sudan about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 63 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 153 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice27% 3,430 stories · about as usual Health26% 3,248 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 1,985 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence12% 1,542 stories · less than usual (usually 15%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 785 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 607 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 581 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 330 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 killed3,080 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,823 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,502 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured714 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Ukraine Stories reporting abductions190 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced162 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Sudan and the US Stories reporting evacuations144 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees76 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill9 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Germany

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 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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