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Most of the day's attention went to train derailment in Spain, people injured in Somalia and the cyclone in India. Spain'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 lifeRights & justice 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostSpain 48 in 100 of its 746 stories, usually 16
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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Disasters & accidents

Spain

360 of its 746 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Madrid accounted for 223 of Spain's 360 stories about harm, carried by 265 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (142 stories). Train derailment was named in 138 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Spain over 30 days → its stories → Madrid stories →
Conflict & violence

Somalia

21 of its 38 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Somalia over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

India

Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (47 stories). Cyclone was named in 248 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with storms, storm surge and avalanche.

India over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Syria

45 of its 95 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Damascus accounted for 22 of Syria's 45 stories about harm, carried by 19 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Ethiopia

34 of its 60 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Jamaica

32 of its 98 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Hurricane was named in 23 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Sudan

Khartoum accounted for 18 of Sudan's 52 stories about harm, carried by 21 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Ukraine

Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

France

Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (60 stories). Drought was named in 31 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with flooding, storms and malaria.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: hurricane in Jamaica (23 of its stories, about three times its usual); drought in France (31 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in Mexico (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); ebola in Ghana (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); meningitis in US (14 of its stories, about three times its usual).

17 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 19; 18 the day before
23 in 10017 in 10029 Sep6 Oct13 Oct20 Oct28 Oct29 Sep: 18 in 10030 Sep: 18 in 1001 Oct: 19 in 1002 Oct: 19 in 1003 Oct: 20 in 1004 Oct: 19 in 1005 Oct: 19 in 1006 Oct: 19 in 1007 Oct: 19 in 1008 Oct: 20 in 1009 Oct: 20 in 10010 Oct: 22 in 10011 Oct: 23 in 10012 Oct: 20 in 10013 Oct: 20 in 10014 Oct: 19 in 10015 Oct: 19 in 10016 Oct: 19 in 10017 Oct: 19 in 10018 Oct: 20 in 10019 Oct: 19 in 10020 Oct: 18 in 10021 Oct: 18 in 10022 Oct: 19 in 10023 Oct: 19 in 10024 Oct: 19 in 10025 Oct: 20 in 10026 Oct: 18 in 10027 Oct: 18 in 10028 Oct: 17 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 28 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 12,779 stories about harm among 73,467 counted on 28 Oct.

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It was the lowest share of stories about people being harmed since 17 September 2026. In Spain's news, mentions of train derailment ran more than ten times their usual. Spain stood out: 48% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 16%. 17 in every 100 of the day's 73,467 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 19.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan72 in 100 of its 72 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen61 in 100 of its 54 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Ethiopia57 in 100 of its 60 stories · usually 42 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan51 in 100 of its 68 stories · usually 47 · mostly conflict & violence Spain48 in 100 of its 746 stories · usually 16 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US67 stories about protests or strikes, of its 373 Delhi India48 stories about protests or strikes, of its 147 London UK34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 194 Paris France27 stories about protests or strikes, of its 78 San Francisco US24 stories about protests or strikes, of its 69

Stories, not people.

The world today

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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'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: 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 readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: 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 Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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 Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: 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 readNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: 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: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: too little coverage to readKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: too little coverage to readJapan: 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'sHonduras: too little coverage to readHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGermany: 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: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe 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'sComoros: feelings about like the world'sColombia: 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: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: 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'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: 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: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican 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 readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: 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: too little coverage to readMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: feelings about like the world'sWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: feelings about like the world'sSt. 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sCayman Islands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTanzania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSpain: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPeru: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sOman: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIsrael: coverage a little warmer than 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'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGhana: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFiji: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCuba: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCosta Rica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBulgaria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBotswana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than 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'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: 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'sKashmir: 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

● Spain about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 360 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 152 stories about harm ● Sudan about twice as angry as the world's · 52 stories about harm ● Palestine about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 53 stories about harm ● New Zealand about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 54 stories about harm ● Ethiopia few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 34 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice27% 3,336 stories · about as usual Health24% 3,030 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents18% 2,292 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence11% 1,424 stories · less than usual (usually 15%) Food & livelihood6% 786 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 715 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 610 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 260 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 killed3,119 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,567 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,491 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured724 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Spain and the US Stories reporting abductions144 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations116 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced99 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Sudan and Israel Stories reporting refugees69 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill12 at about two-thirds of 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
● Griefabout as 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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