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What the world's news said happened to people.
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50,840 stories about harm· Trends· Every past day

We measure how the world's news covered people being harmed — and the help and hope within it.

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Most of the day's attention went to deaths in San Juancito, violence in Jakarta and protests in Freetown (Sierra Leone). Indonesia's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was about as usual.

Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeConflict & violence 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostIndonesia 85 in 100 of its 4,054 stories, usually 24
RegionSoutheast Asia 50 in 100 of its stories, usually 21
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Honduras

209 of its 268 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. San Juancito accounted for 158 of Honduras' 209 stories about harm, carried by 223 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (150 stories). Road crashes were named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Honduras over 30 days → its stories → San Juancito stories →
Conflict & violence

Indonesia

3,461 of its 4,054 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Jakarta accounted for 3,239 of Indonesia's 3,461 stories about harm, carried by 1,634 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (1,487 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Indonesia over 30 days → its stories → Jakarta stories →
Health

Senegal

104 of its 187 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Dakar accounted for 99 of Senegal's 104 stories about harm, carried by 143 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (48 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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

Burundi

94 of its 106 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Bujumbura accounted for 65 of Burundi's 94 stories about harm, carried by 66 outlets. 47 of Bujumbura's 65 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Azerbaijan

97 of its 277 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 64 of Baku's 70 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (86 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Türkiye

1,678 of its 2,131 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Earthquake was named in 130 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with building collapse. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Moldova

84 of its 139 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Chisinau accounted for 83 of Moldova's 84 stories about harm, carried by 90 outlets. 82 of Chisinau's 83 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Conflict & violence

Colombia

85 of its 231 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (43 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

its stories →
Health

DR Congo

21 of its 23 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Haemorrhagic fever was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: hurricane in Portugal (198 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Japan (218 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hurricane in Greenland (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Zambia (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); haemorrhagic fever in DR Congo (11 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 14 Jan. 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 50,840 stories about harm among 250,622 counted on 14 Jan.

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Honduras stood out: 78% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 18%. 20 in every 100 of the day's 250,622 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 22. On the side of help, reports of vaccination ran at about twice the usual rate. Portugal's news mentioned the hurricane more than ten times as often as usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Liberia92 in 100 of its 804 stories · usually 31 · mostly health Burundi89 in 100 of its 106 stories · usually 64 · mostly rights & justice Indonesia85 in 100 of its 4,054 stories · usually 24 · mostly conflict & violence Guinea83 in 100 of its 66 stories · usually 79 · mostly health Türkiye79 in 100 of its 2,131 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Jakarta Indonesia403 stories about protests or strikes, of its 3239 Washington US281 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1435 Los Angeles US204 stories about protests or strikes, of its 666 Istanbul Türkiye179 stories about protests or strikes, of its 879 Jerusalem Israel86 stories about protests or strikes, of its 347

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: too little coverage to readVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: 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 readUnited 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: too little coverage to readUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: 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'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: too little coverage to readSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRussia: too little coverage to readRomania: too little coverage to readQatar: too little coverage to readPortugal: too little coverage to readPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: 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'sNorth Korea: too little coverage to readNigeria: too little coverage to readNiger: too little coverage to readNicaragua: too little coverage to readNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: 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: too little coverage to readMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalaysia: too little coverage to readMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: too little coverage to readJapan: too little coverage to readJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIran: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: too little coverage to readGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGreece: too little coverage to readGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: too little coverage to readGabon: too little coverage to readSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew 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: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: too little coverage to readCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: too little coverage to readComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: too little coverage to readBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: 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'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: too little coverage to readAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: too little coverage to readHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall 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: too little coverage to readBritish 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: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: 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: feelings about like the world'sGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sThailand: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about 4 times as fearful as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSierra Leone: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSenegal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMalta: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLibya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLiberia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sItaly: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sHonduras: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuinea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGrenada: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFrance: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEgypt: coverage a little warmer than the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sDR Congo: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sCongo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sChile: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sChad: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCameroon: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMyanmar: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBurundi: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBulgaria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken 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

● Switzerland about 4 times as fearful as the world's · 163 stories about harm ● Zimbabwe about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 153 stories about harm ● Denmark about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 257 stories about harm ● Türkiye about twice as angry as the world's · 1,678 stories about harm ● Indonesia about twice as angry as the world's · 3,461 stories about harm ● Colombia about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 85 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence30% 15,125 stories · about as usual Rights & justice28% 13,802 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents14% 7,009 stories · less than usual (usually 16%) Health12% 6,028 stories · more than usual (usually 9%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,846 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,896 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,636 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,575 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 killed17,947 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests7,894 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,269 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,885 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,933 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions710 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations362 at about half the usual rate · most about Syria and Australia Stories reporting people displaced305 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting people falling ill221 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Liberia

Stories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.

How it felt 30 days →

● 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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