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What the world's news said happened to people.
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32,388 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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The day's news pointed at protests in Copenhagen (Denmark), violence in Ouagadougou and rights and justice in Tehran. Burkina Faso's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were about as usual.

Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about Burkina Faso and the US → Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about 4 times the usual rate →
Part of lifeConflict & violence 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostBurkina Faso 97 in 100 of its 2,714 stories, usually 59
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 56 in 100 of its stories, usually 32
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 →
Protests & strikes

Denmark

164 of its 241 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Copenhagen accounted for 130 of Denmark's 164 stories about harm, carried by 117 outlets. 118 of Copenhagen's 130 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (147 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Denmark over 30 days → its stories → Copenhagen stories →
Conflict & violence

Burkina Faso

2,625 of its 2,714 stories (97%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Ouagadougou accounted for 2,467 of Burkina Faso's 2,625 stories about harm, carried by 1,483 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (907 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Burkina Faso over 30 days → its stories → Ouagadougou stories →
Rights & justice

Iran

1,829 of its 3,416 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Tehran accounted for 1,507 of Iran's 1,829 stories about harm, carried by 1,085 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (1,639 stories). Landslides were named in 86 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tuberculosis.

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

Mali

130 of its 146 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Bamako accounted for 87 of Mali's 130 stories about harm, carried by 110 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (30 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Health

Haiti

47 of its 65 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of refugees ran at about 8 times the usual rate (5 stories). Chikungunya was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with dengue.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Sudan

77 of its 99 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (61 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Malaysia

305 of its 683 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (192 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Czechia

58 of its 115 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 57 of Prague's 58 stories were about protests or strikes. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Health

Sierra Leone

175 of its 206 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Extreme cold was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: road crashes in Jordan (36 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plane crash in Taiwan (28 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in North Korea (32 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); bird flu in Bangladesh (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); natural hazards in Portugal (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

23 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 21; 20 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 16 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 32,388 stories about harm among 142,268 counted on 16 Jan.

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On the side of help, reports of people freed or reunited ran at about 4 times the usual rate. Stories about people being harmed made up 23 in every 100 of the day's 142,268 stories, above the usual 21. Abductions were reported at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about Burkina Faso and the US. In Jordan's news, mentions of road crashes ran more than ten times their usual. Denmark stood out: 68% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 28%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Burkina Faso97 in 100 of its 2,714 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Mali89 in 100 of its 146 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Papua New Guinea89 in 100 of its 53 stories · usually 26 · mostly displacement Liberia86 in 100 of its 59 stories · usually 60 · mostly health Yemen85 in 100 of its 134 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Ouagadougou Burkina Faso849 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2467 Harney County US307 stories about protests or strikes, of its 327 Washington US286 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1334 Flint River US130 stories about protests or strikes, of its 277 Delhi India125 stories about protests or strikes, of its 261

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: too little coverage to readZambia: too little coverage to readVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: too little coverage to readVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: too little coverage to readPuerto Rico: too little coverage to readUnited States: too little coverage to readSouth 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 Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUkraine: 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'sTanzania: too little coverage to readTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: too little coverage to readSpain: 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: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: 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: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: too little coverage to readPoland: too little coverage to readPhilippines: too little coverage to readPeru: too little coverage to readParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: too little coverage to readPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: 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'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: too little coverage to readNamibia: too little coverage to readMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: too little coverage to readMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sIreland: too little coverage to readIran: too little coverage to readIceland: too little coverage to readHungary: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: too little coverage to readGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuatemala: too little coverage to readGrenada: too little coverage to readGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: too little coverage to readGabon: 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 readFiji: too little coverage to readEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: too little coverage to readDR Congo: too little coverage to readCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: too little coverage to readCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: 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 readBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: too little coverage to readBahamas: too little coverage to readAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: too little coverage to readHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sArgentina: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sCrimea: feelings about like the world'sVatican 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: feelings about like the world'sJersey: 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: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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 readYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUganda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTaiwan: 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 angry as the world'sSomalia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSierra Leone: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRomania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMontenegro: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sMalaysia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLibya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sKenya: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJapan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little angrier than the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sIndia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuyana: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuinea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGreece: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCanada: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurundi: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBelize: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAlbania: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMaldives: coverage about one and a half times as fearful 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

● Guyana about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 63 stories about harm ● Kenya about twice as fearful as the world's · 86 stories about harm ● Sudan about twice as angry as the world's · 77 stories about harm ● Lebanon about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 71 stories about harm ● Indonesia about twice as fearful as the world's · 801 stories about harm ● Mali about twice as angry as the world's · 130 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence31% 9,829 stories · about as usual Rights & justice30% 9,360 stories · more than usual (usually 27%) Health12% 3,876 stories · more than usual (usually 10%) Disasters & accidents12% 3,686 stories · less than usual (usually 16%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,809 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,261 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 1,184 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 635 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 killed11,584 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,425 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Iran and the US Stories reporting people affected4,214 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,830 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Burkina Faso and the US Stories reporting abductions1,427 at about 4 times the usual rate · most about Burkina Faso and the US Stories reporting refugees1,145 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced226 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations224 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Syria and Burkina Faso Stories reporting people falling ill144 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and France

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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