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What the world's news said happened to people.
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44,451 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 news turned to road crashes in Taiwan, protests in Cairo (Egypt) and people injured in Cameroon. Cameroon's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Colombia →
Part of lifeRights & justice 25 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostTaiwan 53 in 100 of its 700 stories, usually 8
RegionCentral Asia 19 in 100 of its stories, usually 17
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 →
Disasters & accidents

Taiwan

372 of its 700 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 8%. Taipei accounted for 340 of Taiwan's 372 stories about harm, carried by 326 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (203 stories). Road crashes were named in 163 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with landslides. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Egypt

521 of its 874 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Cairo accounted for 433 of Egypt's 521 stories about harm, carried by 380 outlets. 314 of Cairo's 433 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (133 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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

Cameroon

270 of its 316 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (147 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Cameroon over 30 days → its stories →
Displacement

Greece

500 of its 978 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (171 stories). Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Greece over 30 days → its stories →
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Disasters & accidents

Dominican Republic

72 of its 103 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Punta Cana accounted for 66 of the Dominican Republic's 72 stories about harm, carried by 68 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (67 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Malaysia

387 of its 844 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Morocco

99 of its 182 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Tsunami was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Colombia

128 of its 274 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 8 times the usual rate (92 stories). Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Bahrain

57 of its 150 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 34 of Manama's 38 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (36 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Netherlands

225 of its 746 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (57 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: drought in Central African Republic (41 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in South Korea (57 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); covid in Thailand (79 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Jersey (14 of its stories, about three times its usual); meningitis in Ghana (37 of its stories, about 8 times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 25 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 44,451 stories about harm among 211,464 counted on 25 Jan.

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In Taiwan, 53% of the news was about people being harmed, where 8% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 211,464 stories, as usual. Mentions of the drought ran more than ten times their usual in the Central African Republic's news. People displaced were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Colombia.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Burkina Faso93 in 100 of its 188 stories · usually 93 · mostly conflict & violence Cameroon85 in 100 of its 316 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence Burundi77 in 100 of its 52 stories · usually 80 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen76 in 100 of its 227 stories · usually 79 · mostly conflict & violence Syria75 in 100 of its 1,404 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Cairo Egypt314 stories about protests or strikes, of its 433 Washington US156 stories about protests or strikes, of its 3088 Boston US139 stories about protests or strikes, of its 341 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia116 stories about protests or strikes, of its 241 Athens Greece108 stories about protests or strikes, of its 322

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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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: feelings about like the world'sU.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 Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUkraine: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRomania: 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'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEcuador: 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: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: too little coverage to readComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: 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'sBelgium: 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'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & 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): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sCrimea: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern 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: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readGuernsey: 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: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk 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'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTaiwan: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSierra Leone: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRwanda: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNicaragua: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNetherlands: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sNepal: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMalaysia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sLibya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLaos: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKuwait: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKiribati: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIreland: 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'sIran: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIndonesia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHungary: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGrenada: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGeorgia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sFrance: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sCzechia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCongo: coverage a little warmer than the world'sColombia: coverage about twice as warm as the world'sChile: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCanada: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCameroon: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sBurundi: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sBrunei: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAustria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: 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'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: 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 about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJersey: 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

● Cameroon about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 270 stories about harm ● Netherlands about three times as fearful as the world's · 225 stories about harm ● Colombia about twice as warm as the world's · 128 stories about harm ● France about twice as fearful as the world's · 702 stories about harm ● Taiwan about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 372 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 691 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice25% 11,078 stories · less than usual (usually 28%) Disasters & accidents24% 10,298 stories · much more than usual (usually 17%) Conflict & violence23% 10,194 stories · much less than usual (usually 30%) Health12% 5,374 stories · more than usual (usually 10%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,432 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,929 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,516 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 881 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 killed14,074 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,507 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,184 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,849 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting refugees1,295 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations797 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people displaced718 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Colombia Stories reporting abductions684 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill101 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 about as usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmtha little more than 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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