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What the world's news said happened to people.
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46,423 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 violence in Dakar, protests in Kambia (Sierra Leone) and people displaced in Maputo. Sierra Leone's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostSenegal 78 in 100 of its 186 stories, usually 25
RegionEvery region about as usual
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Senegal

146 of its 186 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Dakar accounted for 128 of Senegal's 146 stories about harm, carried by 121 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (120 stories). Malaria was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

Senegal over 30 days → its stories → Dakar stories →
Protests & strikes

Sierra Leone

109 of its 136 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Kambia accounted for 62 of Sierra Leone's 109 stories about harm, carried by 66 outlets. 57 of Kambia's 62 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (64 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Sierra Leone over 30 days → its stories → Kambia stories →
Displacement

Mozambique

81 of its 95 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Maputo accounted for 67 of Mozambique's 81 stories about harm, carried by 82 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 7 times the usual rate (72 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Mozambique over 30 days → its stories → Maputo stories →
Rights & justice

Sudan

129 of its 189 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (48 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Sudan over 30 days → its stories →
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Protests & strikes

Moldova

135 of its 257 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Chisinau accounted for 132 of Moldova's 135 stories about harm, carried by 151 outlets. 131 of Chisinau's 132 stories were about protests or strikes. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

144 of its 230 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (14 stories). Flooding was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Displacement

Denmark

376 of its 593 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (347 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Cameroon

198 of its 221 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (146 stories). Its coverage was about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Colombia

236 of its 522 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (80 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Albania

49 of its 71 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Tirana accounted for 43 of Albania's 49 stories about harm, carried by 45 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (46 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: drought in North Korea (45 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Ethiopia (34 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Ireland (43 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); snowstorms in Thailand (39 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Myanmar (10 of its stories, about three 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 26 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 46,423 stories about harm among 231,918 counted on 26 Jan.

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Senegal stood out: 78% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 25%. Mentions of the drought ran more than ten times their usual in North Korea's news. On the side of help, reports of vaccination ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 231,918 stories, below the usual 22.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Cameroon90 in 100 of its 221 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Mozambique85 in 100 of its 95 stories · usually 44 · mostly displacement Burkina Faso84 in 100 of its 109 stories · usually 93 · mostly conflict & violence Sierra Leone80 in 100 of its 136 stories · usually 70 · mostly health Afghanistan79 in 100 of its 589 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US332 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2095 Beijing China266 stories about protests or strikes, of its 418 Paris France241 stories about protests or strikes, of its 645 Houston US144 stories about protests or strikes, of its 236 Harney County US134 stories about protests or strikes, of its 153

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'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: 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 readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: 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'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: 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 readNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: 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: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: 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'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth 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'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sSt 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'sEquatorial Guinea: 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: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: 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'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: 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'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: 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'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: 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: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: feelings about like the world'sAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: 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 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: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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: too little coverage to readGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVanuatu: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuam: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken 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'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTaiwan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as angry 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'sSlovakia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSlovenia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSingapore: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSierra Leone: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSenegal: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sOman: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorway: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNetherlands: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNepal: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMozambique: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKenya: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sJapan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sItaly: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHungary: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGrenada: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGambia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFrance: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEritrea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEl Salvador: 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 angrier than the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sChad: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCanada: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCameroon: coverage about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world'sCambodia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBurundi: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBosnia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBahamas: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as 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 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 198 stories about harm ● Kashmir about twice as fearful as the world's · 87 stories about harm ● Colombia about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 236 stories about harm ● Kenya about twice as angry as the world's · 267 stories about harm ● Senegal about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 146 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as angry as the world's · 463 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice31% 14,039 stories · more than usual (usually 28%) Conflict & violence22% 9,786 stories · much less than usual (usually 29%) Disasters & accidents17% 7,733 stories · about as usual Health13% 5,754 stories · more than usual (usually 10%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,715 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 2,147 stories · about as usual Displacement5% 2,125 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 954 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 killed13,080 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,666 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,570 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,811 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting refugees1,823 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced577 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Russia and Colombia Stories reporting abductions534 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Australia Stories reporting evacuations326 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people falling ill90 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Australia

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

How it felt 30 days →

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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
● Feara little less than 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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