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What the world's news said happened to people.
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50,160 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 a disaster in Kolontar, violence in Sanaa and people affected in Argentina. Yemen's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was harsher than usual.

Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 33 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostHungary 58 in 100 of its 278 stories, usually 16
RegionCentral Asia 27 in 100 of its stories, usually 16
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Disasters & accidents

Hungary

160 of its 278 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Kolontar accounted for 128 of Hungary's 160 stories about harm, carried by 148 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (52 stories). Accidents were named in 104 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Hungary over 30 days → its stories → Kolontar stories →
Conflict & violence

Yemen

414 of its 446 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 79%. Sanaa accounted for 268 of Yemen's 414 stories about harm, carried by 234 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (113 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Yemen over 30 days → its stories → Sanaa stories →
Health

Argentina

140 of its 396 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people affected ran at about 10 times the usual rate (70 stories). Malaria was named in 73 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Argentina over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Greece

781 of its 1,374 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Athens accounted for 528 of Greece's 781 stories about harm, carried by 339 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Kazakhstan

33 of its 93 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (26 stories). Storms were named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

South Sudan

101 of its 122 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Juba accounted for 81 of South Sudan's 101 stories about harm, carried by 101 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Mali

103 of its 127 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (42 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Peru

65 of its 211 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Earthquake was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with volcanic eruption. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Health

Venezuela

106 of its 227 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of people affected ran at about 9 times the usual rate (18 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: meningitis in Ghana (36 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); storms in Kazakhstan (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cholera in Angola (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Mozambique (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Peru (17 of its stories, about 5 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 28 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 50,160 stories about harm among 252,907 counted on 28 Jan.

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In Hungary, 58% of the news was about people being harmed, where 16% is usual. Reports of vaccination, a sign of help, ran at about twice the usual rate. Mentions of the malaria ran more than ten times their usual in Argentina's news. of the day's 252,907 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 21.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen93 in 100 of its 446 stories · usually 79 · mostly conflict & violence South Sudan83 in 100 of its 122 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Mali81 in 100 of its 127 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Burundi68 in 100 of its 74 stories · usually 80 · mostly rights & justice Mozambique67 in 100 of its 63 stories · usually 53 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Malheur National Wildlife Refuge US903 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1214 Washington US335 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1782 Paris France239 stories about protests or strikes, of its 883 Athens Greece206 stories about protests or strikes, of its 528 Delhi India199 stories about protests or strikes, of its 434

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'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: 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 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'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: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: 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: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readNorway: 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 readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: 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'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: 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: 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'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: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: 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'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: 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 readAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: 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 readCrimea: 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: 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'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: 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: too little coverage to readGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUruguay: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuam: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCayman Islands: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTurkmenistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTajikistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSenegal: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSt Vincent: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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 grief-stricken as the world'sRomania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPoland: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPeru: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPanama: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sOman: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNigeria: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMorocco: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMalta: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sMalawi: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLithuania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKuwait: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJordan: 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'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHungary: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGrenada: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGhana: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGeorgia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFrance: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEritrea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sEgypt: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCyprus: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sColombia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBurundi: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBrazil: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sBosnia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAustria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArgentina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAlbania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little angrier 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 angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJersey: 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

● Pakistan about three times as fearful as the world's · 567 stories about harm ● Cameroon few stories about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 43 stories about harm ● South Sudan about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 101 stories about harm ● Mali about three times as angry as the world's · 103 stories about harm ● Yemen about twice as angry as the world's · 414 stories about harm ● Poland about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 69 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice33% 15,979 stories · more than usual (usually 28%) Conflict & violence20% 9,980 stories · much less than usual (usually 29%) Health14% 6,869 stories · more than usual (usually 10%) Disasters & accidents13% 6,610 stories · less than usual (usually 17%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 3,159 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 2,648 stories · about as usual Displacement5% 2,274 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,477 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 killed14,660 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests7,509 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected7,267 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,779 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting refugees2,230 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions715 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and India Stories reporting evacuations516 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced420 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill100 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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 harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little less than usual
● Warmtha little more than usual
● Griefa little less than 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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