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What the world's news said happened to people.
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48,772 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 violence in Dhaka, people affected in Brazil and protests in Port-au-Prince (Haiti). Bangladesh's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Mexico → Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about three times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostFrench Polynesia 96 in 100 of its 91 stories, usually 49
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 37 in 100 of its stories, usually 30
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 →
Conflict & violence

Bangladesh

239 of its 577 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Dhaka accounted for 153 of Bangladesh's 239 stories about harm, carried by 123 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Bangladesh over 30 days → its stories → Dhaka stories →
Health

Brazil

1,412 of its 2,236 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (362 stories). Flu was named in 116 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

Brazil over 30 days → its stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Romania

85 of its 300 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (73 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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

Myanmar

151 of its 281 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. 54 of Aung Hlaing's 56 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (95 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Somalia

299 of its 353 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Mogadishu accounted for 248 of Somalia's 299 stories about harm, carried by 229 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (213 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Greece

408 of its 806 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (101 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

North Macedonia

35 of its 112 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 12 of Skopje's 17 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

Kabul accounted for 308 of Afghanistan's 696 stories about harm, carried by 277 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (90 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Pakistan

142 of Karachi's 265 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (15 stories). Power cuts were named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: poisoning in Taiwan (61 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); cyclone in Argentina (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); house fires in Mexico (36 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); respiratory illness in Ireland (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hepatitis in Japan (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 2 Feb. 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 48,772 stories about harm among 254,308 counted on 2 Feb.

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Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about three times the usual rate. People falling ill were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Mexico. Taiwan's news mentioned poisoning about 5 times as often as usual. 19 in every 100 of the day's 254,308 news stories 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 →

French Polynesia96 in 100 of its 91 stories · usually 49 · mostly health Somalia85 in 100 of its 353 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen83 in 100 of its 157 stories · usually 81 · mostly conflict & violence Burundi78 in 100 of its 125 stories · usually 82 · mostly rights & justice Afghanistan70 in 100 of its 990 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Harney County US282 stories about protests or strikes, of its 371 Delhi India241 stories about protests or strikes, of its 567 Washington US239 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1535 Karachi Pakistan142 stories about protests or strikes, of its 265 Jerusalem Israel139 stories about protests or strikes, of its 383

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'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: 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 Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: 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'sSingapore: 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'sPoland: 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: feelings about like the world'sOman: 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: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: 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: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: 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'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGhana: 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 readNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl 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: 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'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: 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 readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sJammu & Kashmir: 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 readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sSiachen Glacier: feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: feelings about like the world'sPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: 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 three times as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuam: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sTunisia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTimor-Leste: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEswatini: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSenegal: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSt Vincent: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPortugal: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPeru: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMoldova: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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'sLiberia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than 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 angry as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sHungary: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sHonduras: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuatemala: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGreece: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFrench Polynesia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFinland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFiji: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEritrea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCzechia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCuba: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCroatia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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 grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChile: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChad: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBurundi: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBosnia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBenin: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelize: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVatican City: 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

● Bangladesh about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 239 stories about harm ● Yemen about three times as angry as the world's · 130 stories about harm ● Greece about twice as fearful as the world's · 408 stories about harm ● Norway about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 68 stories about harm ● Tunisia about twice as fearful as the world's · 58 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as angry as the world's · 696 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice31% 14,585 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence20% 9,753 stories · much less than usual (usually 27%) Health18% 8,809 stories · much more than usual (usually 11%) Disasters & accidents14% 6,889 stories · less than usual (usually 16%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,779 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 2,108 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,454 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,420 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 killed13,187 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting people affected6,806 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,284 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,803 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Somalia Stories reporting refugees1,271 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Syria and Germany Stories reporting abductions631 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people displaced489 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill347 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Mexico Stories reporting evacuations299 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Australia and Portugal

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.

● Angera little less than usual
● Warmthabout as 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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