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What the world's news said happened to people.
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52,034 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 Copenhagen, oil spill in Palau and the drought in Congo. Denmark's coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was about as usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Japan →
Part of lifeRights & justice 36 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostDenmark 44 in 100 of its 314 stories, usually 17
RegionEast Asia 17 in 100 of its stories, usually 15
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

Denmark

139 of its 314 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Copenhagen accounted for 106 of Denmark's 139 stories about harm, carried by 93 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (88 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Denmark over 30 days → its stories → Copenhagen stories →
Rights & justice

Palau

19 of its 19 stories (100%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (18 stories). Oil spill was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

Palau over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Congo

122 of its 185 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (76 stories). Drought was named in 76 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Congo over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Rights & justice

South Africa

781 of its 2,045 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (175 stories). Tuberculosis was named in 49 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Gambia

33 of its 99 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (16 stories). Malaria was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Israel

1,432 of its 2,224 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Jerusalem accounted for 873 of Israel's 1,432 stories about harm, carried by 243 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (44 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Lebanon

97 of its 223 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (31 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Kuwait

47 of its 129 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (39 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Burundi

72 of its 81 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 73%. Bujumbura accounted for 62 of Burundi's 72 stories about harm, carried by 66 outlets. Its coverage was about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Greece (284 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); respiratory illness in Qatar (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storm surge in Antarctica (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); ebola in Puerto Rico (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tsunami in Bulgaria (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 20; 19 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 10 Mar. 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 52,034 stories about harm among 266,480 counted on 10 Mar.

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In Greece's news, mentions of outbreaks ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 266,480 stories, as usual. Denmark's news was 44% about people being harmed, against a usual 17%. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Japan.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Burundi89 in 100 of its 81 stories · usually 73 · mostly rights & justice Yemen75 in 100 of its 155 stories · usually 77 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia74 in 100 of its 462 stories · usually 78 · mostly conflict & violence Syria70 in 100 of its 1,062 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq70 in 100 of its 1,088 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US232 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1904 Houston US203 stories about protests or strikes, of its 379 Moscow Russia188 stories about protests or strikes, of its 371 Portland US184 stories about protests or strikes, of its 295 Athens Greece182 stories about protests or strikes, of its 340

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

feelings in full →
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'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: 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'sUkraine: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTurkey: 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: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: 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: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: 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'sNorway: 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'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'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: 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'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: 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'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: 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'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: 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 readFiji: 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: 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 readCzech Republic: 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: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: 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: 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'sBahrain: 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: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sGaza: feelings about like the world'sWest Bank: 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'sEast Jerusalem: 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: 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: too little coverage to readSan 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: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUruguay: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUS: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTunisia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sThailand: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSlovakia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sOman: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMalta: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMali: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMadagascar: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLiberia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLatvia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKuwait: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKenya: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHonduras: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFinland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDenmark: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sColombia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChile: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBurundi: coverage about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBulgaria: 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 one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAngola: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken 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

● Burundi about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 72 stories about harm ● Denmark about twice as fearful as the world's · 139 stories about harm ● Tunisia about twice as fearful as the world's · 102 stories about harm ● Kenya about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 216 stories about harm ● Kuwait few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 47 stories about harm ● Somalia about twice as angry as the world's · 340 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice36% 18,175 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence22% 11,131 stories · less than usual (usually 25%) Disasters & accidents14% 6,976 stories · about as usual Health12% 6,039 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,864 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 2,139 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,759 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,754 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 killed14,034 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected7,111 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,995 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,617 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting refugees1,607 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations765 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Japan Stories reporting abductions628 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced391 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Congo and Syria Stories reporting people falling ill146 at about one and a half times 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 →

harshwarm

The words in the day's stories were about as usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.