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What the world's news said happened to people.
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36,553 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 landslides in Kenya, protests in Berlin (Germany) and people killed in Puerto Rico. Sudan's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were about as usual.

Help and hope: reports of aid and relief ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostNorway 78 in 100 of its 631 stories, usually 24
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 39 in 100 of its stories, usually 29
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

Kenya

1,353 of its 2,099 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Nairobi accounted for 1,252 of Kenya's 1,353 stories about harm, carried by 790 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories). Landslides were named in 153 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Kenya over 30 days → its stories → Nairobi stories →
Protests & strikes

Germany

557 of its 1,399 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. 213 of Berlin's 231 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (285 stories). Extreme cold was named in 11 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.

Germany over 30 days → its stories → Berlin stories →
Health

Puerto Rico

164 of its 242 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (69 stories). Dengue was named in 50 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Puerto Rico over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Sudan

126 of its 140 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (24 stories). Plane crash was named in 30 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Afghanistan

538 of its 730 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Kunduz accounted for 313 of Afghanistan's 538 stories about harm, carried by 346 outlets. 195 of Kunduz's 313 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (37 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Côte d’Ivoire

57 of its 64 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Abidjan accounted for 55 of Côte d’Ivoire's 57 stories about harm, carried by 39 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (55 stories).

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Health

Colombia

78 of its 130 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (12 stories). Outbreaks were named in 28 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with malaria and poisoning.

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Health

Czechia

53 of its 129 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Mauritania

15 of its 17 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. 15 of Nouakchott's 15 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (15 stories).

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Food & livelihood

Peru

95 of its 181 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of people affected ran at about 9 times the usual rate (75 stories). Hunger was named in 29 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: drought in Haiti (23 of its stories, about three times its usual); outbreaks in Colombia (28 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); hunger in Peru (29 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); accidents in Belgium (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in India (178 of its stories, about three 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 30 Apr. 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 36,553 stories about harm among 187,917 counted on 30 Apr.

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On the side of help, reports of aid and relief ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 187,917 stories, as usual. Kenya's news was 64% about people being harmed, against a usual 24%. In Haiti's news, mentions of the drought ran about three times their usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen93 in 100 of its 163 stories · usually 79 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan90 in 100 of its 140 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Côte d’Ivoire89 in 100 of its 64 stories · usually 24 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given South Sudan81 in 100 of its 155 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Norway78 in 100 of its 631 stories · usually 24 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Orange County US407 stories about protests or strikes, of its 444 Baghdad Iraq399 stories about protests or strikes, of its 916 San Francisco US364 stories about protests or strikes, of its 804 Aleppo Syria339 stories about protests or strikes, of its 890 Berlin Germany213 stories about protests or strikes, of its 231

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Vietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: too little coverage to readUnited 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 readUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: 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: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: 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: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: too little coverage to readNew 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'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: 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'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: 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'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: too little coverage to readGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: 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: 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'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: 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 readCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChile: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: 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'sBosnia and Herzegovina: 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'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: 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'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'sEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern 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: too little coverage to readJersey: 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 readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: 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 readZimbabwe: coverage a little angrier than the world'sZambia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sThailand: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTanzania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSpain: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSingapore: coverage about 4 times as fearful as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sQatar: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPoland: 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'sNorway: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNetherlands: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMexico: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMalawi: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sLuxembourg: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGuatemala: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sFrance: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEcuador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCzechia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sCuba: coverage a little warmer than the world'sColombia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHong Kong: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sChad: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBurundi: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBelgium: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sBelarus: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAustria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful 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 fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than 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'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNauru: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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

● Singapore about 4 times as fearful as the world's · 155 stories about harm ● Bangladesh about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 332 stories about harm ● United Arab Emirates about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 58 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 1,143 stories about harm ● Yemen about twice as angry as the world's · 151 stories about harm ● Sudan about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 126 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 10,329 stories · less than usual (usually 34%) Conflict & violence21% 7,677 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents18% 6,543 stories · more than usual (usually 14%) Health18% 6,459 stories · more than usual (usually 14%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 2,366 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,126 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 754 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 585 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 killed13,689 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,302 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,139 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,746 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees703 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Germany and Singapore Stories reporting abductions588 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced453 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations161 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people falling ill91 at about twice the usual rate · most about Qatar and the US

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
● Warmtha little less than usual
● Griefa little more than usual
● Fearabout two-thirds of 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.