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What the world's news said happened to people.
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64,401 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 protests in Aleppo (Syria), people displaced in Vienna and train derailment in Colombia. Croatia's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read harsher than usual.

Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about Syria and the US → Help and hope: reports of aid and relief ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeConflict & violence 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostBotswana 58 in 100 of its 278 stories, usually 16
RegionSouth Asia 35 in 100 of its stories, usually 30
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Syria

Aleppo accounted for 2,124 of Syria's 4,105 stories about harm, carried by 1,025 outlets. 1,248 of Aleppo's 2,124 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 7 times the usual rate (159 stories). Poisoning was named in 444 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with ebola. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Syria over 30 days → its stories → Aleppo stories →
Displacement

Austria

226 of its 456 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Vienna accounted for 213 of Austria's 226 stories about harm, carried by 175 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (131 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Austria over 30 days → its stories → Vienna stories →
Conflict & violence

Colombia

269 of its 396 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (140 stories). Train derailment was named in 121 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.

Colombia over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Croatia

126 of its 265 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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

DR Congo

43 of its 56 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Kinshasa accounted for 39 of the DR Congo's 43 stories about harm, carried by 37 outlets. 36 of Kinshasa's 39 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Thailand

398 of its 903 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. 130 of Bangkok's 240 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories). Drownings were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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Rights & justice

Congo

540 of its 573 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (145 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Displacement

Greece

652 of its 1,200 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (40 stories). Storms were named in 35 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Nepal

183 of its 297 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Kathmandu accounted for 162 of Nepal's 183 stories about harm, carried by 159 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (138 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Uruguay

49 of its 59 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Montevideo accounted for 43 of Uruguay's 49 stories about harm, carried by 62 outlets. 43 of Montevideo's 43 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in Costa Rica (38 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); drought in Somalia (148 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); avalanche in France (309 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in Japan (101 of its stories, about three times its usual); helicopter crash in Libya (43 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

23 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 20 Sep. 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 64,401 stories about harm among 282,898 counted on 20 Sep.

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Help and hope: reports of aid and relief ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. of the day's 282,898 news stories, 23 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Refugees were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about Syria and the US. Mentions of volcanic eruption ran about 6 times their usual in Costa Rica's news.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Congo94 in 100 of its 573 stories · usually 62 · mostly rights & justice Uruguay83 in 100 of its 59 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan79 in 100 of its 211 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence DR Congo77 in 100 of its 56 stories · usually 37 · mostly rights & justice Syria76 in 100 of its 5,404 stories · usually 77 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Aleppo Syria1248 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2124 Washington US349 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2974 Tulsa US310 stories about protests or strikes, of its 401 Harare Zimbabwe190 stories about protests or strikes, of its 239 Ramallah Palestine148 stories about protests or strikes, of its 251

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sYemen: 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'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: 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'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: 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'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 readSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: 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'sSaudi Arabia: 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'sPortugal: 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'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: 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'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMoldova: 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'sMalawi: 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'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKenya: 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'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIran: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew 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'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: 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'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: 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'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: 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'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 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: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUganda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSolomon Islands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSingapore: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRomania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPeru: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sMontenegro: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMongolia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMexico: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKuwait: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKiribati: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken 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 grief-stricken as the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIceland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFinland: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCroatia: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sDR Congo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sChile: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChad: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCambodia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMyanmar: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBurundi: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBotswana: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBosnia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAustria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArmenia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times 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 a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sMaldives: 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

● Croatia about three times as angry as the world's · 126 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 1,394 stories about harm ● Kashmir about twice as fearful as the world's · 292 stories about harm ● Netherlands about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 184 stories about harm ● Congo about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 540 stories about harm ● Singapore about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 183 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence30% 19,195 stories · much more than usual (usually 24%) Rights & justice25% 15,561 stories · less than usual (usually 27%) Health19% 12,339 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents11% 6,672 stories · much less than usual (usually 16%) Displacement6% 3,850 stories · more than usual (usually 3%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 2,925 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,522 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 1,397 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 killed18,766 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected8,749 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests8,121 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured6,589 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees3,652 at about three times the usual rate · most about Syria and the US Stories reporting people displaced1,321 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Syria and the US Stories reporting abductions865 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations394 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Japan and Syria Stories reporting people falling ill55 at about a third 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 →

harshwarm

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

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little less than usual
● Feara little more 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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