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What the world's news said happened to people.
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60,740 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 the earthquake in Nicaragua, violence in Darfur and protests in Tbilisi (Georgia). Sudan's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was about as usual.

Help and hope: reports of volunteers ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeConflict & violence 25 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostAruba 93 in 100 of its 118 stories, usually 8
RegionSouth Asia 42 in 100 of its stories, usually 31
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

Nicaragua

54 of its 77 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Managua accounted for 45 of Nicaragua's 54 stories about harm, carried by 46 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (36 stories). Earthquake was named in 45 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Nicaragua over 30 days → its stories → Managua stories →
Conflict & violence

Sudan

385 of its 461 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Darfur accounted for 344 of Sudan's 385 stories about harm, carried by 384 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (145 stories). Poisoning was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Sudan over 30 days → its stories → Darfur stories →
Protests & strikes

Georgia

97 of its 158 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Tbilisi accounted for 93 of Georgia's 97 stories about harm, carried by 118 outlets. 90 of Tbilisi's 93 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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

Grenada

10 of its 33 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Grenada over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Pakistan

2,325 of its 3,617 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (55 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

India

4,055 of its 11,594 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (205 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Palestine

245 of its 488 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (35 stories). Outbreaks were named in 20 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Barbados

100 of its 135 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Bridgetown accounted for 79 of Barbados' 100 stories about harm, carried by 64 outlets.

its stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Seychelles

72 of its 99 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 8%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (71 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Ukraine

283 of its 552 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: typhoon in China (490 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Indonesia (60 of its stories, about three times its usual); hunger in Nigeria (167 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); drought in Ethiopia (15 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); outbreaks in Burundi (10 of its stories, about 9 times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 22; 21 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 29 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 60,740 stories about harm among 281,408 counted on 29 Sep.

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Nicaragua's news was 70% about people being harmed, against a usual 21%. of the day's 281,408 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of volunteers, a sign of help, ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. It was the second day running that the news turned to Nicaragua. In China's news, mentions of the typhoon ran about 5 times their usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Aruba93 in 100 of its 118 stories · usually 8 · mostly disasters & accidents Timor-Leste91 in 100 of its 69 stories · usually 22 · mostly health Sudan84 in 100 of its 461 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen75 in 100 of its 253 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence Barbados74 in 100 of its 135 stories · usually 14 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Cajon US437 stories about protests or strikes, of its 472 Aleppo Syria400 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1219 Washington US215 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2430 San Diego US208 stories about protests or strikes, of its 375 Chicago US133 stories about protests or strikes, of its 407

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'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'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'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: 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'sSierra Leone: 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: 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: 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'sNew Zealand: 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'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: 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'sMexico: 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'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: 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'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: too little coverage to readNew 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'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: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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'sComoros: too little coverage to readHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: 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'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sArgentina: 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'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican 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 readBritish 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: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: feelings about like the world'sWallis & 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'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTogo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTimor-Leste: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTajikistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSudan: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSeychelles: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sRwanda: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPeru: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNicaragua: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sMali: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMadagascar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLithuania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sItaly: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sIsrael: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIndia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sHungary: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuinea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGrenada: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGeorgia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sGabon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFrance: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little warmer than the world'sDenmark: 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 about twice as warm as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChile: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBurundi: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBulgaria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBotswana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBelarus: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustria: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sBermuda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAruba: 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

● Ukraine about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 283 stories about harm ● Colombia about twice as warm as the world's · 170 stories about harm ● Sudan about three times as angry as the world's · 385 stories about harm ● Austria about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 90 stories about harm ● Somalia about three times as angry as the world's · 215 stories about harm ● Israel about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 1,348 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence25% 14,966 stories · about as usual Rights & justice25% 14,780 stories · less than usual (usually 27%) Health21% 12,316 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents15% 9,223 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 3,440 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 2,036 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,822 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,157 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 killed18,005 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured8,056 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting people affected6,379 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,130 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees862 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Hungary Stories reporting evacuations764 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions604 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people displaced577 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Sudan and Iraq Stories reporting people falling ill113 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Canada

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
● 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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