← 19 Oct Thursday 20 October 2016 · to 23:59 UTC 21 Oct →
What the world's news said happened to people.
Counts of coverage, not of suffering
55,390 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.

How to read these numbers →

Most of the day's attention went to protests in Buenos Aires (Argentina), violence in Jakarta and rights and justice in Budapest. Indonesia's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was much softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostCôte d’Ivoire 71 in 100 of its 68 stories, usually 20
RegionSoutheast Asia 28 in 100 of its stories, usually 25
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Argentina

164 of its 389 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 126 of Buenos Aires' 132 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (110 stories). Heavy rain was named in 41 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Argentina over 30 days → its stories → Buenos Aires stories →
Conflict & violence

Indonesia

435 of its 814 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Jakarta accounted for 378 of Indonesia's 435 stories about harm, carried by 246 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (282 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Indonesia over 30 days → its stories → Jakarta stories →
Disasters & accidents

Costa Rica

29 of its 65 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (13 stories). Plane crash was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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

Côte d’Ivoire

48 of its 68 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Abidjan accounted for 48 of Côte d’Ivoire's 48 stories about harm, carried by 38 outlets. 46 of Abidjan's 48 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (25 stories).

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Honduras

56 of its 74 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. 33 of Aguan's 33 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Sudan

154 of its 204 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Khartoum accounted for 108 of Sudan's 154 stories about harm, carried by 96 outlets. Poisoning was named in 98 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Philippines

1,196 of its 2,914 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (220 stories). Storms were named in 402 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with power cuts, earthquake and drownings.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

Aleppo accounted for 1,762 of Syria's 2,219 stories about harm, carried by 780 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (104 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Food & livelihood

Madagascar

39 of its 83 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (20 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: poisoning in Sudan (98 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in Philippines (402 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); storm surge in Bangladesh (56 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Switzerland (39 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); natural hazards in Brazil (50 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 22; 20 the day before
26 in 10019 in 10021 Sep28 Sep5 Oct12 Oct20 Oct21 Sep: 22 in 10022 Sep: 22 in 10023 Sep: 21 in 10024 Sep: 23 in 10025 Sep: 23 in 10026 Sep: 20 in 10027 Sep: 21 in 10028 Sep: 21 in 10029 Sep: 22 in 10030 Sep: 21 in 1001 Oct: 22 in 1002 Oct: 23 in 1003 Oct: 21 in 1004 Oct: 20 in 1005 Oct: 21 in 1006 Oct: 22 in 1007 Oct: 23 in 1008 Oct: 24 in 1009 Oct: 26 in 10010 Oct: 22 in 10011 Oct: 21 in 10012 Oct: 21 in 10013 Oct: 21 in 10014 Oct: 20 in 10015 Oct: 23 in 10016 Oct: 22 in 10017 Oct: 21 in 10018 Oct: 20 in 10019 Oct: 20 in 10020 Oct: 19 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 20 Oct. 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 55,390 stories about harm among 290,329 counted on 20 Oct.

Read the day's briefing

It was the lowest share of stories about people being harmed since 24 June 2016. of the day's 290,329 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 22. Sudan's news mentioned poisoning more than ten times as often as usual. It was the second day running that the news turned to Argentina. In Argentina, 42% of the news was about people being harmed, where 18% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Mauritania92 in 100 of its 51 stories · usually 56 · mostly rights & justice Yemen80 in 100 of its 342 stories · usually 78 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq77 in 100 of its 2,642 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Honduras76 in 100 of its 74 stories · usually 47 · mostly rights & justice Sudan75 in 100 of its 204 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Aleppo Syria342 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1762 Washington US329 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1725 Moscow Russia268 stories about protests or strikes, of its 549 Delhi India192 stories about protests or strikes, of its 600 New York US147 stories about protests or strikes, of its 654

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'sVenezuela: 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 readTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: 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: too little coverage to readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSri 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'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: 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 readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: 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'sNorway: 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 readMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: 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: feelings about like the world'sGhana: 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: 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'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: 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: too little coverage to readDjibouti: 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 readCroatia: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sMarshall 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 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 readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: feelings about like the world'sSt. 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 twice as angry as the world'sVanuatu: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUzbekistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSamoa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSt. Lucia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRwanda: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPortugal: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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 one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNepal: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMontenegro: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMauritania: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMalta: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMadagascar: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sHungary: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHonduras: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFinland: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFiji: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCyprus: coverage about 4 times as fearful as the world'sCuba: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCosta Rica: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCongo: coverage a little warmer than the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBolivia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArgentina: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sAngola: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAlbania: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: 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'sUkraine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sVatican City: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCook Islands: 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

● Cyprus about 4 times as fearful as the world's · 57 stories about harm ● Indonesia about three times as angry as the world's · 435 stories about harm ● Colombia about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 78 stories about harm ● Argentina about twice as angry as the world's · 164 stories about harm ● Honduras about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 56 stories about harm ● Iraq about twice as angry as the world's · 2,028 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 15,384 stories · more than usual (usually 26%) Conflict & violence22% 12,099 stories · about as usual Health19% 10,560 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents14% 7,808 stories · less than usual (usually 16%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 3,298 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 2,011 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,875 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,216 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 killed15,842 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,807 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,660 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured5,025 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,205 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Greece and the US Stories reporting people displaced780 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions751 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations604 at about half the usual rate · most about the Philippines and the US Stories reporting people falling ill27 at less than a quarter of the usual rate · most about the US and Mexico

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 much softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as 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?

The weekly briefing · 18 Oct – 24 Oct

The week in human impact

Read the week →

Unlock a year of trends, free. Follow up to 5 countries, with a bell when their news changes, and 👍 vote for Pro — ten years of the archive, any period, daily alerts.

Create a free account

Sign in · a username, an email and a password.

How to read these numbers →

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