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What the world's news said happened to people.
Counts of coverage, not of suffering
55,722 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 protests in Aleppo (Syria), people displaced in Italy and violence in Mogadishu. Syria'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 vaccination ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostPuerto Rico 65 in 100 of its 192 stories, usually 21
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 52 in 100 of its stories, usually 48
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 →
Protests & strikes

Syria

1,816 of its 2,272 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 73%. Aleppo accounted for 601 of Syria's 1,816 stories about harm, carried by 405 outlets. 326 of Aleppo's 601 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at about 9 times the usual rate (362 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Syria over 30 days → its stories → Aleppo stories →
Disasters & accidents

Italy

1,273 of its 2,475 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (56 stories). Heavy rain was named in 70 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with power cuts, building collapse and tsunami. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Italy over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Somalia

382 of its 448 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 73%. Mogadishu accounted for 162 of Somalia's 382 stories about harm, carried by 186 outlets. Drownings were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Somalia over 30 days → its stories → Mogadishu stories →
Displacement

France

677 of its 2,719 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (204 stories). Heatwave was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.

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

Venezuela

520 of its 827 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Caracas accounted for 425 of Venezuela's 520 stories about harm, carried by 362 outlets. 414 of Caracas' 425 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (387 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Iraq

1,675 of its 2,038 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (196 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 19 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Libya

392 of its 469 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (343 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Slovenia

52 of its 177 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 4%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (52 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Tunisia

48 of its 75 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Tunis accounted for 36 of Tunisia's 48 stories about harm, carried by 28 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Senegal

20 of its 52 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people affected ran at about 8 times the usual rate (11 stories). Heavy rain was named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: heavy rain in Senegal (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); respiratory illness in Japan (84 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); chikungunya in Brazil (28 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flu in Poland (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Ethiopia (13 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 21; 20 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 27 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 55,722 stories about harm among 291,744 counted on 27 Oct.

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On the side of help, reports of vaccination ran at about twice the usual rate. Senegal's news mentioned heavy rain more than ten times as often as usual. 19 in every 100 of the day's 291,744 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 21. In Syria, 80% of the news was about people being harmed, where 73% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Somalia85 in 100 of its 448 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Libya84 in 100 of its 469 stories · usually 59 · mostly disasters & accidents Iraq82 in 100 of its 2,038 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Syria80 in 100 of its 2,272 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen76 in 100 of its 198 stories · usually 77 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Cass County US502 stories about protests or strikes, of its 502 Washington US428 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1873 Caracas Venezuela414 stories about protests or strikes, of its 425 Islamabad Pakistan376 stories about protests or strikes, of its 643 Morton County US373 stories about protests or strikes, of its 376

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: too little coverage to readZambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessYemen: about as warm as its own usual or lessVietnam: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: about as warm as its own usual or lessMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited States: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited Kingdom: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited Arab Emirates: about as warm as its own usual or lessUkraine: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: too little coverage to readSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: about as warm as its own usual or lessSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: about as warm as its own usual or lessSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri Lanka: about as warm as its own usual or lessSpain: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Africa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomalia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRussia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: about as warm as its own usual or lessQatar: about as warm as its own usual or lessPoland: about as warm as its own usual or lessPhilippines: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: too little coverage to readPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessNigeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiger: about as warm as its own usual or lessNicaragua: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: too little coverage to readMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessMorocco: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: about as warm as its own usual or lessMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritania: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLibya: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: too little coverage to readLesotho: about as warm as its own usual or lessLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: about as warm as its own usual or lessKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJordan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJapan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessItaly: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsrael: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalestine: about as warm as its own usual or lessIreland: too little coverage to readIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: too little coverage to readHungary: about as warm as its own usual or lessHonduras: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: too little coverage to readGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessFiji: about as warm as its own usual or lessEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEquatorial Guinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEgypt: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or lessChile: about as warm as its own usual or lessChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral African Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCambodia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelarus: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustralia: about as warm as its own usual or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: too little coverage to readAfghanistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJammu & Kashmir: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or lessGaza: about as warm as its own usual or lessWest Bank: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSiachen Glacier: about as warm as its own usual or lessCrimea: about as warm as its own usual or lessEast Jerusalem: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican City: about as warm as its own usual or lessMarshall Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorthern 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readTaiwan: warmth about its own usualSudan: warmth about its own usualSingapore: warmth about one and a half times its own usualSaudi Arabia: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPortugal: warmth about its own usualPeru: warmth about its own usualMexico: warmth about its own usualMalaysia: warmth about its own usualIran: warmth about its own usualIndonesia: warmth about its own usualIceland: warmth about its own usualHaiti: warmth about its own usualGhana: warmth about its own usualDenmark: warmth about its own usualCzechia: warmth about its own usualCôte d’Ivoire: warmth about its own usualCongo: warmth about its own usualCameroon: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBangladesh: warmth about one and a half times its own usualBahamas: warmth about its own usualArgentina: warmth about its own usualAngola: warmth about its own usualDundar, Türkiye -- rights & justice: 19 stories, carried by 22 outletsDammam, Saudi Arabia -- conflict & violence: 12 stories, carried by 11 outletsBogota, Colombia -- conflict & violence: 42 stories, carried by 27 outletsAmritsar, India -- conflict & violence: 13 stories, carried by 12 outletsExeter, UK -- health: 20 stories, carried by 12 outletsDelaware County, US -- health: 14 stories, carried by 13 outletsStanford, UK -- health: 49 stories, carried by 39 outletsBrentwood, US -- deaths & injuries, cause not given: 14 stories, carried by 12 outlets
Warmer than its own usual The warmest eventsAbout as warm or lessToo little news

Each country shaded by the warmth in its news — care, help, gratitude — against its own last 30 days. Stronger colour: further above. Dots: the events whose coverage carried the most warmth, even where the event itself began as harm. Warm words, not good outcomes. Click a country or a dot.

Warmest news

● Singapore warmth about one and a half times usual ● Belgium warmth about one and a half times usual ● Bangladesh warmth about one and a half times usual ● Saudi Arabia warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Dundar Türkiye about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 19 stories ● Dammam Saudi Arabia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 12 stories ● Bogota Colombia about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 42 stories ● Amritsar India about twice as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 13 stories ● Exeter UK about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 20 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice31% 16,838 stories · more than usual (usually 26%) Health21% 11,520 stories · more than usual (usually 19%) Conflict & violence20% 10,844 stories · less than usual (usually 23%) Disasters & accidents14% 7,392 stories · less than usual (usually 17%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 3,401 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,721 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,625 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,104 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 killed17,049 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests8,817 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,928 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,239 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting refugees956 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and France Stories reporting evacuations865 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Syria and France Stories reporting abductions724 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the Philippines Stories reporting people displaced537 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Iraq and Italy 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 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.