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What the world's news said happened to people.
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55,649 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 Abidjan (Côte d’Ivoire), violence in Quito and landslides in Nicaragua. Ecuador's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 34 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostCôte d’Ivoire 69 in 100 of its 111 stories, usually 24
RegionOceania 25 in 100 of its stories, usually 22
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Ecuador

56 of its 105 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Quito accounted for 46 of Ecuador's 56 stories about harm, carried by 43 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (50 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Ecuador over 30 days → its stories → Quito stories →
Displacement

Nicaragua

46 of its 80 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Landslides were named in 17 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.

Nicaragua over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Sierra Leone

61 of its 102 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Haemorrhagic fever was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.

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

South Africa

617 of its 1,993 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 131 of Middelburg's 199 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (143 stories). Tornadoes were named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.

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Displacement

Greece

805 of its 1,772 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Athens accounted for 682 of Greece's 805 stories about harm, carried by 515 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (499 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Belgium

150 of its 470 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (26 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Tunisia

32 of its 44 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Myanmar

78 of its 126 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (51 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Saudi Arabia

243 of its 683 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (152 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Central African Republic (15 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hypothermia in Libya (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in Morocco (15 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); malaria in Burundi (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); natural hazards in Vietnam (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 20; 20 the day before
24 in 10016 in 10018 Oct25 Oct1 Nov8 Nov16 Nov18 Oct: 20 in 10019 Oct: 20 in 10020 Oct: 19 in 10021 Oct: 20 in 10022 Oct: 22 in 10023 Oct: 21 in 10024 Oct: 21 in 10025 Oct: 20 in 10026 Oct: 20 in 10027 Oct: 19 in 10028 Oct: 20 in 10029 Oct: 21 in 10030 Oct: 21 in 10031 Oct: 19 in 1001 Nov: 20 in 1002 Nov: 19 in 1003 Nov: 18 in 1004 Nov: 20 in 1005 Nov: 22 in 1006 Nov: 22 in 1007 Nov: 19 in 1008 Nov: 17 in 1009 Nov: 16 in 10010 Nov: 18 in 10011 Nov: 19 in 10012 Nov: 22 in 10013 Nov: 24 in 10014 Nov: 20 in 10015 Nov: 20 in 10016 Nov: 20 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 16 Nov. 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 55,649 stories about harm among 279,006 counted on 16 Nov.

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Côte d’Ivoire's news was 69% about people being harmed, against a usual 24%. of the day's 279,006 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Nicaragua's news mentioned landslides more than ten times as often as usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria78 in 100 of its 1,789 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq78 in 100 of its 1,136 stories · usually 77 · mostly conflict & violence Burundi77 in 100 of its 66 stories · usually 64 · mostly rights & justice Afghanistan75 in 100 of its 674 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Côte d’Ivoire69 in 100 of its 111 stories · usually 24 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US739 stories about protests or strikes, of its 3048 Aleppo Syria441 stories about protests or strikes, of its 866 Falcon Heights US238 stories about protests or strikes, of its 548 Athens Greece216 stories about protests or strikes, of its 682 Morton County US212 stories about protests or strikes, of its 214

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'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'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'sUkraine: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSudan: 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'sSeychelles: 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: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRussia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: 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 readNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: 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'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: 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'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: 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: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: 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: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: feelings about like the world'sCzech 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 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'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: 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'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: 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'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sGaza: feelings about like the world'sWest Bank: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readCrimea: feelings about like the world'sEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: feelings about like the world'sPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: 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 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: 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 about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTaiwan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSierra Leone: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than 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 angry as the world'sOman: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNicaragua: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNepal: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNamibia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMorocco: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMontenegro: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMauritania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMalawi: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLibya: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sItaly: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIceland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHungary: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHonduras: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuyana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sGermany: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEl Salvador: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEgypt: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sEcuador: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sDenmark: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sCongo: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMyanmar: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBurundi: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBolivia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBahrain: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful 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

● Afghanistan about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 503 stories about harm ● Türkiye about twice as fearful as the world's · 374 stories about harm ● Azerbaijan about twice as fearful as the world's · 73 stories about harm ● Saudi Arabia about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 243 stories about harm ● Denmark about twice as fearful as the world's · 91 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 1,402 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice34% 18,367 stories · more than usual (usually 31%) Conflict & violence20% 11,072 stories · about as usual Health19% 10,400 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents13% 7,058 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 2,680 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 2,125 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,675 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,271 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 killed14,084 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests7,078 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,915 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,961 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Iraq Stories reporting refugees1,898 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Greece and Italy Stories reporting evacuations724 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced684 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions567 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill37 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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 softer than 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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