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What the world's news said happened to people.
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47,479 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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Rights and justice in Montevideo, protests in Port-au-Prince (Haiti) and violence in Diffa drew the news. Uruguay's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Haiti and Pakistan →
Part of lifeRights & justice 25 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostBahrain 75 in 100 of its 412 stories, usually 32
RegionCentral Asia 33 in 100 of its stories, usually 22
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Rights & justice

Uruguay

163 of its 187 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Montevideo accounted for 149 of Uruguay's 163 stories about harm, carried by 114 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Uruguay over 30 days → its stories → Montevideo stories →
Protests & strikes

Haiti

169 of its 219 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 119 of Haiti's 169 stories about harm, carried by 116 outlets. 115 of Port-au-Prince's 119 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (116 stories).

Haiti over 30 days → its stories → Port-au-Prince stories →
Conflict & violence

Niger

64 of its 97 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Diffa accounted for 62 of Niger's 64 stories about harm, carried by 58 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (54 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Niger over 30 days → its stories → Diffa stories →
Health

Denmark

79 of its 167 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (54 stories). Respiratory illness was named in 48 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Denmark over 30 days → its stories →
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Rights & justice

Colombia

74 of its 181 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (26 stories). Earthquake was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tsunami. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Venezuela

225 of its 459 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. 147 of Puerto Cabello's 152 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (170 stories). Hunger was named in 148 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

410 of its 608 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Kabul accounted for 298 of Afghanistan's 410 stories about harm, carried by 205 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (156 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Myanmar

160 of its 204 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Aung Hlaing accounted for 107 of Myanmar's 160 stories about harm, carried by 107 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Japan

839 of its 2,925 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (187 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Russia

1,261 of its 3,482 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (6 stories). Drought was named in 111 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: drought in Vietnam (148 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Venezuela (148 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Switzerland (95 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Romania (49 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); train derailment in India (576 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 28 Dec. 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 47,479 stories about harm among 210,830 counted on 28 Dec.

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Mentions of the drought ran more than ten times their usual in Vietnam's news. of the day's 210,830 news stories, 23 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 21. Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Haiti and Pakistan. Uruguay's news was 87% about people being harmed, against a usual 41%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Uruguay87 in 100 of its 187 stories · usually 41 · mostly rights & justice Tunisia85 in 100 of its 130 stories · usually 58 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given Congo81 in 100 of its 67 stories · usually 63 · mostly disasters & accidents Mali80 in 100 of its 65 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Myanmar78 in 100 of its 204 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US328 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1085 Damascus Syria191 stories about protests or strikes, of its 285 Jerusalem Israel154 stories about protests or strikes, of its 579 Chicago US151 stories about protests or strikes, of its 473 Puerto Cabello Venezuela147 stories about protests or strikes, of its 152

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'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'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'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: too little coverage to readSierra 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 readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua 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'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: 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 readPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: 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 readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl 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: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readN. 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'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBelize: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sJammu & Kashmir: 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 readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sSiachen Glacier: feelings about like the world'sCrimea: feelings about like the world'sEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: 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: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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 readYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUruguay: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sUS: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sThailand: coverage about twice as warm as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRussia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNepal: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMongolia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLiberia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKuwait: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKazakhstan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJordan: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sJapan: coverage about twice as angry as 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 warm as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHungary: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEstonia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little warmer than the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChile: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChad: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBenin: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAustria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAlgeria: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChina: 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

● Uruguay about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 163 stories about harm ● Jordan about three times as fearful as the world's · 129 stories about harm ● Thailand about twice as warm as the world's · 181 stories about harm ● Nepal about twice as angry as the world's · 171 stories about harm ● Switzerland about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 158 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as fearful as the world's · 228 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice25% 11,882 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence23% 10,732 stories · about as usual Health20% 9,563 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 7,558 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 3,068 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 1,726 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,343 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 874 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 killed16,781 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests7,158 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,180 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,795 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees724 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations450 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting abductions442 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced427 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and Niger Stories reporting people falling ill199 at about twice the usual rate · most about Haiti and Pakistan

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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