← 4 Jan Thursday 5 January 2017 · to 23:59 UTC 6 Jan →
What the world's news said happened to people.
Counts of coverage, not of suffering
56,781 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 →

Violence in Istanbul, protests in Manama (Bahrain) and people killed in Bolivia drew the news. Bahrain's coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostTürkiye 76 in 100 of its 2,553 stories, usually 55
RegionEvery region about as usual
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 →
Conflict & violence

Türkiye

1,931 of its 2,553 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Istanbul accounted for 918 of Türkiye's 1,931 stories about harm, carried by 576 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (48 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Türkiye over 30 days → its stories → Istanbul stories →
Health

Bolivia

28 of its 78 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (23 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Bolivia over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Thailand

253 of its 647 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (169 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Myanmar

178 of its 255 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Man Dung accounted for 127 of Myanmar's 178 stories about harm, carried by 119 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (129 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Central African Republic

71 of its 85 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (38 stories). Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Guyana

47 of its 114 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Greece

277 of its 778 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (38 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Brazil

372 of its 1,038 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 35 of Amazonas' 66 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Nigeria

1,126 of its 2,756 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (301 stories). Malaria was named in 179 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with polio.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: power cuts in Poland (90 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Iceland (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Costa Rica (11 of its stories, about three times its usual); malaria in Nigeria (179 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); plane crash in Tanzania (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 22; 20 the day before
25 in 10020 in 1007 Dec14 Dec21 Dec28 Dec5 Jan7 Dec: 21 in 1008 Dec: 20 in 1009 Dec: 21 in 10010 Dec: 23 in 10011 Dec: 22 in 10012 Dec: 20 in 10013 Dec: 20 in 10014 Dec: 20 in 10015 Dec: 20 in 10016 Dec: 21 in 10017 Dec: 23 in 10018 Dec: 25 in 10019 Dec: 21 in 10020 Dec: 23 in 10021 Dec: 22 in 10022 Dec: 21 in 10023 Dec: 22 in 10024 Dec: 23 in 10025 Dec: 22 in 10026 Dec: 22 in 10027 Dec: 23 in 10028 Dec: 23 in 10029 Dec: 22 in 10030 Dec: 21 in 10031 Dec: 23 in 1001 Jan: 24 in 1002 Jan: 22 in 1003 Jan: 20 in 1004 Jan: 20 in 1005 Jan: 21 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 5 Jan. 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 56,781 stories about harm among 266,716 counted on 5 Jan.

Read the day's briefing

The news turned to Türkiye for the fourth day running. 21 in every 100 of the day's 266,716 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Poland's news, mentions of power cuts ran more than ten times their usual. Türkiye stood out: 76% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 55%. A year earlier, on 6 January 2016, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Central African Republic84 in 100 of its 85 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq76 in 100 of its 981 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Türkiye76 in 100 of its 2,553 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Syria73 in 100 of its 1,337 stories · usually 78 · mostly conflict & violence Myanmar70 in 100 of its 255 stories · usually 52 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US484 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2287 Chicago US245 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1715 Jerusalem Israel177 stories about protests or strikes, of its 326 Kolkata India141 stories about protests or strikes, of its 177 Damascus Syria131 stories about protests or strikes, of its 443

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: 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'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 readUkraine: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: 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'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSaudi Arabia: 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'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: 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'sNicaragua: 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'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: 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'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'sLebanon: 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: too little coverage to readJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIran: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew 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'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 readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCroatia: 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'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: 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 readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: 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'sVatican 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: feelings about like the world'sAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: feelings about like the world'sMontserrat: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken 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'sUganda: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTonga: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sThailand: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSweden: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSpain: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSenegal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sPoland: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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 angrier than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMorocco: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMali: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMalawi: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKenya: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJordan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sGuyana: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGreece: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sGambia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGabon: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCyprus: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCuba: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage a little warmer than the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sChile: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChad: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about twice as warm as the world'sCanada: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBurundi: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBrunei: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sBolivia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelize: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sAustria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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 twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sJersey: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCook Islands: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMonaco: 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

● Greece about three times as fearful as the world's · 277 stories about harm ● Bahrain about three times as fearful as the world's · 149 stories about harm ● Central African Republic about twice as warm as the world's · 71 stories about harm ● Uganda about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 171 stories about harm ● Myanmar about twice as angry as the world's · 178 stories about harm ● Iraq about twice as angry as the world's · 742 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 16,007 stories · more than usual (usually 25%) Health21% 11,894 stories · more than usual (usually 18%) Conflict & violence20% 11,391 stories · less than usual (usually 24%) Disasters & accidents16% 8,955 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 3,108 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,940 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,487 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 962 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 killed15,911 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests8,992 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,407 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,069 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Türkiye Stories reporting abductions1,020 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting refugees758 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about France and Greece Stories reporting evacuations628 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Türkiye Stories reporting people displaced608 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill51 at about half 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
● 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.