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37,833 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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Protests in Banjul (Gambia), the hypothermia in Romania and violence in Vienna drew the news. Austria's coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were much softer than usual.

Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 41 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostRomania 85 in 100 of its 423 stories, usually 20
RegionSouth Asia 29 in 100 of its stories, usually 23
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

Gambia

1,090 of its 2,168 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Banjul accounted for 926 of the Gambia's 1,090 stories about harm, carried by 476 outlets. 700 of Banjul's 926 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Gambia over 30 days → its stories → Banjul stories →
Disasters & accidents

Romania

361 of its 423 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Bucharest accounted for 353 of Romania's 361 stories about harm, carried by 262 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (321 stories). Hypothermia was named in 292 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Romania over 30 days → its stories → Bucharest stories →
Conflict & violence

Austria

114 of its 193 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Vienna accounted for 111 of Austria's 114 stories about harm, carried by 82 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (66 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

Austria over 30 days → its stories → Vienna stories →
Health

Puerto Rico

76 of its 102 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (13 stories). Ebola was named in 56 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with outbreaks.

Puerto Rico over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Italy

933 of its 1,493 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (649 stories). Snowstorms were named in 315 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with hypothermia, tsunami and extreme cold. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Iran

328 of its 537 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Tehran accounted for 269 of Iran's 328 stories about harm, carried by 203 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Pakistan

1,143 of its 2,057 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (716 stories). Illness was named in 144 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

Kabul accounted for 311 of Afghanistan's 437 stories about harm, carried by 241 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 8 times the usual rate (99 stories). Hunger was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Hungary

494 of its 596 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Budapest accounted for 477 of Hungary's 494 stories about harm, carried by 513 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (329 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Saudi Arabia

191 of its 363 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (39 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: snowstorms in Italy (315 of its stories, about three times its usual); plane crash in Brazil (49 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tropical storm in Chile (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in New Zealand (38 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); drought in Sri Lanka (19 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).

24 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 21 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 37,833 stories about harm among 158,548 counted on 21 Jan.

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Mentions of the hypothermia ran more than ten times their usual in Romania's news. On the side of help, reports of peace efforts ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. A year earlier, on 22 January 2016, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 24 today. 24 in every 100 of the day's 158,548 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 22.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Romania85 in 100 of its 423 stories · usually 20 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria83 in 100 of its 903 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Hungary83 in 100 of its 596 stories · usually 26 · mostly disasters & accidents Puerto Rico75 in 100 of its 102 stories · usually 17 · mostly health Afghanistan70 in 100 of its 624 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US4542 stories about protests or strikes, of its 5884 Banjul Gambia700 stories about protests or strikes, of its 926 Portland US324 stories about protests or strikes, of its 340 London UK192 stories about protests or strikes, of its 365 Sydney Australia155 stories about protests or strikes, of its 275

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'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUruguay: 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'sUnited States: feelings about like the world'sSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUkraine: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: 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'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: 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 readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: 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'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: 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'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'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: 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'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: 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'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: 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 readFiji: 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: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: 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'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: 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: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUzbekistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSpain: coverage about twice as grief-stricken 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'sSenegal: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sQatar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPeru: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPanama: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorway: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNigeria: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNiger: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNepal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMali: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLibya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHungary: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGhana: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGermany: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGambia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage a little angrier than the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurundi: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBrunei: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBrazil: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahamas: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustria: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArmenia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMaldives: 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

● Austria about three times as fearful as the world's · 114 stories about harm ● Saudi Arabia about three times as fearful as the world's · 191 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 754 stories about harm ● Iran about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 328 stories about harm ● Pakistan about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 1,143 stories about harm ● Spain about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 119 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice41% 15,218 stories · much more than usual (usually 27%) Disasters & accidents18% 6,695 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence18% 6,649 stories · much less than usual (usually 23%) Health13% 4,807 stories · much less than usual (usually 18%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,816 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 864 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 836 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 450 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 killed10,670 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests7,095 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people injured5,181 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Pakistan Stories reporting people affected5,046 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Italy Stories reporting refugees748 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Syria and Afghanistan Stories reporting people displaced453 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Syria and Nigeria Stories reporting abductions396 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations389 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill34 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Sierra Leone

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
● Griefabout two-thirds of 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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