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55,795 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 Mogadishu (Somalia), a disaster in Reykjavik and violence in Brussels drew the news. Somalia's coverage was about three times as angry 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 · much more than usual Country that rose mostKuwait 62 in 100 of its 472 stories, usually 22
RegionEvery region about as usual
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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Protests & strikes

Somalia

952 of its 1,054 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Mogadishu accounted for 719 of Somalia's 952 stories about harm, carried by 713 outlets. 379 of Mogadishu's 719 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (601 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Somalia over 30 days → its stories → Mogadishu stories →
Disasters & accidents

Iceland

189 of its 267 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reykjavik accounted for 177 of Iceland's 189 stories about harm, carried by 156 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (162 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Iceland over 30 days → its stories → Reykjavik stories →
Conflict & violence

Belgium

280 of its 628 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Brussels accounted for 250 of Belgium's 280 stories about harm, carried by 260 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (123 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Belgium over 30 days → its stories → Brussels stories →
Rights & justice

Burundi

94 of its 101 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Bujumbura accounted for 77 of Burundi's 94 stories about harm, carried by 77 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (89 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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

Kashmir

218 of its 324 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories). Snowstorms were named in 62 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with heavy rain. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Romania

147 of its 331 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Bucharest accounted for 130 of Romania's 147 stories about harm, carried by 141 outlets. 111 of Bucharest's 130 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (115 stories).

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Rights & justice

Kuwait

294 of its 472 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about 6 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Kenya

243 of its 799 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (74 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Venezuela

111 of its 204 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Caracas accounted for 85 of Venezuela's 111 stories about harm, carried by 80 outlets. 83 of Caracas' 85 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Disasters & accidents

Italy

874 of its 2,226 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Helicopter crash was named in 266 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with hunger. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: storms in Denmark (100 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); ebola in Ethiopia (74 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tsunami in Japan (188 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); helicopter crash in Italy (266 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Chile (38 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 21; 19 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 25 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 55,795 stories about harm among 284,951 counted on 25 Jan.

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In Denmark's news, mentions of storms ran more than ten times their usual. Somalia stood out: 90% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 65%. 20 in every 100 of the day's 284,951 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 21. On 26 January 2016, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Burundi93 in 100 of its 101 stories · usually 68 · mostly rights & justice Somalia90 in 100 of its 1,054 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Iceland71 in 100 of its 267 stories · usually 29 · mostly disasters & accidents Kashmir67 in 100 of its 324 stories · usually 35 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria65 in 100 of its 1,370 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US1202 stories about protests or strikes, of its 4593 Illinoi US417 stories about protests or strikes, of its 426 Mogadishu Somalia379 stories about protests or strikes, of its 719 Lake Oahe US213 stories about protests or strikes, of its 217 London UK212 stories about protests or strikes, of its 773

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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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 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'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPeru: 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: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: 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'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sHungary: 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: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sFrance: 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 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'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: 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: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: 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'sBenin: 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 readAntigua & 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'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readCrimea: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern 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: feelings about like the world'sJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: feelings about like the world'sSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: feelings about like the world'sWallis & 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 readZimbabwe: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice 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'sEswatini: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSpain: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sSomalia: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRussia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRomania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNigeria: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage about twice as warm as the world'sMalawi: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLibya: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLatvia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLaos: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKuwait: coverage about 6 times as grief-stricken as the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJordan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIceland: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGreece: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGambia: 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 one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDominican Republic: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGreenland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCzechia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCuba: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCroatia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBurundi: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBotswana: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelize: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustria: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArgentina: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as grief-stricken 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

● Kuwait about 6 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 294 stories about harm ● Somalia about three times as angry as the world's · 952 stories about harm ● Mali few stories about twice as warm as the world's · 35 stories about harm ● Austria about three times as fearful as the world's · 91 stories about harm ● Spain about three times as fearful as the world's · 189 stories about harm ● Belgium about twice as angry as the world's · 280 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice34% 18,599 stories · much more than usual (usually 28%) Health20% 10,767 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence16% 8,683 stories · much less than usual (usually 22%) Disasters & accidents15% 8,289 stories · less than usual (usually 17%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 3,300 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 2,481 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,563 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 899 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 killed16,345 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests7,581 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,696 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,222 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Somalia Stories reporting refugees1,208 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions566 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people displaced493 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations390 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and the Philippines Stories reporting people falling ill41 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 softer than 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?

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