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What the world's news said happened to people.
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51,622 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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Most of the day's attention went to a disaster in Bucharest, people killed in Rwanda and refugees in Egypt. Romania's coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Language across the world's news ran softer than usual.

Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeDisasters & accidents 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostRomania 50 in 100 of its 352 stories, usually 12
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

how these are picked →
Disasters & accidents

Romania

177 of its 352 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Bucharest accounted for 160 of Romania's 177 stories about harm, carried by 122 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (167 stories). Drownings were named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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

Rwanda

68 of its 107 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (30 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Rwanda over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Egypt

291 of its 598 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

U.S. Virgin Islands

135 of its 170 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (118 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Eritrea

36 of its 55 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (28 stories). Ebola was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Burundi

103 of its 117 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Bujumbura accounted for 82 of Burundi's 103 stories about harm, carried by 65 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Cameroon

46 of its 111 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Iran

215 of its 523 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (133 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Argentina

56 of its 206 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: typhoon in Taiwan (43 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Italy (101 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); ebola in Eritrea (20 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); oil spill in Norway (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); oil spill in Greece (29 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

24 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 26; 25 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 13 Sep. 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 51,622 stories about harm among 213,582 counted on 13 Sep.

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In Romania, 50% of the news was about people being harmed, where 12% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 24 in every 100 of the day's 213,582 stories, below the usual 26. Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. In Taiwan's news, mentions of the typhoon ran about 5 times their usual. On 13 September 2016, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 24 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Burundi88 in 100 of its 117 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence South Sudan86 in 100 of its 77 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence U.S. Virgin Islands79 in 100 of its 170 stories · usually 44 · mostly disasters & accidents Myanmar79 in 100 of its 192 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia77 in 100 of its 281 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Berkeley US324 stories about protests or strikes, of its 509 Washington US318 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2020 Charlottesville US261 stories about protests or strikes, of its 383 Kutupalong Bangladesh188 stories about protests or strikes, of its 618 Damascus Syria102 stories about protests or strikes, of its 175

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: 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'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: 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'sNorway: 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 readNepal: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: 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'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: 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'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: too little coverage to readGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: 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'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: 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'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 readMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican 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: feelings about like the world'sMontserrat: too little coverage to readGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: feelings about like the world'sSt. 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: feelings about like the world'sGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUzbekistan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTogo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTanzania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSpain: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSomalia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sSlovakia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSt Vincent: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRwanda: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRomania: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sQatar: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPortugal: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPoland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sOman: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNiger: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNamibia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMontenegro: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLatvia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sJapan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sJamaica: coverage a little warmer than the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIndia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGuinea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGabon: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFrance: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEgypt: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCuba: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sDR Congo: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sChad: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sCambodia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBurundi: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBosnia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBelize: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBahamas: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArgentina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAngola: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than 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'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sVatican City: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJersey: 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

● Cameroon few stories about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 46 stories about harm ● Romania about twice as fearful as the world's · 177 stories about harm ● Sudan about twice as angry as the world's · 95 stories about harm ● South Sudan about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 66 stories about harm ● Qatar about twice as fearful as the world's · 134 stories about harm ● Saudi Arabia about twice as fearful as the world's · 164 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Disasters & accidents29% 14,711 stories · about as usual Rights & justice23% 11,847 stories · about as usual Health17% 8,638 stories · more than usual (usually 15%) Conflict & violence13% 6,794 stories · much less than usual (usually 19%) Shelter & services6% 3,111 stories · more than usual (usually 3%) Displacement5% 2,735 stories · more than usual (usually 3%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 1,910 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,173 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 killed15,111 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected8,021 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,230 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,559 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting evacuations2,272 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,647 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Bangladesh and the US Stories reporting people displaced461 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Iraq Stories reporting abductions425 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill89 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Australia

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.

● Angera little less than 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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