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What the world's news said happened to people.
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42,724 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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A disaster in Bucharest, rights and justice in Kampala and protests in South Vietnam (Vietnam) drew the news. Norway's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 24 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostRomania 65 in 100 of its 313 stories, usually 19
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 49 in 100 of its stories, usually 36
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 →
Disasters & accidents

Romania

202 of its 313 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Bucharest accounted for 108 of Romania's 202 stories about harm, carried by 84 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (174 stories). Wildfires were named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with power cuts. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Romania over 30 days → its stories → Bucharest stories →
Rights & justice

Uganda

206 of its 407 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Kampala accounted for 169 of Uganda's 206 stories about harm, carried by 119 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (87 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Uganda over 30 days → its stories → Kampala stories →
Protests & strikes

Vietnam

185 of its 623 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 37 of South Vietnam's 61 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (48 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Vietnam over 30 days → its stories → South Vietnam stories →
Shelter & services

Norway

143 of its 524 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (121 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Guadeloupe

353 of its 356 stories (99%) were about people being harmed, usually 92%. the Leeward Islands accounted for 346 of Guadeloupe's 353 stories about harm, carried by 410 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (199 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Nepal

123 of its 232 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. 44 of Kathmandu's 73 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (85 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Mexico

857 of its 1,491 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Baja California accounted for 418 of Mexico's 857 stories about harm, carried by 365 outlets. Power cuts were named in 193 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

its stories →
Health

Albania

24 of its 51 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (13 stories). Food poisoning was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with poisoning.

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Conflict & violence

Cambodia

128 of its 219 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Indonesia

158 of its 468 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 76 of Jakarta's 93 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (69 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: hurricane in Belize (32 of its stories, about three times its usual); power cuts in Mexico (193 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); typhoon in Japan (65 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); food poisoning in Albania (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); polio in Pakistan (54 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 18 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 42,724 stories about harm among 187,361 counted on 18 Sep.

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Romania's news was 65% about people being harmed, against a usual 19%. On the side of help, reports of vaccination ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. the news turned to Romania for the second day running. 23 in every 100 of the day's 187,361 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 26.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Guadeloupe99 in 100 of its 356 stories · usually 92 · mostly disasters & accidents Yemen85 in 100 of its 163 stories · usually 79 · mostly conflict & violence Cuba81 in 100 of its 541 stories · usually 64 · mostly health Puerto Rico75 in 100 of its 276 stories · usually 56 · mostly disasters & accidents Myanmar72 in 100 of its 159 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Houston US407 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1158 Washington US271 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1730 Central West End US173 stories about protests or strikes, of its 176 Missouri US128 stories about protests or strikes, of its 149 Dhaka Bangladesh101 stories about protests or strikes, of its 198

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'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: too little coverage to readPuerto 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 readIsle 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'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: feelings about like the world'sSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: 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: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: 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'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'sLibya: 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'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readIreland: 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'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: 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: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: 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: feelings about like the world'sDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: 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'sBenin: 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'sAustria: 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'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: 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: too little coverage to readMontserrat: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan 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: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: feelings about like the world'sSt. Barthélemy: 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 readYemen: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCayman Islands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTanzania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTajikistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSpain: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSomalia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSlovakia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSlovenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSeychelles: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRomania: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNepal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKiribati: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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 fearful as the world'sJapan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJamaica: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIsrael: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIraq: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIran: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIceland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGreece: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: 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 warmer than the world'sFiji: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCuba: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDR Congo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChile: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCambodia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBurundi: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBhutan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAlbania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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 about one and a half times as warm as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJersey: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMacao: coverage a little warmer 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

● Yemen about three times as angry as the world's · 139 stories about harm ● Norway about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 143 stories about harm ● Israel about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 329 stories about harm ● Ukraine about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 89 stories about harm ● Türkiye about twice as fearful as the world's · 234 stories about harm ● Congo about twice as angry as the world's · 50 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice24% 10,009 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents23% 9,531 stories · much less than usual (usually 31%) Health21% 8,626 stories · much more than usual (usually 15%) Conflict & violence18% 7,655 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 2,082 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 1,950 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,361 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 746 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 killed12,222 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,034 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,931 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people injured3,946 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,229 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced499 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting abductions453 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations389 at less than a quarter of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people falling ill39 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

Stories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.

How it felt 30 days →

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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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