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What the world's news said happened to people.
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48,685 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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The news turned to violence in Riyadh, arrests in Libya and protests in Madrid (Spain). Libya's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostCroatia 52 in 100 of its 239 stories, usually 13
RegionNorth America 26 in 100 of its stories, usually 24
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Saudi Arabia

1,770 of its 2,825 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Riyadh accounted for 1,265 of Saudi Arabia's 1,770 stories about harm, carried by 693 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (123 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Saudi Arabia over 30 days → its stories → Riyadh stories →
Rights & justice

Libya

117 of its 151 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (32 stories). HIV was named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Libya over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Vietnam

324 of its 745 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Cyclone was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Vietnam over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Armenia

79 of its 216 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 22 of Yerevan's 41 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (34 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

745 of its 1,000 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Kabul accounted for 565 of Afghanistan's 745 stories about harm, carried by 564 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Iran

278 of its 764 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (40 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Kashmir

148 of its 303 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (92 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Yemen

Sanaa accounted for 226 of Yemen's 283 stories about harm, carried by 276 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 7 times the usual rate (138 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Health

Japan

Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (18 stories). Poisoning was named in 74 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: tropical storm in Bermuda (39 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Morocco (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in Germany (63 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); poisoning in Japan (74 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Portugal (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 23; 24 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 Nov. 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 48,685 stories about harm among 220,206 counted on 7 Nov.

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The news turned to Saudi Arabia for the third day running. 22 in every 100 of the day's 220,206 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 7 November 2016, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 22 today. Saudi Arabia stood out: 63% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 37%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen79 in 100 of its 358 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Libya77 in 100 of its 151 stories · usually 62 · mostly rights & justice Afghanistan74 in 100 of its 1,000 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia68 in 100 of its 178 stories · usually 86 · mostly conflict & violence Honduras67 in 100 of its 120 stories · usually 39 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Sutherland Springs US376 stories about protests or strikes, of its 3519 Washington US267 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1434 Madrid Spain263 stories about protests or strikes, of its 338 Los Angeles US197 stories about protests or strikes, of its 546 Pyongyang North Korea176 stories about protests or strikes, of its 306

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: 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'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'sTonga: 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'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: 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'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: 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'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'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: 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: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: 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'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: 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: 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'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: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech 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'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: too little coverage to readComoros: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: 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'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'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: 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'sAlbania: 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 readCrimea: feelings about like the world'sEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall 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: feelings about like the world'sAnguilla: 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: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUzbekistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUS: 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'sUganda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTogo: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sThailand: coverage a little warmer 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 one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSlovakia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSeychelles: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSenegal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSt Vincent: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sQatar: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNiger: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little warmer 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 grief-stricken as the world'sMauritius: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMadagascar: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLuxembourg: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLibya: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sLesotho: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHungary: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuyana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGambia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little warmer than the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBelize: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArgentina: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sJersey: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGuernsey: 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

● Afghanistan about three times as angry as the world's · 745 stories about harm ● Kashmir about three times as fearful as the world's · 148 stories about harm ● Japan about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 421 stories about harm ● Libya about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 117 stories about harm ● Türkiye about twice as fearful as the world's · 161 stories about harm ● Qatar few stories about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 28 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 14,300 stories · more than usual (usually 27%) Conflict & violence26% 12,317 stories · more than usual (usually 23%) Health19% 9,280 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents12% 5,547 stories · much less than usual (usually 18%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,749 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,770 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,070 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 877 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 killed17,750 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,638 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,317 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured5,199 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees732 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced486 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions414 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting evacuations201 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people falling ill71 at about the usual rate

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
● 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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