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What the world's news said happened to people.
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42,652 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 drownings in Latvia, violence in Buenos Aires and abductions in Sri Lanka. Argentina's coverage was about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran much softer than usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Pakistan →
Part of lifeRights & justice 32 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostSri Lanka 58 in 100 of its 535 stories, usually 27
RegionEvery region about as usual
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 →
Disasters & accidents

Latvia

54 of its 125 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (43 stories). Drownings were named in 30 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with extreme cold. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Latvia over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Argentina

147 of its 394 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Buenos Aires accounted for 136 of Argentina's 147 stories about harm, carried by 119 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (138 stories). Its coverage was about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Argentina over 30 days → its stories → Buenos Aires stories →
Rights & justice

Sri Lanka

309 of its 535 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (235 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Sri Lanka over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Tanzania

77 of its 159 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (51 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Saudi Arabia

971 of its 1,700 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Riyadh accounted for 631 of Saudi Arabia's 971 stories about harm, carried by 431 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

North Korea

528 of its 1,164 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Pyongyang accounted for 455 of North Korea's 528 stories about harm, carried by 411 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (109 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Vietnam

Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). House fires were named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Pakistan

130 of Islamabad's 173 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (79 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Cameroon

16 of Bamenda's 28 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: drought in Nepal (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); landslides in Colombia (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tsunami in Haiti (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); typhoon in Philippines (96 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); hunger in Uganda (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 23; 22 the day before
27 in 10019 in 10010 Oct17 Oct24 Oct31 Oct8 Nov10 Oct: 22 in 10011 Oct: 21 in 10012 Oct: 22 in 10013 Oct: 22 in 10014 Oct: 26 in 10015 Oct: 25 in 10016 Oct: 24 in 10017 Oct: 23 in 10018 Oct: 22 in 10019 Oct: 22 in 10020 Oct: 22 in 10021 Oct: 27 in 10022 Oct: 25 in 10023 Oct: 22 in 10024 Oct: 21 in 10025 Oct: 20 in 10026 Oct: 21 in 10027 Oct: 21 in 10028 Oct: 23 in 10029 Oct: 24 in 10030 Oct: 21 in 10031 Oct: 21 in 1001 Nov: 24 in 1002 Nov: 22 in 1003 Nov: 21 in 1004 Nov: 24 in 1005 Nov: 25 in 1006 Nov: 24 in 1007 Nov: 22 in 1008 Nov: 19 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 8 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 42,652 stories about harm among 222,738 counted on 8 Nov.

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It was the lowest share of stories about people being harmed since 11 May 2017. Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Pakistan. Latvia's news mentioned drownings about 7 times as often as usual. 19 in every 100 of the day's 222,738 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 23.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Mali76 in 100 of its 92 stories · usually 49 · mostly conflict & violence Syria68 in 100 of its 745 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Libya68 in 100 of its 130 stories · usually 63 · mostly rights & justice Papua New Guinea67 in 100 of its 168 stories · usually 54 · mostly displacement Antarctica64 in 100 of its 66 stories · usually 27 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Madrid Spain248 stories about protests or strikes, of its 266 Pyongyang North Korea216 stories about protests or strikes, of its 455 Washington US202 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1589 Islamabad Pakistan130 stories about protests or strikes, of its 173 Barcelona Spain124 stories about protests or strikes, of its 130

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: 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'sPuerto Rico: 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: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: 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'sTajikistan: 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 readSudan: feelings about like the world'sSpain: 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'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: 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: too little coverage to readPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: 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'sNamibia: 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'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: 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'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: 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'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sComoros: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: 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'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: 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: too little coverage to readAngola: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sPitcairn: 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: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little warmer than the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sGuam: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUS: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken 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 twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSt Vincent: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage a little more fearful than 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 a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPanama: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than 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 grief-stricken as the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNicaragua: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMexico: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMauritania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMalta: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMadagascar: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLesotho: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLatvia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little more fearful 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'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIndia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuyana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuatemala: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFrance: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFrench Polynesia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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 more grief-stricken than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCameroon: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sCambodia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sBurundi: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArgentina: coverage about 5 times as grief-stricken as 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 a little more fearful than 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 about one and a half times as angry as 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 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

● Argentina about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 147 stories about harm ● Sri Lanka about twice as angry as the world's · 309 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 505 stories about harm ● Venezuela about twice as angry as the world's · 159 stories about harm ● Saudi Arabia about twice as angry as the world's · 971 stories about harm ● Lebanon about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 147 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice32% 13,152 stories · more than usual (usually 27%) Conflict & violence21% 8,745 stories · about as usual Health20% 8,516 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents13% 5,204 stories · much less than usual (usually 18%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,483 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 1,885 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 812 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 792 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 killed13,537 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,729 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,286 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,124 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting refugees879 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions684 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced262 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting evacuations201 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Mexico Stories reporting people falling ill173 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Pakistan

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 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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