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What the world's news said happened to people.
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40,698 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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Violence in Taouremba, protests in Athens (Greece) and people killed in Sweden drew the news. Sweden's coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was much softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 32 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostBurkina Faso 86 in 100 of its 69 stories, usually 29
RegionSoutheast Asia 34 in 100 of its stories, usually 30
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Burkina Faso

59 of its 69 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Taouremba accounted for 49 of Burkina Faso's 59 stories about harm, carried by 48 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (57 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Burkina Faso over 30 days → its stories → Taouremba stories →
Protests & strikes

Greece

490 of its 849 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Athens accounted for 413 of Greece's 490 stories about harm, carried by 276 outlets. 210 of Athens' 413 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (226 stories).

Greece over 30 days → its stories → Athens stories →
Health

Sweden

205 of its 577 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (72 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Sweden over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

321 of its 551 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (88 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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

Saudi Arabia

664 of its 1,197 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Riyadh accounted for 498 of Saudi Arabia's 664 stories about harm, carried by 328 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 4 times the usual rate (56 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Italy

594 of its 1,578 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (437 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Israel

533 of its 1,019 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (78 stories). Power cuts were named in 39 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Rights & justice

Cambodia

212 of its 351 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Phnom Penh accounted for 122 of Cambodia's 212 stories about harm, carried by 70 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Philippines

518 of its 1,201 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (160 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Haiti

32 of its 68 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (24 stories). Drownings were named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in Yemen (72 of its stories, about three times its usual); malaria in Papua New Guinea (43 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); natural hazards in Puerto Rico (77 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); natural hazards in Colombia (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Haiti (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 22; 19 the day before
27 in 10019 in 10019 Oct26 Oct2 Nov9 Nov17 Nov19 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 1009 Nov: 20 in 10010 Nov: 19 in 10011 Nov: 20 in 10012 Nov: 22 in 10013 Nov: 21 in 10014 Nov: 20 in 10015 Nov: 20 in 10016 Nov: 19 in 10017 Nov: 19 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 17 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 40,698 stories about harm among 213,136 counted on 17 Nov.

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It was the lowest share of stories about people being harmed since 11 May 2017. In Burkina Faso, 86% of the news was about people being harmed, where 29% is usual. Yemen's news mentioned outbreaks about three times as often as usual. 19 in every 100 of the day's 213,136 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 22.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Burkina Faso86 in 100 of its 69 stories · usually 29 · mostly conflict & violence Mali78 in 100 of its 181 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen74 in 100 of its 203 stories · usually 75 · mostly health Iraq74 in 100 of its 733 stories · usually 50 · mostly conflict & violence Papua New Guinea69 in 100 of its 195 stories · usually 59 · mostly displacement

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US261 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1446 Athens Greece210 stories about protests or strikes, of its 413 Harare Zimbabwe208 stories about protests or strikes, of its 549 Nairobi Kenya178 stories about protests or strikes, of its 240 Houston US140 stories about protests or strikes, of its 587

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: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: 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'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 readUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: 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: too little coverage to readTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth 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'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: 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'sNorth Korea: 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 readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: 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'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 readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: 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'sGermany: 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: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFiji: 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'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: 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 readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: feelings about like the world'sAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: 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 readVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: 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: 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 about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sThailand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTanzania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSweden: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMauritania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMalta: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage about twice as warm as the world'sMadagascar: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: 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'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sItaly: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIceland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFinland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEgypt: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sGreenland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDenmark: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage a little warmer than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChad: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCambodia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBulgaria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBotswana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBosnia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAustria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJersey: coverage about one and a half 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

● Mali about twice as warm as the world's · 141 stories about harm ● Madagascar few stories about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 32 stories about harm ● Philippines about twice as angry as the world's · 518 stories about harm ● Sweden about twice as fearful as the world's · 205 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 302 stories about harm ● Italy about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 594 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice32% 12,816 stories · more than usual (usually 28%) Health21% 8,464 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence17% 6,832 stories · much less than usual (usually 23%) Disasters & accidents15% 5,884 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,362 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,691 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,130 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 809 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 killed10,814 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Italy Stories reporting arrests5,240 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,682 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,789 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting refugees717 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced501 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions376 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting evacuations361 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill73 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 much 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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