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37,671 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 violence in Sarajevo, rights and justice in Tirana and drownings in Greece. Bosnia's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostBosnia 97 in 100 of its 189 stories, usually 51
RegionEast Asia 20 in 100 of its stories, usually 16
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

Bosnia

183 of its 189 stories (97%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Sarajevo accounted for 102 of Bosnia's 183 stories about harm, carried by 111 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Bosnia over 30 days → its stories → Sarajevo stories →
Rights & justice

Albania

76 of its 103 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Tirana accounted for 68 of Albania's 76 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (74 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Albania over 30 days → its stories → Tirana stories →
Disasters & accidents

Greece

222 of its 568 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (166 stories). Drownings were named in 80 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with landslides. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Argentina

383 of its 725 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (308 stories). Storms were named in 69 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.

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Food & livelihood

Morocco

165 of its 267 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Essaouira accounted for 114 of Morocco's 165 stories about harm, carried by 114 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (42 stories).

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Conflict & violence

North Korea

645 of its 1,244 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Hepatitis was named in 19 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tuberculosis and train derailment. Its coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Lebanon

146 of its 266 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (33 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

317 of its 550 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Jakarta accounted for 231 of Indonesia's 317 stories about harm, carried by 204 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (33 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Kenya

549 of its 1,057 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. 279 of Nairobi's 365 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: storms in Argentina (69 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); hiv in South Africa (48 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flu in South Korea (25 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Somalia (15 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); tsunami in Australia (74 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 20 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 37,671 stories about harm among 194,124 counted on 20 Nov.

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It was the third day running that the news turned to Bosnia. of the day's 194,124 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 21. Greece's news mentioned drownings about 5 times as often as usual. Bosnia's news was 97% about people being harmed, against a usual 51%. On 20 November 2016, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Bosnia97 in 100 of its 189 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence New Caledonia82 in 100 of its 130 stories · usually 56 · mostly disasters & accidents Albania74 in 100 of its 103 stories · usually 35 · mostly rights & justice Somalia67 in 100 of its 108 stories · usually 77 · mostly conflict & violence Algeria63 in 100 of its 87 stories · usually 18 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Harare Zimbabwe522 stories about protests or strikes, of its 740 Nairobi Kenya279 stories about protests or strikes, of its 365 Washington US215 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1414 Ramallah Palestine102 stories about protests or strikes, of its 178 Berlin Germany78 stories about protests or strikes, of its 175

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: 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 readUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth 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: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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. Lucia: too little coverage to readRussia: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: 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'sLesotho: 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'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIsrael: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIraq: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: 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 readFrench 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: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: 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 readDenmark: 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: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: 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'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'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAksai Chin: 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 readEast 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: 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: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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 warm as the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sGuam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUS: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: 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'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSweden: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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'sRomania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPoland: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about 4 times as fearful as the world'sNiger: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMalaysia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMadagascar: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJapan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJamaica: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIran: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGreece: 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 warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNew Caledonia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFinland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEcuador: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCzechia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sColombia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCambodia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBosnia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBelize: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAlbania: coverage about one and a half times as warm 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'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'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAnguilla: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMaldives: coverage a little angrier 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

● North Korea about 4 times as fearful as the world's · 645 stories about harm ● Bosnia about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 183 stories about harm ● Madagascar few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 31 stories about harm ● Czechia about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 77 stories about harm ● Poland about twice as angry as the world's · 150 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 282 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 10,302 stories · about as usual Health21% 7,786 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence18% 6,502 stories · much less than usual (usually 23%) Disasters & accidents16% 6,015 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given9% 3,264 stories · more than usual (usually 6%) Shelter & services4% 1,475 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 837 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 812 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 killed12,478 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,261 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,091 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people injured2,558 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Morocco Stories reporting refugees788 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced358 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions327 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the Philippines Stories reporting evacuations200 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Morocco and the US Stories reporting people falling ill23 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and India

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
● Griefa little more 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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