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What the world's news said happened to people.
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44,425 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 Port-au-Prince, rights and justice in Caracas and violence in Srebrenica drew the news. Bosnia's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Haiti and Nigeria → Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostHaiti 76 in 100 of its 989 stories, usually 37
RegionCentral Asia 37 in 100 of its stories, usually 26
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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Disasters & accidents

Haiti

750 of its 989 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 319 of Haiti's 750 stories about harm, carried by 356 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (486 stories). Cholera was named in 483 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Haiti over 30 days → its stories → Port-au-Prince stories →
Rights & justice

Venezuela

229 of its 358 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Caracas accounted for 166 of Venezuela's 229 stories about harm, carried by 116 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (198 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Venezuela over 30 days → its stories → Caracas stories →
Conflict & violence

Bosnia

94 of its 110 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Srebrenica accounted for 62 of Bosnia's 94 stories about harm, carried by 58 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Bosnia over 30 days → its stories → Srebrenica stories →
Health

Sweden

112 of its 420 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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

Portugal

121 of its 256 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Lisbon accounted for 99 of Portugal's 121 stories about harm, carried by 82 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (111 stories). Drought was named in 114 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

379 of its 564 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (24 stories). Drownings were named in 83 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Kazakhstan

92 of its 159 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (78 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Nigeria

1,279 of its 2,891 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (213 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Argentina

333 of its 700 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (284 stories). Storms were named in 33 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Russia

996 of its 3,005 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (212 stories). Accidents were named in 81 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: drought in Portugal (114 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Indonesia (145 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Afghanistan (83 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Spain (41 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Rwanda (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 21 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 44,425 stories about harm among 223,677 counted on 21 Nov.

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On the side of help, reports of peace efforts ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 223,677 stories, below the usual 21. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Haiti and Nigeria. In Portugal's news, mentions of the drought ran about 5 times their usual. Haiti stood out: 76% 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 →

Bosnia85 in 100 of its 110 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Niger82 in 100 of its 223 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence Haiti76 in 100 of its 989 stories · usually 37 · mostly disasters & accidents Somalia70 in 100 of its 392 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan67 in 100 of its 564 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US584 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1455 Harare Zimbabwe210 stories about protests or strikes, of its 606 Boston US200 stories about protests or strikes, of its 628 Beijing China173 stories about protests or strikes, of its 260 Ramallah Palestine148 stories about protests or strikes, of its 190

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Vietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: too little coverage to readUnited 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 readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: 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'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'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: 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'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: 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 Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: 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'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: 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'sIsrael: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sHungary: 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'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt 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 readEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: 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'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: 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 readBurkina 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: too little coverage to readBelize: 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 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'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai 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: 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 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: too little coverage to readAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: 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'sZambia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: 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'sTajikistan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSomalia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sRussia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sQatar: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPortugal: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMadagascar: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLesotho: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKenya: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJapan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIreland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIceland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHonduras: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as warm 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'sGermany: coverage about twice as fearful as 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'sFiji: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDominican Republic: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCzechia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCyprus: coverage a little warmer than the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than 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'sBurundi: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBosnia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sMaldives: 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

● North Korea about three times as fearful as the world's · 466 stories about harm ● Nigeria about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 1,279 stories about harm ● Bosnia about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 94 stories about harm ● Burundi few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 38 stories about harm ● Iraq about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 363 stories about harm ● Venezuela about twice as fearful as the world's · 229 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 12,918 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence21% 8,907 stories · about as usual Health20% 8,609 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 6,847 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,800 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,563 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 949 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 827 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 killed13,383 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,152 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,576 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,365 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Iraq Stories reporting refugees1,387 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Haiti and Russia Stories reporting people displaced1,087 at about twice the usual rate · most about Haiti and Nigeria Stories reporting abductions387 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting evacuations294 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill34 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Haiti

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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