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44,219 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 protests in Skopje (North Macedonia), violence in Ouagadougou and a disaster in Bali. North Macedonia's coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 34 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostBurkina Faso 86 in 100 of its 456 stories, usually 37
RegionSoutheast Asia 40 in 100 of its stories, usually 29
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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Protests & strikes

North Macedonia

106 of its 127 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Skopje accounted for 96 of North Macedonia's 106 stories about harm, carried by 94 outlets. 93 of Skopje's 96 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (81 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

North Macedonia over 30 days → its stories → Skopje stories →
Conflict & violence

Burkina Faso

393 of its 456 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Ouagadougou accounted for 387 of Burkina Faso's 393 stories about harm, carried by 221 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (115 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Burkina Faso over 30 days → its stories → Ouagadougou stories →
Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

1,228 of its 1,861 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Bali accounted for 680 of Indonesia's 1,228 stories about harm, carried by 640 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (411 stories). Flooding was named in 77 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with heavy rain, cyclone and tropical storm.

Indonesia over 30 days → its stories → Bali stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Guinea

37 of its 64 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Guinea over 30 days → its stories →
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Protests & strikes

Kenya

816 of its 1,637 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Nairobi accounted for 693 of Kenya's 816 stories about harm, carried by 435 outlets. 354 of Nairobi's 693 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (721 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Romania

80 of its 328 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (75 stories). Storms were named in 28 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Bangladesh

539 of its 838 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories). Heavy rain was named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with cyclone and cholera.

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Rights & justice

Myanmar

604 of its 776 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Yangon accounted for 276 of Myanmar's 604 stories about harm, carried by 201 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Egypt

472 of its 760 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (140 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Zimbabwe

345 of its 935 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. 148 of Harare's 214 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (19 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: power cuts in Brazil (28 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in Romania (28 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); meningitis in Yemen (31 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); drought in Somalia (16 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); poisoning in Germany (48 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 21; 20 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 28 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 44,219 stories about harm among 224,242 counted on 28 Nov.

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Brazil's news mentioned power cuts more than ten times as often as usual. 20 in every 100 of the day's 224,242 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 21. In North Macedonia, 83% of the news was about people being harmed, where 33% is usual. A year earlier, on 28 November 2016, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Burkina Faso86 in 100 of its 456 stories · usually 37 · mostly conflict & violence North Macedonia83 in 100 of its 127 stories · usually 33 · mostly rights & justice Myanmar78 in 100 of its 776 stories · usually 65 · mostly rights & justice Yemen68 in 100 of its 188 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia67 in 100 of its 104 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US515 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2032 Nairobi Kenya354 stories about protests or strikes, of its 693 Beijing China302 stories about protests or strikes, of its 622 Hyderabad India172 stories about protests or strikes, of its 218 Islamabad Pakistan163 stories about protests or strikes, of its 236

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: 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 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'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: 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'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMalta: 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'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: 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'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: 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'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: 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 readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: 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'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: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: 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'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: 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'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: 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 readAlbania: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican 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: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: 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 readYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little angrier than the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSpain: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little warmer 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 a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRomania: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sQatar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sParaguay: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sOman: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorth Korea: 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'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMorocco: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMauritania: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMali: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sMadagascar: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIsrael: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIraq: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuyana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuinea: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGermany: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sGeorgia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEgypt: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCuba: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCroatia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sChad: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sBurundi: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBotswana: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sBosnia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustralia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCook Islands: coverage a little more fearful than 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

● Iraq about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 172 stories about harm ● Myanmar about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 604 stories about harm ● Mali about twice as angry as the world's · 68 stories about harm ● Philippines about twice as fearful as the world's · 816 stories about harm ● Australia about twice as fearful as the world's · 1,388 stories about harm ● Kenya about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 816 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice34% 14,864 stories · much more than usual (usually 29%) Conflict & violence19% 8,244 stories · less than usual (usually 23%) Health18% 7,975 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents15% 6,564 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 2,379 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,374 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,189 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 765 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 killed12,093 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Kenya Stories reporting arrests5,999 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,713 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,590 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Pakistan Stories reporting refugees792 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations661 at about twice the usual rate · most about Indonesia and the US Stories reporting abductions504 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced332 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Afghanistan and the US Stories reporting people falling ill59 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
● 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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