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What the world's news said happened to people.
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44,639 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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People displaced in Croatia, a disaster in Bali and protests in Caracas (Venezuela) drew the news. Croatia's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Gabon →
Part of lifeRights & justice 33 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostCroatia 69 in 100 of its 1,020 stories, usually 21
RegionSoutheast Asia 40 in 100 of its stories, usually 30
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Conflict & violence

Croatia

702 of its 1,020 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (18 stories). Poisoning was named in 27 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

Croatia over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

1,158 of its 1,529 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Bali accounted for 762 of Indonesia's 1,158 stories about harm, carried by 602 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (533 stories). Cyclone was named in 81 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with landslides.

Indonesia over 30 days → its stories → Bali stories →
Protests & strikes

Venezuela

256 of its 427 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. 62 of Caracas' 103 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (180 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Venezuela over 30 days → its stories → Caracas stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Greece

239 of its 568 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. 96 of Athens' 146 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (111 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Denmark

112 of its 272 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (87 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

South Sudan

195 of its 256 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Sudan

88 of its 123 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (42 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Cameroon

47 of its 80 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Lebanon

167 of its 339 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Beirut accounted for 139 of Lebanon's 167 stories about harm, carried by 130 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 9 times the usual rate (123 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: hiv in Iran (187 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Côte d’Ivoire (50 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Vietnam (35 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Japan (26 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Spain (30 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 21; 20 the day before
25 in 10019 in 10031 Oct7 Nov14 Nov21 Nov29 Nov31 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 10018 Nov: 21 in 10019 Nov: 21 in 10020 Nov: 19 in 10021 Nov: 20 in 10022 Nov: 20 in 10023 Nov: 20 in 10024 Nov: 21 in 10025 Nov: 24 in 10026 Nov: 23 in 10027 Nov: 20 in 10028 Nov: 20 in 10029 Nov: 19 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 29 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 44,639 stories about harm among 231,699 counted on 29 Nov.

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Croatia's news was 69% about people being harmed, against a usual 21%. of the day's 231,699 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 21. Iran's news mentioned HIV more than ten times as often as usual. People falling ill were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Gabon. A year earlier, on 29 November 2016, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Somalia77 in 100 of its 239 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence South Sudan76 in 100 of its 256 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Indonesia76 in 100 of its 1,529 stories · usually 49 · mostly disasters & accidents Sudan72 in 100 of its 123 stories · usually 51 · mostly rights & justice Syria71 in 100 of its 699 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US550 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2076 Detroit US237 stories about protests or strikes, of its 332 Beijing China119 stories about protests or strikes, of its 310 Athens Greece96 stories about protests or strikes, of its 146 Greenville US91 stories about protests or strikes, of its 180

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: 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 readIsle 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'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'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: 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'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sOman: 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 readMozambique: 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'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: 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'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIran: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew 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: too little coverage to readEcuador: 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'sCuba: 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: feelings about like the world'sChina: 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 readBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: 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'sBarbados: 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 readAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sJammu & Kashmir: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sSiachen Glacier: feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: 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 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: feelings about like the world'sJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: feelings about like the world'sSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readAruba: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: 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'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCayman Islands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTogo: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSyria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sQatar: 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'sPeru: coverage a little warmer than the world'sParaguay: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful 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 a little more fearful than the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMalta: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage about twice as fearful as 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'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIndia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHungary: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHonduras: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuinea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGreece: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFiji: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEgypt: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sDenmark: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sCroatia: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sCambodia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBosnia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBelarus: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArgentina: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCook Islands: 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

● South Sudan about three times as angry as the world's · 195 stories about harm ● Croatia about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 702 stories about harm ● Côte d’Ivoire about three times as fearful as the world's · 70 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 196 stories about harm ● Greece about twice as fearful as the world's · 239 stories about harm ● Bosnia about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 154 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice33% 14,249 stories · more than usual (usually 29%) Conflict & violence20% 8,809 stories · less than usual (usually 23%) Health20% 8,586 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents14% 6,321 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 2,243 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,486 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,028 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 971 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 killed12,844 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,341 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,445 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,349 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and the Philippines Stories reporting refugees695 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Lebanon and Palestine Stories reporting people displaced626 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Saudi Arabia and the US Stories reporting abductions550 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations466 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Indonesia and the US Stories reporting people falling ill164 at about three times the usual rate · most about the US and Gabon

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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