← 13 Dec Thursday 14 December 2017 · to 23:59 UTC 15 Dec →
What the world's news said happened to people.
Counts of coverage, not of suffering
42,569 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.

How to read these numbers →

Most of the day's attention went to rights and justice in Asuncion, violence in Bucharest and protests in Milan (Italy). Romania's coverage was about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostParaguay 87 in 100 of its 90 stories, usually 17
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 30 in 100 of its stories, usually 27
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 →
Rights & justice

Paraguay

78 of its 90 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Asuncion accounted for 76 of Paraguay's 78 stories about harm, carried by 73 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 9 times the usual rate (77 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Paraguay over 30 days → its stories → Asuncion stories →
Conflict & violence

Romania

148 of its 357 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Bucharest accounted for 116 of Romania's 148 stories about harm, carried by 122 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (132 stories). Its coverage was about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Romania over 30 days → its stories → Bucharest stories →
Protests & strikes

Italy

38 of Milan's 71 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 9 times the usual rate (69 stories). Road crashes were named in 30 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Italy over 30 days → its stories → Milan stories →
Disasters & accidents

France

648 of its 2,178 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (338 stories). Train derailment was named in 182 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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

Somalia

570 of its 616 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Mogadishu accounted for 538 of Somalia's 570 stories about harm, carried by 418 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (341 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

South Sudan

77 of its 115 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (51 stories). Hunger was named in 44 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with cholera. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Israel

1,439 of its 3,562 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Jerusalem accounted for 1,177 of Israel's 1,439 stories about harm, carried by 469 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Myanmar

166 of its 213 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Yangon accounted for 124 of Myanmar's 166 stories about harm, carried by 105 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (107 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Tanzania

97 of its 207 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (50 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.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Bangladesh

447 of its 705 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (310 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: hunger in South Sudan (44 of its stories, about three times its usual); meningitis in Ghana (40 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); dengue in Puerto Rico (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); snowstorms in Kashmir (17 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); ebola in DR Congo (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 20; 20 the day before
24 in 10019 in 10015 Nov22 Nov29 Nov6 Dec14 Dec15 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 10030 Nov: 19 in 1001 Dec: 20 in 1002 Dec: 21 in 1003 Dec: 20 in 1004 Dec: 19 in 1005 Dec: 20 in 1006 Dec: 20 in 1007 Dec: 19 in 1008 Dec: 20 in 1009 Dec: 23 in 10010 Dec: 24 in 10011 Dec: 22 in 10012 Dec: 21 in 10013 Dec: 20 in 10014 Dec: 20 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 14 Dec. 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 42,569 stories about harm among 217,784 counted on 14 Dec.

Read the day's briefing

Paraguay's news was 87% about people being harmed, against a usual 17%. of the day's 217,784 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. South Sudan's news mentioned the hunger about three times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 14 December 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 →

Somalia93 in 100 of its 616 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Paraguay87 in 100 of its 90 stories · usually 17 · mostly rights & justice Congo78 in 100 of its 59 stories · usually 70 · mostly rights & justice Myanmar78 in 100 of its 213 stories · usually 59 · mostly rights & justice Libya74 in 100 of its 129 stories · usually 58 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US589 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2342 Jerusalem Israel404 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1177 Charlottesville US199 stories about protests or strikes, of its 211 Beijing China136 stories about protests or strikes, of its 314 Manhattan US99 stories about protests or strikes, of its 431

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'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: 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 readTurkmenistan: 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: too little coverage to readTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: 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: 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'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: 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'sNiger: 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'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: 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'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: 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'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: 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: 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 readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: 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 readCuba: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readBurundi: 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'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: 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 readJammu & Kashmir: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sAnguilla: 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: feelings about like the world'sNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: feelings about like the world'sSt. 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: feelings about like the world'sGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUzbekistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUruguay: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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'sUganda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sThailand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTanzania: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSomalia: coverage about twice as angry as 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 fearful than the world'sRomania: coverage about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world'sQatar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPeru: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sParaguay: coverage about one and a half times as fearful 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'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMexico: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMalaysia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMadagascar: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKiribati: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIndia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIceland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFrance: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCyprus: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCroatia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCongo: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sColombia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBotswana: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAlbania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: 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

● Romania about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 148 stories about harm ● Tanzania about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 97 stories about harm ● Somalia about twice as angry as the world's · 570 stories about harm ● Bangladesh about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 447 stories about harm ● Iraq about twice as fearful as the world's · 200 stories about harm ● Congo few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 46 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 12,125 stories · about as usual Health20% 8,371 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence18% 7,678 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 6,705 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,379 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 1,628 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,497 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 1,475 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 killed12,506 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,255 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,944 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,884 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees913 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations506 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced420 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions406 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill110 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Australia

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
● Feara little less than usual

From the words reporters used across the whole day, never one story. Fear is the weakest of the four measures. How?

The weekly briefing · 18 Oct – 24 Oct

The week in human impact

Read the week →

Unlock a year of trends, free. Follow up to 5 countries, with a bell when their news changes, and 👍 vote for Pro — ten years of the archive, any period, daily alerts.

Create a free account

Sign in · a username, an email and a password.

How to read these numbers →

These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.