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What the world's news said happened to people.
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45,984 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 Tunis (Tunisia), illness in Lusaka and refugees in Nigeria. Tunisia's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was softer than usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Canada → Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostZambia 60 in 100 of its 270 stories, usually 32
RegionEvery region about as usual
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Tunisia

261 of its 359 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Tunis accounted for 213 of Tunisia's 261 stories about harm, carried by 216 outlets. 207 of Tunis' 213 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (43 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Tunisia over 30 days → its stories → Tunis stories →
Health

Zambia

163 of its 270 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Lusaka accounted for 128 of Zambia's 163 stories about harm, carried by 117 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (111 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Zambia over 30 days → its stories → Lusaka stories →
Conflict & violence

Nigeria

744 of its 2,150 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (39 stories). Polio was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Pakistan

970 of its 1,683 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. 375 of Kasur's 453 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (134 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Albania

51 of its 81 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. 16 of Tirana's 27 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (14 stories).

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Spain

360 of its 1,090 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 160 of Madrid's 212 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (120 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Myanmar

145 of its 179 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (104 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

North Macedonia

63 of its 143 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Skopje accounted for 61 of North Macedonia's 63 stories about harm, carried by 55 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Colombia

90 of its 192 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (45 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: flu in Trinidad & Tobago (28 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); avalanche in Latvia (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Rwanda (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Mali (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plague in Italy (36 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 11 Jan. 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 45,984 stories about harm among 221,135 counted on 11 Jan.

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For the fourth day running, the news turned to Tunisia. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 221,135 stories, below the usual 22. Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about twice the usual rate. Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Canada. Tunisia stood out: 73% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 54%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Honduras81 in 100 of its 117 stories · usually 63 · mostly food & livelihood Myanmar81 in 100 of its 179 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Syria78 in 100 of its 536 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Tunisia73 in 100 of its 359 stories · usually 54 · mostly rights & justice Iraq64 in 100 of its 362 stories · usually 60 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Kasur Pakistan375 stories about protests or strikes, of its 453 Washington US244 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2086 Tunis Tunisia207 stories about protests or strikes, of its 213 Tehran Iran169 stories about protests or strikes, of its 349 Madrid Spain160 stories about protests or strikes, of its 212

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Vietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: 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: feelings about like the world'sCayman Islands: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSri 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: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: 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'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'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: 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'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: 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 readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sIceland: 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: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: 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: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: 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: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: 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'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: 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'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: 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'sAksai Chin: 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: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sMontserrat: too little coverage to readGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan 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: 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 more fearful than the world'sZambia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sYemen: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sUzbekistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPuerto Rico: 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 twice as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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 angry as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSenegal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPortugal: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPakistan: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sNorway: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNigeria: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNiger: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sWestern Sahara: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMali: coverage a little more fearful than 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 warm as the world'sLithuania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKuwait: 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 a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIreland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIndia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGambia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEstonia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEquatorial Guinea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEgypt: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEcuador: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCzechia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sCuba: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCongo: coverage a little warmer than the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sChile: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMyanmar: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBelarus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBarbados: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBahamas: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAlbania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sWestern Sahara: coverage a little angrier than the world'sWestern Sahara: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJersey: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMaldives: 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

● Czechia about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 57 stories about harm ● Syria about three times as angry as the world's · 418 stories about harm ● Colombia about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 90 stories about harm ● Türkiye about twice as fearful as the world's · 244 stories about harm ● Pakistan about three times as angry as the world's · 970 stories about harm ● Yemen about three times as angry as the world's · 140 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 13,295 stories · more than usual (usually 27%) Disasters & accidents22% 9,951 stories · about as usual Health21% 9,314 stories · more than usual (usually 18%) Conflict & violence14% 6,343 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 2,262 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,457 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,251 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,184 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 killed13,729 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,989 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,632 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,520 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting refugees750 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions492 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations488 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced344 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Syria and the US Stories reporting people falling ill200 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Canada

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 softer than 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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