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What the world's news said happened to people.
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40,426 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 Santiago (Chile), building collapse in Indonesia and gas explosion in Belgium. Papua New Guinea's coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostQatar 54 in 100 of its 575 stories, usually 13
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 46 in 100 of its stories, usually 32
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

Chile

379 of its 650 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Santiago accounted for 348 of Chile's 379 stories about harm, carried by 346 outlets. 176 of Santiago's 348 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Chile over 30 days → its stories → Santiago stories →
Health

Indonesia

678 of its 1,065 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Jakarta accounted for 602 of Indonesia's 678 stories about harm, carried by 670 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (551 stories). Building collapse was named in 172 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Indonesia over 30 days → its stories → Jakarta stories →
Conflict & violence

Belgium

120 of its 296 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (84 stories). Gas explosion was named in 34 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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

Iraq

657 of its 823 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Baghdad accounted for 601 of Iraq's 657 stories about harm, carried by 718 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (554 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Libya

233 of its 301 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Tripoli accounted for 206 of Libya's 233 stories about harm, carried by 242 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (111 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Venezuela

209 of its 283 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Caracas accounted for 178 of Venezuela's 209 stories about harm, carried by 146 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (133 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Senegal

98 of its 158 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (93 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Thailand

180 of its 453 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 103 of Bangkok's 131 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (120 stories).

its stories →
Protests & strikes

North Macedonia

87 of its 201 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 63 of Skopje's 65 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (84 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in Philippines (440 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in North Korea (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); food poisoning in Mexico (26 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Puerto Rico (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); oil spill in China (86 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

24 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 23; 24 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 15 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 40,426 stories about harm among 166,188 counted on 15 Jan.

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The Philippines' news mentioned volcanic eruption more than ten times as often as usual. 24 in every 100 of the day's 166,188 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 23. On the side of help, reports of peace efforts ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Chile stood out: 58% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 22%. On 15 January 2017, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, against 24 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Iraq80 in 100 of its 823 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Libya77 in 100 of its 301 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence Papua New Guinea77 in 100 of its 138 stories · usually 43 · mostly disasters & accidents Chad76 in 100 of its 63 stories · usually 28 · mostly displacement Haiti75 in 100 of its 807 stories · usually 52 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US368 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1844 Jerusalem Israel191 stories about protests or strikes, of its 863 Santiago Chile176 stories about protests or strikes, of its 348 Bledsoe County US153 stories about protests or strikes, of its 166 Tunis Tunisia112 stories about protests or strikes, of its 117

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'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'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: 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 readSudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: 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'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: 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 readWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: 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'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: 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'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: 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: 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'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: 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 readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: 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'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: 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: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: 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: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: 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 readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAksai 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: too little coverage to readMarshall 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: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: 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: feelings about like the world'sSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk 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 readYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as angry as 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'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about three times 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'sTogo: coverage a little warmer than the world'sThailand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSlovenia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSenegal: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPeru: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as angry 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'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNepal: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMexico: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMadagascar: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLibya: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than 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 fearful as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIreland: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sGambia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEquatorial Guinea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCzechia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCongo: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sColombia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChile: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sChad: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBotswana: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelgium: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAngola: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAlbania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful 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

● Iraq about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 657 stories about harm ● Türkiye about three times as fearful as the world's · 463 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 259 stories about harm ● Kashmir about three times as fearful as the world's · 106 stories about harm ● Papua New Guinea about three times as fearful as the world's · 106 stories about harm ● Senegal about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 98 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice31% 12,477 stories · more than usual (usually 27%) Disasters & accidents22% 8,841 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence18% 7,076 stories · about as usual Health16% 6,225 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 2,192 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,349 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,090 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 677 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 killed11,968 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,873 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,181 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests3,934 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting evacuations667 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the Philippines and Türkiye Stories reporting refugees655 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions394 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced391 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill21 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and France

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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