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What the world's news said happened to people.
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46,193 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 violence in Minsk, protests in Khartoum (Sudan) and rights and justice in Ndong. Sudan's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was about as usual.

Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 34 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostBelarus 62 in 100 of its 184 stories, usually 11
RegionCentral Asia 23 in 100 of its stories, usually 17
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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Conflict & violence

Belarus

115 of its 184 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Minsk accounted for 113 of Belarus' 115 stories about harm, carried by 123 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (109 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Belarus over 30 days → its stories → Minsk stories →
Protests & strikes

Sudan

136 of its 170 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. 41 of Khartoum's 55 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (46 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Sudan over 30 days → its stories → Khartoum stories →
Disasters & accidents

Netherlands

168 of its 474 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at about 10 times the usual rate (48 stories). Storms were named in 66 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with snowstorms and avalanche.

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

Gambia

98 of its 188 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Banjul accounted for 91 of the Gambia's 98 stories about harm, carried by 110 outlets. 82 of Banjul's 91 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Somalia

200 of its 243 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Mogadishu accounted for 131 of Somalia's 200 stories about harm, carried by 133 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (40 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Brazil

309 of its 698 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (270 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Kazakhstan

62 of its 170 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Israel

829 of its 1,637 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Jerusalem accounted for 597 of Israel's 829 stories about harm, carried by 233 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (373 stories).

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Displacement

South Sudan

110 of its 128 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 72%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 8 times the usual rate (74 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: helicopter crash in Zimbabwe (95 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in North Korea (51 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Malawi (16 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); accidents in Panama (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tsunami in Japan (53 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 19 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 46,193 stories about harm among 212,939 counted on 19 Jan.

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Belarus' news was 62% about people being harmed, against a usual 11%. of the day's 212,939 news stories, 22 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 23. Zimbabwe's news mentioned helicopter crash more than ten times as often as usual. Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. On 19 January 2017, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 22 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Equatorial Guinea91 in 100 of its 106 stories · usually 67 · mostly rights & justice South Sudan86 in 100 of its 128 stories · usually 72 · mostly displacement Somalia82 in 100 of its 243 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan80 in 100 of its 170 stories · usually 44 · mostly rights & justice Syria72 in 100 of its 648 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US999 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2580 Jerusalem Israel200 stories about protests or strikes, of its 597 Santiago Chile165 stories about protests or strikes, of its 222 Moscow Russia160 stories about protests or strikes, of its 453 Paris France104 stories about protests or strikes, of its 269

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Vanuatu: 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'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: 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 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 readRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: 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'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 readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: 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'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: 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'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKenya: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: 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'sHaiti: 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'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: 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 readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: 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 readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: 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'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: 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'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: 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'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: 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 readAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: 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: too little coverage to readMarshall 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: 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: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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: feelings about like the world'sGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sZambia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUganda: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSweden: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sSenegal: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken 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 about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sPeru: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNiger: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMauritania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLibya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken 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 a little more fearful than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGuyana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuinea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGreece: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGambia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sFinland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sChile: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBrunei: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelize: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelarus: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sBarbados: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more fearful 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'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 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'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

● Belarus about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 115 stories about harm ● Somalia about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 200 stories about harm ● Congo few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 19 stories about harm ● Germany about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 535 stories about harm ● Syria about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 468 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 156 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice34% 15,413 stories · much more than usual (usually 28%) Health20% 8,920 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents17% 7,678 stories · much less than usual (usually 23%) Conflict & violence16% 7,175 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,862 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,388 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,223 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 708 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 killed13,324 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,567 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,838 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,600 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees753 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions518 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced472 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations274 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people falling ill86 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
● 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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