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What the world's news said happened to people.
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38,326 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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The news turned to protests in Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates), violence in Kabul and evacuations in North Korea. Afghanistan's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostMaldives 63 in 100 of its 102 stories, usually 13
RegionSoutheast Asia 39 in 100 of its stories, usually 33
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

United Arab Emirates

197 of its 633 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 8%. 74 of Abu Dhabi's 79 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (93 stories). House fires were named in 87 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

United Arab Emirates over 30 days → its stories → Abu Dhabi stories →
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

705 of its 842 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Kabul accounted for 624 of Afghanistan's 705 stories about harm, carried by 458 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (270 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Kabul stories →
Health

North Korea

123 of its 340 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (23 stories). Poisoning was named in 49 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with drought.

North Korea over 30 days → its stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Czechia

58 of its 195 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (52 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Sudan

55 of its 75 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Khartoum accounted for 40 of Sudan's 55 stories about harm, carried by 26 outlets. 26 of Khartoum's 40 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (28 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Yemen

286 of its 352 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 73%. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (135 stories). Diphtheria was named in 117 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Peru

Lima accounted for 177 of Peru's 214 stories about harm, carried by 204 outlets. 114 of Lima's 177 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (60 stories). Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Egypt

53 of Cairo's 91 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories). Drought was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Thailand

399 of its 679 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (318 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Poland

156 of its 335 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 45 of Warsaw's 79 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: measles in Indonesia (69 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); diphtheria in Yemen (117 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); diphtheria in Saudi Arabia (39 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Argentina (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Philippines (135 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 23; 25 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 22 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 38,326 stories about harm among 186,305 counted on 22 Jan.

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The United Arab Emirates' news was 31% about people being harmed, against a usual 8%. of the day's 186,305 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 23. A year earlier, on 22 January 2017, 23 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Afghanistan84 in 100 of its 842 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen81 in 100 of its 352 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Congo81 in 100 of its 79 stories · usually 74 · mostly rights & justice Sudan73 in 100 of its 75 stories · usually 46 · mostly rights & justice Syria70 in 100 of its 1,355 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Jerusalem Israel529 stories about protests or strikes, of its 836 Afrin Syria341 stories about protests or strikes, of its 689 Washington US309 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1267 Hollywood US231 stories about protests or strikes, of its 639 Davos Switzerland221 stories about protests or strikes, of its 323

Stories, not people.

Where harm was most of the news

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: near the world's share or lessZambia: near the world's share or lessVanuatu: near the world's share or lessUzbekistan: near the world's share or lessUruguay: near the world's share or lessMicronesia: near the world's share or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessGuam: near the world's share or lessPuerto Rico: near the world's share or lessUnited States: near the world's share or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: no storiesFalkland Islands: near the world's share or lessCayman Islands: near the world's share or lessIsle of Man: no storiesUnited Kingdom: near the world's share or lessUkraine: near the world's share or lessTurkmenistan: near the world's share or lessTrinidad & Tobago: near the world's share or lessTonga: near the world's share or lessTogo: near the world's share or lessTimor-Leste: near the world's share or lessTanzania: near the world's share or lessTajikistan: near the world's share or lessTaiwan: near the world's share or lessSwitzerland: near the world's share or lessSweden: near the world's share or lessEswatini: near the world's share or lessSuriname: near the world's share or lessSri Lanka: near the world's share or lessSpain: near the world's share or lessSouth Korea: near the world's share or lessSouth Africa: near the world's share or lessSomaliland: no storiesSlovakia: near the world's share or lessSlovenia: near the world's share or lessSingapore: near the world's share or lessSierra Leone: near the world's share or lessSeychelles: near the world's share or lessSerbia: no storiesSenegal: near the world's share or lessSaudi Arabia: near the world's share or lessSão Tomé: near the world's share or lessSamoa: near the world's share or lessSt Vincent: near the world's share or lessSt. Lucia: near the world's share or lessRussia: near the world's share or lessRomania: near the world's share or lessQatar: near the world's share or lessPortugal: near the world's share or lessParaguay: near the world's share or lessPanama: near the world's share or lessPalau: near the world's share or lessOman: near the world's share or lessNorway: near the world's share or lessNigeria: near the world's share or lessNiger: near the world's share or lessNicaragua: near the world's share or lessNew Zealand: near the world's share or lessNiue: no storiesNetherlands: near the world's share or lessCuraçao: no storiesNepal: near the world's share or lessNamibia: near the world's share or lessMozambique: near the world's share or lessMorocco: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara: near the world's share or lessMontenegro: near the world's share or lessMongolia: near the world's share or lessMoldova: near the world's share or lessMexico: near the world's share or lessMauritania: near the world's share or lessMalta: near the world's share or lessMali: near the world's share or lessMalaysia: near the world's share or lessMalawi: near the world's share or lessMadagascar: near the world's share or lessNorth Macedonia: near the world's share or lessLuxembourg: near the world's share or lessLithuania: near the world's share or lessLibya: near the world's share or lessLiberia: near the world's share or lessLesotho: near the world's share or lessLatvia: near the world's share or lessLaos: near the world's share or lessKyrgyzstan: near the world's share or lessKuwait: near the world's share or lessKosovo: no storiesKiribati: near the world's share or lessKazakhstan: near the world's share or lessJordan: near the world's share or lessJapan: near the world's share or lessJamaica: near the world's share or lessItaly: near the world's share or lessIreland: near the world's share or lessIndia: near the world's share or lessIceland: near the world's share or lessHungary: near the world's share or lessGuyana: near the world's share or lessGuinea-Bissau: no storiesGuinea: near the world's share or lessGuatemala: near the world's share or lessGrenada: near the world's share or lessGreece: near the world's share or lessGhana: near the world's share or lessGermany: near the world's share or lessGeorgia: near the world's share or lessGabon: near the world's share or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: no storiesFrench Polynesia: near the world's share or lessNew Caledonia: near the world's share or lessFrench Southern Territories: no storiesÅland Islands: no storiesFinland: near the world's share or lessFiji: near the world's share or lessEstonia: near the world's share or lessEquatorial Guinea: near the world's share or lessDominican Republic: near the world's share or lessDominica: near the world's share or lessDjibouti: near the world's share or lessGreenland: near the world's share or lessFaroe Islands: no storiesDenmark: near the world's share or lessN. Cyprus: no storiesCyprus: near the world's share or lessCuba: near the world's share or lessCroatia: near the world's share or lessCôte d'Ivoire: near the world's share or lessCosta Rica: near the world's share or lessComoros: no storiesChina: near the world's share or lessHong Kong: near the world's share or lessChile: near the world's share or lessCape Verde: no storiesCanada: near the world's share or lessCameroon: near the world's share or lessBurundi: near the world's share or lessBurkina Faso: near the world's share or lessBulgaria: near the world's share or lessBrunei: near the world's share or lessBrazil: near the world's share or lessBotswana: near the world's share or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: near the world's share or lessBhutan: near the world's share or lessBenin: near the world's share or lessBelize: near the world's share or lessBelarus: near the world's share or lessBarbados: near the world's share or lessBahrain: near the world's share or lessBahamas: near the world's share or lessAzerbaijan: near the world's share or lessAustria: near the world's share or lessAustralia: near the world's share or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: no storiesArmenia: near the world's share or lessArgentina: near the world's share or lessAntigua & Barbuda: near the world's share or lessAngola: near the world's share or lessAndorra: near the world's share or lessAlgeria: near the world's share or lessAksai Chin: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): near the world's share or lessCrimea: near the world's share or lessVatican City: near the world's share or lessMarshall Islands: near the world's share or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: near the world's share or lessAmerican Samoa: near the world's share or lessChagos Islands: no storiesSt. Helena: near the world's share or lessPitcairn: near the world's share or lessAnguilla: near the world's share or lessBermuda: near the world's share or lessBritish Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: near the world's share or lessMontserrat: near the world's share or lessJersey: near the world's share or lessGuernsey: near the world's share or lessSan Marino: near the world's share or lessSt Kitts & Nevis: no storiesCook Islands: near the world's share or lessAruba: near the world's share or lessNauru: no storiesMonaco: near the world's share or lessLiechtenstein: no storiesWallis & Futuna: no storiesSt. Martin: no storiesSt. Barthélemy: no storiesMacao: near the world's share or lessNorfolk Island: no storiesSint Maarten: no storiesChristmas Island: near the world's share or lessGibraltar: near the world's share or lessMayotte: no storiesYemen: 81 in 100 of its 352 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Vietnam: 41 in 100 of its 796 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Venezuela: 58 in 100 of its 200 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)United Arab Emirates: 31 in 100 of its 633 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Uganda: 35 in 100 of its 217 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Türkiye: 53 in 100 of its 846 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Tunisia: 54 in 100 of its 63 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Thailand: 59 in 100 of its 679 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Syria: 70 in 100 of its 1,355 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)South Sudan: 42 in 100 of its 19 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Sudan: 73 in 100 of its 75 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Somalia: 47 in 100 of its 62 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Solomon Islands: 56 in 100 of its 9 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Rwanda: 34 in 100 of its 91 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Poland: 47 in 100 of its 335 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Philippines: 45 in 100 of its 2,128 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Peru: 55 in 100 of its 389 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Papua New Guinea: 66 in 100 of its 93 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Pakistan: 44 in 100 of its 1,383 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)North Korea: 36 in 100 of its 340 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Mauritius: 50 in 100 of its 26 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Lebanon: 35 in 100 of its 217 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Kenya: 28 in 100 of its 643 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Israel: 33 in 100 of its 2,848 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Palestine: 44 in 100 of its 784 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Iraq: 52 in 100 of its 390 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Iran: 32 in 100 of its 462 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Indonesia: 30 in 100 of its 422 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Honduras: 59 in 100 of its 32 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Haiti: 31 in 100 of its 113 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Gambia: 32 in 100 of its 76 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)France: 31 in 100 of its 2,043 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Ethiopia: 31 in 100 of its 113 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Eritrea: 67 in 100 of its 12 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)El Salvador: 55 in 100 of its 20 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Egypt: 41 in 100 of its 328 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Ecuador: 28 in 100 of its 160 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Czechia: 30 in 100 of its 195 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)DR Congo: 64 in 100 of its 22 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Congo: 81 in 100 of its 79 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Colombia: 46 in 100 of its 178 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Chad: 39 in 100 of its 38 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Central African Republic: 44 in 100 of its 75 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Cambodia: 31 in 100 of its 118 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Myanmar: 49 in 100 of its 96 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Bolivia: 38 in 100 of its 37 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Belgium: 30 in 100 of its 224 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Bangladesh: 56 in 100 of its 800 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Albania: 47 in 100 of its 58 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Afghanistan: 84 in 100 of its 842 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Kashmir: 34 in 100 of its 299 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Palestine: 44 in 100 of its 784 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Palestine: 44 in 100 of its 784 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Kashmir: 34 in 100 of its 299 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Kashmir: 34 in 100 of its 299 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Palestine: 44 in 100 of its 784 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Kashmir: 34 in 100 of its 299 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)Maldives: 63 in 100 of its 102 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 21)
A quarter or more above the world's share Near the world's or lessNo stories

Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 21 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.

Most of its news about harm

● Afghanistan 84 in 100 of its 842 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Yemen 81 in 100 of its 352 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Syria 70 in 100 of its 1,355 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Congo 81 in 100 of its 79 stories · mostly rights & justice ● Thailand 59 in 100 of its 679 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Bangladesh 56 in 100 of its 800 stories · mostly displacement

Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 stories.

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 11,192 stories · about as usual Health20% 7,332 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence19% 7,213 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents17% 6,163 stories · much less than usual (usually 22%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,312 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 1,415 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,112 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 590 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 killed10,953 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,352 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,755 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,423 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees837 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions552 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced527 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations503 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill41 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Switzerland

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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