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41,179 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 day's news pointed at train derailment in Italy, violence in Bamako and rights and justice in Yangon. Mali's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostItaly 47 in 100 of its 1,499 stories, usually 16
RegionEast Asia 17 in 100 of its stories, usually 14
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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Disasters & accidents

Italy

700 of its 1,499 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Milan accounted for 558 of Italy's 700 stories about harm, carried by 564 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (516 stories). Train derailment was named in 534 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with measles. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Italy over 30 days → its stories → Milan stories →
Conflict & violence

Mali

92 of its 123 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Bamako accounted for 49 of Mali's 92 stories about harm, carried by 32 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (76 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Burkina Faso

35 of its 62 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (32 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Paraguay

15 of its 23 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (13 stories). Heavy rain was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Guyana

34 of its 82 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (29 stories). Road crashes were named in 23 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Haiti

169 of its 266 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Cholera was named in 132 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with hurricane. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Libya

138 of its 197 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

North Korea

123 of its 624 stories (20%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (73 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: cholera in Haiti (132 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Guyana (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Gambia (18 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Paraguay (13 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); drought in South Africa (86 of its stories, about three times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 23; 20 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 25 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 41,179 stories about harm among 211,090 counted on 25 Jan.

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It was the lowest share of stories about people being harmed since 15 December 2017. In Italy's news, mentions of train derailment ran more than ten times their usual. Italy stood out: 47% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 16%. 20 in every 100 of the day's 211,090 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 23.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Myanmar80 in 100 of its 178 stories · usually 63 · mostly rights & justice Afghanistan75 in 100 of its 601 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Mali75 in 100 of its 123 stories · usually 40 · mostly conflict & violence Libya70 in 100 of its 197 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Syria67 in 100 of its 771 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Jerusalem Israel211 stories about protests or strikes, of its 372 Delhi India197 stories about protests or strikes, of its 434 Washington US186 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1575 Shanghai China143 stories about protests or strikes, of its 275 Ramallah Palestine135 stories about protests or strikes, of its 299

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: 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: feelings about like the world'sCayman Islands: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUkraine: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: 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: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: 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'sMalaysia: 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'sLiberia: 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'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sIsrael: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: 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'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sFrance: 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 readEstonia: 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'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: feelings about like the world'sDenmark: 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'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: 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'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 readCrimea: feelings about like the world'sEast Jerusalem: 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: feelings about like the world'sChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: feelings about like the world'sPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: too little coverage to readBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & 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: 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: 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 one and a half times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTanzania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken 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'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSenegal: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sQatar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPeru: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPanama: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNiger: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNepal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMalta: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMali: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sMadagascar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sItaly: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIndia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGambia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFinland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFiji: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little warmer than the world'sDR Congo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCanada: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sBolivia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBenin: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelize: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelarus: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBahrain: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sAustria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about three times as angry 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'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

● Türkiye about twice as fearful as the world's · 450 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about three times as angry as the world's · 452 stories about harm ● Burkina Faso few stories about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 35 stories about harm ● South Sudan about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 87 stories about harm ● Haiti about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 169 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 520 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice31% 12,582 stories · more than usual (usually 29%) Health21% 8,622 stories · more than usual (usually 18%) Conflict & violence16% 6,606 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 6,591 stories · much less than usual (usually 22%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,457 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,474 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 983 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 950 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 killed11,769 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Italy Stories reporting arrests5,860 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,697 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,726 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,100 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Bangladesh and Palestine Stories reporting abductions394 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people displaced292 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and the Philippines Stories reporting evacuations277 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and France Stories reporting people falling ill44 at about half the usual rate · most about Indonesia and the US

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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