← 30 Jan Wednesday 31 January 2018 · to 23:59 UTC 1 Feb →
What the world's news said happened to people.
Counts of coverage, not of suffering
44,383 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 people killed in Bahrain, violence in Afrin and arrests in Uzbekistan. Syria's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about the US and Australia → Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about three times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostBahrain 49 in 100 of its 212 stories, usually 18
RegionCentral Asia 27 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

how these are picked →
Rights & justice

Bahrain

103 of its 212 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (41 stories). Road crashes were named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Bahrain over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

Afrin accounted for 225 of Syria's 441 stories about harm, carried by 173 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (128 stories). Cholera was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Syria over 30 days → its stories → Afrin stories →
Shelter & services

Uzbekistan

30 of its 60 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Uzbekistan over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Namibia

36 of its 122 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Cholera was named in 18 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Namibia over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Rights & justice

North Korea

245 of its 664 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Bolivia

27 of its 42 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Vietnam

330 of its 781 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (88 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Türkiye

550 of its 882 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Reports of refugees ran at about 7 times the usual rate (129 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

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Rights & justice

Belgium

166 of its 452 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Brussels accounted for 162 of Belgium's 166 stories about harm, carried by 170 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Jordan

117 of its 344 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (71 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: poisoning in North Macedonia (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Niger (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tsunami in Japan (67 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); cyclone in New Zealand (75 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Latvia (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 22; 19 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 31 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 44,383 stories about harm among 224,262 counted on 31 Jan.

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Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about three times the usual rate. of the day's 224,262 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 22. People falling ill were reported at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about the US and Australia. Bahrain's news was 49% about people being harmed, against a usual 18%. In Namibia's news, mentions of the cholera ran more than ten times their usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Central African Republic86 in 100 of its 57 stories · usually 60 · mostly food & livelihood Kiribati84 in 100 of its 79 stories · usually 66 · mostly disasters & accidents Yemen77 in 100 of its 261 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan73 in 100 of its 883 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Tunisia72 in 100 of its 109 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US459 stories about protests or strikes, of its 3700 Jerusalem Israel228 stories about protests or strikes, of its 474 Nairobi Kenya183 stories about protests or strikes, of its 296 Unrwa Palestine135 stories about protests or strikes, of its 331 Cairo Egypt108 stories about protests or strikes, of its 180

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readGuam: 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 readUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSpain: 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'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão 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'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: 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: feelings about like the world'sOman: 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 readNepal: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: 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: too little coverage to readMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: 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'sLibya: 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'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: 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'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew 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: too little coverage to readEcuador: 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: too little coverage to readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCôte 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'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: 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'sArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: 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: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern 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 readGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: feelings about like the world'sSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: 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: feelings about like the world'sSt. 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 readYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUzbekistan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sThailand: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sQatar: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sPoland: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNiger: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMadagascar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sJordan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: 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 twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHungary: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFinland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCyprus: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCuba: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCroatia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChile: coverage a little angrier than the world'sChad: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCambodia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBurundi: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBotswana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBolivia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sBahrain: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sAustria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sJersey: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMaldives: coverage a little more fearful than 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

● Vietnam about three times as fearful as the world's · 330 stories about harm ● Belgium about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 166 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 441 stories about harm ● Türkiye about twice as angry as the world's · 550 stories about harm ● Kashmir about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 101 stories about harm ● Lebanon about twice as fearful as the world's · 94 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 12,864 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence21% 9,039 stories · more than usual (usually 17%) Health20% 8,810 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents14% 6,258 stories · much less than usual (usually 20%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,590 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,623 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,271 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 1,018 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 killed12,682 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,600 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,331 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,715 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees935 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions422 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting evacuations354 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Vietnam and the US Stories reporting people displaced353 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the Philippines and Syria Stories reporting people falling ill297 at about 4 times the usual rate · most about the US and Australia

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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