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What the world's news said happened to people.
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24,048 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 flooding in Albania, violence in Sanaa and rights and justice in Macerata. Yemen's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostItaly 60 in 100 of its 1,012 stories, usually 19
RegionEurope 22 in 100 of its stories, usually 19
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Disasters & accidents

Albania

88 of its 92 stories (96%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Tirana accounted for 82 of Albania's 88 stories about harm, carried by 87 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (76 stories). Flooding was named in 65 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Albania over 30 days → its stories → Tirana stories →
Conflict & violence

Yemen

291 of its 328 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Sanaa accounted for 277 of Yemen's 291 stories about harm, carried by 212 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (130 stories). Outbreaks were named in 129 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Yemen over 30 days → its stories → Sanaa stories →
Rights & justice

Italy

606 of its 1,012 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Macerata accounted for 433 of Italy's 606 stories about harm, carried by 431 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (491 stories).

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

Syria

587 of its 711 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Idlib accounted for 291 of Syria's 587 stories about harm, carried by 280 outlets. Poisoning was named in 27 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Taiwan

123 of its 289 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (50 stories). Earthquake was named in 101 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Disasters & accidents

North Macedonia

48 of its 102 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (38 stories). Flooding was named in 38 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Rights & justice

Maldives

303 of its 405 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (142 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Belgium

93 of its 201 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (86 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Palestine

714 of its 1,234 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Jenin accounted for 571 of Palestine's 714 stories about harm, carried by 68 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (60 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Taiwan (101 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in North Macedonia (38 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); ebola in Guinea (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); natural hazards in Madagascar (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); snowstorms in Russia (84 of its stories, more than ten 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 4 Feb. 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 24,048 stories about harm among 108,780 counted on 4 Feb.

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On the side of help, reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Stories about people being harmed made up 22 in every 100 of the day's 108,780 stories, as usual. Mentions of the earthquake ran more than ten times their usual in Taiwan's news. In Albania, 96% of the news was about people being harmed, where 38% is usual. On 4 February 2017, a year earlier, the share was 23 in every 100, against 22 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Albania96 in 100 of its 92 stories · usually 38 · mostly disasters & accidents Yemen89 in 100 of its 328 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Syria83 in 100 of its 711 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Benin75 in 100 of its 52 stories · usually 18 · mostly disasters & accidents Maldives75 in 100 of its 405 stories · usually 52 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Macerata Italy213 stories about protests or strikes, of its 433 Sanaa Yemen113 stories about protests or strikes, of its 277 Jenin Palestine99 stories about protests or strikes, of its 571 Pisgah US95 stories about protests or strikes, of its 95 Columbus US88 stories about protests or strikes, of its 119

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: 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'sUnited States: feelings about like the world'sSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUganda: 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: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSudan: 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: too little coverage to readSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: 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: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua 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'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: 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'sMorocco: 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: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: 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'sIreland: 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'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: 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'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEl 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 readCzech 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: too little coverage to readDR Congo: too little coverage to readComoros: 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: too little coverage to readCameroon: 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'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: 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'sAustria: 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'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern 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: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: feelings about like the world'sJersey: 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: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: feelings about like the world'sZimbabwe: coverage a little warmer than the world'sYemen: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer 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 fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSingapore: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPortugal: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPoland: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMalta: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMadagascar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little warmer than the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGuinea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFiji: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEquatorial Guinea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCosta Rica: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBrunei: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBhutan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBelarus: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArgentina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAlbania: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMaldives: coverage about one and a half times as warm 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

● Yemen about three times as angry as the world's · 291 stories about harm ● Singapore about three times as fearful as the world's · 76 stories about harm ● Syria about three times as angry as the world's · 587 stories about harm ● Poland about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 103 stories about harm ● Albania about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 88 stories about harm ● Türkiye about twice as fearful as the world's · 213 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice27% 6,355 stories · less than usual (usually 31%) Disasters & accidents23% 5,450 stories · more than usual (usually 19%) Conflict & violence20% 4,761 stories · more than usual (usually 17%) Health16% 3,879 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,308 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 766 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 677 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 472 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 killed8,180 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,014 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Italy Stories reporting arrests2,926 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,598 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions426 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about South Sudan and the US Stories reporting people displaced359 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Yemen and the US Stories reporting evacuations325 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Albania and Palestine Stories reporting refugees297 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and Syria Stories reporting people falling ill14 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Syria

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 much harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little more than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more than 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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