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What the world's news said happened to people.
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25,566 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 the hunger in Niger, violence in Sanaa and protests in Madrid (Spain). Yemen's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were about as usual.

Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Israel and Mexico →
Part of lifeRights & justice 34 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostSomalia 81 in 100 of its 180 stories, usually 50
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 50 in 100 of its stories, usually 46
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

Niger

89 of its 106 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Niamey accounted for 66 of Niger's 89 stories about harm, carried by 83 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (17 stories). Hunger was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Niger over 30 days → its stories → Niamey stories →
Conflict & violence

Yemen

267 of its 291 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 72%. Sanaa accounted for 207 of Yemen's 267 stories about harm, carried by 194 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (72 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Yemen over 30 days → its stories → Sanaa stories →
Protests & strikes

Spain

260 of its 802 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 116 of Madrid's 136 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (45 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Spain over 30 days → its stories → Madrid stories →
Displacement

Mexico

231 of its 618 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of refugees ran at about 8 times the usual rate (139 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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

Somalia

146 of its 180 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (64 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Saudi Arabia

591 of its 1,188 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of refugees ran at about 10 times the usual rate (130 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Mali

123 of its 142 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Menaka accounted for 83 of Mali's 123 stories about harm, carried by 68 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Iran

246 of its 559 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (90 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Madagascar

23 of its 36 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. 13 of Antananarivo's 13 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Cameroon

14 of its 23 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. 9 of Kumba's 11 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: train derailment in North Korea (123 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tsunami in Malaysia (50 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); train derailment in South Korea (87 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); natural hazards in Lebanon (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Congo (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 22; 20 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 28 Apr. 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 25,566 stories about harm among 120,439 counted on 28 Apr.

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Mentions of train derailment ran more than ten times their usual in North Korea's news. of the day's 120,439 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Israel and Mexico. On 28 April 2017, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 21 today. In Niger, 84% of the news was about people being harmed, where 70% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen92 in 100 of its 291 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Mali87 in 100 of its 142 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Niger84 in 100 of its 106 stories · usually 70 · mostly rights & justice Nicaragua84 in 100 of its 68 stories · usually 76 · mostly rights & justice Somalia81 in 100 of its 180 stories · usually 50 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Gaza Palestine302 stories about protests or strikes, of its 411 Minnesota US249 stories about protests or strikes, of its 302 Jerusalem Israel151 stories about protests or strikes, of its 221 Pyongyang North Korea125 stories about protests or strikes, of its 150 Nablus Palestine124 stories about protests or strikes, of its 228

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: 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'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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUkraine: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: too little coverage to readTonga: 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'sSwitzerland: 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: too little coverage to readSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: 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'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: 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'sNorth Korea: 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'sMozambique: 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: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: 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: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: 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 readGuinea: 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: too little coverage to readSt 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 readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: 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: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: 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'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: 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 readCanada: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: 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'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: 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'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readCrimea: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern 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: feelings about like the world'sAnguilla: 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: feelings about like the world'sAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: feelings about like the world'sZimbabwe: coverage a little warmer than the world'sYemen: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSweden: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSpain: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSomalia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sSlovenia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sRwanda: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sQatar: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPeru: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sParaguay: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sOman: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorway: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNepal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMali: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sMalawi: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMadagascar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKiribati: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sItaly: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: 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 a little more fearful than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGuatemala: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCyprus: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCambodia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBurundi: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArgentina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChina: 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'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: 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 about one and a half times as angry 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 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 267 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about three times as angry as the world's · 224 stories about harm ● Somalia about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 146 stories about harm ● Bangladesh about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 263 stories about harm ● Qatar few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 28 stories about harm ● Mali about twice as angry as the world's · 123 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice34% 8,598 stories · more than usual (usually 31%) Conflict & violence20% 5,049 stories · about as usual Health20% 5,025 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents12% 3,025 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,435 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 995 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 744 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 295 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 killed9,286 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests3,303 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,018 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,905 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees977 at about twice the usual rate · most about Israel and Mexico Stories reporting abductions285 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations272 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting people displaced267 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Yemen and Syria Stories reporting people falling ill71 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
● 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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