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What the world's news said happened to people.
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25,516 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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Violence in Cibitoke, protests in Jerusalem (Israel) and abductions in Australia drew the news. Burundi's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were about as usual.

Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Iraq and the US →
Part of lifeRights & justice 32 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostAustria 69 in 100 of its 169 stories, usually 21
RegionEast Asia 25 in 100 of its stories, usually 15
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 →
Conflict & violence

Burundi

209 of its 226 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Cibitoke accounted for 172 of Burundi's 209 stories about harm, carried by 184 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (181 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Burundi over 30 days → its stories → Cibitoke stories →
Protests & strikes

Israel

Jerusalem accounted for 576 of Israel's 832 stories about harm, carried by 156 outlets. 359 of Jerusalem's 576 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (18 stories). Outbreaks were named in 42 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.

Israel over 30 days → its stories → Jerusalem stories →
Health

Australia

609 of its 2,612 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (22 stories). Power cuts were named in 25 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.

Australia over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Gambia

27 of its 52 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Heatwave was named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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

Myanmar

133 of its 157 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Taang accounted for 82 of Myanmar's 133 stories about harm, carried by 77 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (111 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Austria

117 of its 169 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Bleiburg accounted for 112 of Austria's 117 stories about harm, carried by 129 outlets. Its coverage was about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

North Korea

592 of its 1,077 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Pyongyang accounted for 535 of North Korea's 592 stories about harm, carried by 501 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (497 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

France

649 of its 1,624 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (442 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Colombia

58 of its 87 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. 45 of Cucuta's 46 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Georgia

24 of its 37 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 21 of Tbilisi's 23 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (22 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: tsunami in Japan (37 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); outbreaks in Palestine (83 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Pakistan (55 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); landslides in Malaysia (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in South Africa (11 of its stories, about 6 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 12 May. 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 25,516 stories about harm among 117,072 counted on 12 May.

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Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Iraq and the US. 22 in every 100 of the day's 117,072 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Japan's news, mentions of the tsunami ran about 7 times their usual. On 12 May 2017, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 22 today. Burundi's news was 92% about people being harmed, against a usual 69%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Burundi92 in 100 of its 226 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen88 in 100 of its 90 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Myanmar85 in 100 of its 157 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Nicaragua82 in 100 of its 55 stories · usually 79 · mostly rights & justice Syria78 in 100 of its 321 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Jerusalem Israel359 stories about protests or strikes, of its 576 Washington US180 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1173 Chicago US156 stories about protests or strikes, of its 239 Oklahoma US133 stories about protests or strikes, of its 162 Gaza Palestine107 stories about protests or strikes, of its 148

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: too little coverage to readPuerto 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 readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: 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: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: 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'sSierra 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'sRussia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: 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'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIraq: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: 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'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench 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 readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: 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 readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChile: 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'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: too little coverage to readBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: 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: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: too little coverage to readAlbania: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sPitcairn: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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 readZimbabwe: coverage a little warmer than the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little more fearful than 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'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sQatar: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPortugal: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPoland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPeru: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNiger: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNicaragua: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNepal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMontenegro: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMauritania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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 grief-stricken 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 warm as the world'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuyana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGabon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFrance: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sEcuador: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDominican Republic: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sBurundi: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sBrunei: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBosnia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBahamas: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAustria: coverage about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful 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

● Austria about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 117 stories about harm ● France about three times as angry as the world's · 649 stories about harm ● Burundi about three times as angry as the world's · 209 stories about harm ● Indonesia about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 77 stories about harm ● Syria about three times as angry as the world's · 249 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 114 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice32% 7,936 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence22% 5,607 stories · more than usual (usually 19%) Disasters & accidents18% 4,452 stories · more than usual (usually 14%) Health16% 4,111 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,464 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 630 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 525 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 391 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 killed7,034 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests3,708 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,827 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,715 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations751 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting people displaced527 at about twice the usual rate · most about Iraq and the US Stories reporting abductions352 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees199 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people falling ill56 at about two-thirds of 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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