← 27 Sep Friday 28 September 2018 · to 23:59 UTC 29 Sep →
What the world's news said happened to people.
Counts of coverage, not of suffering
37,635 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.

How to read these numbers →

Most of the day's attention went to the tsunami in Indonesia, protests in Chuuk (Micronesia) and rights and justice in Bratislava. Slovakia's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was much softer than usual.

Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 33 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostMicronesia 80 in 100 of its 814 stories, usually 19
RegionSoutheast Asia 43 in 100 of its stories, usually 31
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

1,004 of its 1,292 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Donggala accounted for 609 of Indonesia's 1,004 stories about harm, carried by 560 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (654 stories). Tsunami was named in 921 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with earthquake, volcanic eruption and power cuts. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Indonesia over 30 days → its stories → Donggala stories →
Protests & strikes

Micronesia

654 of its 814 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Chuuk accounted for 594 of Micronesia's 654 stories about harm, carried by 880 outlets. 346 of Chuuk's 594 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (394 stories).

Micronesia over 30 days → its stories → Chuuk stories →
Rights & justice

Slovakia

154 of its 176 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Bratislava accounted for 137 of Slovakia's 154 stories about harm, carried by 127 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (151 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Slovakia over 30 days → its stories → Bratislava stories →
Conflict & violence

Ethiopia

169 of its 214 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Oromo accounted for 137 of Ethiopia's 169 stories about harm, carried by 151 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (142 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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

Netherlands

345 of its 664 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (273 stories). Hunger was named in 25 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Russia

973 of its 2,469 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 283 of Moscow's 390 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (469 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Bangladesh

329 of its 583 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. 101 of Dhaka's 130 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (73 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Cambodia

95 of its 145 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Phnom Penh accounted for 86 of Cambodia's 95 stories about harm, carried by 79 outlets. 82 of Phnom Penh's 86 stories were about protests or strikes. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Romania

286 of its 462 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Bucharest accounted for 263 of Romania's 286 stories about harm, carried by 133 outlets. Drought was named in 135 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with bird flu and flu.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Marshall Islands

31 of its 38 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (25 stories). Storm surge was named in 25 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with wildfires.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: hepatitis in Hong Kong (101 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Romania (135 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); storm surge in Marshall Islands (25 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); volcanic eruption in Rwanda (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); ebola in Uganda (23 of its stories, about 9 times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 21; 17 the day before
27 in 10017 in 10030 Aug6 Sep13 Sep20 Sep28 Sep30 Aug: 20 in 10031 Aug: 20 in 1001 Sep: 22 in 1002 Sep: 22 in 1003 Sep: 21 in 1004 Sep: 20 in 1005 Sep: 21 in 1006 Sep: 20 in 1007 Sep: 19 in 1008 Sep: 21 in 1009 Sep: 22 in 10010 Sep: 22 in 10011 Sep: 23 in 10012 Sep: 23 in 10013 Sep: 22 in 10014 Sep: 24 in 10015 Sep: 27 in 10016 Sep: 26 in 10017 Sep: 21 in 10018 Sep: 20 in 10019 Sep: 20 in 10020 Sep: 20 in 10021 Sep: 20 in 10022 Sep: 23 in 10023 Sep: 22 in 10024 Sep: 20 in 10025 Sep: 19 in 10026 Sep: 18 in 10027 Sep: 17 in 10028 Sep: 19 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 28 Sep. 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 37,635 stories about harm among 197,570 counted on 28 Sep.

Read the day's briefing

Indonesia's news was 78% about people being harmed, against a usual 23%. of the day's 197,570 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 21. Reports of peace efforts, a sign of help, ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Mentions of the tsunami ran more than ten times their usual in Indonesia's news. On 28 September 2017, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Slovakia88 in 100 of its 176 stories · usually 19 · mostly rights & justice Micronesia80 in 100 of its 814 stories · usually 19 · mostly disasters & accidents Ethiopia79 in 100 of its 214 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence Indonesia78 in 100 of its 1,292 stories · usually 23 · mostly disasters & accidents Myanmar77 in 100 of its 124 stories · usually 74 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US719 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1450 Chuuk Micronesia346 stories about protests or strikes, of its 594 Moscow Russia283 stories about protests or strikes, of its 390 Jerusalem Israel221 stories about protests or strikes, of its 382 Seattle US170 stories about protests or strikes, of its 333

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'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'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 readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: 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'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: 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 readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPoland: 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'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: 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: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: 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'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: 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'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: 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'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'sEstonia: 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: 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 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 readHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: 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'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'sArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: feelings about like the world'sAlgeria: 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 readVatican City: 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 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: too little coverage to readAruba: 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGuam: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier 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 grief-stricken than the world'sTanzania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSlovakia: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSt Vincent: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sQatar: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sPortugal: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNiger: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNicaragua: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMalta: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMalaysia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMalawi: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLibya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuinea-Bissau: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuatemala: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEthiopia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChile: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sCameroon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurundi: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBotswana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBahamas: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAngola: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than 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'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMarshall Islands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGibraltar: 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

● Slovakia about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 154 stories about harm ● Qatar about three times as fearful as the world's · 64 stories about harm ● Yemen about twice as angry as the world's · 165 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 751 stories about harm ● Iraq about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 242 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as angry as the world's · 595 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice33% 12,162 stories · much more than usual (usually 28%) Health21% 7,615 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents17% 6,081 stories · much less than usual (usually 23%) Conflict & violence15% 5,638 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,994 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,171 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 895 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 846 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 killed8,826 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Indonesia Stories reporting people affected5,605 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,517 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,980 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees792 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations571 at about half the usual rate · most about Micronesia and Indonesia Stories reporting abductions263 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people displaced242 at about half the usual rate · most about Syria and Indonesia Stories reporting people falling ill25 at less than a quarter of the usual rate · most about the US and India

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 softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little less 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?

The weekly briefing · 18 Oct – 24 Oct

The week in human impact

Read the week →

Unlock a year of trends, free. Follow up to 5 countries, with a bell when their news changes, and 👍 vote for Pro — ten years of the archive, any period, daily alerts.

Create a free account

Sign in · a username, an email and a password.

How to read these numbers →

These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.