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What the world's news said happened to people.
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46,182 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 Bihac, protests in Harare (Zimbabwe) and people killed in Rwanda drew the news. Bosnia's coverage was about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was about as usual.

Part of lifeDisasters & accidents 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostPanama 65 in 100 of its 453 stories, usually 33
RegionNorth America 27 in 100 of its stories, usually 24
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Bosnia

44 of its 52 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Bihac accounted for 38 of Bosnia's 44 stories about harm, carried by 45 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about 5 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Bosnia over 30 days → its stories → Bihac stories →
Protests & strikes

Zimbabwe

277 of its 587 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Harare accounted for 229 of Zimbabwe's 277 stories about harm, carried by 218 outlets. 145 of Harare's 229 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (125 stories).

Zimbabwe over 30 days → its stories → Harare stories →
Health

Rwanda

57 of its 86 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (44 stories). Ebola was named in 44 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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

Bulgaria

145 of its 222 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Sofia accounted for 109 of Bulgaria's 145 stories about harm, carried by 135 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Egypt

314 of its 587 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Moldova

15 of its 29 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (15 stories). Drownings were named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Colombia

113 of its 207 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of people affected ran at about 9 times the usual rate (62 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Iraq

127 of its 204 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Venezuela

100 of its 181 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. 56 of Caracas' 77 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: wildfires in Portugal (23 of its stories, about three times its usual); drownings in Moldova (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storm surge in Hong Kong (15 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); poisoning in Ukraine (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Uganda (16 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 21; 21 the day before
27 in 10017 in 10012 Sep19 Sep26 Sep3 Oct11 Oct12 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 10029 Sep: 22 in 10030 Sep: 21 in 1001 Oct: 19 in 1002 Oct: 19 in 1003 Oct: 19 in 1004 Oct: 19 in 1005 Oct: 20 in 1006 Oct: 22 in 1007 Oct: 23 in 1008 Oct: 21 in 1009 Oct: 21 in 10010 Oct: 21 in 10011 Oct: 22 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 11 Oct. 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 46,182 stories about harm among 209,903 counted on 11 Oct.

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In Rwanda's news, mentions of Ebola ran about 8 times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 22 in every 100 of the day's 209,903 stories, above the usual 21. Bosnia's news was 85% about people being harmed, against a usual 37%. On 11 October 2017, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 22 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Bosnia85 in 100 of its 52 stories · usually 37 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen84 in 100 of its 148 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Syria76 in 100 of its 309 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Congo70 in 100 of its 93 stories · usually 67 · mostly health Rwanda66 in 100 of its 86 stories · usually 52 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US347 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1418 Manhattan US226 stories about protests or strikes, of its 722 Riyadh Saudi Arabia222 stories about protests or strikes, of its 461 Jerusalem Israel162 stories about protests or strikes, of its 379 Harare Zimbabwe145 stories about protests or strikes, of its 229

Stories, not people.

Where harm was most of the news

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: near the world's share or lessVietnam: near the world's share or lessVanuatu: near the world's share or lessUzbekistan: near the world's share or lessUruguay: near the world's share or lessMicronesia: near the world's share or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessGuam: near the world's share or lessPuerto Rico: near the world's share or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: no storiesFalkland Islands: near the world's share or lessCayman Islands: near the world's share or lessIsle of Man: near the world's share or lessUnited Kingdom: near the world's share or lessUnited Arab Emirates: near the world's share or lessUkraine: near the world's share or lessTurkmenistan: near the world's share or lessTrinidad & Tobago: near the world's share or lessTonga: near the world's share or lessTogo: near the world's share or lessTimor-Leste: near the world's share or lessThailand: near the world's share or lessTajikistan: near the world's share or lessTaiwan: near the world's share or lessSwitzerland: near the world's share or lessSweden: near the world's share or lessEswatini: near the world's share or lessSuriname: near the world's share or lessSudan: near the world's share or lessSri Lanka: near the world's share or lessSpain: near the world's share or lessSouth Africa: near the world's share or lessSomaliland: no storiesSlovakia: near the world's share or lessSlovenia: near the world's share or lessSingapore: near the world's share or lessSierra Leone: near the world's share or lessSeychelles: near the world's share or lessSerbia: no storiesSenegal: near the world's share or lessSão Tomé: no storiesSamoa: near the world's share or lessSt Vincent: near the world's share or lessSt. Lucia: near the world's share or lessRussia: near the world's share or lessQatar: near the world's share or lessPortugal: near the world's share or lessPoland: near the world's share or lessPhilippines: near the world's share or lessParaguay: near the world's share or lessPalau: near the world's share or lessPakistan: near the world's share or lessOman: near the world's share or lessNorway: near the world's share or lessNorth Korea: near the world's share or lessNigeria: near the world's share or lessNicaragua: near the world's share or lessNew Zealand: near the world's share or lessNiue: near the world's share or lessNetherlands: near the world's share or lessCuraçao: no storiesNepal: near the world's share or lessNamibia: near the world's share or lessMozambique: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara: near the world's share or lessMontenegro: near the world's share or lessMongolia: near the world's share or lessMexico: near the world's share or lessMauritius: near the world's share or lessMauritania: near the world's share or lessMalta: near the world's share or lessMalaysia: near the world's share or lessMalawi: near the world's share or lessMadagascar: near the world's share or lessNorth Macedonia: near the world's share or lessLuxembourg: near the world's share or lessLithuania: near the world's share or lessLiberia: near the world's share or lessLesotho: near the world's share or lessLatvia: near the world's share or lessLaos: near the world's share or lessKyrgyzstan: near the world's share or lessKuwait: near the world's share or lessKosovo: no storiesKazakhstan: near the world's share or lessJordan: near the world's share or lessJapan: near the world's share or lessJamaica: near the world's share or lessItaly: near the world's share or lessIreland: near the world's share or lessIndia: near the world's share or lessIceland: near the world's share or lessHungary: near the world's share or lessGuyana: near the world's share or lessGuinea-Bissau: near the world's share or lessGuinea: near the world's share or lessGuatemala: near the world's share or lessGrenada: near the world's share or lessGreece: near the world's share or lessGhana: near the world's share or lessGermany: near the world's share or lessGeorgia: near the world's share or lessGambia: near the world's share or lessGabon: near the world's share or lessFrance: near the world's share or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: no storiesFrench Polynesia: near the world's share or lessNew Caledonia: near the world's share or lessFrench Southern Territories: no storiesÅland Islands: no storiesFinland: near the world's share or lessFiji: near the world's share or lessEthiopia: near the world's share or lessEstonia: near the world's share or lessEritrea: near the world's share or lessEquatorial Guinea: near the world's share or lessEcuador: near the world's share or lessDominican Republic: near the world's share or lessDominica: near the world's share or lessDjibouti: no storiesGreenland: near the world's share or lessFaroe Islands: near the world's share or lessDenmark: near the world's share or lessCzech Republic: near the world's share or lessN. Cyprus: no storiesCyprus: near the world's share or lessCuba: near the world's share or lessCroatia: near the world's share or lessCôte d'Ivoire: near the world's share or lessComoros: near the world's share or lessChina: near the world's share or lessHong Kong: near the world's share or lessChile: near the world's share or lessChad: near the world's share or lessCentral African Republic: near the world's share or lessCape Verde: near the world's share or lessCanada: near the world's share or lessCameroon: near the world's share or lessBrunei: near the world's share or lessBrazil: near the world's share or lessBotswana: near the world's share or lessBolivia: near the world's share or lessBhutan: near the world's share or lessBenin: near the world's share or lessBelize: near the world's share or lessBelgium: near the world's share or lessBelarus: near the world's share or lessBarbados: near the world's share or lessBahrain: near the world's share or lessBahamas: near the world's share or lessAzerbaijan: near the world's share or lessAustria: near the world's share or lessAustralia: near the world's share or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: no storiesArmenia: near the world's share or lessArgentina: near the world's share or lessAntigua & Barbuda: near the world's share or lessAngola: near the world's share or lessAndorra: near the world's share or lessAlgeria: near the world's share or lessAlbania: near the world's share or lessAksai Chin: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): near the world's share or lessCrimea: near the world's share or lessVatican City: near the world's share or lessMarshall Islands: near the world's share or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: near the world's share or lessAmerican Samoa: near the world's share or lessChagos Islands: no storiesSt. Helena: no storiesPitcairn: near the world's share or lessAnguilla: near the world's share or lessBermuda: near the world's share or lessBritish Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: near the world's share or lessMontserrat: near the world's share or lessJersey: near the world's share or lessGuernsey: near the world's share or lessSan Marino: near the world's share or lessSt Kitts & Nevis: near the world's share or lessCook Islands: near the world's share or lessAruba: near the world's share or lessMonaco: near the world's share or lessMaldives: near the world's share or lessLiechtenstein: near the world's share or lessWallis & Futuna: no storiesSt. Martin: no storiesSt. Barthélemy: no storiesMacao: near the world's share or lessNorfolk Island: no storiesSint Maarten: no storiesChristmas Island: no storiesGibraltar: near the world's share or lessMayotte: no storiesZimbabwe: 47 in 100 of its 587 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Yemen: 84 in 100 of its 148 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Venezuela: 55 in 100 of its 181 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)US: 28 in 100 of its 69,133 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Uganda: 46 in 100 of its 223 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Türkiye: 38 in 100 of its 657 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Tunisia: 45 in 100 of its 74 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Tanzania: 33 in 100 of its 365 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Syria: 76 in 100 of its 309 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)South Sudan: 35 in 100 of its 46 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)South Korea: 37 in 100 of its 845 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Somalia: 57 in 100 of its 109 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Solomon Islands: 62 in 100 of its 8 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Saudi Arabia: 44 in 100 of its 2,393 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Rwanda: 66 in 100 of its 86 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Romania: 58 in 100 of its 277 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Peru: 53 in 100 of its 303 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Papua New Guinea: 58 in 100 of its 220 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Panama: 65 in 100 of its 453 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Niger: 50 in 100 of its 16 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Morocco: 41 in 100 of its 115 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Moldova: 52 in 100 of its 29 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Mali: 60 in 100 of its 77 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Libya: 43 in 100 of its 143 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Lebanon: 30 in 100 of its 215 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Kiribati: 83 in 100 of its 6 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Kenya: 28 in 100 of its 722 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Israel: 47 in 100 of its 1,654 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Palestine: 52 in 100 of its 1,189 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Iraq: 62 in 100 of its 204 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Iran: 28 in 100 of its 502 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Indonesia: 57 in 100 of its 1,561 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Honduras: 67 in 100 of its 18 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Haiti: 60 in 100 of its 60 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)El Salvador: 45 in 100 of its 22 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Egypt: 53 in 100 of its 587 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Costa Rica: 33 in 100 of its 55 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)DR Congo: 65 in 100 of its 17 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Congo: 70 in 100 of its 93 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Colombia: 55 in 100 of its 207 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Cambodia: 43 in 100 of its 111 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Myanmar: 47 in 100 of its 51 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Burundi: 73 in 100 of its 15 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Burkina Faso: 53 in 100 of its 15 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Bulgaria: 65 in 100 of its 222 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Bosnia: 85 in 100 of its 52 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Bangladesh: 48 in 100 of its 399 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Afghanistan: 52 in 100 of its 277 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Kashmir: 54 in 100 of its 350 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Palestine: 52 in 100 of its 1,189 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Palestine: 52 in 100 of its 1,189 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Kashmir: 54 in 100 of its 350 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Kashmir: 54 in 100 of its 350 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Palestine: 52 in 100 of its 1,189 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Kashmir: 54 in 100 of its 350 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)Nauru: 78 in 100 of its 40 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 22)
A quarter or more above the world's share Near the world's or lessNo stories

Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 22 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.

Most of its news about harm

● Syria 76 in 100 of its 309 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Yemen 84 in 100 of its 148 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Panama 65 in 100 of its 453 stories · mostly disasters & accidents ● Bulgaria 65 in 100 of its 222 stories · mostly rights & justice ● Indonesia 57 in 100 of its 1,561 stories · mostly disasters & accidents ● Iraq 62 in 100 of its 204 stories · mostly conflict & violence

Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 stories.

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Disasters & accidents31% 14,158 stories · much more than usual (usually 24%) Rights & justice26% 11,935 stories · less than usual (usually 29%) Health19% 8,814 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence10% 4,359 stories · less than usual (usually 14%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 2,195 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,478 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,437 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,150 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 killed12,293 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,673 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,385 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,083 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting evacuations1,318 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees727 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions287 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Türkiye Stories reporting people displaced286 at about half the usual rate · most about Indonesia and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill52 at about half the usual rate · most about Russia and the US

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