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What the world's news said happened to people.
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40,909 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 day's news pointed at the avalanche in Uganda, arrests in Bulgaria and violence in San Salvador. Uganda's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was about as usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and India →
Part of lifeRights & justice 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostUganda 83 in 100 of its 514 stories, usually 48
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 46 in 100 of its stories, usually 41
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 →
Disasters & accidents

Uganda

428 of its 514 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Bududa accounted for 303 of Uganda's 428 stories about harm, carried by 431 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (405 stories). Avalanche was named in 44 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Uganda over 30 days → its stories → Bududa stories →
Rights & justice

Bulgaria

256 of its 333 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (131 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Bulgaria over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Panama

Panama City accounted for 124 of Panama's 137 stories about harm, carried by 188 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (78 stories). Malaria was named in 58 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Türkiye

1,211 of its 1,837 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Izmir accounted for 807 of Türkiye's 1,211 stories about harm, carried by 840 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Palestine

468 of its 765 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (41 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Central African Republic

20 of its 25 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

South Africa

547 of its 1,472 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (284 stories). Food poisoning was named in 21 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

151 of its 219 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: polio in Papua New Guinea (36 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); malaria in Panama (58 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storm surge in Puerto Rico (28 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Ukraine (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in Bangladesh (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 21; 22 the day before
27 in 10017 in 10013 Sep20 Sep27 Sep4 Oct12 Oct13 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 10012 Oct: 21 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 12 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 40,909 stories about harm among 195,105 counted on 12 Oct.

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Evacuations were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and India. 21 in every 100 of the day's 195,105 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Papua New Guinea's news, mentions of the polio ran about 5 times their usual. Uganda stood out: 83% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 48%. On 12 October 2017, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, against 21 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Uganda83 in 100 of its 514 stories · usually 48 · mostly disasters & accidents Congo83 in 100 of its 143 stories · usually 70 · mostly health El Salvador79 in 100 of its 52 stories · usually 40 · mostly conflict & violence Bulgaria77 in 100 of its 333 stories · usually 40 · mostly rights & justice Yemen75 in 100 of its 119 stories · usually 72 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Mexico Beach US330 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2578 Washington US314 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1439 Atlanta US288 stories about protests or strikes, of its 434 Albany County US258 stories about protests or strikes, of its 311 Riyadh Saudi Arabia197 stories about protests or strikes, of its 582

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

feelings in full →
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: feelings about like the world'sU.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: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: 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'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: 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'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRussia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: 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 readNepal: 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: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: 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: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: 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'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: 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-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'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sSt 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 readEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: 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 readChina: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: 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'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: 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: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: feelings about like the world'sAnguilla: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUganda: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTajikistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSweden: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSingapore: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSierra Leone: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPoland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPeru: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPanama: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMalaysia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGambia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFiji: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEritrea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEgypt: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sEcuador: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCuba: coverage a little angrier than the world'sDR Congo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBulgaria: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBosnia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBelgium: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBahamas: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAlbania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sJersey: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMaldives: coverage a little angrier 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

● Bulgaria about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 256 stories about harm ● Panama about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 137 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 335 stories about harm ● Uganda about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 428 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as angry as the world's · 151 stories about harm ● Türkiye about twice as fearful as the world's · 1,211 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 11,505 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents27% 10,713 stories · more than usual (usually 24%) Health20% 7,766 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence11% 4,329 stories · less than usual (usually 14%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 2,081 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,491 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 940 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 775 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 killed12,468 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,305 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,039 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,229 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting evacuations2,159 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting refugees489 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting abductions420 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced184 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting people falling ill26 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Zimbabwe

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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