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What the world's news said happened to people.
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39,208 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 violence in Tunis, protests in Karbala (Iraq) and storms in Italy. Tunisia's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Part of lifeConflict & violence 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostTunisia 89 in 100 of its 378 stories, usually 25
RegionNorth America 26 in 100 of its stories, usually 22
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

Tunisia

337 of its 378 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Tunis accounted for 330 of Tunisia's 337 stories about harm, carried by 312 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (47 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Tunisia over 30 days → its stories → Tunis stories →
Protests & strikes

Iraq

232 of its 325 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Karbala accounted for 131 of Iraq's 232 stories about harm, carried by 154 outlets. 89 of Karbala's 131 stories were about protests or strikes.

Iraq over 30 days → its stories → Karbala stories →
Disasters & accidents

Italy

252 of its 1,225 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (153 stories). Storms were named in 148 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Italy over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Switzerland

99 of its 420 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (18 stories). Outbreaks were named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

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

Libya

176 of its 202 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Sirte accounted for 111 of Libya's 176 stories about harm, carried by 120 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (61 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Saudi Arabia

388 of its 834 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

Kabul accounted for 171 of Afghanistan's 199 stories about harm, carried by 227 outlets. 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 →
Shelter & services

Guam

44 of its 65 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Power cuts were named in 32 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Sri Lanka

433 of its 902 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (233 stories).

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Health

Gambia

54 of its 116 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (15 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: typhoon in Philippines (126 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); power cuts in Guam (32 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tsunami in Puerto Rico (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Sudan (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Nauru (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 21; 23 the day before
24 in 10018 in 10030 Sep7 Oct14 Oct21 Oct29 Oct30 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 10013 Oct: 23 in 10014 Oct: 24 in 10015 Oct: 20 in 10016 Oct: 19 in 10017 Oct: 19 in 10018 Oct: 19 in 10019 Oct: 18 in 10020 Oct: 22 in 10021 Oct: 21 in 10022 Oct: 19 in 10023 Oct: 19 in 10024 Oct: 19 in 10025 Oct: 19 in 10026 Oct: 20 in 10027 Oct: 23 in 10028 Oct: 23 in 10029 Oct: 21 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 29 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 39,208 stories about harm among 183,656 counted on 29 Oct.

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In Tunisia, 89% of the news was about people being harmed, where 25% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 183,656 stories, as usual. Mentions of storms ran more than ten times their usual in Italy's news. On 29 October 2017, a year earlier, the share was 24 in every 100, against 21 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Tunisia89 in 100 of its 378 stories · usually 25 · mostly conflict & violence Libya87 in 100 of its 202 stories · usually 45 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq71 in 100 of its 325 stories · usually 50 · mostly conflict & violence El Salvador70 in 100 of its 77 stories · usually 62 · mostly disasters & accidents Guam68 in 100 of its 65 stories · usually 27 · mostly shelter & services

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US634 stories about protests or strikes, of its 3071 Ramallah Palestine150 stories about protests or strikes, of its 268 Squirrel Hill US141 stories about protests or strikes, of its 723 Colombo Sri Lanka108 stories about protests or strikes, of its 223 Charlottesville US93 stories about protests or strikes, of its 134

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: 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: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: 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'sUkraine: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: 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'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth 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: feelings about like the world'sSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: 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 readPakistan: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: 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 readMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: 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: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: 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: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: 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'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGambia: 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 readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: 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: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: 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: too little coverage to readBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: 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'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'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sGaza: feelings about like the world'sWest Bank: 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'sEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos 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: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUS: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIsle of Man: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sTunisia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSlovakia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRomania: coverage about 4 times as fearful as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPortugal: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNepal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sLibya: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIran: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGrenada: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as warm 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'sCzechia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCanada: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sBelize: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAustria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little angrier 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 fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNauru: coverage about one and a half times 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

● Romania about 4 times as fearful as the world's · 97 stories about harm ● Libya about three times as angry as the world's · 176 stories about harm ● Saudi Arabia about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 388 stories about harm ● Tunisia about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 337 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as fearful as the world's · 238 stories about harm ● Mali few stories about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 34 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence26% 10,093 stories · much more than usual (usually 16%) Rights & justice26% 9,864 stories · less than usual (usually 30%) Health19% 7,344 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents15% 5,865 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 2,878 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,188 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 824 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 612 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 killed16,502 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Indonesia Stories reporting people injured4,241 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Tunisia Stories reporting people affected4,182 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests3,675 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees814 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Mexico and the US Stories reporting abductions336 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations158 at less than a quarter of the usual rate · most about the US and Australia Stories reporting people displaced149 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting people falling ill32 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Ghana

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.

● Angera little more than 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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