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What the world's news said happened to people.
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33,953 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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Most of the day's attention went to protests in Bogota (Colombia), tropical storm in Vietnam and people injured in Timor-Leste. Colombia's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were softer than usual.

Help and hope: reports of volunteers ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostHaiti 80 in 100 of its 165 stories, usually 21
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 36 in 100 of its stories, usually 28
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Colombia

91 of its 157 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Bogota accounted for 84 of Colombia's 91 stories about harm, carried by 92 outlets. 74 of Bogota's 84 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (73 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Colombia over 30 days → its stories → Bogota stories →
Disasters & accidents

Vietnam

180 of its 496 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (107 stories). Tropical storm was named in 93 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with typhoon. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Vietnam over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Timor-Leste

20 of its 21 stories (95%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Timor-Leste over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Burkina Faso

29 of its 33 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Burkina Faso over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Mali

104 of its 163 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Bamako accounted for 99 of Mali's 104 stories about harm, carried by 103 outlets. 98 of Bamako's 99 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (88 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Haiti

132 of its 165 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 37 of Port-au-Prince's 37 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (68 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Hong Kong

207 of its 406 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. 105 of Sai Ying Pun's 113 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (147 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Ethiopia

134 of its 220 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Addis Ababa accounted for 109 of Ethiopia's 134 stories about harm, carried by 133 outlets. 105 of Addis Ababa's 109 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (109 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Mexico

279 of Tijuana's 303 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (267 stories). Avalanche was named in 249 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Guatemala

368 of its 379 stories (97%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (291 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 360 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in Guatemala (360 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Finland (148 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); avalanche in Mexico (249 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tsunami in Fiji (37 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); food poisoning in Türkiye (136 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 20; 23 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 19 Nov. 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 33,953 stories about harm among 172,571 counted on 19 Nov.

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In Guatemala's news, mentions of volcanic eruption ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 172,571 stories, as usual. Help and hope: reports of volunteers ran at about twice the usual rate. In Colombia, 58% of the news was about people being harmed, where 30% is usual. On 19 November 2017, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 20 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Guatemala97 in 100 of its 379 stories · usually 53 · mostly disasters & accidents Central African Republic93 in 100 of its 75 stories · usually 73 · mostly rights & justice Yemen88 in 100 of its 607 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence Haiti80 in 100 of its 165 stories · usually 21 · mostly conflict & violence Syria77 in 100 of its 318 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Tijuana Mexico279 stories about protests or strikes, of its 303 Jerusalem Israel189 stories about protests or strikes, of its 327 Paris France164 stories about protests or strikes, of its 213 Washington US120 stories about protests or strikes, of its 820 Addis Ababa Ethiopia105 stories about protests or strikes, of its 109

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'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'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: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: too little coverage to readSierra Leone: 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: too little coverage to readRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: 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: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: 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 readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: 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'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: 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'sGeorgia: 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: 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'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: 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: too little coverage to readDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBotswana: 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'sBangladesh: 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: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall 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: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: too little coverage to readBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: feelings about like the world'sMontserrat: 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: feelings about like the world'sNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: 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 readNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: feelings about like the world'sYemen: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUS: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTogo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTimor-Leste: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRussia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPeru: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMauritius: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMalta: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMadagascar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIreland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHaiti: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFiji: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEstonia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDominican Republic: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sCosta Rica: 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 twice as angry as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHong Kong: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCambodia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBosnia: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than 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 a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMacao: coverage a little warmer 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

● Bosnia few stories about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 37 stories about harm ● Yemen about three times as angry as the world's · 532 stories about harm ● Denmark few stories about three times as fearful as the world's · 42 stories about harm ● Hong Kong about three times as fearful as the world's · 207 stories about harm ● Colombia about twice as angry as the world's · 91 stories about harm ● Saudi Arabia about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 798 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice26% 8,640 stories · less than usual (usually 28%) Disasters & accidents21% 7,138 stories · more than usual (usually 17%) Health19% 6,427 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence16% 5,452 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 2,277 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 1,364 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,347 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 709 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 killed11,430 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,364 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,128 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,320 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting refugees649 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations568 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions351 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced247 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Thailand Stories reporting people falling ill57 at about the usual rate

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 softer than 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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