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31,465 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 protests in Tirana (Albania), flooding in Palestine and violence in Toumour. Niger's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was about as usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and China → Help and hope: reports of volunteers ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostNiger 88 in 100 of its 165 stories, usually 29
RegionEast Asia 19 in 100 of its stories, usually 14
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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Protests & strikes

Albania

89 of its 121 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Tirana accounted for 85 of Albania's 89 stories about harm, carried by 88 outlets. 83 of Tirana's 85 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (86 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Albania over 30 days → its stories → Tirana stories →
Rights & justice

Palestine

766 of its 1,183 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Ramallah accounted for 530 of Palestine's 766 stories about harm, carried by 10 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (80 stories). Flooding was named in 103 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Palestine over 30 days → its stories → Ramallah stories →
Conflict & violence

Niger

146 of its 165 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Toumour accounted for 108 of Niger's 146 stories about harm, carried by 126 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (112 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Niger over 30 days → its stories → Toumour stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Nepal

133 of its 254 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (96 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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

Haiti

112 of its 172 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Port-au-Prince accounted for 92 of Haiti's 112 stories about harm, carried by 114 outlets. 62 of Port-au-Prince's 92 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (108 stories). Natural hazards were named in 28 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Lebanon

129 of its 222 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Beirut accounted for 119 of Lebanon's 129 stories about harm, carried by 123 outlets. 69 of Beirut's 119 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (113 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Tunisia

81 of its 124 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Tunis accounted for 64 of Tunisia's 81 stories about harm, carried by 52 outlets. 64 of Tunis' 64 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Libya

140 of its 182 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Guatemala

133 of its 147 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (127 stories). Its coverage was about 6 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Iran

249 of its 597 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (50 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: tsunami in Puerto Rico (16 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); hepatitis in Hong Kong (24 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); natural hazards in Haiti (28 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); hunger in Venezuela (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); dust storm in Australia (148 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 22 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 31,465 stories about harm among 157,719 counted on 22 Nov.

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In Albania, 74% of the news was about people being harmed, where 22% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 157,719 stories, as usual. Help and hope: reports of volunteers ran at about twice the usual rate. People falling ill were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and China. Puerto Rico's news mentioned the tsunami about 8 times as often as usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Guatemala90 in 100 of its 147 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Niger88 in 100 of its 165 stories · usually 29 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia82 in 100 of its 251 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Libya77 in 100 of its 182 stories · usually 50 · mostly conflict & violence Albania74 in 100 of its 121 stories · usually 22 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US174 stories about protests or strikes, of its 685 Tirana Albania83 stories about protests or strikes, of its 85 Minneapolis US73 stories about protests or strikes, of its 106 Beirut Lebanon69 stories about protests or strikes, of its 119 Tunis Tunisia64 stories about protests or strikes, of its 64

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'sVenezuela: 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: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: 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'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSlovakia: 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 Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: 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'sNorth Korea: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: 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'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: 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'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: 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: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: 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'sBelgium: 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'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sVanuatu: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSpain: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSomalia: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSolomon Islands: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPeru: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sPakistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorway: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNiger: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMozambique: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMalawi: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLithuania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKenya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sItaly: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHaiti: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGuatemala: coverage about 6 times as grief-stricken as the world'sGrenada: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGreece: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEstonia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCongo: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChina: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChad: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurundi: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBahamas: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlbania: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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

● Guatemala about 6 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 133 stories about harm ● Libya about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 140 stories about harm ● Somalia about three times as angry as the world's · 206 stories about harm ● Niger about three times as angry as the world's · 146 stories about harm ● Lebanon about twice as fearful as the world's · 129 stories about harm ● Iran about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 249 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 8,921 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents20% 6,222 stories · more than usual (usually 17%) Health17% 5,412 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence17% 5,390 stories · less than usual (usually 21%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,950 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 1,337 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 979 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 795 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 killed10,603 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,623 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people affected4,099 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,898 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees743 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced594 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Niger Stories reporting abductions321 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill261 at about three times the usual rate · most about the US and China Stories reporting evacuations190 at about a third of the usual rate · most about Israel 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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