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What the world's news said happened to people.
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27,090 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 storms in Denmark, violence in Tijuana and people injured in Germany. Saudi Arabia's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about the US and Mexico →
Part of lifeRights & justice 25 in 100 of the stories about harm · much less than usual Country that rose mostDenmark 82 in 100 of its 861 stories, usually 15
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 34 in 100 of its stories, usually 25
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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Disasters & accidents

Denmark

709 of its 861 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Copenhagen accounted for 346 of Denmark's 709 stories about harm, carried by 231 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (510 stories). Storms were named in 340 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with train derailment and power cuts. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Denmark over 30 days → its stories → Copenhagen stories →
Conflict & violence

Mexico

666 of its 1,188 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Tijuana accounted for 513 of Mexico's 666 stories about harm, carried by 524 outlets. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (32 stories). Food poisoning was named in 32 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Mexico over 30 days → its stories → Tijuana stories →
Rights & justice

Germany

248 of its 1,045 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (157 stories). Respiratory illness was named in 23 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Germany over 30 days → its stories →
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Disasters & accidents

Russia

1,122 of its 2,418 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Moscow accounted for 942 of Russia's 1,122 stories about harm, carried by 823 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (652 stories). Road crashes were named in 246 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with building collapse, hypothermia and house fires.

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Conflict & violence

Mali

144 of its 170 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Bamako accounted for 67 of Mali's 144 stories about harm, carried by 73 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (131 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Philippines

280 of its 664 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (12 stories). Landslides were named in 105 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with cyclone. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Somalia

236 of its 286 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Mogadishu accounted for 170 of Somalia's 236 stories about harm, carried by 157 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (84 stories).

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Health

Uganda

88 of its 197 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (66 stories). Ebola was named in 69 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Cuba

63 of its 205 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about 4 times its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: ebola in Uganda (69 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); landslides in Philippines (105 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); cholera in Yemen (48 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); ebola in Rwanda (18 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); road crashes in Russia (246 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 2 Jan. 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 27,090 stories about harm among 147,854 counted on 2 Jan.

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Denmark's news was 82% about people being harmed, against a usual 15%. of the day's 147,854 news stories, 18 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. People falling ill were reported at about 4 times the usual rate, most often about the US and Mexico. Mentions of Ebola ran about 6 times their usual in Uganda's news. On 2 January 2018, a year earlier, the share was 25 in every 100, against 18 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Mali85 in 100 of its 170 stories · usually 48 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia83 in 100 of its 286 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Denmark82 in 100 of its 861 stories · usually 15 · mostly disasters & accidents Sudan77 in 100 of its 133 stories · usually 68 · mostly rights & justice Yemen76 in 100 of its 184 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Moscow Russia293 stories about protests or strikes, of its 942 Dhaka Bangladesh116 stories about protests or strikes, of its 148 Washington US114 stories about protests or strikes, of its 871 Beijing China90 stories about protests or strikes, of its 239 Houston US90 stories about protests or strikes, of its 363

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: 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: too little coverage to readU.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 readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: 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: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSouth 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: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra 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: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: 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 readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: too little coverage to readHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGhana: 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: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: too little coverage to readDominican 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'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBulgaria: 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: 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'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 readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai 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 readEast Jerusalem: 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: too little coverage to readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: feelings about like the world'sJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: 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: feelings about like the world'sNauru: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readZambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCayman Islands: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUK: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about 4 times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage about 4 times as angry as the world'sMalaysia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLatvia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGermany: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFiji: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCuba: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChad: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sBarbados: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sAustria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry 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'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: 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'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

● Syria about 4 times as angry as the world's · 244 stories about harm ● Mali about 4 times as angry as the world's · 144 stories about harm ● Indonesia about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 254 stories about harm ● Egypt about twice as fearful as the world's · 59 stories about harm ● UK about twice as fearful as the world's · 1,560 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as angry as the world's · 182 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice25% 6,628 stories · much less than usual (usually 30%) Health22% 5,845 stories · more than usual (usually 20%) Disasters & accidents22% 5,726 stories · more than usual (usually 17%) Conflict & violence16% 4,243 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 1,936 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 988 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 614 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 563 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 killed8,458 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests3,676 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,439 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,571 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees339 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Uganda and the US Stories reporting people falling ill215 at about 4 times the usual rate · most about the US and Mexico Stories reporting people displaced213 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions176 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting evacuations146 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Indonesia

Stories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.

How it felt 30 days →

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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
● Feara little less than 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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