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What the world's news said happened to people.
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17,470 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 violence in Cairo, flooding in Afghanistan and deaths in Bucharest. Egypt's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was about as usual.

Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited 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 mostBulgaria 86 in 100 of its 245 stories, usually 10
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 31 in 100 of its stories, usually 24
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

Egypt

341 of its 506 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Cairo accounted for 310 of Egypt's 341 stories about harm, carried by 344 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (235 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Egypt over 30 days → its stories → Cairo stories →
Disasters & accidents

Afghanistan

310 of its 389 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (204 stories). Flooding was named in 55 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Romania

95 of its 145 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Bucharest accounted for 87 of Romania's 95 stories about harm, carried by 96 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (93 stories).

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

Bulgaria

211 of its 245 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Kalofer accounted for 206 of Bulgaria's 211 stories about harm, carried by 126 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (41 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Haiti

184 of its 211 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Earthquake was named in 182 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with wildfires. Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Austria

100 of its 253 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. Power cuts were named in 42 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Fiji

42 of its 73 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (13 stories). Cyclone was named in 33 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Greece

95 of its 239 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (49 stories). Drownings were named in 40 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Yemen

202 of its 237 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (69 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Haiti (182 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); cyclone in Fiji (33 of its stories, about three times its usual); power cuts in Austria (42 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Greece (40 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); earthquake in Iran (47 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 6 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 17,470 stories about harm among 91,863 counted on 6 Jan.

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On the side of help, reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 91,863 stories, as usual. Mentions of the earthquake ran about 5 times their usual in Haiti's news. A year earlier, on 6 January 2018, 24 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today. Egypt stood out: 67% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 35%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Haiti87 in 100 of its 211 stories · usually 24 · mostly disasters & accidents Somalia87 in 100 of its 106 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Bulgaria86 in 100 of its 245 stories · usually 10 · mostly disasters & accidents Yemen85 in 100 of its 237 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan80 in 100 of its 389 stories · usually 57 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Houston US247 stories about protests or strikes, of its 357 Paris France180 stories about protests or strikes, of its 194 Dallas US108 stories about protests or strikes, of its 129 Los Angeles US103 stories about protests or strikes, of its 272 Gaza Palestine97 stories about protests or strikes, of its 195

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: too little coverage to readUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUkraine: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: 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: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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: 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'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: too little coverage to readLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: too little coverage to readLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: 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'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIraq: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGambia: 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: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: feelings about like the world'sDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech 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 readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: too little coverage to readCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: 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'sBahamas: 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'sAlbania: too little coverage to readAksai Chin: 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'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: feelings about like the world'sAnguilla: 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'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan 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: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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 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: feelings about like the world'sYemen: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuam: coverage a little more fearful than 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'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPoland: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorway: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMali: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJordan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIreland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHungary: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sHaiti: coverage about twice as warm as the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEgypt: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage a little warmer than the world'sColombia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustria: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJersey: 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

● Yemen about three times as angry as the world's · 202 stories about harm ● Austria about three times as fearful as the world's · 100 stories about harm ● Haiti about twice as warm as the world's · 184 stories about harm ● Poland about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 90 stories about harm ● Türkiye about three times as fearful as the world's · 118 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 342 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice26% 4,363 stories · less than usual (usually 30%) Disasters & accidents22% 3,659 stories · more than usual (usually 18%) Conflict & violence21% 3,607 stories · more than usual (usually 18%) Health18% 3,112 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,084 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 608 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 311 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 275 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 killed5,539 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,143 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people affected1,911 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,771 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees275 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions130 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced92 at about half the usual rate · most about Syria and the US Stories reporting evacuations86 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Fiji and the US Stories reporting people falling ill10 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and India

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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