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What the world's news said happened to people.
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32,252 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 Caracas (Venezuela), violence in Lahj and rights and justice in Libreville. Yemen's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was softer than usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Ireland →
Part of lifeRights & justice 34 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostJamaica 48 in 100 of its 355 stories, usually 21
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 26 in 100 of its stories, usually 24
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

Venezuela

273 of its 544 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Caracas accounted for 202 of Venezuela's 273 stories about harm, carried by 178 outlets. 120 of Caracas' 202 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (146 stories). Hunger was named in 25 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

Venezuela over 30 days → its stories → Caracas stories →
Conflict & violence

Yemen

383 of its 435 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Lahj accounted for 237 of Yemen's 383 stories about harm, carried by 213 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (195 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Yemen over 30 days → its stories → Lahj stories →
Rights & justice

Gabon

47 of its 71 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Libreville accounted for 44 of Gabon's 47 stories about harm, carried by 46 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (44 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Gabon over 30 days → its stories → Libreville stories →
Health

Jamaica

171 of its 355 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (27 stories). Norovirus was named in 117 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Jamaica over 30 days → its stories →
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Protests & strikes

Sudan

163 of its 196 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 73%. Omdurman accounted for 147 of Sudan's 163 stories about harm, carried by 122 outlets. 141 of Omdurman's 147 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (85 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Nepal

131 of its 250 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (97 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Belgium

118 of its 293 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of abductions ran at about 7 times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Displacement

Lebanon

81 of its 200 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories). Storms were named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Austria

62 of its 285 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Palestine

556 of its 958 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Ramallah accounted for 379 of Palestine's 556 stories about harm, carried by 14 outlets. Storms were named in 29 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: poisoning in Russia (55 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); meningitis in Ireland (35 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); avalanche in Germany (57 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); drought in Australia (102 of its stories, about three times its usual); flu in Japan (43 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

17 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 10 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 32,252 stories about harm among 186,531 counted on 10 Jan.

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The share of stories about people being harmed was the lowest since 7 November 2018. 17 in every 100 of the day's 186,531 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 19. In Jamaica's news, mentions of norovirus ran more than ten times their usual. Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Ireland. It was the second day running that the news turned to Venezuela.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen88 in 100 of its 435 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan83 in 100 of its 196 stories · usually 73 · mostly rights & justice Gabon66 in 100 of its 71 stories · usually 50 · mostly rights & justice Syria59 in 100 of its 338 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine58 in 100 of its 958 stories · usually 53 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US282 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1649 Chicago US148 stories about protests or strikes, of its 390 Omdurman Sudan141 stories about protests or strikes, of its 147 Caracas Venezuela120 stories about protests or strikes, of its 202 Ramallah Palestine116 stories about protests or strikes, of its 379

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'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: 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'sUkraine: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: 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: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: 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: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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 readSt 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'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: 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 readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: 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'sEstonia: 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: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: 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'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'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 readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: 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 readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sJammu & Kashmir: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sSiachen Glacier: feelings about like the world'sCrimea: feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican 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: feelings about like the world'sJersey: 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 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: feelings about like the world'sYemen: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sThailand: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSpain: coverage about twice as warm as the world'sSomalia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSamoa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPoland: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sOman: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNepal: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sMauritania: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMalaysia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMadagascar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sItaly: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: 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 fearful than the world'sIceland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHungary: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGabon: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCroatia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBelarus: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAustria: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArgentina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAngola: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMaldives: coverage a little more fearful 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

● Spain about twice as warm as the world's · 137 stories about harm ● Yemen about three times as angry as the world's · 383 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about three times as angry as the world's · 150 stories about harm ● Gabon few stories about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 47 stories about harm ● Poland about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 85 stories about harm ● Congo about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 453 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice34% 10,752 stories · more than usual (usually 29%) Health25% 7,766 stories · more than usual (usually 20%) Disasters & accidents14% 4,459 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Conflict & violence13% 4,085 stories · much less than usual (usually 18%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,988 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 952 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 888 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 766 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 killed8,189 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Congo Stories reporting arrests4,848 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,273 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Congo Stories reporting people injured1,949 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Yemen Stories reporting refugees415 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Lebanon and the US Stories reporting abductions240 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill205 at about three times the usual rate · most about the US and Ireland Stories reporting evacuations203 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced186 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Iraq and Syria

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 two-thirds of 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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