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What the world's news said happened to people.
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34,730 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 day's news pointed at protests in Harare (Zimbabwe), violence in Manbij and the hiv in Lesotho. Syria's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about Kenya and the US → Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about three times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostKenya 88 in 100 of its 2,551 stories, usually 28
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 48 in 100 of its stories, usually 29
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Zimbabwe

554 of its 766 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Harare accounted for 458 of Zimbabwe's 554 stories about harm, carried by 336 outlets. 414 of Harare's 458 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (266 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Zimbabwe over 30 days → its stories → Harare stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

1,036 of its 1,259 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Manbij accounted for 808 of Syria's 1,036 stories about harm, carried by 914 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (443 stories). Extreme cold was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with poisoning. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Syria over 30 days → its stories → Manbij stories →
Health

Lesotho

28 of its 47 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. HIV was named in 25 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Lesotho over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Palestine

563 of its 1,072 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (56 stories). Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Palestine over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Kenya

2,250 of its 2,551 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Nairobi accounted for 2,087 of Kenya's 2,250 stories about harm, carried by 1,135 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (667 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Libya

115 of its 139 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 59%. Tripoli accounted for 99 of Libya's 115 stories about harm, carried by 75 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (81 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Mali

61 of its 81 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Ethiopia

92 of its 196 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (17 stories). Malaria was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Burkina Faso

54 of its 61 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 70%. Yagha accounted for 38 of Burkina Faso's 54 stories about harm, carried by 73 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories).

its stories →
Protests & strikes

El Salvador

11 of its 16 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. 9 of San Salvador's 11 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: heatwave in Bangladesh (41 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Switzerland (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Türkiye (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Israel (56 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Egypt (14 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 16 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 34,730 stories about harm among 194,477 counted on 16 Jan.

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Reports of people freed or reunited, a sign of help, ran at about three times the usual rate. 18 in every 100 of the day's 194,477 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 19. Evacuations were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about Kenya and the US. the news turned to Zimbabwe for the second day running. Mentions of HIV ran about 6 times their usual in Lesotho's news.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Burkina Faso89 in 100 of its 61 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Kenya88 in 100 of its 2,551 stories · usually 28 · mostly conflict & violence Libya83 in 100 of its 139 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Syria82 in 100 of its 1,259 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Congo79 in 100 of its 148 stories · usually 59 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Nairobi Kenya527 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2087 Harare Zimbabwe414 stories about protests or strikes, of its 458 Manbij Syria283 stories about protests or strikes, of its 808 Washington US272 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1525 Los Angeles US140 stories about protests or strikes, of its 712

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: 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'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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'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 readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: 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'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRussia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: 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: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: too little coverage to readNicaragua: 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'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: 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 readMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: 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'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIsrael: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIran: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: 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: feelings about like the world'sGhana: 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: too little coverage to readNew 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'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: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: 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: 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'sComoros: feelings about like the world'sColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: 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'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina 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'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: 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'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: 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 readCrimea: feelings about like the world'sEast 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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: 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'sZimbabwe: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sUruguay: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUganda: coverage a little warmer than 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 three times as grief-stricken as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSamoa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPoland: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPeru: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalta: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLuxembourg: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLithuania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sLesotho: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLaos: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKazakhstan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJordan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIraq: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHungary: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFrance: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little warmer than the world'sDR Congo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCameroon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBolivia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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

● Syria about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 1,036 stories about harm ● Switzerland about twice as fearful as the world's · 85 stories about harm ● Kenya about twice as fearful as the world's · 2,250 stories about harm ● Mali about three times as angry as the world's · 61 stories about harm ● Somalia about twice as angry as the world's · 90 stories about harm ● Libya about twice as angry as the world's · 115 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice31% 10,412 stories · about as usual Health20% 6,890 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence19% 6,560 stories · more than usual (usually 17%) Disasters & accidents18% 5,969 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,547 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,164 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 782 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 642 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 killed10,377 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,561 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,264 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,492 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations1,060 at about three times the usual rate · most about Kenya and the US Stories reporting abductions413 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees412 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Palestine Stories reporting people displaced207 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting people falling ill24 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Canada

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
● Feara little more 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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