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What the world's news said happened to people.
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24,248 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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A disaster in Tlahuelilpan, people displaced in Israel and violence in Bogota drew the news. Colombia's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were harsher than usual.

Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostMexico 70 in 100 of its 1,848 stories, usually 24
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 52 in 100 of its stories, usually 24
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Mexico

1,299 of its 1,848 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Tlahuelilpan accounted for 913 of Mexico's 1,299 stories about harm, carried by 988 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (463 stories). Accidents were named in 818 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Israel

581 of its 879 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 7 times the usual rate (56 stories). Storms were named in 39 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Israel over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Colombia

262 of its 353 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Bogota accounted for 243 of Colombia's 262 stories about harm, carried by 181 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 7 times the usual rate (162 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Bolivia

64 of its 74 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (57 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Syria

372 of its 452 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Manbij accounted for 242 of Syria's 372 stories about harm, carried by 266 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (310 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Kenya

309 of its 456 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Nairobi accounted for 256 of Kenya's 309 stories about harm, carried by 266 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (77 stories). Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Yemen

155 of its 171 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (78 stories). Accidents were named in 81 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Ethiopia

104 of its 148 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Libya

206 of its 232 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 62%. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (114 stories). Drownings were named in 35 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Thailand

166 of its 290 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (123 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: accidents in Yemen (81 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); avalanche in Kashmir (48 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); drownings in Italy (60 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); natural hazards in Venezuela (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Libya (35 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 19 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 24,248 stories about harm among 115,110 counted on 19 Jan.

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Mexico stood out: 70% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 24%. Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. In Kashmir's news, mentions of the avalanche ran about 9 times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 115,110 stories, above the usual 19.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Burkina Faso93 in 100 of its 59 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen91 in 100 of its 171 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Libya89 in 100 of its 232 stories · usually 62 · mostly disasters & accidents Bolivia86 in 100 of its 74 stories · usually 29 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given Somalia86 in 100 of its 187 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Chicago US681 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1565 Washington US589 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1397 Paris France250 stories about protests or strikes, of its 266 Harare Zimbabwe130 stories about protests or strikes, of its 175 Jerusalem Israel107 stories about protests or strikes, of its 320

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUkraine: feelings about like the world'sUganda: 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: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: 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'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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 readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: 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'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua 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'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNiger: 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'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'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: 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: too little coverage to readJordan: 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'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: 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'sGreece: 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'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'sEcuador: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readHong Kong: 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 readCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: 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'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 readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: 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 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 readBritish 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: feelings about like the world'sSt 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 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPuerto Rico: 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'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTurkmenistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sThailand: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSweden: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSpain: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSomalia: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSt. Lucia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPoland: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPeru: 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'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNicaragua: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKenya: coverage about twice as warm as the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJapan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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 angry as the world'sHungary: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGermany: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEthiopia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sDenmark: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sCroatia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDR Congo: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sColombia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChile: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBulgaria: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sBolivia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAustria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as 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 about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMarshall Islands: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBermuda: 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

● Denmark few stories about three times as fearful as the world's · 18 stories about harm ● Poland about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 108 stories about harm ● Kenya about twice as warm as the world's · 309 stories about harm ● Somalia about three times as angry as the world's · 161 stories about harm ● Bulgaria few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 20 stories about harm ● Spain about twice as fearful as the world's · 128 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice31% 7,484 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents23% 5,499 stories · more than usual (usually 19%) Conflict & violence20% 4,844 stories · more than usual (usually 17%) Health13% 3,207 stories · much less than usual (usually 20%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,355 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 607 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 500 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 374 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 killed8,273 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Mexico Stories reporting people affected3,063 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,796 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Mexico and the US Stories reporting arrests2,715 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees361 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions214 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced160 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations51 at less than a quarter of the usual rate · most about the US and Kenya Stories reporting people falling ill30 at about the usual rate

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 harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little more than 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.