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What the world's news said happened to people.
Counts of coverage, not of suffering
35,080 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 news turned to illness in Monrovia, violence in Addis Ababa and plane crash in Italy. Mexico's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was softer than usual.

Help and hope: reports of volunteers ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 33 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostBrazil 54 in 100 of its 720 stories, usually 18
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 39 in 100 of its stories, usually 28
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 →
Health

Liberia

61 of its 90 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Monrovia accounted for 44 of Liberia's 61 stories about harm, carried by 37 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (24 stories). Ebola was named in 33 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

Liberia over 30 days → its stories → Monrovia stories →
Conflict & violence

Ethiopia

77 of its 123 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Addis Ababa accounted for 52 of Ethiopia's 77 stories about harm, carried by 59 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (47 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Ethiopia over 30 days → its stories → Addis Ababa stories →
Disasters & accidents

Italy

353 of its 1,070 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (19 stories). Plane crash was named in 64 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.

Italy over 30 days → its stories →
Displacement

Mexico

500 of its 1,341 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (193 stories). Illness was named in 83 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Mexico over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Bangladesh

191 of its 360 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of refugees ran at about 7 times the usual rate (55 stories). Cyclone was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Zimbabwe

381 of its 676 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. 184 of Harare's 206 stories were about protests or strikes. HIV was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Brazil

390 of its 720 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (216 stories). Flooding was named in 74 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Displacement

Cameroon

24 of its 43 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of refugees ran at about 7 times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Saudi Arabia

124 of its 270 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (41 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Türkiye

237 of its 482 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (71 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: flooding in Indonesia (96 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heatwave in Australia (261 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in Brazil (74 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in Morocco (11 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); earthquake in Papua New Guinea (10 of its stories, about three 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 25 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 35,080 stories about harm among 184,206 counted on 25 Jan.

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Liberia stood out: 68% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 23%. 19 in every 100 of the day's 184,206 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. On the side of help, reports of volunteers ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. the news turned to Liberia for the second day running. A year earlier, on 25 January 2018, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan79 in 100 of its 159 stories · usually 74 · mostly rights & justice Liberia68 in 100 of its 90 stories · usually 23 · mostly health Syria68 in 100 of its 308 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Mali64 in 100 of its 95 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia63 in 100 of its 59 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Caracas Venezuela627 stories about protests or strikes, of its 714 Washington US476 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1761 Harare Zimbabwe184 stories about protests or strikes, of its 206 Athens Greece129 stories about protests or strikes, of its 134 Greenwood County US124 stories about protests or strikes, of its 136

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: 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'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: 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'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: 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'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: 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'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRussia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: feelings about like the world'sOman: 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'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritania: 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'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 readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: 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: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: 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: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: 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: 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: too little coverage to readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: 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 readCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: 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'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: too little coverage to readBahamas: 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'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall 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: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: feelings about like the world'sWallis & 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 readMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage about twice 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'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSlovakia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPoland: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPeru: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPanama: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMauritius: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLesotho: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJapan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJamaica: coverage about twice as grief-stricken 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 twice as angry as the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGreece: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGhana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGeorgia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFiji: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEgypt: coverage a little warmer than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCzechia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCyprus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCroatia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage a little warmer than the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBurundi: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as grief-stricken 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 a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sJersey: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMaldives: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGibraltar: 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

● Saudi Arabia about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 124 stories about harm ● Kashmir about twice as fearful as the world's · 102 stories about harm ● Mali about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 61 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as angry as the world's · 480 stories about harm ● Yemen about twice as angry as the world's · 54 stories about harm ● Zimbabwe about twice as angry as the world's · 381 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice33% 11,331 stories · more than usual (usually 31%) Health20% 6,834 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents18% 5,964 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence14% 4,706 stories · less than usual (usually 16%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,969 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,165 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 970 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 950 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 killed9,391 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,624 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,564 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,338 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees791 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Mexico and the US Stories reporting people displaced273 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions232 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting evacuations219 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Indonesia and the US Stories reporting people falling ill48 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 softer than 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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