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What the world's news said happened to people.
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34,020 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 tornadoes in Cuba, illness in Kathmandu and violence in Sikire. Poland's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostCuba 88 in 100 of its 598 stories, usually 23
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 43 in 100 of its stories, usually 31
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Cuba

526 of its 598 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Havana accounted for 517 of Cuba's 526 stories about harm, carried by 559 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (499 stories). Tornadoes were named in 515 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with flooding and power cuts. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Cuba over 30 days → its stories → Havana stories →
Health

Nepal

145 of its 264 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Kathmandu accounted for 132 of Nepal's 145 stories about harm, carried by 162 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (63 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Nepal over 30 days → its stories → Kathmandu stories →
Conflict & violence

Burkina Faso

71 of its 78 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 74%. Sikire accounted for 59 of Burkina Faso's 71 stories about harm, carried by 55 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (64 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Burkina Faso over 30 days → its stories → Sikire stories →
Protests & strikes

Poland

103 of its 237 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. 48 of Birkenau's 49 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (76 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Brazil

1,027 of its 1,395 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Brumadinho accounted for 596 of Brazil's 1,027 stories about harm, carried by 414 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (856 stories). Drownings were named in 152 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with avalanche and landslides. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Peru

71 of its 130 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (46 stories). Landslides were named in 31 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Philippines

697 of its 1,192 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (448 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Madagascar

19 of its 34 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (17 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Netherlands

124 of its 386 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (44 stories). Gas explosion was named in 63 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Cameroon

43 of its 88 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. 14 of Douala's 21 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (18 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: flu in Denmark (85 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); gas explosion in Netherlands (63 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Japan (75 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flooding in Singapore (44 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); food poisoning in Belgium (28 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 28 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 34,020 stories about harm among 174,232 counted on 28 Jan.

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Cuba stood out: 88% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 23%. 20 in every 100 of the day's 174,232 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Cuba's news, mentions of tornadoes ran more than ten times their usual. A year earlier, on 28 January 2018, 24 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 20 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Burkina Faso91 in 100 of its 78 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Cuba88 in 100 of its 598 stories · usually 23 · mostly disasters & accidents Sudan78 in 100 of its 122 stories · usually 73 · mostly rights & justice Brazil74 in 100 of its 1,395 stories · usually 33 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria72 in 100 of its 292 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Brumadinho Brazil232 stories about protests or strikes, of its 596 Washington US226 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1105 Caracas Venezuela221 stories about protests or strikes, of its 333 Tianjin China189 stories about protests or strikes, of its 191 Paris France162 stories about protests or strikes, of its 333

Stories, not people.

Where the news was warmest

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: about as warm as its own usual or lessZambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessYemen: about as warm as its own usual or lessVietnam: about as warm as its own usual or lessVenezuela: about as warm as its own usual or lessVanuatu: about as warm as its own usual or lessUzbekistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuam: about as warm as its own usual or lessPuerto Rico: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited States: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessIsle of Man: about as warm as its own usual or lessUnited Kingdom: about as warm as its own usual or lessUganda: about as warm as its own usual or lessTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: about as warm as its own usual or lessTunisia: about as warm as its own usual or lessTrinidad & Tobago: about as warm as its own usual or lessTonga: about as warm as its own usual or lessTogo: about as warm as its own usual or lessTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: about as warm as its own usual or lessTanzania: about as warm as its own usual or lessTajikistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessTaiwan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSyria: about as warm as its own usual or lessSwitzerland: about as warm as its own usual or lessSweden: about as warm as its own usual or lessEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSudan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSri Lanka: about as warm as its own usual or lessSpain: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessSouth Africa: about as warm as its own usual or lessSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSingapore: about as warm as its own usual or lessSierra Leone: about as warm as its own usual or lessSeychelles: about as warm as its own usual or lessSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: about as warm as its own usual or lessSaudi Arabia: about as warm as its own usual or lessSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: about as warm as its own usual or lessRwanda: about as warm as its own usual or lessRomania: about as warm as its own usual or lessQatar: about as warm as its own usual or lessPortugal: about as warm as its own usual or lessPoland: about as warm as its own usual or lessPeru: about as warm as its own usual or lessParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: too little coverage to readPanama: about as warm as its own usual or lessPalau: too little coverage to readOman: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorway: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Korea: about as warm as its own usual or lessNigeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiger: about as warm as its own usual or lessNicaragua: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Zealand: about as warm as its own usual or lessNiue: about as warm as its own usual or lessNetherlands: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: about as warm as its own usual or lessNamibia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMozambique: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: about as warm as its own usual or lessMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: about as warm as its own usual or lessMali: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalaysia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMalawi: about as warm as its own usual or lessMadagascar: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorth Macedonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiberia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLesotho: about as warm as its own usual or lessLebanon: about as warm as its own usual or lessLatvia: about as warm as its own usual or lessLaos: about as warm as its own usual or lessKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: about as warm as its own usual or lessKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: about as warm as its own usual or lessKazakhstan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJapan: about as warm as its own usual or lessJamaica: about as warm as its own usual or lessIreland: about as warm as its own usual or lessIraq: about as warm as its own usual or lessIran: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndonesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIndia: about as warm as its own usual or lessIceland: about as warm as its own usual or lessHungary: about as warm as its own usual or lessHonduras: about as warm as its own usual or lessHaiti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuyana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuatemala: about as warm as its own usual or lessGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: about as warm as its own usual or lessGhana: about as warm as its own usual or lessGermany: about as warm as its own usual or lessGeorgia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGambia: about as warm as its own usual or lessGabon: about as warm as its own usual or lessFrance: about as warm as its own usual or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: about as warm as its own usual or lessNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: about as warm as its own usual or lessFiji: about as warm as its own usual or lessEthiopia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEstonia: about as warm as its own usual or lessEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: about as warm as its own usual or lessEcuador: about as warm as its own usual or lessDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: about as warm as its own usual or lessGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: about as warm as its own usual or lessCuba: about as warm as its own usual or lessCroatia: about as warm as its own usual or lessCôte d'Ivoire: about as warm as its own usual or lessCosta Rica: about as warm as its own usual or lessDR Congo: about as warm as its own usual or lessCongo: about as warm as its own usual or lessComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: about as warm as its own usual or lessChina: about as warm as its own usual or lessHong Kong: about as warm as its own usual or lessChile: about as warm as its own usual or lessChad: about as warm as its own usual or lessCentral African Republic: about as warm as its own usual or lessCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: about as warm as its own usual or lessCambodia: about as warm as its own usual or lessMyanmar: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurundi: about as warm as its own usual or lessBurkina Faso: about as warm as its own usual or lessBulgaria: about as warm as its own usual or lessBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: about as warm as its own usual or lessBotswana: about as warm as its own usual or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: about as warm as its own usual or lessBolivia: about as warm as its own usual or lessBhutan: about as warm as its own usual or lessBenin: about as warm as its own usual or lessBelize: too little coverage to readBelarus: about as warm as its own usual or lessBarbados: too little coverage to readBangladesh: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahrain: about as warm as its own usual or lessBahamas: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzerbaijan: about as warm as its own usual or lessAustralia: about as warm as its own usual or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: about as warm as its own usual or lessArgentina: about as warm as its own usual or lessAntigua & Barbuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: about as warm as its own usual or lessAlbania: too little coverage to readJammu & Kashmir: about as warm as its own usual or lessAksai Chin: about as warm as its own usual or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessSiachen Glacier: about as warm as its own usual or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: about as warm as its own usual or lessVatican 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessBermuda: about as warm as its own usual or lessBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: about as warm as its own usual or lessMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: about as warm as its own usual or lessGuernsey: about as warm as its own usual or lessSan 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: about as warm as its own usual or lessMaldives: about as warm as its own usual or lessLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Martin: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: about as warm as its own usual or lessNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: about as warm as its own usual or lessMayotte: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: warmth about its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualSomalia: warmth about its own usualRussia: warmth about its own usualPhilippines: warmth about its own usualPakistan: warmth about its own usualMorocco: warmth about one and a half times its own usualLibya: warmth about its own usualJordan: warmth about its own usualItaly: warmth about one and a half times its own usualIsrael: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualEgypt: warmth about its own usualCameroon: warmth about its own usualBelgium: warmth about its own usualAustria: warmth about one and a half times its own usualAfghanistan: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualUkraine: warmth about its own usualPalestine: warmth about one and a half times its own usualLas Cruces, US -- rights & justice: 10 stories, carried by 10 outletsAlabama, US -- disasters & accidents: 72 stories, carried by 90 outletsKabul, Afghanistan -- conflict & violence: 337 stories, carried by 408 outletsRoma, Italy -- health: 78 stories, carried by 76 outletsAbu Simbel, Egypt -- rights & justice: 67 stories, carried by 70 outletsLake Chad, Nigeria -- conflict & violence: 16 stories, carried by 14 outletsKordofan, Sudan -- conflict & violence: 16 stories, carried by 15 outletsTripoli, Libya -- conflict & violence: 21 stories, carried by 16 outlets
Warmer than its own usual The warmest eventsAbout as warm or lessToo little news

Each country shaded by the warmth in its news — care, help, gratitude — against its own last 30 days. Stronger colour: further above. Dots: the events whose coverage carried the most warmth, even where the event itself began as harm. Warm words, not good outcomes. Click a country or a dot.

Warmest news

● Palestine warmth about one and a half times usual ● Afghanistan warmth about one and a half times usual ● Austria warmth about one and a half times usual ● Italy warmth about one and a half times usual ● Morocco warmth about one and a half times usual

Warmest events

● Las Cruces US about twice as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 10 stories ● Alabama US about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · disasters & accidents · 72 stories ● Kabul Afghanistan about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · conflict & violence · 337 stories ● Roma Italy about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · health · 78 stories ● Abu Simbel Egypt about one and a half times as warm as the day's news · rights & justice · 67 stories

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 9,454 stories · less than usual (usually 31%) Disasters & accidents22% 7,180 stories · more than usual (usually 18%) Health21% 7,078 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence14% 4,607 stories · less than usual (usually 16%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,921 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,259 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,048 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 731 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 killed10,359 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,429 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests4,065 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,880 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees614 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Palestine Stories reporting abductions278 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Mexico Stories reporting people displaced238 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations202 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the Netherlands and the US Stories reporting people falling ill69 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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