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40,935 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 drownings in Djibouti, violence in Vilnius and protests in Seoul (South Korea). Lithuania's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran much softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostDjibouti 95 in 100 of its 191 stories, usually 35
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 37 in 100 of its stories, usually 32
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Djibouti

182 of its 191 stories (95%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Obock accounted for 102 of Djibouti's 182 stories about harm, carried by 119 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (6 stories). Drownings were named in 75 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with hunger.

Djibouti over 30 days → its stories → Obock stories →
Conflict & violence

Lithuania

76 of its 99 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Vilnius accounted for 73 of Lithuania's 76 stories about harm, carried by 79 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (72 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Lithuania over 30 days → its stories → Vilnius stories →
Protests & strikes

South Korea

233 of its 796 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 11%. 158 of Seoul's 197 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (26 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

South Korea over 30 days → its stories → Seoul stories →
Health

Chile

49 of its 170 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (21 stories). Poisoning was named in 20 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Chile over 30 days → its stories →
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Disasters & accidents

Brazil

551 of its 903 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Brumadinho accounted for 321 of Brazil's 551 stories about harm, carried by 209 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (174 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Cuba

154 of its 244 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (33 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Congo

30 of its 42 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. 5 of the Congo River's 5 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Philippines

464 of its 1,068 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (286 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Iraq

89 of its 167 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Morocco

32 of its 83 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 20 of Sidi Omar's 20 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in Indonesia (89 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); outbreaks in Romania (11 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); poisoning in Spain (28 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); avalanche in Mexico (52 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hypothermia in US (1141 of its stories, about 6 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 30 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 40,935 stories about harm among 204,333 counted on 30 Jan.

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In Djibouti, 95% of the news was about people being harmed, where 35% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 204,333 stories, above the usual 19. Mentions of volcanic eruption ran about 4 times their usual in Indonesia's news. A year earlier, on 30 January 2018, 19 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 →

Djibouti95 in 100 of its 191 stories · usually 35 · mostly disasters & accidents Myanmar86 in 100 of its 134 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Libya79 in 100 of its 86 stories · usually 58 · mostly displacement Sudan78 in 100 of its 139 stories · usually 73 · mostly rights & justice Lithuania77 in 100 of its 99 stories · usually 14 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Caracas Venezuela444 stories about protests or strikes, of its 621 Chicago US256 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2710 Washington US231 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1117 Jerusalem Israel220 stories about protests or strikes, of its 605 Gaza Palestine165 stories about protests or strikes, of its 177

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Vanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: 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: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTrinidad & 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'sThailand: 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'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'sSierra Leone: 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: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPeru: 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'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: 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: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: 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: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: 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'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: 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: 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'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'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: 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'sBelarus: 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'sAustria: 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'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall 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: too little coverage to readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish 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: 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: 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 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 twice as angry as the world'sZambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUzbekistan: coverage a little more fearful 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'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTanzania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRomania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sOman: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNepal: 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 warm as the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLithuania: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLebanon: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sLaos: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sJordan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJapan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sItaly: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than 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'sGrenada: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFiji: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEritrea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDjibouti: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCuba: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sCroatia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDR Congo: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChile: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCanada: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCambodia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBurundi: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBulgaria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBrazil: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little warmer 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 fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMacao: 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

● Lithuania about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 76 stories about harm ● Türkiye about twice as fearful as the world's · 129 stories about harm ● Cuba about twice as fearful as the world's · 154 stories about harm ● Belgium about twice as angry as the world's · 60 stories about harm ● South Korea about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 233 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 336 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 11,795 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents23% 9,190 stories · more than usual (usually 18%) Health21% 8,432 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence13% 5,357 stories · less than usual (usually 16%) Shelter & services5% 1,928 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 1,756 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 928 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 835 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 killed11,522 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,314 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,600 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,701 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees725 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Mexico and Germany Stories reporting abductions338 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people displaced139 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting evacuations125 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Australia Stories reporting people falling ill79 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 much softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little less than 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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