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What the world's news said happened to people.
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20,267 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 Tunis (Tunisia), people displaced in Bangladesh and rights and justice in Filanbanco. Bangladesh's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Palestine → Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about three times the usual rate →
Part of lifeConflict & violence 31 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostPakistan 55 in 100 of its 1,257 stories, usually 31
RegionSouth Asia 44 in 100 of its stories, usually 24
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Tunisia

35 of its 49 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Tunis accounted for 32 of Tunisia's 35 stories about harm, carried by 19 outlets. 23 of Tunis' 32 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about 9 times the usual rate (9 stories).

Tunisia over 30 days → its stories → Tunis stories →
Disasters & accidents

Bangladesh

178 of its 396 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories). Heavy rain was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with malaria. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Bangladesh over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Libya

Tripoli accounted for 85 of Libya's 93 stories about harm, carried by 79 outlets. 69 of Tripoli's 85 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (58 stories). Drownings were named in 16 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Haiti

77 of its 118 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. 49 of Port-au-Prince's 50 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (23 stories).

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Conflict & violence

India

1,714 of its 4,669 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (931 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Kashmir

580 of its 770 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Pulwama accounted for 306 of Kashmir's 580 stories about harm, carried by 79 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Egypt

149 of its 323 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

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Displacement

Greece

59 of its 144 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (34 stories). 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: heavy rain in Zimbabwe (78 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); natural hazards in Puerto Rico (17 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); hunger in UK (185 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); avalanche in Brazil (12 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); drownings in Libya (16 of its stories, about three times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 20; 22 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 17 Feb. 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 20,267 stories about harm among 96,338 counted on 17 Feb.

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On the side of help, reports of people freed or reunited ran at about three times the usual rate. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 96,338 stories, above the usual 20. Abductions were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Palestine. In Tunisia, 71% of the news was about people being harmed, where 42% is usual. On 17 February 2018, a year earlier, the share was 23 in every 100, against 21 today. This week the news turned most often to Haiti, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 2 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan82 in 100 of its 88 stories · usually 74 · mostly rights & justice Syria80 in 100 of its 775 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir75 in 100 of its 770 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Liberia68 in 100 of its 80 stories · usually 35 · mostly health Haiti65 in 100 of its 118 stories · usually 35 · mostly food & livelihood

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Gloucester County US189 stories about protests or strikes, of its 194 Paris France137 stories about protests or strikes, of its 213 Ramallah Palestine85 stories about protests or strikes, of its 169 Chicago US84 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1712 Camp Hill US77 stories about protests or strikes, of its 82

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: 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 readUnited Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth 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'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: 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: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: 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: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: 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'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIraq: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew 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: too little coverage to readEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: 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 readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: feelings about like the world'sColombia: 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: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: 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'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBotswana: 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'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'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: 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: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readGaza: 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 readEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern 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: 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: too little coverage to readSan 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTogo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLuxembourg: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLiberia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKuwait: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sItaly: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIreland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIran: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGuinea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as warm as 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 warm as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFiji: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEgypt: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sEcuador: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCroatia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage a little warmer than the world'sDR Congo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBulgaria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAlbania: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as 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

● Egypt about three times as fearful as the world's · 149 stories about harm ● United Arab Emirates about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 80 stories about harm ● Kashmir about twice as fearful as the world's · 580 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 96 stories about harm ● Rwanda few stories about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 22 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as fearful as the world's · 334 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence31% 6,123 stories · much more than usual (usually 16%) Rights & justice29% 5,773 stories · less than usual (usually 32%) Health16% 3,237 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Disasters & accidents13% 2,498 stories · much less than usual (usually 19%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 942 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 583 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 489 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 332 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 killed6,797 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting arrests3,235 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people injured2,082 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people affected1,715 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions424 at about three times the usual rate · most about the US and Palestine Stories reporting refugees236 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced235 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Palestine and Yemen Stories reporting evacuations150 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill14 at about half 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 much harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout one and a half times 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.