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What the world's news said happened to people.
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41,334 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 landslides in Indonesia, violence in Balakot and rights and justice in Managua. Indonesia's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostIndonesia 65 in 100 of its 786 stories, usually 30
RegionSouth Asia 44 in 100 of its stories, usually 29
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

508 of its 786 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Jakarta accounted for 248 of Indonesia's 508 stories about harm, carried by 346 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (135 stories). Landslides were named in 176 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Indonesia over 30 days → its stories → Jakarta stories →
Conflict & violence

Pakistan

3,161 of its 4,566 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Balakot accounted for 1,317 of Pakistan's 3,161 stories about harm, carried by 772 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (726 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Pakistan over 30 days → its stories → Balakot stories →
Health

Germany

319 of its 1,664 stories (19%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (47 stories). Poisoning was named in 36 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with typhoon.

Germany over 30 days → its stories →
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Disasters & accidents

Egypt

634 of its 1,003 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Cairo accounted for 566 of Egypt's 634 stories about harm, carried by 615 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (511 stories). Train derailment was named in 111 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Nepal

174 of its 341 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (136 stories). Plague was named in 24 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Nigeria

929 of its 2,722 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (608 stories). Plague was named in 28 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with power cuts. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Russia

1,044 of its 3,275 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of refugees ran at about 7 times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Israel

883 of its 1,616 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Jerusalem accounted for 741 of Israel's 883 stories about harm, carried by 116 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (367 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Azerbaijan

90 of its 290 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (42 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: volcanic eruption in Chile (27 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Brazil (60 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Palestine (114 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); train derailment in Egypt (111 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in Tonga (10 of its stories, about three 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 27 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 41,334 stories about harm among 207,945 counted on 27 Feb.

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Reports of peace efforts, a sign of help, ran at about twice the usual rate. 20 in every 100 of the day's 207,945 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Indonesia's news, mentions of landslides ran about 9 times their usual. Indonesia stood out: 65% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 30%. On 27 February 2018, a year earlier, the share was 22 in every 100, against 20 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Nicaragua89 in 100 of its 114 stories · usually 55 · mostly rights & justice Sudan71 in 100 of its 89 stories · usually 72 · mostly rights & justice Pakistan69 in 100 of its 4,566 stories · usually 41 · mostly conflict & violence Syria69 in 100 of its 307 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Congo67 in 100 of its 86 stories · usually 49 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US197 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1901 Balakot Pakistan195 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1317 Jerusalem Israel169 stories about protests or strikes, of its 741 Islamabad Pakistan122 stories about protests or strikes, of its 762 Caracas Venezuela107 stories about protests or strikes, of its 191

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'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 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'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: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: 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. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: 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: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: 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'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLibya: 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 readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sIsrael: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: 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'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt 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: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: 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'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: 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'sBelgium: 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 readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sGaza: feelings about like the world'sWest Bank: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: feelings about like the world'sPitcairn: 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: feelings about like the world'sJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & 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 readGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: feelings about like the world'sYemen: coverage a little warmer than the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sThailand: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSweden: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSpain: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSeychelles: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSt Vincent: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPeru: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sNicaragua: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNepal: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMontenegro: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sMali: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sMalawi: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMadagascar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIreland: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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 fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sIndia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sHungary: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFiji: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEgypt: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCongo: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelize: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBelarus: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sArgentina: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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'sMaldives: coverage about one and a half times 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

● Indonesia about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 508 stories about harm ● Kashmir about twice as fearful as the world's · 193 stories about harm ● Nigeria about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 929 stories about harm ● Egypt about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 634 stories about harm ● Mali few stories about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 26 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 3,161 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 12,257 stories · less than usual (usually 32%) Health21% 8,673 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence21% 8,472 stories · more than usual (usually 17%) Disasters & accidents16% 6,545 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 1,823 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,286 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 877 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 709 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 killed11,295 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,181 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,013 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,080 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations589 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Pakistan Stories reporting refugees335 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Russia Stories reporting abductions275 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Thailand Stories reporting people displaced221 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people falling ill102 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 about as usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as 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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