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What the world's news said happened to people.
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11,790 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 protests in la Paz (Bolivia), wildfires in Australia and refugees in Mexico. Mexico's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were about as usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Mexico → Help and hope: reports of volunteers ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostAustralia 33 in 100 of its 1,333 stories, usually 17
RegionCentral Asia 29 in 100 of its stories, usually 16
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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Protests & strikes

Bolivia

39 of its 75 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. la Paz accounted for 24 of Bolivia's 39 stories about harm, carried by 108 outlets. 18 of la Paz's 24 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (31 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Bolivia over 30 days → its stories → La Paz stories →
Disasters & accidents

Australia

446 of its 1,333 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (54 stories). Wildfires were named in 184 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with drought.

Australia over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Mexico

128 of its 312 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Brazil

58 of its 255 stories (23%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 15 of Curitiba's 23 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (21 stories). Drownings were named in 19 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Georgia

23 of its 35 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Tbilisi accounted for 20 of Georgia's 23 stories about harm, carried by 64 outlets. 19 of Tbilisi's 20 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (20 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Iraq

149 of its 202 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Baghdad accounted for 112 of Iraq's 149 stories about harm, carried by 374 outlets. 97 of Baghdad's 112 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Bangladesh

136 of its 309 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (47 stories). Storm surge was named in 53 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with hurricane.

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Conflict & violence

Greece

35 of its 138 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

New Zealand

90 of its 407 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Heavy rain was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: storm surge in Bangladesh (53 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Iran (29 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); drownings in Brazil (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in UK (131 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); typhoon in Philippines (28 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

17 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 9 Nov. 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 11,790 stories about harm among 69,559 counted on 9 Nov.

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Reports of volunteers, a sign of help, ran at about twice the usual rate. 17 in every 100 of the day's 69,559 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Mexico. the news turned to Bolivia for the second day running. A year earlier, on 9 November 2018, 21 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 17 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Iraq74 in 100 of its 202 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Syria65 in 100 of its 121 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Bolivia52 in 100 of its 75 stories · usually 36 · mostly conflict & violence Cambodia48 in 100 of its 85 stories · usually 34 · mostly rights & justice Bangladesh44 in 100 of its 309 stories · usually 34 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Baghdad Iraq97 stories about protests or strikes, of its 112 Washington US67 stories about protests or strikes, of its 350 Berlin Germany53 stories about protests or strikes, of its 108 Ayodhya India50 stories about protests or strikes, of its 152 Beijing China32 stories about protests or strikes, of its 86

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: 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: too little coverage to readPuerto 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: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: 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 Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSudan: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: 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'sSaudi Arabia: 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'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: 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'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: 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 readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: too little coverage to readMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: too little coverage to readLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: too little coverage to readKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: too little coverage to readHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: 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: 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'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: 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'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: 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'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: too little coverage to readBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: too little coverage to readHeard & 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 readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: 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: feelings about like the world'sMarshall 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: too little coverage to readBermuda: 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: 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: too little coverage to readGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sThailand: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTajikistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sQatar: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPeru: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sMalaysia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIreland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGreece: 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'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCroatia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHong Kong: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sChile: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sBolivia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBelize: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful 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 angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJersey: coverage a little more fearful 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

● Mexico about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 128 stories about harm ● Iraq about twice as angry as the world's · 149 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 79 stories about harm ● Türkiye about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 84 stories about harm ● Kashmir few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 28 stories about harm ● Brazil about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 58 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 3,471 stories · about as usual Health22% 2,593 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents20% 2,299 stories · more than usual (usually 16%) Conflict & violence15% 1,685 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 625 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 413 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 238 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 222 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 killed3,109 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,599 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,472 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured776 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations242 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Australia and Bangladesh Stories reporting refugees132 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Türkiye Stories reporting abductions84 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people displaced63 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and the Philippines Stories reporting people falling ill45 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Mexico

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
● 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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