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What the world's news said happened to people.
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18,179 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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Protests in Hong Kong Island (Hong Kong), the cyclone in Bangladesh and the earthquake in France drew the news. Bangladesh's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were softer than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostGambia 57 in 100 of its 101 stories, usually 23
RegionOceania 26 in 100 of its stories, usually 18
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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Protests & strikes

Hong Kong

300 of its 565 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Hong Kong Island accounted for 221 of Hong Kong's 300 stories about harm, carried by 636 outlets. 219 of Hong Kong Island's 221 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (55 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Hong Kong over 30 days → its stories → Hong Kong Island stories →
Disasters & accidents

Bangladesh

145 of its 348 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (23 stories). Cyclone was named in 87 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with flooding and storms. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Bangladesh over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

France

169 of its 823 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (42 stories). Earthquake was named in 31 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

France over 30 days → its stories →
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Protests & strikes

Cambodia

42 of its 72 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Phnom Penh accounted for 28 of Cambodia's 42 stories about harm, carried by 70 outlets. 24 of Phnom Penh's 28 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Bolivia

253 of its 581 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. la Paz accounted for 137 of Bolivia's 253 stories about harm, carried by 346 outlets. 115 of la Paz's 137 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Australia

797 of its 2,777 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (33 stories). Wildfires were named in 356 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with storms.

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Protests & strikes

Myanmar

18 of its 33 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. 6 of Kachin's 6 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (6 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (46 stories). Illness was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Kashmir

Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Landslides were named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: wildfires in Australia (356 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); hypothermia in Russia (32 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); measles in Fiji (11 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); landslides in Kashmir (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in South Africa (17 of its stories, about 7 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 11 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 18,179 stories about harm among 107,091 counted on 11 Nov.

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For the second day running, the news turned to Hong Kong. Stories about people being harmed made up 17 in every 100 of the day's 107,091 stories, as usual. A year earlier, on 11 November 2018, 23 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 17 today. In Hong Kong, 53% of the news was about people being harmed, where 33% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan70 in 100 of its 57 stories · usually 46 · mostly conflict & violence Syria65 in 100 of its 240 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq61 in 100 of its 323 stories · usually 64 · mostly rights & justice Cambodia58 in 100 of its 72 stories · usually 36 · mostly rights & justice Gambia57 in 100 of its 101 stories · usually 23 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Hong Kong Island Hong Kong219 stories about protests or strikes, of its 221 La Paz Bolivia115 stories about protests or strikes, of its 137 Baghdad Iraq113 stories about protests or strikes, of its 125 Washington US78 stories about protests or strikes, of its 416 Delhi India59 stories about protests or strikes, of its 148

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'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.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 readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: 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 readSri Lanka: 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: 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 readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: 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: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: 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'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: 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'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: 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'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: 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'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: 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: 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'sCroatia: 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 readChina: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelarus: 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 readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: feelings about like the world'sAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: too little coverage to readBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: feelings about like the world'sMontserrat: too little coverage to readGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: 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: 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: too little coverage to readYemen: 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'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTurkmenistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sThailand: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTanzania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSpain: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSamoa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSt Vincent: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMontenegro: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalawi: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sItaly: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sIran: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGreece: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGambia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEstonia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChile: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChad: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCanada: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBrazil: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBolivia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBelize: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little angrier than 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'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken 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'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sJersey: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCook Islands: 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

● Kashmir about twice as fearful as the world's · 72 stories about harm ● Gambia about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 58 stories about harm ● Türkiye about twice as fearful as the world's · 258 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 156 stories about harm ● Iraq about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 196 stories about harm ● Mexico about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 179 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice26% 4,561 stories · less than usual (usually 29%) Health24% 4,288 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents20% 3,596 stories · more than usual (usually 17%) Conflict & violence17% 3,001 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 927 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 633 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 381 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 350 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 killed4,765 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,992 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,939 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,398 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees202 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Türkiye Stories reporting evacuations173 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Australia and the US Stories reporting people displaced140 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions118 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the UK Stories reporting people falling ill32 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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