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What the world's news said happened to people.
Counts of coverage, not of suffering
20,685 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 Tehran (Iran), violence in Kabul and rights and justice in Stockholm drew the news. Iran's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 33 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostSweden 43 in 100 of its 286 stories, usually 16
RegionCentral Asia 20 in 100 of its stories, usually 15
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Iran

273 of its 481 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Tehran accounted for 153 of Iran's 273 stories about harm, carried by 244 outlets. 120 of Tehran's 153 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (175 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories → Tehran stories →
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

302 of its 382 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Kabul accounted for 220 of Afghanistan's 302 stories about harm, carried by 782 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (175 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Kabul stories →
Health

Samoa

40 of its 45 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Kashmir

94 of its 178 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. 34 of Jammu's 48 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (37 stories). Avalanche was named in 15 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Libya

49 of its 69 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Tripoli accounted for 43 of Libya's 49 stories about harm, carried by 66 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Nicaragua

24 of its 34 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Managua accounted for 19 of Nicaragua's 24 stories about harm, carried by 24 outlets. 19 of Managua's 19 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (17 stories).

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Hong Kong

326 of its 594 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. 105 of Hong Kong Island's 107 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at about 6 times the usual rate (11 stories).

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Georgia

22 of its 37 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 17 of Tbilisi's 19 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories).

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Bolivia

77 of its 120 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. la Paz accounted for 38 of Bolivia's 77 stories about harm, carried by 101 outlets. 29 of la Paz's 38 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Also named far more than usual: tuberculosis in Sri Lanka (26 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Nepal (13 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); hunger in Burkina Faso (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); avalanche in Kashmir (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); gas explosion in China (25 of its stories, more than ten 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 19 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 20,685 stories about harm among 120,204 counted on 19 Nov.

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Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. of the day's 120,204 news stories, 17 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 19 November 2018, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 17 today. Iran's news was 57% about people being harmed, against a usual 36%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Afghanistan79 in 100 of its 382 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence Mali76 in 100 of its 68 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence Libya71 in 100 of its 69 stories · usually 46 · mostly conflict & violence Bolivia64 in 100 of its 120 stories · usually 43 · mostly rights & justice Iran57 in 100 of its 481 stories · usually 36 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Delhi India140 stories about protests or strikes, of its 275 Washington US122 stories about protests or strikes, of its 574 Tehran Iran120 stories about protests or strikes, of its 153 Hong Kong Island Hong Kong105 stories about protests or strikes, of its 107 Beijing China87 stories about protests or strikes, of its 132

Stories, not people.

Where harm was most of the news

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: near the world's share or lessVietnam: near the world's share or lessVanuatu: near the world's share or lessUzbekistan: near the world's share or lessUruguay: near the world's share or lessMicronesia: near the world's share or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessGuam: near the world's share or lessUnited States: near the world's share or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: no storiesFalkland Islands: near the world's share or lessCayman Islands: near the world's share or lessIsle of Man: no storiesUnited Kingdom: near the world's share or lessUnited Arab Emirates: near the world's share or lessUkraine: near the world's share or lessTurkmenistan: near the world's share or lessTunisia: near the world's share or lessTrinidad & Tobago: near the world's share or lessTonga: near the world's share or lessTogo: near the world's share or lessTimor-Leste: near the world's share or lessThailand: near the world's share or lessTanzania: near the world's share or lessTajikistan: near the world's share or lessTaiwan: near the world's share or lessSwitzerland: near the world's share or lessEswatini: near the world's share or lessSuriname: near the world's share or lessSpain: near the world's share or lessSouth Korea: near the world's share or lessSomaliland: no storiesSolomon Islands: near the world's share or lessSlovakia: near the world's share or lessSlovenia: near the world's share or lessSingapore: near the world's share or lessSierra Leone: near the world's share or lessSeychelles: near the world's share or lessSerbia: no storiesSenegal: near the world's share or lessSaudi Arabia: near the world's share or lessSão Tomé: near the world's share or lessSt Vincent: near the world's share or lessSt. Lucia: near the world's share or lessRwanda: near the world's share or lessRussia: near the world's share or lessRomania: near the world's share or lessQatar: near the world's share or lessPortugal: near the world's share or lessPoland: near the world's share or lessPeru: near the world's share or lessParaguay: near the world's share or lessPapua New Guinea: near the world's share or lessPanama: near the world's share or lessPalau: near the world's share or lessOman: near the world's share or lessNorway: near the world's share or lessNorth Korea: near the world's share or lessNiger: near the world's share or lessNew Zealand: near the world's share or lessNiue: no storiesNetherlands: near the world's share or lessCuraçao: no storiesMorocco: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara: near the world's share or lessMontenegro: near the world's share or lessMongolia: near the world's share or lessMoldova: near the world's share or lessMauritius: near the world's share or lessMauritania: near the world's share or lessMalaysia: near the world's share or lessMalawi: near the world's share or lessMadagascar: near the world's share or lessNorth Macedonia: near the world's share or lessLuxembourg: near the world's share or lessLithuania: near the world's share or lessLiberia: near the world's share or lessLesotho: near the world's share or lessLebanon: near the world's share or lessLatvia: near the world's share or lessLaos: near the world's share or lessKyrgyzstan: near the world's share or lessKuwait: near the world's share or lessKosovo: no storiesKiribati: near the world's share or lessJordan: near the world's share or lessJapan: near the world's share or lessJamaica: near the world's share or lessItaly: near the world's share or lessIreland: near the world's share or lessIndonesia: near the world's share or lessIndia: near the world's share or lessIceland: near the world's share or lessHungary: near the world's share or lessHonduras: near the world's share or lessGuyana: near the world's share or lessGuinea-Bissau: near the world's share or lessGuinea: near the world's share or lessGuatemala: near the world's share or lessGrenada: near the world's share or lessGreece: near the world's share or lessGhana: near the world's share or lessGermany: near the world's share or lessGabon: near the world's share or lessFrance: near the world's share or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: no storiesFrench Polynesia: near the world's share or lessNew Caledonia: near the world's share or lessFrench Southern Territories: no storiesÅland Islands: no storiesFinland: near the world's share or lessFiji: near the world's share or lessEstonia: near the world's share or lessEritrea: near the world's share or lessEquatorial Guinea: near the world's share or lessEcuador: near the world's share or lessDominica: near the world's share or lessDjibouti: near the world's share or lessGreenland: near the world's share or lessFaroe Islands: near the world's share or lessDenmark: near the world's share or lessCzech Republic: near the world's share or lessN. Cyprus: no storiesCyprus: near the world's share or lessCuba: near the world's share or lessCroatia: near the world's share or lessCôte d'Ivoire: near the world's share or lessCosta Rica: near the world's share or lessComoros: near the world's share or lessChina: near the world's share or lessChad: near the world's share or lessCape Verde: near the world's share or lessCanada: near the world's share or lessMyanmar: near the world's share or lessBulgaria: near the world's share or lessBrunei: near the world's share or lessBrazil: near the world's share or lessBotswana: near the world's share or lessBhutan: near the world's share or lessBenin: near the world's share or lessBelize: near the world's share or lessBelgium: near the world's share or lessBelarus: near the world's share or lessBahrain: near the world's share or lessAzerbaijan: near the world's share or lessAustria: near the world's share or lessAustralia: near the world's share or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: no storiesArmenia: near the world's share or lessArgentina: near the world's share or lessAntigua & Barbuda: near the world's share or lessAngola: near the world's share or lessAndorra: no storiesAlbania: near the world's share or lessAksai Chin: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): near the world's share or lessCrimea: near the world's share or lessVatican City: near the world's share or lessMarshall Islands: near the world's share or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: no storiesAmerican Samoa: near the world's share or lessChagos Islands: near the world's share or lessSt. Helena: near the world's share or lessPitcairn: no storiesAnguilla: near the world's share or lessBermuda: near the world's share or lessBritish Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: no storiesMontserrat: near the world's share or lessJersey: near the world's share or lessGuernsey: near the world's share or lessSan Marino: no storiesSt Kitts & Nevis: near the world's share or lessCook Islands: near the world's share or lessAruba: near the world's share or lessNauru: no storiesMonaco: near the world's share or lessMaldives: near the world's share or lessLiechtenstein: no storiesWallis & Futuna: no storiesSt. Martin: no storiesSt. Barthélemy: no storiesMacao: near the world's share or lessNorfolk Island: near the world's share or lessSint Maarten: no storiesChristmas Island: no storiesGibraltar: near the world's share or lessMayotte: no storiesZimbabwe: 26 in 100 of its 322 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Yemen: 53 in 100 of its 58 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Venezuela: 25 in 100 of its 87 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Puerto Rico: 40 in 100 of its 40 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Uganda: 30 in 100 of its 122 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Türkiye: 29 in 100 of its 489 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Syria: 56 in 100 of its 161 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Sweden: 43 in 100 of its 286 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)South Sudan: 61 in 100 of its 23 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Sudan: 50 in 100 of its 56 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Sri Lanka: 29 in 100 of its 317 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)South Africa: 22 in 100 of its 1,041 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Somalia: 77 in 100 of its 39 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Samoa: 89 in 100 of its 45 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Philippines: 23 in 100 of its 714 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Pakistan: 24 in 100 of its 858 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Nigeria: 27 in 100 of its 1,483 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Nicaragua: 71 in 100 of its 34 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Nepal: 39 in 100 of its 82 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Namibia: 25 in 100 of its 55 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Mozambique: 34 in 100 of its 32 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Mexico: 23 in 100 of its 447 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Malta: 39 in 100 of its 87 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Mali: 76 in 100 of its 68 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Libya: 71 in 100 of its 69 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Kenya: 25 in 100 of its 391 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Kazakhstan: 28 in 100 of its 96 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Israel: 25 in 100 of its 890 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Palestine: 32 in 100 of its 139 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Iraq: 55 in 100 of its 130 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Iran: 57 in 100 of its 481 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Haiti: 49 in 100 of its 35 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Georgia: 59 in 100 of its 37 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Gambia: 26 in 100 of its 66 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Ethiopia: 44 in 100 of its 102 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)El Salvador: 45 in 100 of its 11 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Egypt: 25 in 100 of its 184 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Dominican Republic: 53 in 100 of its 32 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)DR Congo: 64 in 100 of its 14 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Congo: 40 in 100 of its 20 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Colombia: 34 in 100 of its 65 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Hong Kong: 55 in 100 of its 594 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Chile: 39 in 100 of its 114 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Central African Republic: 69 in 100 of its 13 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Cameroon: 34 in 100 of its 47 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Cambodia: 24 in 100 of its 82 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Burundi: 62 in 100 of its 13 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Burkina Faso: 90 in 100 of its 31 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Bosnia: 50 in 100 of its 8 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Bolivia: 64 in 100 of its 120 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Barbados: 29 in 100 of its 59 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Bangladesh: 28 in 100 of its 203 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Bahamas: 34 in 100 of its 107 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Algeria: 38 in 100 of its 24 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Afghanistan: 79 in 100 of its 382 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Kashmir: 53 in 100 of its 178 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Palestine: 32 in 100 of its 139 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Palestine: 32 in 100 of its 139 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Kashmir: 53 in 100 of its 178 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Kashmir: 53 in 100 of its 178 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Palestine: 32 in 100 of its 139 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Kashmir: 53 in 100 of its 178 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)
A quarter or more above the world's share Near the world's or lessNo stories

Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 17 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.

Most of its news about harm

● Afghanistan 79 in 100 of its 382 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Iran 57 in 100 of its 481 stories · mostly rights & justice ● Hong Kong 55 in 100 of its 594 stories · mostly rights & justice ● Mali 76 in 100 of its 68 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Bolivia 64 in 100 of its 120 stories · mostly rights & justice ● Libya 71 in 100 of its 69 stories · mostly conflict & violence

Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 stories.

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice33% 6,702 stories · more than usual (usually 29%) Health25% 4,996 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 3,143 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence12% 2,471 stories · less than usual (usually 15%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,142 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 957 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 416 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 412 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 killed5,013 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests3,049 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,065 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,126 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions334 at about twice the usual rate · most about Afghanistan and the US Stories reporting refugees224 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced168 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations115 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Hong Kong Stories reporting people falling ill46 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
● 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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