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What the world's news said happened to people.
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9,182 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 Algiers (Algeria), violence in Ouagadougou and the typhoon in the Philippines drew the news. Burkina Faso's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Language across the world's news ran softer than usual.

Help and hope: reports of volunteers ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostHong Kong 75 in 100 of its 123 stories, usually 36
RegionSoutheast Asia 32 in 100 of its stories, usually 21
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Algeria

43 of its 72 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Algiers accounted for 38 of Algeria's 43 stories about harm, carried by 107 outlets. 35 of Algiers' 38 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (36 stories). Illness was named in 41 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Algeria over 30 days → its stories → Algiers stories →
Conflict & violence

Burkina Faso

136 of its 138 stories (99%) were about people being harmed, usually 64%. Ouagadougou accounted for 61 of Burkina Faso's 136 stories about harm, carried by 148 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (40 stories). Natural hazards were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Burkina Faso over 30 days → its stories → Ouagadougou stories →
Disasters & accidents

Philippines

189 of its 406 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (60 stories). Typhoon was named in 105 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with cyclone, storms and heavy rain.

Philippines over 30 days → its stories →
Displacement

Indonesia

58 of its 129 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Hong Kong

92 of its 123 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Mong Kok accounted for 79 of Hong Kong's 92 stories about harm, carried by 249 outlets. 79 of Mong Kok's 79 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (27 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Spain

61 of its 216 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (49 stories). Drownings were named in 20 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Chile

38 of its 74 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories). Storms were named in 24 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with wildfires.

its stories →
Health

Brazil

41 of its 138 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (17 stories). Illness was named in 26 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

120 of its 197 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Reports of abductions ran at about 6 times the usual rate (31 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Romania

7 of its 22 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. 5 of Bucharest's 5 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: illness in Brazil (26 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); storms in Chile (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Canada (56 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Spain (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in France (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 25 Dec. 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 9,182 stories about harm among 47,704 counted on 25 Dec.

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Help and hope: reports of volunteers ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. of the day's 47,704 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 18. the Philippines' news mentioned the typhoon about 4 times as often as usual. Algeria's news was 60% about people being harmed, against a usual 35%. A year earlier, on 25 December 2018, 20 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Burkina Faso99 in 100 of its 138 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Hong Kong75 in 100 of its 123 stories · usually 36 · mostly rights & justice Iraq61 in 100 of its 103 stories · usually 64 · mostly rights & justice Afghanistan61 in 100 of its 197 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence Algeria60 in 100 of its 72 stories · usually 35 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Mong Kok Hong Kong79 stories about protests or strikes, of its 79 Delhi India77 stories about protests or strikes, of its 145 Washington US63 stories about protests or strikes, of its 245 Mangaluru India45 stories about protests or strikes, of its 49 Lucknow India37 stories about protests or strikes, of its 62

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUkraine: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: 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: too little coverage to readSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRussia: feelings about like the world'sQatar: too little coverage to readPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: 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'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 readMozambique: too little coverage to readMorocco: 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 readMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: 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: too little coverage to readLiberia: 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 readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIceland: too little coverage to readHungary: 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'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGhana: 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: too little coverage to readNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: 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: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: too little coverage to readN. 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'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 readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBulgaria: too little coverage to readBrunei: too little coverage to readBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: 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: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sGaza: 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 readCrimea: feelings about like the world'sEast 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: 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'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sThailand: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSierra Leone: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSamoa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRomania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPanama: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFiji: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sColombia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCanada: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelize: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAngola: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAlgeria: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as 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'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'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

● Burkina Faso about three times as angry as the world's · 136 stories about harm ● Saudi Arabia about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 72 stories about harm ● Tunisia few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 4 stories about harm ● Algeria few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 43 stories about harm ● Türkiye about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 83 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 120 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 2,597 stories · less than usual (usually 31%) Health21% 1,870 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents20% 1,812 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence16% 1,426 stories · more than usual (usually 13%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 523 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 380 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 249 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 185 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 killed2,796 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,222 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the Philippines Stories reporting arrests993 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured703 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees144 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting abductions134 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Afghanistan and the US Stories reporting people displaced132 at about twice the usual rate · most about Syria and the US Stories reporting evacuations94 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and France Stories reporting people falling ill10 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the Philippines

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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