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What the world's news said happened to people.
Counts of coverage, not of suffering
10,506 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 Manama (Bahrain), violence in Jeddah and illness in Moscow. Saudi Arabia's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Language across the world's news ran much softer than usual.

Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeHealth 59 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostSaudi Arabia 56 in 100 of its 141 stories, usually 35
RegionCentral Asia 42 in 100 of its stories, usually 35
Tone of the words Much softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Bahrain

64 of its 143 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Manama accounted for 42 of Bahrain's 64 stories about harm, carried by 56 outlets. 32 of Manama's 42 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (43 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Bahrain over 30 days → its stories → Manama stories →
Conflict & violence

Saudi Arabia

79 of its 141 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Jeddah accounted for 52 of Saudi Arabia's 79 stories about harm, carried by 82 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (36 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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

Armenia

48 of its 91 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Yerevan accounted for 37 of Armenia's 48 stories about harm, carried by 42 outlets. 29 of Yerevan's 37 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 9 times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Ethiopia

61 of its 99 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Tigray accounted for 45 of Ethiopia's 61 stories about harm, carried by 90 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (16 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Health

Denmark

30 of its 68 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Health

Sri Lanka

28 of its 75 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

Philippines

167 of its 352 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (9 stories). Typhoon was named in 61 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with storms, flooding and tropical storm.

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Rights & justice

Libya

35 of its 54 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: typhoon in Philippines (61 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Jamaica (12 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); flu in Ireland (16 of its stories, about three times its usual); storms in US (67 of its stories, about three times its usual).

25 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 27; 23 the day before
29 in 10023 in 10020 Sep27 Sep5 Oct14 Oct11 Nov20 Sep: 28 in 10021 Sep: 26 in 10022 Sep: 26 in 10023 Sep: 26 in 10024 Sep: 26 in 10025 Sep: 26 in 10026 Sep: 28 in 10027 Sep: 27 in 10028 Sep: 25 in 10029 Sep: 25 in 10030 Sep: 26 in 1001 Oct: 26 in 1002 Oct: 28 in 1003 Oct: 29 in 1005 Oct: 27 in 1006 Oct: 27 in 1007 Oct: 26 in 1009 Oct: 28 in 10010 Oct: 28 in 10011 Oct: 29 in 10012 Oct: 27 in 10014 Oct: 26 in 10015 Oct: 25 in 10018 Oct: 29 in 10019 Oct: 26 in 10022 Oct: 25 in 10023 Oct: 27 in 10027 Oct: 26 in 1005 Nov: 23 in 10011 Nov: 25 in 100 · this day

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 10,506 stories about harm among 42,415 counted on 11 Nov.

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On the side of help, reports of vaccination ran at about twice the usual rate. On 12 November 2019, a year earlier, the share was 17 in every 100, against 25 today. Bahrain's news was 45% about people being harmed, against a usual 24%. of the day's 42,415 news stories, 25 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 27.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Libya65 in 100 of its 54 stories · usually 43 · mostly rights & justice Syria63 in 100 of its 86 stories · usually 60 · mostly displacement Ethiopia62 in 100 of its 99 stories · usually 42 · mostly conflict & violence Saudi Arabia56 in 100 of its 141 stories · usually 35 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine56 in 100 of its 61 stories · usually 51 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US61 stories about protests or strikes, of its 457 Beijing China41 stories about protests or strikes, of its 93 Manama Bahrain32 stories about protests or strikes, of its 42 Yerevan Armenia29 stories about protests or strikes, of its 37 Abuja Nigeria29 stories about protests or strikes, of its 52

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: 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 readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSudan: 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: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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 readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: 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'sNiue: feelings about like the world'sNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: 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'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: 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 readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIsrael: 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'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: 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: 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'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: too little coverage to readCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: too little coverage to readBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: feelings about like the world'sAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sJammu & Kashmir: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sSiachen Glacier: feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall 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 readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: 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: 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 readZimbabwe: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage a little angrier than the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUzbekistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPoland: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPakistan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNiger: 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 about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLuxembourg: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuinea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFrance: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sEthiopia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sEstonia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChile: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChad: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBolivia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAustria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAngola: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken 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

● Saudi Arabia about three times as angry as the world's · 79 stories about harm ● Syria about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 54 stories about harm ● Palestine few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 34 stories about harm ● Sri Lanka few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 28 stories about harm ● Bahrain about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 64 stories about harm ● Denmark few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 30 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health59% 6,182 stories · more than usual (usually 57%) Rights & justice15% 1,606 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Disasters & accidents9% 894 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence9% 887 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 355 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 220 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 160 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 110 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 killed2,765 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected755 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests689 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured525 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees124 at about twice the usual rate · most about Syria and Ethiopia Stories reporting people displaced74 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Syria and Nigeria Stories reporting abductions37 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting evacuations31 at about half the usual rate · most about the Philippines and the US Stories reporting people falling ill11 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Barbados

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 much softer than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little less than 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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