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What the world's news said happened to people.
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2,877 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 typhoon in the Philippines, violence in Tigray and protests in Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) drew the news. Ethiopia's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was softer than usual.

Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeHealth 60 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostPhilippines 71 in 100 of its 100 stories, usually 41
RegionSoutheast Asia 43 in 100 of its stories, usually 34
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 →
Disasters & accidents

Philippines

71 of its 100 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Manila accounted for 38 of the Philippines' 71 stories about harm, carried by 25 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (10 stories). Typhoon was named in 51 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with flooding, cyclone and heavy rain. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Philippines over 30 days → its stories → Manila stories →
Conflict & violence

Ethiopia

31 of its 45 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Tigray accounted for 21 of Ethiopia's 31 stories about harm, carried by 18 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Ethiopia over 30 days → its stories → Tigray stories →
Protests & strikes

Saudi Arabia

23 of its 40 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. 6 of Jeddah's 10 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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

Mali

9 of its 9 stories (100%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Libya

15 of its 20 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories).

its stories →
Health

France

38 of its 96 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Paris accounted for 22 of France's 38 stories about harm, carried by 22 outlets.

its stories →
Health

Ukraine

9 of its 15 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Displacement

Bangladesh

12 of its 18 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Dhaka accounted for 8 of Bangladesh's 12 stories about harm, carried by 6 outlets.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Belarus

4 of Minsk's 4 stories were about protests or strikes. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: cyclone in India (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); ebola in US (16 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

27 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 26; 26 the day before
29 in 10023 in 10022 Sep29 Sep7 Oct18 Oct13 Nov22 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 10012 Nov: 26 in 10013 Nov: 27 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 13 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 2,877 stories about harm among 10,533 counted on 13 Nov.

Read the day's briefing

Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about twice the usual rate. of the day's 10,533 news stories, 27 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. the news turned to the Philippines for the second day running. On 14 November 2019, a year earlier, the share was 17 in every 100, against 27 today. In the Philippines, 71% of the news was about people being harmed, where 41% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Philippines71 in 100 of its 100 stories · usually 41 · mostly disasters & accidents Pakistan43 in 100 of its 128 stories · usually 37 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US19 stories about protests or strikes, of its 170 Beijing China10 stories about protests or strikes, of its 30 London UK9 stories about protests or strikes, of its 51 Philadelphia US7 stories about protests or strikes, of its 17 Jeddah Saudi Arabia6 stories about protests or strikes, of its 10

Stories, not people.

Where harm was most of the news

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: near the world's share or lessYemen: near the world's share or lessVietnam: near the world's share or lessVenezuela: 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: no storiesU.S. Virgin Islands: no storiesGuam: near the world's share or lessPuerto Rico: near the world's share or lessUnited States: near the world's share or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: no storiesFalkland Islands: no storiesCayman Islands: no storiesIsle of Man: no storiesUnited Kingdom: near the world's share or lessUnited Arab Emirates: near the world's share or lessUganda: near the world's share or lessTurkmenistan: near the world's share or lessTurkey: near the world's share or lessTunisia: no storiesTrinidad & Tobago: near the world's share or lessTonga: no storiesTogo: near the world's share or lessTimor-Leste: no storiesThailand: 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 lessSyria: near the world's share or lessSwitzerland: near the world's share or lessSweden: near the world's share or lessEswatini: no storiesSuriname: no storiesSouth Sudan: near the world's share or lessSudan: near the world's share or lessSpain: near the world's share or lessSouth Korea: near the world's share or lessSouth Africa: near the world's share or lessSomalia: 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 lessSão Tomé: near the world's share or lessSamoa: near the world's share or lessSt Vincent: near the world's share or lessSt. Lucia: no storiesRwanda: 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: no storiesOman: near the world's share or lessNorway: near the world's share or lessNorth Korea: near the world's share or lessNigeria: near the world's share or lessNiger: no storiesNicaragua: 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 storiesNepal: near the world's share or lessNamibia: near the world's share or lessMozambique: near the world's share or lessMorocco: 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: no storiesMalta: 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: no storiesLuxembourg: 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: no storiesKyrgyzstan: near the world's share or lessKuwait: near the world's share or lessKosovo: no storiesKiribati: no storiesKenya: near the world's share or lessKazakhstan: 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 lessIsrael: near the world's share or lessPalestine: near the world's share or lessIreland: near the world's share or lessIraq: near the world's share or lessIran: near the world's share or lessIndonesia: near the world's share or lessIndia: near the world's share or lessIceland: no storiesHungary: near the world's share or lessHonduras: near the world's share or lessHaiti: near the world's share or lessGuyana: near the world's share or lessGuinea-Bissau: no storiesGuinea: near the world's share or lessGuatemala: no storiesGrenada: 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 lessGeorgia: no storiesGambia: near the world's share or lessGabon: near the world's share or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: no storiesFrench Polynesia: no storiesNew Caledonia: no storiesFrench 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: no storiesEquatorial Guinea: no storiesEl Salvador: no storiesEgypt: near the world's share or lessEcuador: near the world's share or lessDominican Republic: no storiesDominica: no storiesDjibouti: no storiesGreenland: no storiesFaroe Islands: no storiesDenmark: 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 lessDR Congo: no storiesCongo: near the world's share or lessComoros: no storiesColombia: near the world's share or lessChina: near the world's share or lessHong Kong: near the world's share or lessChile: near the world's share or lessChad: near the world's share or lessCentral African Republic: no storiesCape Verde: no storiesCanada: near the world's share or lessCameroon: near the world's share or lessCambodia: near the world's share or lessMyanmar: near the world's share or lessBurundi: near the world's share or lessBurkina Faso: 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 lessBosnia and Herzegovina: near the world's share or lessBolivia: near the world's share or lessBhutan: no storiesBenin: 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 lessBarbados: near the world's share or lessBahrain: near the world's share or lessBahamas: 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: no storiesAngola: near the world's share or lessAndorra: no storiesAlgeria: near the world's share or lessAlbania: near the world's share or lessAfghanistan: near the world's share or lessJammu & Kashmir: near the world's share or lessAksai Chin: near the world's share or lessGaza: near the world's share or lessWest Bank: 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 lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: near the world's share or lessSiachen Glacier: near the world's share or lessEast Jerusalem: near the world's share or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: near the world's share or lessVatican City: near the world's share or lessMarshall Islands: no storiesNorthern Mariana Islands: no storiesAmerican Samoa: no storiesChagos Islands: no storiesSt. Helena: no storiesPitcairn: no storiesAnguilla: no storiesBermuda: near the world's share or lessBritish Virgin Islands: no storiesTurks & Caicos Islands: no storiesMontserrat: no storiesJersey: near the world's share or lessGuernsey: near the world's share or lessSan Marino: no storiesSt Kitts & Nevis: no storiesCook Islands: no storiesAruba: no storiesNauru: no storiesMonaco: no storiesMaldives: 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: no storiesSint Maarten: no storiesChristmas Island: no storiesGibraltar: no storiesMayotte: no storiesZimbabwe: 49 in 100 of its 43 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)Ukraine: 60 in 100 of its 15 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)Sri Lanka: 67 in 100 of its 12 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)Saudi Arabia: 58 in 100 of its 40 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)Russia: 40 in 100 of its 87 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)Philippines: 71 in 100 of its 100 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)Pakistan: 43 in 100 of its 128 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)Mexico: 52 in 100 of its 27 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)Mali: 100 in 100 of its 9 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)Libya: 75 in 100 of its 20 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)France: 40 in 100 of its 96 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)Ethiopia: 69 in 100 of its 45 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)Bangladesh: 67 in 100 of its 18 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)Ukraine: 60 in 100 of its 15 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 27)
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 27 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

● Philippines 71 in 100 of its 100 stories · mostly disasters & accidents ● Pakistan 43 in 100 of its 128 stories · mostly health ● Russia 40 in 100 of its 87 stories · mostly health ● France 40 in 100 of its 96 stories · mostly health ● South Africa 36 in 100 of its 133 stories · mostly health ● Switzerland 37 in 100 of its 52 stories · mostly health

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

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health60% 1,726 stories · more than usual (usually 58%) Rights & justice14% 400 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Disasters & accidents10% 280 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence7% 203 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 93 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 68 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 48 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 43 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 killed888 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected219 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests163 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured145 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced28 at about twice the usual rate · most about the Philippines and Iraq Stories reporting refugees26 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Ethiopia and Libya Stories reporting evacuations24 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the Philippines and the US Stories reporting abductions13 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the UK and India Stories reporting people falling ill7 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Australia

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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.