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28,036 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 day's news pointed at the hurricane in Nicaragua, violence in Tigray and protests in Lima (Peru). Ethiopia's coverage was about twice 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 62 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostNicaragua 78 in 100 of its 125 stories, usually 41
RegionCentral Asia 43 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

how these are picked →
Disasters & accidents

Nicaragua

98 of its 125 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories). Hurricane was named in 95 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with landslides, storms and tropical storm. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Nicaragua over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Ethiopia

250 of its 338 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Tigray accounted for 140 of Ethiopia's 250 stories about harm, carried by 232 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (32 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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

Peru

62 of its 116 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Lima accounted for 38 of Peru's 62 stories about harm, carried by 61 outlets. 26 of Lima's 38 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (14 stories).

Peru over 30 days → its stories → Lima stories →
Health

Bolivia

28 of its 39 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Chapare accounted for 24 of Bolivia's 28 stories about harm, carried by 21 outlets. Ebola was named in 21 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with outbreaks, haemorrhagic fever and dengue.

Bolivia over 30 days → its stories → Chapare stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Honduras

62 of its 82 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Tegucigalpa accounted for 30 of Honduras' 62 stories about harm, carried by 134 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories). Hurricane was named in 55 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with landslides and storm surge.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Germany

313 of its 895 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. 63 of Berlin's 104 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Measles was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Iraq

90 of its 158 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Baghdad accounted for 52 of Iraq's 90 stories about harm, carried by 108 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (44 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Thailand

Bangkok accounted for 84 of Thailand's 121 stories about harm, carried by 123 outlets. 68 of Bangkok's 84 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (67 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Uganda

90 of its 215 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. 31 of Kampala's 50 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (11 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Philippines

312 of its 635 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (14 stories). Typhoon was named in 132 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: hurricane in Honduras (55 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); typhoon in Philippines (132 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); ebola in DR Congo (18 of its stories, about three times its usual); covid in Armenia (17 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); avalanche in Kashmir (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

26 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 27; 30 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 18 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 28,036 stories about harm among 109,055 counted on 18 Nov.

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Reports of vaccination, a sign of help, ran at about twice the usual rate. 26 in every 100 of the day's 109,055 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Nicaragua's news, mentions of the hurricane ran about 5 times their usual. Nicaragua stood out: 78% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 41%. On 19 November 2019, a year earlier, the share was 17 in every 100, against 26 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Nicaragua78 in 100 of its 125 stories · usually 41 · mostly disasters & accidents Honduras76 in 100 of its 82 stories · usually 49 · mostly disasters & accidents Ethiopia74 in 100 of its 338 stories · usually 46 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia65 in 100 of its 54 stories · usually 52 · mostly conflict & violence Syria64 in 100 of its 186 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US160 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1179 Bangkok Thailand68 stories about protests or strikes, of its 84 Berlin Germany63 stories about protests or strikes, of its 104 Jerusalem Israel47 stories about protests or strikes, of its 132 Lagos Nigeria44 stories about protests or strikes, of its 96

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'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: 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'sTurkmenistan: 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 readTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: 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: 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 readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: 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'sNiger: 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: too little coverage to readMontenegro: 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'sMali: 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'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: 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: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGrenada: 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 readNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: 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'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: 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 readEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican 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: too little coverage to readAruba: 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 about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sVanuatu: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sThailand: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTanzania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSyria: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful 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 grief-stricken as the world'sRomania: 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'sPeru: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNorway: coverage a little warmer 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'sNicaragua: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLithuania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGuyana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuinea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGreece: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFrench Polynesia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFiji: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDominican Republic: coverage a little angrier than the world'sDjibouti: coverage a little angrier than the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCuba: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCroatia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage a little angrier than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little angrier than the world'sChile: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCambodia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBurundi: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelize: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelarus: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBarbados: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAustria: coverage about one and a half times 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 angry as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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

● Syria about three times as angry as the world's · 119 stories about harm ● Congo few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 31 stories about harm ● Yemen few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 46 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 181 stories about harm ● Iran about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 123 stories about harm ● Ethiopia about twice as angry as the world's · 250 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health62% 17,314 stories · more than usual (usually 58%) Rights & justice15% 4,109 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Disasters & accidents8% 2,276 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence6% 1,741 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 1,053 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 652 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 317 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 309 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 killed7,467 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,081 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,840 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,568 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees222 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions135 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting evacuations122 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced113 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Burkina Faso Stories reporting people falling ill59 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 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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