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What the world's news said happened to people.
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28,717 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 Kampala (Uganda), evacuations in Honduras and violence in Jammu. Kashmir's coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was 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 mostUganda 62 in 100 of its 240 stories, usually 34
RegionCentral Asia 38 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 →
Protests & strikes

Uganda

150 of its 240 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Kampala accounted for 104 of Uganda's 150 stories about harm, carried by 131 outlets. 74 of Kampala's 104 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (73 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Uganda over 30 days → its stories → Kampala stories →
Disasters & accidents

Honduras

71 of its 79 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Natural hazards were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Honduras over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

99 of its 179 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Jammu accounted for 59 of Kashmir's 99 stories about harm, carried by 42 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

Kashmir over 30 days → its stories → Jammu stories →
Rights & justice

Israel

Jerusalem accounted for 164 of Israel's 244 stories about harm, carried by 287 outlets. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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

Nigeria

66 of Lagos' 106 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (32 stories). Tuberculosis was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Pakistan

348 of its 727 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (59 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Ethiopia

196 of its 317 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Tigray accounted for 141 of Ethiopia's 196 stories about harm, carried by 159 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Iran

Tehran accounted for 67 of Iran's 121 stories about harm, carried by 130 outlets. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Thailand

53 of Bangkok's 66 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (42 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Nicaragua

58 of its 73 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: typhoon in Philippines (114 of its stories, about three times its usual); road crashes in France (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tuberculosis in Nigeria (15 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); drownings in South Africa (11 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); drownings in US (101 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

26 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 28,717 stories about harm among 111,010 counted on 19 Nov.

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Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about twice the usual rate. of the day's 111,010 news stories, 26 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 20 November 2019, 16 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 26 today. Uganda's news was 62% about people being harmed, against a usual 34%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Honduras90 in 100 of its 79 stories · usually 55 · mostly disasters & accidents Nicaragua79 in 100 of its 73 stories · usually 52 · mostly disasters & accidents Uganda62 in 100 of its 240 stories · usually 34 · mostly rights & justice Ethiopia62 in 100 of its 317 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq59 in 100 of its 96 stories · usually 50 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US196 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1288 Jerusalem Israel77 stories about protests or strikes, of its 164 Kampala Uganda74 stories about protests or strikes, of its 104 Lagos Nigeria66 stories about protests or strikes, of its 106 Bangkok Thailand53 stories about protests or strikes, of its 66

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'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readTurkmenistan: 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 readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth 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: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sQatar: 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: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: 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: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMali: 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'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sSt 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 readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: 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'sDominican 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'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern 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: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: 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 readMayotte: 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'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUganda: coverage about twice 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'sTajikistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than 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 a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSenegal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little angrier than 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'sPortugal: coverage a little more fearful 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 twice as fearful as 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 grief-stricken as the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sWestern Sahara: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMauritius: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMalta: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLuxembourg: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLithuania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLesotho: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKuwait: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKenya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIreland: coverage a little more fearful than 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 a little angrier than the world'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHonduras: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuinea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFrance: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFinland: 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'sEcuador: 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 grief-stricken than the world'sCroatia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sColombia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChile: coverage a little angrier than the world'sChad: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBotswana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBosnia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBenin: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelarus: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArmenia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sArgentina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sWestern Sahara: coverage a little angrier than the world'sWestern Sahara: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sGibraltar: coverage about one and a half times 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

● Kashmir about three times as fearful as the world's · 99 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 348 stories about harm ● Ethiopia about twice as angry as the world's · 196 stories about harm ● Uganda about twice as angry as the world's · 150 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as angry as the world's · 162 stories about harm ● Yemen few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 23 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health62% 17,561 stories · more than usual (usually 58%) Rights & justice16% 4,523 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents7% 2,115 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence6% 1,815 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 1,063 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 719 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 314 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 298 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 killed8,102 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,012 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,906 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,558 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees197 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions158 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people displaced141 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations124 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill82 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Israel

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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