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What the world's news said happened to people.
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13,617 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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Most of the day's attention went to protests in Paris (France), illness in Pyongyang and violence in Tehran. Iran's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 55 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostIran 70 in 100 of its 574 stories, usually 49
RegionCentral Asia 45 in 100 of its stories, usually 36
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

France

188 of its 471 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Paris accounted for 130 of France's 188 stories about harm, carried by 400 outlets. 82 of Paris' 130 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (34 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

France over 30 days → its stories → Paris stories →
Health

North Korea

29 of its 43 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Pyongyang accounted for 28 of North Korea's 29 stories about harm, carried by 41 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (28 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

North Korea over 30 days → its stories → Pyongyang stories →
Conflict & violence

Iran

404 of its 574 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Tehran accounted for 316 of Iran's 404 stories about harm, carried by 750 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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

Cuba

30 of its 45 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. 12 of San Isidro's 13 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (9 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Belarus

21 of its 30 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Minsk accounted for 16 of Belarus' 21 stories about harm, carried by 16 outlets. 11 of Minsk's 16 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Conflict & violence

Somalia

41 of its 56 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (14 stories). 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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Conflict & violence

Indonesia

69 of its 127 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (40 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Iraq

35 of its 56 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. 10 of Baghdad's 16 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (17 stories).

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Health

Ireland

Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (21 stories). Building collapse was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. 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: heatwave in Australia (21 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); building collapse in Ireland (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); house fires in US (54 of its stories, about 8 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 28 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 13,617 stories about harm among 51,880 counted on 28 Nov.

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26 in every 100 of the day's 51,880 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 29 November 2019, 17 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 26 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Somalia73 in 100 of its 56 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence Iran70 in 100 of its 574 stories · usually 49 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq62 in 100 of its 56 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence Syria61 in 100 of its 57 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Ethiopia61 in 100 of its 269 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Delhi India89 stories about protests or strikes, of its 262 Paris France82 stories about protests or strikes, of its 130 London UK68 stories about protests or strikes, of its 270 Washington US63 stories about protests or strikes, of its 375 Brooklyn US57 stories about protests or strikes, of its 70

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: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSpain: 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: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: feelings about like the world'sOman: 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: 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: too little coverage to readMalaysia: 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: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: 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 readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: 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'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: 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: 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'sFiji: 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'sEcuador: 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 readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: 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'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: feelings about like the world'sColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: 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'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: 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'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 readAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: too little coverage to readAksai 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: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: feelings about like the world'sPitcairn: 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: feelings about like the world'sNauru: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk 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 angry as 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 a little warmer than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPoland: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNiger: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMalta: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLibya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than 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 fearful as the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sEthiopia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCuba: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChad: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelize: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than 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

● Iran about three times as angry as the world's · 404 stories about harm ● Ethiopia about twice as angry as the world's · 164 stories about harm ● France about twice as angry as the world's · 188 stories about harm ● Somalia few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 41 stories about harm ● North Korea few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 29 stories about harm ● Indonesia about twice as angry as the world's · 69 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health55% 7,448 stories · less than usual (usually 59%) Rights & justice17% 2,236 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence10% 1,378 stories · more than usual (usually 7%) Disasters & accidents8% 1,140 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 654 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 269 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 236 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 128 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 killed4,146 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,037 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected965 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured820 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees121 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Ethiopia and Palestine Stories reporting people displaced102 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Ethiopia and Nigeria Stories reporting abductions80 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations62 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill12 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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 harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little more than 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.