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What the world's news said happened to people.
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24,108 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 people killed in Chile, protests in Minsk (Belarus) and violence in Kigali. Rwanda's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Canada →
Part of lifeHealth 57 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostChile 48 in 100 of its 98 stories, usually 26
RegionCentral Asia 39 in 100 of its stories, usually 34
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Health

Chile

47 of its 98 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (21 stories). Flu was named in 13 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.

Chile over 30 days → its stories →
Protests & strikes

Belarus

64 of its 134 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Minsk accounted for 46 of Belarus' 64 stories about harm, carried by 47 outlets. 27 of Minsk's 46 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).

Belarus over 30 days → its stories → Minsk stories →
Conflict & violence

Rwanda

48 of its 69 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Kigali accounted for 29 of Rwanda's 48 stories about harm, carried by 27 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Rwanda over 30 days → its stories → Kigali stories →
Disasters & accidents

Greece

171 of its 378 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (52 stories). Earthquake was named in 83 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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

Azerbaijan

51 of its 160 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Armenia

43 of its 127 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Health

Bahrain

22 of its 78 stories (28%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Yemen

Marib accounted for 32 of Yemen's 69 stories about harm, carried by 31 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Health

UK

Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (12 stories). Drought was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with cyclone. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

Kabul accounted for 238 of Afghanistan's 384 stories about harm, carried by 186 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about 4 times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: hunger in Saudi Arabia (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in India (87 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); wildfires in Australia (38 of its stories, about three times its usual); dengue in Pakistan (18 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); earthquake in Philippines (14 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).

25 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 29; 26 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 27 Sep. 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 24,108 stories about harm among 94,624 counted on 27 Sep.

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It was the lowest share of stories about people being harmed since 25 August 2021. In Greece's news, mentions of the earthquake ran more than ten times their usual. Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Canada. 25 in every 100 of the day's 94,624 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 29.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen74 in 100 of its 93 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Rwanda70 in 100 of its 69 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine62 in 100 of its 90 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Barbados61 in 100 of its 59 stories · usually 38 · mostly health Syria59 in 100 of its 171 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US120 stories about protests or strikes, of its 880 London UK71 stories about protests or strikes, of its 394 Delhi India67 stories about protests or strikes, of its 240 New York US45 stories about protests or strikes, of its 368 Chicago US42 stories about protests or strikes, of its 283

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: 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 readUganda: 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: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: 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 readSpain: 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 readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: 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: feelings about like the world'sOman: 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'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMalta: 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'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: 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: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: 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 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'sFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readEstonia: 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'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: feelings about like the world'sDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: 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: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: 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'sAustria: 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'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sJammu & Kashmir: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sAzad 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: feelings about like the world'sJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: feelings about like the world'sSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: feelings about like the world'sWallis & 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readZambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sUzbekistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTunisia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSudan: coverage a little angrier 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 grief-stricken as the world'sSenegal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSt Vincent: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRwanda: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMauritania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLesotho: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as 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'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuinea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGermany: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFiji: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDominican Republic: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChile: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChad: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCambodia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurundi: coverage a little more fearful 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'sBotswana: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelarus: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sArmenia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sAngola: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful 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 about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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

● Yemen about three times as angry as the world's · 69 stories about harm ● Armenia few stories about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 43 stories about harm ● Rwanda few stories about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 48 stories about harm ● Azerbaijan about three times as angry as the world's · 51 stories about harm ● Pakistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 287 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 101 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health57% 13,603 stories · about as usual Rights & justice16% 3,744 stories · more than usual (usually 14%) Disasters & accidents10% 2,334 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence8% 1,971 stories · less than usual (usually 10%) Food & livelihood3% 673 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 631 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 478 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 441 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 killed5,017 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,851 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,634 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,246 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees292 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations195 at about half the usual rate · most about Afghanistan and the US Stories reporting abductions180 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced155 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill47 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Canada

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 about as 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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