← 27 Dec Tuesday 28 December 2021 · to 23:59 UTC 29 Dec →
What the world's news said happened to people.
Counts of coverage, not of suffering
17,815 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.

How to read these numbers →

The news turned to flooding in Brazil, violence in Khartoum and illness in Dhaka. Russia's coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 60 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostBrazil 52 in 100 of its 164 stories, usually 24
RegionCentral Asia 50 in 100 of its stories, usually 31
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 →
Disasters & accidents

Brazil

85 of its 164 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Bahia accounted for 43 of Brazil's 85 stories about harm, carried by 195 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (11 stories). Flooding was named in 37 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with heavy rain.

Brazil over 30 days → its stories → Bahia stories →
Conflict & violence

Sudan

38 of its 42 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. Khartoum accounted for 20 of Sudan's 38 stories about harm, carried by 61 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Sudan over 30 days → its stories → Khartoum stories →
Health

Bangladesh

96 of its 187 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Dhaka accounted for 46 of Bangladesh's 96 stories about harm, carried by 40 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Bangladesh over 30 days → its stories → Dhaka stories →
Rights & justice

Russia

Reports of abductions ran at about 8 times the usual rate (5 stories). Poisoning was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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

Yemen

51 of its 70 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 56%. Sanaa accounted for 42 of Yemen's 51 stories about harm, carried by 79 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Egypt

70 of its 210 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (33 stories). Illness was named in 24 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Ghana

94 of its 246 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

its stories →
Health

Trinidad & Tobago

28 of its 54 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Israel

234 of its 477 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Jerusalem accounted for 104 of Israel's 234 stories about harm, carried by 140 outlets. Outbreaks were named in 50 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with flu and bird flu.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Malaysia

133 of its 302 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Kuala Lumpur accounted for 70 of Malaysia's 133 stories about harm, carried by 24 outlets. Natural hazards were named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: illness in Egypt (24 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); outbreaks in Israel (50 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); outbreaks in Syria (13 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); extreme cold in Canada (39 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); natural hazards in Malaysia (10 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).

30 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 27; 29 the day before
30 in 10025 in 10029 Nov6 Dec13 Dec20 Dec28 Dec29 Nov: 27 in 10030 Nov: 26 in 1001 Dec: 26 in 1002 Dec: 25 in 1003 Dec: 26 in 1004 Dec: 27 in 1005 Dec: 27 in 1006 Dec: 26 in 1007 Dec: 25 in 1008 Dec: 25 in 1009 Dec: 25 in 10010 Dec: 25 in 10011 Dec: 27 in 10012 Dec: 27 in 10013 Dec: 27 in 10014 Dec: 27 in 10015 Dec: 26 in 10016 Dec: 26 in 10017 Dec: 26 in 10018 Dec: 27 in 10019 Dec: 27 in 10020 Dec: 27 in 10021 Dec: 27 in 10022 Dec: 27 in 10023 Dec: 28 in 10024 Dec: 28 in 10025 Dec: 29 in 10026 Dec: 30 in 10027 Dec: 29 in 10028 Dec: 30 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 28 Dec. 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 17,815 stories about harm among 60,335 counted on 28 Dec.

Read the day's briefing

The news turned to Brazil for the second day running. Brazil's news was 52% about people being harmed, against a usual 24%. of the day's 60,335 news stories, 30 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 27. On 28 December 2020, a year earlier, the share was 29 in every 100, against 30 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Myanmar88 in 100 of its 56 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen73 in 100 of its 70 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence Ethiopia58 in 100 of its 55 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence Philippines52 in 100 of its 610 stories · usually 50 · mostly health Trinidad & Tobago52 in 100 of its 54 stories · usually 36 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Delhi India108 stories about protests or strikes, of its 334 Washington US94 stories about protests or strikes, of its 625 Moscow Russia39 stories about protests or strikes, of its 127 Cape Town South Africa36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 83 New York US31 stories about protests or strikes, of its 331

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

feelings in full →
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: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: 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'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: 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 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'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPoland: 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'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNiger: too little coverage to readNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: 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: too little coverage to readNorth 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'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'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: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt 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'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'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: 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'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: too little coverage to readCongo: 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: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBelize: too little coverage to readBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: 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 readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern 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: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sThailand: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSyria: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sEswatini: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSpain: 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 one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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 fearful as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNepal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMongolia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMalta: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLesotho: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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 grief-stricken 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 fearful as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGuinea-Bissau: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGhana: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sGermany: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGambia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFiji: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEstonia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sColombia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChile: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChad: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about twice as angry as 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 about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBosnia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBenin: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little angrier 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'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half 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'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful 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 · 69 stories about harm ● Russia about twice as fearful as the world's · 223 stories about harm ● Egypt about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 70 stories about harm ● Myanmar few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 49 stories about harm ● Yemen about twice as angry as the world's · 51 stories about harm ● Ghana about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 94 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health60% 10,614 stories · more than usual (usually 58%) Rights & justice13% 2,374 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents11% 1,987 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence7% 1,181 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 602 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 394 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 308 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 190 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 killed4,083 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,163 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,139 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,108 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people displaced128 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the Philippines Stories reporting evacuations90 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions87 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees85 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people falling ill16 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and the Philippines

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?

The weekly briefing · 18 Oct – 24 Oct

The week in human impact

Read the week →

Unlock a year of trends, free. Follow up to 5 countries, with a bell when their news changes, and 👍 vote for Pro — ten years of the archive, any period, daily alerts.

Create a free account

Sign in · a username, an email and a password.

How to read these numbers →

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