← 26 Jul Wednesday 27 July 2022 · to 23:59 UTC 28 Jul →
What the world's news said happened to people.
Counts of coverage, not of suffering
17,810 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 day's news pointed at the earthquake in the Philippines, protests in Butembo (DR Congo) and violence in Afgoye. Somalia's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 40 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostCongo 79 in 100 of its 62 stories, usually 47
RegionCentral Asia 32 in 100 of its stories, usually 26
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

Philippines

463 of its 880 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Philippine accounted for 262 of the Philippines' 463 stories about harm, carried by 403 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (44 stories). Earthquake was named in 339 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with landslides, typhoon and tsunami.

Philippines over 30 days → its stories → Philippine stories →
Protests & strikes

DR Congo

19 of its 21 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 52%. 6 of Butembo's 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

DR Congo over 30 days → its stories → Butembo stories →
Conflict & violence

Somalia

26 of its 35 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Afgoye accounted for 17 of Somalia's 26 stories about harm, carried by 35 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Congo

49 of its 62 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Myanmar

Yangon accounted for 17 of Myanmar's 32 stories about harm, carried by 15 outlets. 14 of Yangon's 17 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Sri Lanka

Colombo accounted for 51 of Sri Lanka's 83 stories about harm, carried by 44 outlets. 38 of Colombo's 51 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (17 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

Hungary

41 of its 94 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Health

Finland

17 of its 49 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (7 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

United Arab Emirates

44 of its 205 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Flooding was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: flooding in United Arab Emirates (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Bangladesh (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Malaysia (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tornadoes in Ukraine (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Canada (32 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 22; 22 the day before
24 in 10021 in 10028 Jun5 Jul12 Jul19 Jul27 Jul28 Jun: 22 in 10029 Jun: 21 in 10030 Jun: 21 in 1001 Jul: 21 in 1002 Jul: 23 in 1003 Jul: 24 in 1004 Jul: 23 in 1005 Jul: 23 in 1006 Jul: 23 in 1007 Jul: 21 in 1008 Jul: 21 in 1009 Jul: 22 in 10010 Jul: 23 in 10011 Jul: 22 in 10012 Jul: 21 in 10013 Jul: 21 in 10014 Jul: 22 in 10015 Jul: 21 in 10016 Jul: 22 in 10017 Jul: 22 in 10018 Jul: 23 in 10019 Jul: 22 in 10020 Jul: 22 in 10021 Jul: 21 in 10022 Jul: 21 in 10023 Jul: 23 in 10024 Jul: 24 in 10025 Jul: 22 in 10026 Jul: 22 in 10027 Jul: 21 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 27 Jul. 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 17,810 stories about harm among 83,193 counted on 27 Jul.

Read the day's briefing

Mentions of the earthquake ran more than ten times their usual in the Philippines' news. of the day's 83,193 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Philippines stood out: 53% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 35%. A year earlier, on 27 July 2021, 23 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 21 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Congo79 in 100 of its 62 stories · usually 47 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan68 in 100 of its 155 stories · usually 56 · mostly rights & justice Syria58 in 100 of its 60 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Kashmir56 in 100 of its 104 stories · usually 49 · mostly conflict & violence Philippines53 in 100 of its 880 stories · usually 35 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US185 stories about protests or strikes, of its 857 Delhi India54 stories about protests or strikes, of its 190 London UK52 stories about protests or strikes, of its 248 Moscow Russia42 stories about protests or strikes, of its 150 Colombo Sri Lanka38 stories about protests or strikes, of its 51

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: 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'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'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: 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 readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSpain: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: 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'sSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readPakistan: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMoldova: 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: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: 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'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: 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: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: too little coverage to readGambia: 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: 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: too little coverage to readEquatorial 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: 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 readCuba: 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'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: 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'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: 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 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: too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall 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: feelings about like the world'sJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan 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 readYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sSlovenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNigeria: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMalta: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLithuania: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJapan: coverage a little angrier 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 angry as the world'sPalestine: 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'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFiji: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEstonia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCyprus: coverage a little angrier than the world'sDR Congo: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCongo: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCambodia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMyanmar: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBurundi: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelize: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than 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 twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: 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 twice 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

● Somalia few stories about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 26 stories about harm ● Congo few stories about three times as angry as the world's · 49 stories about harm ● Nigeria about twice as fearful as the world's · 288 stories about harm ● Myanmar few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 32 stories about harm ● Kashmir about twice as fearful as the world's · 58 stories about harm ● Iraq few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 46 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health40% 6,986 stories · about as usual Rights & justice20% 3,529 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents15% 2,601 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence9% 1,497 stories · less than usual (usually 11%) Food & livelihood8% 1,471 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 701 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 538 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 238 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 killed3,930 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,641 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,430 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured992 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations150 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced119 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions97 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees96 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Ukraine and Syria Stories reporting people falling ill15 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 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 · 19 Oct – 25 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.