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What the world's news said happened to people.
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7,646 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 day's news pointed at plane crash in Nepal, extreme cold in Ukraine and protests in Lima (Peru). Ukraine's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeHealth 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · much less than usual Country that rose mostNepal 81 in 100 of its 479 stories, usually 31
RegionSouth Asia 30 in 100 of its stories, usually 23
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Disasters & accidents

Nepal

388 of its 479 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Pokhara accounted for 310 of Nepal's 388 stories about harm, carried by 708 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 9 times the usual rate (35 stories). Plane crash was named in 176 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Nepal over 30 days → its stories → Pokhara stories →
Conflict & violence

Ukraine

312 of its 580 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Dnipro accounted for 167 of Ukraine's 312 stories about harm, carried by 329 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (159 stories). Extreme cold was named in 33 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Ukraine over 30 days → its stories → Dnipro stories →
Protests & strikes

Peru

32 of its 48 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Lima accounted for 26 of Peru's 32 stories about harm, carried by 38 outlets. 19 of Lima's 26 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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

Kashmir

46 of its 80 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories). Avalanche was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Palestine

37 of its 49 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Ramallah accounted for 26 of Palestine's 37 stories about harm, carried by 34 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Uganda

29 of its 47 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 44%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Congo

10 of its 14 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Brazil

51 of its 113 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. 20 of Brasilia's 24 stories were about protests or strikes.

its stories →
Health

Russia

161 of its 428 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: avalanche in Kashmir (12 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); polio in Pakistan (19 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); flooding in China (20 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); landslides in US (76 of its stories, about three times its usual); snowstorms in UK (17 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 15 Jan. 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 7,646 stories about harm among 36,156 counted on 15 Jan.

Read the day's briefing

In Nepal's news, mentions of plane crash ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 36,156 stories, as usual. Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. In Nepal, 81% of the news was about people being harmed, where 31% is usual. On 15 January 2022, a year earlier, the share was 28 in every 100, against 21 today. This week the news turned most often to Peru, on 4 of 7 days; help rose on 1 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Nepal81 in 100 of its 479 stories · usually 31 · mostly disasters & accidents Kashmir58 in 100 of its 80 stories · usually 46 · mostly conflict & violence Ukraine54 in 100 of its 580 stories · usually 36 · mostly conflict & violence Brazil45 in 100 of its 113 stories · usually 26 · mostly rights & justice Iran40 in 100 of its 141 stories · usually 53 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US47 stories about protests or strikes, of its 191 Tel Aviv Israel36 stories about protests or strikes, of its 46 Brasilia Brazil20 stories about protests or strikes, of its 24 London UK20 stories about protests or strikes, of its 133 Tehran Iran19 stories about protests or strikes, of its 26

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: too little coverage to readPuerto 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'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 readTanzania: too little coverage to readTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: too little coverage to readSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: too little coverage to readPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: 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 readNamibia: too little coverage to readMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: 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'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKenya: 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'sHaiti: 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'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: too little coverage to readGambia: 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: feelings about like the world'sFrench 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: too little coverage to readEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEgypt: 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'sCzech Republic: too little coverage to readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: too little coverage to readComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: too little coverage to readBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: 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 readArgentina: 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): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sVatican 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: too little coverage to readBritish 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: too little coverage to readNauru: 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: 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 readYemen: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUganda: 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'sThailand: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful 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'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSenegal: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRomania: coverage a little angrier than the world'sQatar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPeru: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPakistan: 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 about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNepal: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJapan: 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 twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIran: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sFrance: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChina: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBotswana: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBarbados: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken 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

● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 312 stories about harm ● Kashmir few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 46 stories about harm ● Nepal about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 388 stories about harm ● Palestine few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 37 stories about harm ● Somalia few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 25 stories about harm ● Pakistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 174 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health28% 2,097 stories · much less than usual (usually 34%) Rights & justice22% 1,658 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents19% 1,449 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence14% 1,063 stories · more than usual (usually 11%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given8% 575 stories · more than usual (usually 5%) Food & livelihood4% 312 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 236 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 146 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 killed2,395 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Nepal Stories reporting people affected792 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured667 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Ukraine and the US Stories reporting arrests645 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions91 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people displaced70 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations68 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the Philippines Stories reporting refugees54 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Syria

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

● Angera little more than 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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