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What the world's news said happened to people.
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15,712 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 violence in Peshawar, protests in Linguekoro (Burkina Faso) and rights and justice in Mali. Pakistan's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 36 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostPakistan 55 in 100 of its 983 stories, usually 33
RegionCentral Asia 27 in 100 of its stories, usually 23
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Pakistan

536 of its 983 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Peshawar accounted for 361 of Pakistan's 536 stories about harm, carried by 460 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (285 stories). Drownings were named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with building collapse. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Pakistan over 30 days → its stories → Peshawar stories →
Rights & justice

Mali

11 of its 12 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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

Peru

Lima accounted for 26 of Peru's 45 stories about harm, carried by 37 outlets. 19 of Lima's 26 stories were about protests or strikes. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Iran

Tehran accounted for 60 of Iran's 111 stories about harm, carried by 58 outlets. 33 of Tehran's 60 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Sudan

21 of its 37 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Guatemala

6 of its 10 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. 4 of Quetzaltenango's 5 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Protests & strikes

Cuba

3 of Havana's 5 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Türkiye

Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: hunger in Afghanistan (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hunger in Brazil (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); extreme cold in Canada (18 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); bridge collapse in India (13 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hypothermia in US (46 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 31 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 15,712 stories about harm among 80,687 counted on 31 Jan.

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The news turned to Pakistan for the third day running. 19 in every 100 of the day's 80,687 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Afghanistan's news, mentions of the hunger ran about 5 times their usual. A year earlier, on 31 January 2022, 25 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 19 today. Pakistan's news was 55% about people being harmed, against a usual 33%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Congo74 in 100 of its 102 stories · usually 49 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine62 in 100 of its 87 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Peru57 in 100 of its 79 stories · usually 55 · mostly rights & justice Pakistan55 in 100 of its 983 stories · usually 33 · mostly conflict & violence Syria50 in 100 of its 50 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US83 stories about protests or strikes, of its 558 Jerusalem Israel42 stories about protests or strikes, of its 199 Memphis US40 stories about protests or strikes, of its 60 London UK38 stories about protests or strikes, of its 211 Philadelphia US35 stories about protests or strikes, of its 98

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'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: 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: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: 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: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSouth 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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 readSenegal: 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'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: 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 readMozambique: 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'sMexico: 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: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: 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 readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: 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'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: 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 readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: 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: too little coverage to readCzech 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 readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: 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: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: 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 readAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: 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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readJersey: 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: 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 about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTanzania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSweden: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEswatini: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSuriname: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPeru: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sParaguay: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sOman: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNepal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNamibia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMauritius: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLibya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLatvia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKenya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIceland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHonduras: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGuyana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage a little angrier 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'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBenin: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBahrain: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: 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'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: 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

● Pakistan about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 536 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 157 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as angry as the world's · 111 stories about harm ● Türkiye few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 46 stories about harm ● Israel about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 264 stories about harm ● Burkina Faso few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 25 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health36% 5,508 stories · more than usual (usually 33%) Rights & justice23% 3,597 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents14% 2,139 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence12% 1,816 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood7% 1,003 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 681 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 440 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 241 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 killed3,498 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,453 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,440 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,029 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced171 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Congo and the US Stories reporting refugees140 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions128 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations50 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people falling ill11 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 softer than 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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