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What the world's news said happened to people.
Counts of coverage, not of suffering
20,363 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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Most of the day's attention went to deaths in Brazzaville, violence in Beirut and evacuations in the Philippines. Lebanon's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read softer than usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Japan →
Part of lifeHealth 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostPapua New Guinea 57 in 100 of its 51 stories, usually 14
RegionEvery region about as usual
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Congo

45 of its 62 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Brazzaville accounted for 35 of Congo's 45 stories about harm, carried by 95 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (37 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Congo over 30 days → its stories → Brazzaville stories →
Conflict & violence

Lebanon

45 of its 86 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Beirut accounted for 24 of Lebanon's 45 stories about harm, carried by 50 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Lebanon over 30 days → its stories → Beirut stories →
Health

Philippines

Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories). Flooding was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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

Ukraine

Kyiv accounted for 159 of Ukraine's 291 stories about harm, carried by 183 outlets. Outbreaks were named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Suriname

14 of its 15 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (14 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Liberia

36 of its 119 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (17 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Dominican Republic

12 of its 23 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Health

Cambodia

38 of its 117 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Covid was named in 25 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Guatemala

7 of its 13 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. 3 of San Carlos' 3 stories were about protests or strikes.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: covid in Cambodia (25 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heatwave in Brazil (35 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); landslides in Vietnam (31 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); poisoning in Türkiye (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); storms in France (11 of its stories, about three times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 19; 18 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 21 Nov. 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 20,363 stories about harm among 110,593 counted on 21 Nov.

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People falling ill were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Japan. 18 in every 100 of the day's 110,593 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Cambodia's news, mentions of Covid ran about 4 times their usual. Congo stood out: 73% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 41%. On 21 November 2022, a year earlier, the share was 19 in every 100, against 18 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Israel75 in 100 of its 2,603 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Congo73 in 100 of its 62 stories · usually 41 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given Sudan71 in 100 of its 83 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine64 in 100 of its 652 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Papua New Guinea57 in 100 of its 51 stories · usually 14 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US126 stories about protests or strikes, of its 605 Kyiv Ukraine64 stories about protests or strikes, of its 159 Gaza Palestine57 stories about protests or strikes, of its 357 Jerusalem Israel51 stories about protests or strikes, of its 232 Tel Aviv Israel49 stories about protests or strikes, of its 192

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: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: 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'sGuam: 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: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: 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'sSouth Africa: 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'sSaudi Arabia: 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'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: 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'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'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: 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'sMali: 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'sLibya: 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'sJapan: 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'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'sGreece: 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 readFrance: 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 readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: 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: 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'sCôte d'Ivoire: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: 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: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & 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'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican 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: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: 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: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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: feelings about like the world'sZimbabwe: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little warmer than the world'sThailand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSuriname: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSingapore: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLesotho: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sHungary: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sDominican Republic: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: 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 more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArgentina: coverage a little warmer 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'sChina: coverage a little warmer than 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 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 about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMaldives: 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 twice as fearful as the world's · 184 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 1,962 stories about harm ● Iraq few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 41 stories about harm ● Lebanon few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 45 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 291 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 415 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health29% 5,852 stories · more than usual (usually 27%) Rights & justice25% 4,903 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence16% 3,262 stories · less than usual (usually 21%) Disasters & accidents13% 2,565 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,003 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood5% 919 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 830 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 639 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 killed5,146 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,388 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,160 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,210 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting abductions1,065 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations397 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and Palestine Stories reporting refugees330 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced297 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill49 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Japan

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
● Griefa little less 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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