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What the world's news said happened to people.
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20,453 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 Guayaquil, protests in Warsaw (Poland) and rights and justice in Kathmandu. Ecuador's coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Language across the world's news ran softer than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostEcuador 83 in 100 of its 436 stories, usually 49
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 33 in 100 of its stories, usually 20
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

Ecuador

363 of its 436 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Guayaquil accounted for 248 of Ecuador's 363 stories about harm, carried by 448 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (60 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Ecuador over 30 days → its stories → Guayaquil stories →
Health

US

Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (95 stories). Tornadoes were named in 289 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with extreme cold and avalanche.

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

Somalia

42 of its 64 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Accidents were named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Yemen

60 of its 88 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Hodeida accounted for 37 of Yemen's 60 stories about harm, carried by 182 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Russia

Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (14 stories). Illness was named in 23 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Israel

Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (46 stories). Tornadoes were named in 11 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with heavy rain. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Djibouti

The Red Sea accounted for 60 of Djibouti's 62 stories about harm, carried by 96 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Georgia

10 of its 18 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. 7 of Tbilisi's 10 stories were about protests or strikes.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: illness in Mexico (32 of its stories, about three times its usual); malaria in Ethiopia (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); polio in Pakistan (36 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); flooding in Indonesia (13 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); accidents in Somalia (10 of its stories, more than ten 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 10 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 20,453 stories about harm among 107,069 counted on 10 Jan.

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In Ethiopia's news, mentions of the malaria ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 107,069 stories, as usual. It was the second day running that the news turned to Ecuador. In Ecuador, 83% of the news was about people being harmed, where 49% is usual. On 10 January 2023, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 19 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Ecuador83 in 100 of its 436 stories · usually 49 · mostly conflict & violence Israel72 in 100 of its 1,541 stories · usually 70 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen68 in 100 of its 88 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia66 in 100 of its 64 stories · usually 42 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine65 in 100 of its 403 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US165 stories about protests or strikes, of its 822 Guayaquil Ecuador93 stories about protests or strikes, of its 248 Tel Aviv Israel64 stories about protests or strikes, of its 285 Gaza Palestine33 stories about protests or strikes, of its 188 Brooklyn US31 stories about protests or strikes, of its 71

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Sudan: 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'sSomalia: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: 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 readSt 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'sPortugal: 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: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: 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 readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: 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'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: 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 readKazakhstan: 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'sHaiti: 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'sGambia: 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'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'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: 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'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: 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'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: 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'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos 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: feelings about like the world'sAruba: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sYemen: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little more fearful 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 fearful as the world'sUganda: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTanzania: 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'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSamoa: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPoland: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPeru: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNepal: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMexico: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJapan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJamaica: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIsrael: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEcuador: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDjibouti: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChile: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBhutan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBahamas: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: 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'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 one and a half times as fearful 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'sGibraltar: 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

● Israel about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 1,112 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 197 stories about harm ● Yemen about three times as angry as the world's · 60 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 261 stories about harm ● Djibouti about twice as angry as the world's · 62 stories about harm ● Ukraine about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 178 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health29% 5,752 stories · about as usual Rights & justice21% 4,256 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents21% 4,176 stories · more than usual (usually 17%) Conflict & violence15% 2,982 stories · less than usual (usually 17%) Shelter & services5% 979 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 782 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 767 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 381 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 killed4,648 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,143 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,096 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,060 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting abductions651 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced260 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting evacuations241 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees189 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Ireland Stories reporting people falling ill12 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Jamaica

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.

● Angera little less than 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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