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What the world's news said happened to people.
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10,027 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 typhoon in the Philippines, protests in Tbilisi (Georgia) and violence in Beirut drew the news. Lebanon's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostBelize 63 in 100 of its 54 stories, usually 32
RegionSoutheast Asia 31 in 100 of its stories, usually 25
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Philippines

164 of its 317 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Philippine accounted for 73 of the Philippines' 164 stories about harm, carried by 82 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 5 times the usual rate (27 stories). Typhoon was named in 94 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with storm surge, cyclone and heavy rain.

Philippines over 30 days → its stories → Philippine stories →
Rights & justice

India

900 of its 3,628 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of abductions ran at about 5 times the usual rate (45 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Iraq

24 of its 35 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. 6 of Baghdad's 7 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

China

Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (46 stories). Natural hazards were named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Honduras

35 of its 49 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 50%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories).

its stories →
Health

Congo

19 of its 27 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

North Korea

8 of its 22 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. 5 of Pyongyang's 6 stories were about protests or strikes.

its stories →
Health

Sweden

16 of its 63 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Indonesia (12 of its stories, about three times its usual); natural hazards in China (11 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); extreme cold in Ireland (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Canada (16 of its stories, about three times its usual); extreme cold in UK (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

17 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 16 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 10,027 stories about harm among 57,509 counted on 16 Nov.

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It was the second day running that the news turned to the Philippines. of the day's 57,509 news stories, 17 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. the Philippines' news mentioned the typhoon about 4 times as often as usual. the Philippines' news was 52% about people being harmed, against a usual 38%. A year earlier, on 17 November 2023, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 17 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Lebanon75 in 100 of its 145 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Belize63 in 100 of its 54 stories · usually 32 · mostly disasters & accidents Palestine60 in 100 of its 104 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Israel56 in 100 of its 420 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Philippines52 in 100 of its 317 stories · usually 38 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US100 stories about protests or strikes, of its 344 Manipur India31 stories about protests or strikes, of its 59 Manhattan US27 stories about protests or strikes, of its 83 Imphal India25 stories about protests or strikes, of its 34 London UK24 stories about protests or strikes, of its 129

Stories, not people.

Where harm was most of the news

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: near the world's share or lessYemen: near the world's share or lessVietnam: near the world's share or lessVanuatu: near the world's share or lessUzbekistan: near the world's share or lessUruguay: near the world's share or lessMicronesia: no storiesU.S. Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessGuam: near the world's share or lessPuerto Rico: near the world's share or lessUnited States: near the world's share or lessSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: no storiesFalkland Islands: no storiesCayman Islands: near the world's share or lessIsle of Man: no storiesUnited Kingdom: near the world's share or lessUnited Arab Emirates: near the world's share or lessUkraine: near the world's share or lessUganda: near the world's share or lessTurkmenistan: near the world's share or lessTurkey: near the world's share or lessTunisia: near the world's share or lessTrinidad & Tobago: near the world's share or lessTonga: near the world's share or lessTogo: near the world's share or lessTimor-Leste: near the world's share or lessThailand: near the world's share or lessTajikistan: near the world's share or lessTaiwan: near the world's share or lessSwitzerland: near the world's share or lessEswatini: near the world's share or lessSuriname: near the world's share or lessSri Lanka: near the world's share or lessSpain: near the world's share or lessSouth Korea: near the world's share or lessSomalia: near the world's share or lessSomaliland: no storiesSolomon Islands: near the world's share or lessSlovakia: near the world's share or lessSlovenia: near the world's share or lessSingapore: near the world's share or lessSierra Leone: near the world's share or lessSeychelles: near the world's share or lessSerbia: no storiesSenegal: near the world's share or lessSaudi Arabia: near the world's share or lessSão Tomé: no storiesSt Vincent: near the world's share or lessSt. Lucia: near the world's share or lessRwanda: near the world's share or lessRussia: near the world's share or lessRomania: near the world's share or lessQatar: near the world's share or lessPortugal: near the world's share or lessPoland: near the world's share or lessPeru: near the world's share or lessParaguay: near the world's share or lessPanama: near the world's share or lessPalau: no storiesOman: near the world's share or lessNorway: near the world's share or lessNigeria: near the world's share or lessNiger: near the world's share or lessNew Zealand: near the world's share or lessNiue: near the world's share or lessNetherlands: near the world's share or lessCuraçao: no storiesNepal: near the world's share or lessNamibia: near the world's share or lessMorocco: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara: near the world's share or lessMontenegro: near the world's share or lessMongolia: near the world's share or lessMoldova: near the world's share or lessMexico: near the world's share or lessMauritius: near the world's share or lessMauritania: near the world's share or lessMalta: near the world's share or lessMali: near the world's share or lessMalaysia: near the world's share or lessMalawi: near the world's share or lessMadagascar: near the world's share or lessNorth Macedonia: near the world's share or lessLuxembourg: near the world's share or lessLithuania: near the world's share or lessLibya: near the world's share or lessLiberia: near the world's share or lessLesotho: near the world's share or lessLatvia: near the world's share or lessLaos: near the world's share or lessKyrgyzstan: near the world's share or lessKuwait: near the world's share or lessKosovo: no storiesKiribati: no storiesKenya: near the world's share or lessKazakhstan: near the world's share or lessJordan: near the world's share or lessJapan: near the world's share or lessJamaica: near the world's share or lessItaly: near the world's share or lessIreland: near the world's share or lessIceland: near the world's share or lessHungary: near the world's share or lessGuyana: near the world's share or lessGuinea-Bissau: near the world's share or lessGuinea: near the world's share or lessGuatemala: near the world's share or lessGrenada: near the world's share or lessGreece: near the world's share or lessGhana: near the world's share or lessGermany: near the world's share or lessGambia: near the world's share or lessGabon: near the world's share or lessFrance: near the world's share or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: no storiesFrench Polynesia: no storiesNew Caledonia: near the world's share or lessFrench Southern Territories: no storiesÅland Islands: no storiesFinland: near the world's share or lessFiji: near the world's share or lessEstonia: near the world's share or lessEritrea: near the world's share or lessEquatorial Guinea: near the world's share or lessEl Salvador: near the world's share or lessEgypt: near the world's share or lessEcuador: near the world's share or lessDominican Republic: near the world's share or lessDominica: near the world's share or lessDjibouti: near the world's share or lessGreenland: near the world's share or lessFaroe Islands: no storiesDenmark: near the world's share or lessCzech Republic: near the world's share or lessN. Cyprus: no storiesCyprus: near the world's share or lessCroatia: near the world's share or lessCôte d'Ivoire: near the world's share or lessDR Congo: near the world's share or lessComoros: near the world's share or lessColombia: near the world's share or lessChina: near the world's share or lessChile: near the world's share or lessChad: near the world's share or lessCentral African Republic: no storiesCape Verde: no storiesCanada: near the world's share or lessCambodia: near the world's share or lessMyanmar: near the world's share or lessBurundi: near the world's share or lessBurkina Faso: near the world's share or lessBulgaria: near the world's share or lessBrunei: near the world's share or lessBrazil: near the world's share or lessBotswana: near the world's share or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: no storiesBolivia: near the world's share or lessBhutan: near the world's share or lessBenin: near the world's share or lessBelgium: near the world's share or lessBelarus: near the world's share or lessBarbados: near the world's share or lessBahrain: near the world's share or lessBahamas: near the world's share or lessAzerbaijan: near the world's share or lessAustria: near the world's share or lessAustralia: near the world's share or lessHeard & McDonald Islands: no storiesArmenia: near the world's share or lessAngola: near the world's share or lessAndorra: no storiesAlgeria: near the world's share or lessAlbania: near the world's share or lessJammu & Kashmir: near the world's share or lessAksai Chin: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): near the world's share or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: near the world's share or lessSiachen Glacier: near the world's share or lessCrimea: near the world's share or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: near the world's share or lessVatican City: near the world's share or lessMarshall Islands: no storiesNorthern Mariana Islands: no storiesAmerican Samoa: no storiesChagos Islands: near the world's share or lessSt. Helena: no storiesPitcairn: no storiesAnguilla: no storiesBermuda: near the world's share or lessBritish Virgin Islands: near the world's share or lessTurks & Caicos Islands: no storiesMontserrat: no storiesJersey: near the world's share or lessGuernsey: near the world's share or lessSan Marino: near the world's share or lessSt Kitts & Nevis: near the world's share or lessCook Islands: near the world's share or lessAruba: near the world's share or lessNauru: no storiesMonaco: near the world's share or lessMaldives: near the world's share or lessLiechtenstein: near the world's share or lessWallis & Futuna: no storiesSt. Martin: no storiesSt. Barthélemy: no storiesMacao: near the world's share or lessNorfolk Island: near the world's share or lessSint Maarten: no storiesChristmas Island: no storiesGibraltar: near the world's share or lessMayotte: no storiesZimbabwe: 29 in 100 of its 177 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Venezuela: 49 in 100 of its 37 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Tanzania: 36 in 100 of its 25 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Syria: 62 in 100 of its 26 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Sweden: 25 in 100 of its 63 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)South Sudan: 43 in 100 of its 14 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Sudan: 71 in 100 of its 24 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)South Africa: 26 in 100 of its 394 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Samoa: 42 in 100 of its 12 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Philippines: 52 in 100 of its 317 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Papua New Guinea: 60 in 100 of its 15 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Pakistan: 33 in 100 of its 611 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)North Korea: 36 in 100 of its 22 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Nicaragua: 83 in 100 of its 6 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Mozambique: 55 in 100 of its 20 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Lebanon: 75 in 100 of its 145 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Israel: 56 in 100 of its 420 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Palestine: 60 in 100 of its 104 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Iraq: 69 in 100 of its 35 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Iran: 33 in 100 of its 150 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Indonesia: 29 in 100 of its 94 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)India: 25 in 100 of its 3,628 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Honduras: 71 in 100 of its 49 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Haiti: 33 in 100 of its 33 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Georgia: 53 in 100 of its 49 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Ethiopia: 41 in 100 of its 39 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Cuba: 39 in 100 of its 64 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Costa Rica: 55 in 100 of its 11 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Congo: 70 in 100 of its 27 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Hong Kong: 30 in 100 of its 44 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Cameroon: 100 in 100 of its 3 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Belize: 63 in 100 of its 54 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Bangladesh: 32 in 100 of its 179 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Argentina: 30 in 100 of its 83 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Antigua & Barbuda: 71 in 100 of its 7 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Afghanistan: 41 in 100 of its 59 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Palestine: 60 in 100 of its 104 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Palestine: 60 in 100 of its 104 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)Palestine: 60 in 100 of its 104 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 17)
A quarter or more above the world's share Near the world's or lessNo stories

Each country shaded by how much of its news was about people being harmed, against the world's 17 in 100 that day. Stronger colour: further above. A country with few stories is drawn closer to the world's. Click a country.

Most of its news about harm

● Lebanon 75 in 100 of its 145 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Israel 56 in 100 of its 420 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Philippines 52 in 100 of its 317 stories · mostly disasters & accidents ● Palestine 60 in 100 of its 104 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Belize 63 in 100 of its 54 stories · mostly disasters & accidents ● Pakistan 33 in 100 of its 611 stories · mostly conflict & violence

Stories, not people. Countries with at least 50 stories.

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health28% 2,703 stories · about as usual Rights & justice26% 2,576 stories · more than usual (usually 24%) Disasters & accidents19% 1,891 stories · more than usual (usually 17%) Conflict & violence13% 1,256 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 466 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 337 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 310 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 270 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 killed2,398 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,196 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,057 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured668 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions173 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced157 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations96 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees72 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people falling ill22 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel

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?

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