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What the world's news said happened to people.
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18,031 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 Kivu, protests in the Congo River (Congo) and people affected in Poland. Poland's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeHealth 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostRwanda 88 in 100 of its 192 stories, usually 55
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 29 in 100 of its stories, usually 26
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Conflict & violence

Rwanda

168 of its 192 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Kivu accounted for 91 of Rwanda's 168 stories about harm, carried by 104 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (51 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Rwanda over 30 days → its stories → Kivu stories →
Protests & strikes

Congo

65 of its 92 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. 5 of the Congo River's 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Congo over 30 days → its stories → Congo River stories →
Rights & justice

Poland

63 of its 137 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Palestine

Gaza accounted for 121 of Palestine's 193 stories about harm, carried by 134 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (34 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Israel

Jerusalem accounted for 143 of Israel's 518 stories about harm, carried by 264 outlets. Earthquake was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Laos

8 of its 16 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Lebanon

53 of its 101 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).

its stories →
Health

Uganda

Reports of people displaced ran at about 8 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Japan

Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (15 stories). Flooding was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: heavy rain in Bangladesh (10 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); flooding in Japan (12 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); poisoning in India (35 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); poisoning in Canada (19 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); plague in China (11 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 28 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 18,031 stories about harm among 97,321 counted on 28 Jan.

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No day had a lower share of stories about people being harmed since 24 December 2024. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 97,321 stories, below the usual 20. Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. For the second day running, the news turned to Rwanda. Bangladesh's news mentioned heavy rain about 6 times as often as usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Rwanda88 in 100 of its 192 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Congo71 in 100 of its 92 stories · usually 47 · mostly conflict & violence Israel62 in 100 of its 835 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan62 in 100 of its 79 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine61 in 100 of its 315 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US217 stories about protests or strikes, of its 971 Jasper County US55 stories about protests or strikes, of its 62 Islamabad Pakistan33 stories about protests or strikes, of its 70 London UK33 stories about protests or strikes, of its 231 Chicago US31 stories about protests or strikes, of its 253

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'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth 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'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: too little coverage to readSierra Leone: too little coverage to readSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSão 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'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: 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: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: too little coverage to readNew Zealand: 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'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'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: 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'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: 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: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: 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'sEthiopia: 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'sDominica: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech 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'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: 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: 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'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: 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'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: too little coverage to readNorthern 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: feelings about like the world'sSan 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: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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: feelings about like the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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 angry as the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: 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'sSudan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSingapore: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRwanda: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPoland: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalta: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMadagascar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLithuania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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 fearful as the world'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGreece: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sFrance: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEcuador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDominican Republic: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDjibouti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDR Congo: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCongo: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sColombia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sChad: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAustria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: 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'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: 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'sGibraltar: coverage a little angrier 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

● Poland about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 63 stories about harm ● Rwanda about three times as angry as the world's · 168 stories about harm ● Congo about twice as angry as the world's · 65 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 518 stories about harm ● Pakistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 212 stories about harm ● Sudan few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 49 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health28% 5,020 stories · more than usual (usually 24%) Rights & justice25% 4,493 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents19% 3,323 stories · much less than usual (usually 24%) Conflict & violence12% 2,157 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 831 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 830 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 523 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 478 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 killed3,920 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting arrests2,430 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,145 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured924 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting abductions384 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people displaced354 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees248 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Palestine Stories reporting evacuations162 at about half the usual rate · most about South Korea and the US Stories reporting people falling ill17 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Canada

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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.