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What the world's news said happened to people.
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18,575 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 news turned to plane crash in South Sudan, violence in Kivu and people killed in Samoa. South Sudan's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran softer than usual.

Help and hope: reports of vaccination ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeHealth 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostSouth Sudan 77 in 100 of its 64 stories, usually 41
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 31 in 100 of its stories, usually 26
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 →
Disasters & accidents

South Sudan

49 of its 64 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Juba accounted for 39 of South Sudan's 49 stories about harm, carried by 75 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (46 stories). Plane crash was named in 20 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

South Sudan over 30 days → its stories → Juba stories →
Health

Samoa

23 of its 37 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (16 stories). Outbreaks were named in 22 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

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

Congo

52 of its 75 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

41 of its 108 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Tsunami was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Saudi Arabia

Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (23 stories). Road crashes were named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Palestine

Gaza accounted for 105 of Palestine's 183 stories about harm, carried by 166 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Switzerland

66 of its 257 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories).

its stories →
Health

Bulgaria

13 of its 42 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people injured ran at about 8 times the usual rate (6 stories).

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: road crashes in Saudi Arabia (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tsunami in Indonesia (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in Malaysia (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); covid in Thailand (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); poisoning in India (53 of its stories, about 6 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 29 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 18,575 stories about harm among 100,355 counted on 29 Jan.

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The share of stories about people being harmed was the lowest since 24 December 2024. 19 in every 100 of the day's 100,355 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 20. On the side of help, reports of vaccination ran at about twice the usual rate. Samoa's news mentioned outbreaks about 6 times as often as usual. South Sudan's news was 77% about people being harmed, against a usual 41%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Rwanda82 in 100 of its 194 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence South Sudan77 in 100 of its 64 stories · usually 41 · mostly disasters & accidents Congo69 in 100 of its 75 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine62 in 100 of its 293 stories · usually 65 · mostly conflict & violence Israel62 in 100 of its 827 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US238 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1217 London UK47 stories about protests or strikes, of its 266 Chicago US34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 188 Kivu Rwanda33 stories about protests or strikes, of its 78 Los Angeles US31 stories about protests or strikes, of its 393

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sYemen: 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: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: too little coverage to readTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: 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 readSri Lanka: 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: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: 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: 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'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: 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: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: 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'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: 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 readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: 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: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: 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'sGabon: 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'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: 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'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: 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: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: 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: too little coverage to readBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: 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'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: 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 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: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican 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: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: feelings about like the world'sJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt 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: too little coverage to readMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: feelings about like the world'sWallis & 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little angrier than the world'sVietnam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTanzania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sSamoa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSt Vincent: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRwanda: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMauritius: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLuxembourg: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJapan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice 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 fearful as the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHungary: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGambia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFrance: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFiji: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sDjibouti: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCuba: 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'sCameroon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBulgaria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelize: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAustria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more fearful than 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 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'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

● South Sudan few stories about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 49 stories about harm ● Rwanda about twice as angry as the world's · 160 stories about harm ● Congo about twice as angry as the world's · 52 stories about harm ● Saudi Arabia few stories about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 37 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 513 stories about harm ● Palestine about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 183 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health30% 5,389 stories · much more than usual (usually 24%) Rights & justice24% 4,421 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents18% 3,282 stories · much less than usual (usually 24%) Conflict & violence11% 1,974 stories · less than usual (usually 13%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 967 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 876 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 669 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 539 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 killed3,973 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people affected2,340 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,311 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured968 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about India and the US Stories reporting abductions356 at about half the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people displaced301 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees238 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Palestine Stories reporting evacuations196 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and South Korea Stories reporting people falling ill31 at about one and a half times 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 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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