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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 Islamabad, refugees in Libya and illness in Algiers. Pakistan's coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Language across the world's news ran softer than usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and India →
Part of lifeHealth 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostCyprus 39 in 100 of its 69 stories, usually 12
RegionSouth Asia 27 in 100 of its stories, usually 22
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 →
Conflict & violence

Pakistan

284 of its 604 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Islamabad accounted for 158 of Pakistan's 284 stories about harm, carried by 155 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 10 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Pakistan over 30 days → its stories → Islamabad stories →
Disasters & accidents

Libya

34 of its 45 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Libya over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Moldova

9 of its 17 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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

Georgia

38 of its 66 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Sighnaghi accounted for 25 of Georgia's 38 stories about harm, carried by 56 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (26 stories). Plane crash was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Peru

27 of its 69 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Taiwan

52 of its 197 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (30 stories). Typhoon was named in 33 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual, with tropical storm, flooding and landslides.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Ukraine

107 of its 311 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (42 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Türkiye

95 of its 327 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (64 stories). Plane crash was named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

India

Reports of people falling ill ran at about 6 times the usual rate (5 stories). Heatwave was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: typhoon in Taiwan (33 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); earthquake in Cyprus (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Iran (14 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); plane crash in Georgia (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plane crash in Türkiye (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

15 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 17; 17 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 12 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 14,575 stories about harm among 94,607 counted on 12 Nov.

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People falling ill were reported at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and India. Stories about people being harmed made up 15 in every 100 of the day's 94,607 stories, below the usual 17. It was the second day running that the news turned to Pakistan. In Pakistan, 47% of the news was about people being harmed, where 36% is usual. On 12 November 2024, a year earlier, the share was 16 in every 100, against 15 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan73 in 100 of its 104 stories · usually 73 · mostly rights & justice Georgia58 in 100 of its 66 stories · usually 43 · mostly conflict & violence Jamaica53 in 100 of its 186 stories · usually 62 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria47 in 100 of its 140 stories · usually 44 · mostly conflict & violence Pakistan47 in 100 of its 604 stories · usually 36 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US86 stories about protests or strikes, of its 596 Berkeley US55 stories about protests or strikes, of its 108 Chicago US45 stories about protests or strikes, of its 156 Delhi India29 stories about protests or strikes, of its 644 London UK29 stories about protests or strikes, of its 216

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'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 Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: 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'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSri 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: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: too little coverage to readSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: 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'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: 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'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: 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'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'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: too little coverage to readKuwait: 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'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: 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: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGambia: 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 readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: 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: too little coverage to readCôte 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 readChina: 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: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBotswana: 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'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: 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: 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: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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 readGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little angrier than the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGuam: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTanzania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPeru: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNamibia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMoldova: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMalaysia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLaos: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJordan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sItaly: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIreland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIraq: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIran: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIceland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFinland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little angrier than the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBosnia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBhutan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAngola: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice 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 twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice 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 twice as fearful as the world'sJersey: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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 · 284 stories about harm ● Peru few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 27 stories about harm ● Kashmir few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 48 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as angry as the world's · 305 stories about harm ● Libya few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 34 stories about harm ● India about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 1,266 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health28% 4,009 stories · more than usual (usually 26%) Rights & justice26% 3,673 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents16% 2,290 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence15% 2,127 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 680 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 627 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 586 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 253 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 killed3,561 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,785 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,561 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured879 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced178 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions159 at about a third of the usual rate · most about Israel and Nigeria Stories reporting refugees121 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations114 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill58 at about three times the usual rate · most about the US and India

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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