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What the world's news said happened to people.
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15,269 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 people killed in Ethiopia, rights and justice in Tripoli and arrests in Kashmir. Kashmir's coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was softer than usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and the Philippines →
Part of lifeHealth 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostEthiopia 65 in 100 of its 65 stories, usually 29
RegionEast Asia 14 in 100 of its stories, usually 12
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 →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Ethiopia

42 of its 65 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Ethiopia over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Libya

25 of its 37 stories (68%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Tripoli accounted for 19 of Libya's 25 stories about harm, carried by 20 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).

Libya over 30 days → its stories → Tripoli stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

54 of its 114 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

Kashmir over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Taiwan

Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Heavy rain was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

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

Bosnia

17 of its 30 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Sarajevo accounted for 17 of Bosnia's 17 stories about harm, carried by 19 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

India

Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (5 stories). Tuberculosis was named in 16 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with plane crash. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

68 of its 117 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Damascus accounted for 34 of Syria's 68 stories about harm, carried by 43 outlets.

its stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

South Korea

75 of its 351 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (43 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Azerbaijan

Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Iran

Tehran accounted for 36 of Iran's 61 stories about harm, carried by 55 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: flooding in UK (135 of its stories, about three times its usual); plane crash in Türkiye (10 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); respiratory illness in Philippines (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in Ireland (12 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); tuberculosis in India (16 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

15 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 17; 15 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 13 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 15,269 stories about harm among 98,831 counted on 13 Nov.

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Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and the Philippines. 15 in every 100 of the day's 98,831 news stories were about people being harmed, below the usual 17. In Ethiopia, 65% of the news was about people being harmed, where 29% is usual. Taiwan's news mentioned heavy rain about three times as often as usual. A year earlier, on 13 November 2024, 16 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 15 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Ethiopia65 in 100 of its 65 stories · usually 29 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given Sudan61 in 100 of its 108 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Syria58 in 100 of its 117 stories · usually 45 · mostly conflict & violence Palestine53 in 100 of its 220 stories · usually 52 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan51 in 100 of its 104 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US97 stories about protests or strikes, of its 686 Chicago US66 stories about protests or strikes, of its 212 Dhaka Bangladesh44 stories about protests or strikes, of its 85 San Francisco US34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 117 London UK32 stories about protests or strikes, of its 245

Stories, not people.

Where harm was most of the news

feelings in full →
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 lessTurkmenistan: 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 lessTajikistan: near the world's share or lessTaiwan: near the world's share or lessSwitzerland: near the world's share or lessSweden: near the world's share or lessEswatini: near the world's share or lessSuriname: near the world's share or lessSpain: near the world's share or lessSomaliland: no storiesSlovenia: 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 storiesSamoa: near the world's share or lessSt Vincent: near the world's share or lessSt. Lucia: 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 lessParaguay: near the world's share or lessPapua New Guinea: near the world's share or lessPanama: near the world's share or lessPalau: near the world's share or lessOman: near the world's share or lessNorway: near the world's share or lessNorth Korea: near the world's share or lessNiger: near the world's share or lessNicaragua: 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 storiesNamibia: near the world's share or lessMorocco: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara: no storiesMontenegro: 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 lessMalaysia: 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 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: 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 lessItaly: near the world's share or lessIraq: near the world's share or lessIndonesia: near the world's share or lessHungary: near the world's share or lessHonduras: 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 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: no storiesFrench 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: no storiesDjibouti: near the world's share or lessGreenland: near the world's share or lessFaroe Islands: no storiesCzech 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 lessCosta Rica: near the world's share or lessCongo: near the world's share or lessComoros: near the world's share or lessChina: near the world's share or lessHong Kong: near the world's share or lessChile: near the world's share or lessCentral African Republic: near the world's share or lessCape Verde: near the world's share or lessCanada: near the world's share or lessBurundi: 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 lessBolivia: 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 lessArgentina: near the world's share or lessAntigua & Barbuda: 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 lessAksai Chin: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): no storiesWestern Sahara (Free Zone): no storiesVatican City: near the world's share or lessMarshall Islands: near the world's share or lessNorthern Mariana Islands: near the world's share or lessAmerican Samoa: near the world's share or lessChagos Islands: no storiesSt. Helena: no storiesPitcairn: no storiesAnguilla: no storiesBermuda: near the world's share or lessBritish Virgin Islands: no storiesTurks & Caicos Islands: no storiesMontserrat: near the world's share or lessJersey: near the world's share or lessGuernsey: near the world's share or lessSan Marino: no storiesSt 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: no storiesSint Maarten: no storiesChristmas Island: near the world's share or lessGibraltar: near the world's share or lessMayotte: no storiesZimbabwe: 22 in 100 of its 145 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 15)Venezuela: 31 in 100 of its 121 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 15)Ukraine: 25 in 100 of its 332 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 15)Uganda: 23 in 100 of its 88 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 15)Türkiye: 27 in 100 of its 294 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 15)Tunisia: 67 in 100 of its 9 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 15)Thailand: 28 in 100 of its 170 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 15)Tanzania: 28 in 100 of its 95 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 15)Syria: 58 in 100 of its 117 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 15)South Sudan: 41 in 100 of its 27 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 15)Sudan: 61 in 100 of its 108 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 15)Sri Lanka: 27 in 100 of its 119 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 15)South Korea: 21 in 100 of its 351 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 15)South Africa: 25 in 100 of its 705 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 15)Somalia: 29 in 100 of its 28 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 15)Solomon Islands: 30 in 100 of its 23 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 15)Slovakia: 36 in 100 of its 14 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 15)Rwanda: 30 in 100 of its 27 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 15)Philippines: 29 in 100 of its 562 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 15)Peru: 24 in 100 of its 51 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 15)Pakistan: 25 in 100 of its 634 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 15)Nigeria: 22 in 100 of its 1,002 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 15)Nepal: 23 in 100 of its 75 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 15)Mozambique: 42 in 100 of its 12 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 15)Mali: 70 in 100 of its 23 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 15)Malawi: 27 in 100 of its 102 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 15)Libya: 68 in 100 of its 37 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 15)Liberia: 29 in 100 of its 80 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 15)Lebanon: 28 in 100 of its 75 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 15)Kenya: 22 in 100 of its 285 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 15)Jamaica: 48 in 100 of its 188 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 15)Israel: 46 in 100 of its 582 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 15)Palestine: 53 in 100 of its 220 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 15)Ireland: 20 in 100 of its 1,274 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 15)Iran: 39 in 100 of its 155 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 15)India: 22 in 100 of its 5,560 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 15)Iceland: 30 in 100 of its 33 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 15)Haiti: 39 in 100 of its 18 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 15)Guatemala: 33 in 100 of its 18 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 15)Georgia: 34 in 100 of its 47 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 15)Ethiopia: 65 in 100 of its 65 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 15)Denmark: 26 in 100 of its 86 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 15)Cuba: 43 in 100 of its 67 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 15)DR Congo: 67 in 100 of its 9 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 15)Colombia: 51 in 100 of its 55 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 15)Chad: 32 in 100 of its 25 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 15)Cameroon: 35 in 100 of its 40 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 15)Cambodia: 41 in 100 of its 46 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 15)Myanmar: 33 in 100 of its 15 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 15)Burkina Faso: 60 in 100 of its 5 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 15)Bosnia: 57 in 100 of its 30 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 15)Belize: 24 in 100 of its 45 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 15)Bangladesh: 31 in 100 of its 367 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 15)Afghanistan: 51 in 100 of its 104 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 15)Kashmir: 47 in 100 of its 114 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 15)Palestine: 53 in 100 of its 220 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 15)Palestine: 53 in 100 of its 220 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 15)Kashmir: 47 in 100 of its 114 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 15)Kashmir: 47 in 100 of its 114 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 15)Ukraine: 25 in 100 of its 332 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 15)Palestine: 53 in 100 of its 220 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 15)Kashmir: 47 in 100 of its 114 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 15)
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 15 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

● Sudan 61 in 100 of its 108 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Palestine 53 in 100 of its 220 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Syria 58 in 100 of its 117 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Israel 46 in 100 of its 582 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Ethiopia 65 in 100 of its 65 stories · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given ● Jamaica 48 in 100 of its 188 stories · mostly disasters & accidents

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

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health30% 4,455 stories · more than usual (usually 26%) Rights & justice26% 3,829 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents15% 2,268 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Conflict & violence13% 1,973 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 821 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 608 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 592 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 335 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 killed3,465 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,997 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,644 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured854 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations133 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions130 at about a third of the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting people displaced124 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Sudan and the US Stories reporting refugees108 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill48 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and the Philippines

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