About The World.fyi

The World.fyi shows the world's news on a live, interactive globe. Every story is pinned where it is happening, so you can see at a glance what is going on and where.

How it works

1. Every 10 minutes it reads the public headline feeds of 30 newsrooms around the world.
2. It finds the place each headline is about: a country, a region or a city.
3. When several newsrooms cover the same story, they are grouped into one, so the biggest stories rise to the top.
4. Each story is sorted into a topic and drawn on the globe. Click a story to read the original articles.

What you can do

• Spin the globe and click any pin to see what is happening there.
• Search by country or topic, for example "Brazil" or "election".
• Show the last 6, 24 or 48 hours, sorted by top stories or by latest first.
• Play the tour, which flies to the 20 biggest stories one by one.
• Share a story: each one has its own web address.

Topics

Conflict, politics, economy, disaster, science and health, and society.

Earthquakes, storms, fires and volcanoes

Alongside the news, the globe shows earthquakes of magnitude 4.5 and above from the past day, from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), and open storms, wildfires and volcanic eruptions from the past 14 days, from NASA's Earth Observatory Natural Event Tracker (EONET).

The 30 newsrooms

• BBC
• Al Jazeera
• The Guardian
• NPR
• New York Times
• DW
• France 24
• RFI
• Euronews
• UN News
• CBC
• Sky News
• The Independent
• Los Angeles Times
• ABC Australia
• The Hindu
• Times of India
• Dawn
• South China Morning Post
• Japan Times
• CNA
• Straits Times
• Arab News
• Middle East Eye
• AllAfrica
• Africanews
• Premium Times
• MercoPress
• Buenos Aires Times
• Global Voices

The World.fyi does not write or rewrite the news. It shows each newsroom's headline and links straight to the original article.

Questions

Where does the news come from?

From the public headline feeds of the 30 newsrooms listed above. Every story links to the original articles.

How often is it updated?

Every 10 minutes. The globe shows stories from the last 6, 24 or 48 hours.

How does it know where a story is happening?

It reads each headline and summary and looks for the place it names, using a built-in list of countries, regions and cities. This is automatic and can be wrong.

Do I need an account?

No. The World.fyi is a public web page with no sign-up.

Who makes it

The World.fyi is built by Simple Solutions.