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46,423 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 Istanbul, heavy rain in Lebanon and rights and justice in Budapest. Türkiye's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostTürkiye 85 in 100 of its 3,102 stories, usually 55
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 57 in 100 of its stories, usually 53
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Türkiye

2,629 of its 3,102 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 55%. Istanbul accounted for 2,255 of Türkiye's 2,629 stories about harm, carried by 1,497 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (1,928 stories). Earthquake was named in 90 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with tornadoes. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Türkiye over 30 days → its stories → Istanbul stories →
Displacement

Lebanon

147 of its 280 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Beirut accounted for 110 of Lebanon's 147 stories about harm, carried by 120 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (106 stories). Heavy rain was named in 19 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Lebanon over 30 days → its stories → Beirut stories →
Rights & justice

Hungary

111 of its 216 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Budapest accounted for 91 of Hungary's 111 stories about harm, carried by 81 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (59 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Hungary over 30 days → its stories → Budapest stories →
Disasters & accidents

Haiti

120 of its 245 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 6 times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Iraq

903 of its 1,103 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Baghdad accounted for 561 of Iraq's 903 stories about harm, carried by 457 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (265 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Syria

1,575 of its 1,972 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 72%. Madaya accounted for 963 of Syria's 1,575 stories about harm, carried by 690 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 8 times the usual rate (442 stories). Heavy rain was named in 27 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Ghana

272 of its 938 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories). Road crashes were named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with poisoning. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Sudan

134 of its 202 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. 25 of Darfur's 35 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (96 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Nepal

127 of its 217 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (73 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 12 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual.

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Conflict & violence

South Sudan

165 of its 191 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 67%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (127 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: hepatitis in Spain (73 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); ebola in Brazil (37 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); drought in Botswana (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Armenia (19 of its stories, about three times its usual); oil spill in Azerbaijan (15 of its stories, more than ten 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 12 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 46,423 stories about harm among 239,586 counted on 12 Jan.

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Mentions of hepatitis ran more than ten times their usual in Spain's news. of the day's 239,586 news stories, 19 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 22. Türkiye stood out: 85% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 55%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

South Sudan86 in 100 of its 191 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Türkiye85 in 100 of its 3,102 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq82 in 100 of its 1,103 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Syria80 in 100 of its 1,972 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen78 in 100 of its 113 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Madaya Syria408 stories about protests or strikes, of its 963 Istanbul Türkiye295 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2255 Washington US249 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1670 Baghdad Iraq163 stories about protests or strikes, of its 561 Leipzig Germany122 stories about protests or strikes, of its 128

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: too little coverage to readPuerto Rico: too little coverage to readUnited States: too little coverage to readSouth 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: too little coverage to readUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: 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'sRussia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: too little coverage to readParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: too little coverage to readPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: too little coverage to readNorway: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: too little coverage to readNiger: too little coverage to readNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: too little coverage to readMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMalta: too little coverage to readMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: too little coverage to readLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLaos: 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'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIran: too little coverage to readIceland: too little coverage to readGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: too little coverage to readGambia: 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'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: too little coverage to readDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: too little coverage to readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: 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'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: too little coverage to readChile: too little coverage to readChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: too little coverage to readBotswana: too little coverage to readBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: too little coverage to readBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: too little coverage to readAustralia: too little coverage to readHeard & 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: too little coverage to readAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican 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: feelings about like the world'sTurks & 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: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: 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 more fearful than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUzbekistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTanzania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSyria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSlovakia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSlovenia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSingapore: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPeru: coverage about twice as warm as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNepal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNamibia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMozambique: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMauritania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMalaysia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLebanon: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sLatvia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful 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 twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIreland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIraq: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHungary: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHaiti: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuinea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuatemala: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGhana: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFinland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEstonia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEgypt: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEcuador: coverage a little warmer than the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sCuba: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCongo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCentral African Republic: 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'sCambodia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBurundi: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBrunei: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBosnia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBelize: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as 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 a little angrier than 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'sVatican City: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJersey: coverage about twice as grief-stricken 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

● Iraq about three times as angry as the world's · 903 stories about harm ● Peru about twice as warm as the world's · 135 stories about harm ● Lebanon about twice as fearful as the world's · 147 stories about harm ● Türkiye about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 2,629 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 601 stories about harm ● Ghana about twice as fearful as the world's · 272 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 13,282 stories · more than usual (usually 27%) Conflict & violence28% 12,818 stories · less than usual (usually 32%) Disasters & accidents13% 6,124 stories · less than usual (usually 17%) Health12% 5,299 stories · more than usual (usually 9%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 3,087 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,882 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 1,769 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,204 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 killed16,239 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,508 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,290 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,721 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,952 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations646 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced626 at about twice the usual rate · most about Syria and Sudan Stories reporting abductions557 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill66 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Guinea

Stories that report it, not people: we count what reporters wrote, not what happened.

How it felt 30 days →

● 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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