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33,990 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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Illness in San Salvador, protests in Cairo (Egypt) and violence in Algiers drew the news. Greece's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostUruguay 90 in 100 of its 92 stories, usually 16
RegionCentral Asia 25 in 100 of its stories, usually 16
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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Protests & strikes

Egypt

275 of its 427 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. 147 of Cairo's 219 stories were about protests or strikes. Landslides were named in 95 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Egypt over 30 days → its stories → Cairo stories →
Disasters & accidents

Greece

295 of its 522 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (43 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Greece over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Ethiopia

60 of its 108 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. 9 of Oromo's 9 stories were about protests or strikes. Hunger was named in 25 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with respiratory illness. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Netherlands

193 of its 482 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. 167 of Spijkenisse's 169 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Finland

57 of its 106 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 13 of Perho's 15 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (30 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

Canada

1,686 of its 4,366 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (820 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

North Macedonia

49 of its 94 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 31 of Skopje's 31 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (44 stories).

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Haiti

137 of its 347 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 121 of Port-au-Prince's 124 stories were about protests or strikes. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: drought in Zimbabwe (50 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hunger in Ethiopia (25 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); power cuts in Bahamas (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Philippines (40 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); extreme cold in China (52 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

24 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 23 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 33,990 stories about harm among 143,879 counted on 23 Jan.

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El Salvador's news mentioned the dengue about 7 times as often as usual. el Salvador's news was 96% about people being harmed, against a usual 52%. of the day's 143,879 news stories, 24 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 21.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

El Salvador96 in 100 of its 101 stories · usually 52 · mostly health Burkina Faso94 in 100 of its 256 stories · usually 92 · mostly conflict & violence Uruguay90 in 100 of its 92 stories · usually 16 · mostly rights & justice Burundi88 in 100 of its 137 stories · usually 80 · mostly conflict & violence Algeria86 in 100 of its 71 stories · usually 37 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US350 stories about protests or strikes, of its 3482 Baltimore US260 stories about protests or strikes, of its 507 Tunis Tunisia168 stories about protests or strikes, of its 174 Spijkenisse Netherlands167 stories about protests or strikes, of its 169 Cairo Egypt147 stories about protests or strikes, of its 219

Stories, not people.

Where harm was most of the news

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: near the world's share or lessZambia: near the world's share or lessVietnam: near the world's share or lessUzbekistan: near the world's share or lessMicronesia: near the world's share or lessU.S. Virgin Islands: 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 lessUkraine: 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: no storiesThailand: near the world's share or lessTanzania: 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 lessSri Lanka: near the world's share or lessSpain: near the world's share or lessSouth Korea: near the world's share or lessSouth Africa: near the world's share or lessSomaliland: no storiesSolomon Islands: near the world's share or lessSlovakia: near the world's share or lessSlovenia: near the world's share or lessSingapore: near the world's share or lessSeychelles: near the world's share or lessSerbia: no storiesSenegal: 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 lessRwanda: 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 lessPhilippines: near the world's share or lessPeru: near the world's share or lessParaguay: near the world's share or lessPapua New Guinea: near the world's share or lessPalau: no storiesOman: near the world's share or lessNorway: near the world's share or lessNigeria: near the world's share or lessNicaragua: near the world's share or lessNew Zealand: near the world's share or lessNiue: no storiesCuraçao: no storiesNamibia: near the world's share or lessMorocco: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara: near the world's share or lessMontenegro: near the world's share or lessMongolia: 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 lessMali: near the world's share or lessMalaysia: near the world's share or lessMadagascar: 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 lessLebanon: near the world's share or lessLatvia: near the world's share or lessKyrgyzstan: near the world's share or lessKosovo: no storiesKiribati: no storiesKazakhstan: near the world's share or lessJapan: near the world's share or lessJamaica: near the world's share or lessItaly: near the world's share or lessIreland: near the world's share or lessIndonesia: near the world's share or lessIndia: near the world's share or lessIceland: 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 lessGuatemala: near the world's share or lessGrenada: near the world's share or lessGhana: near the world's share or lessGermany: near the world's share or lessGeorgia: near the world's share or lessGambia: near the world's share or lessGabon: near the world's share or lessSt Pierre & Miquelon: no storiesFrench Polynesia: no storiesNew Caledonia: near the world's share or lessFrench Southern Territories: no storiesÅland Islands: no storiesFiji: 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 lessEcuador: near the world's share or lessDominican Republic: near the world's share or lessDominica: near the world's share or lessDjibouti: near the world's share or lessGreenland: near the world's share or lessFaroe Islands: no storiesDenmark: near the world's share or lessCzech Republic: near the world's share or lessN. Cyprus: no storiesCyprus: near the world's share or lessCuba: near the world's share or lessCôte d'Ivoire: near the world's share or lessCosta Rica: near the world's share or lessDR Congo: near the world's share or lessCongo: near the world's share or lessComoros: no storiesChina: near the world's share or lessHong Kong: near the world's share or lessChile: near the world's share or lessChad: near the world's share or lessCape Verde: near the world's share or lessBulgaria: near the world's share or lessBrunei: near the world's share or lessBotswana: near the world's share or lessBosnia and Herzegovina: near the world's share or lessBhutan: near the world's share or lessBenin: near the world's share or lessBelize: 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 storiesAlbania: near the world's share or lessJammu & Kashmir: near the world's share or lessAksai Chin: near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): near the world's share or lessWestern Sahara (Free Zone): near the world's share or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: near the world's share or lessSiachen Glacier: near the world's share or lessCrimea: near the world's share or lessAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: near the world's share or lessVatican City: near the world's share or lessMarshall Islands: no storiesNorthern 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: near the world's share or lessBermuda: near the world's share or lessBritish Virgin Islands: no storiesTurks & Caicos Islands: no storiesMontserrat: near the world's share or lessGuernsey: near the world's share or lessSan Marino: near the world's share or lessSt Kitts & Nevis: near the world's share or lessCook Islands: no storiesAruba: near the world's share or lessNauru: no storiesMonaco: near the world's share or lessLiechtenstein: near the world's share or lessWallis & Futuna: no storiesSt. Martin: near the world's share or lessSt. Barthélemy: no storiesMacao: near the world's share or lessNorfolk Island: near the world's share or lessSint Maarten: no storiesChristmas Island: no storiesGibraltar: near the world's share or lessMayotte: no storiesYemen: 84 in 100 of its 196 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Venezuela: 69 in 100 of its 396 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Vanuatu: 68 in 100 of its 37 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Uruguay: 90 in 100 of its 92 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Guam: 59 in 100 of its 29 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Uganda: 38 in 100 of its 154 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Türkiye: 68 in 100 of its 662 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Tunisia: 54 in 100 of its 360 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Tajikistan: 71 in 100 of its 31 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Syria: 70 in 100 of its 771 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)South Sudan: 73 in 100 of its 63 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Sudan: 42 in 100 of its 62 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Somalia: 74 in 100 of its 218 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Sierra Leone: 70 in 100 of its 64 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Saudi Arabia: 45 in 100 of its 782 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Russia: 34 in 100 of its 948 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Panama: 48 in 100 of its 88 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Pakistan: 47 in 100 of its 1,260 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)North Korea: 33 in 100 of its 438 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Niger: 100 in 100 of its 24 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Netherlands: 40 in 100 of its 482 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Nepal: 51 in 100 of its 175 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Mozambique: 70 in 100 of its 27 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Moldova: 74 in 100 of its 23 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Malawi: 41 in 100 of its 58 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)North Macedonia: 52 in 100 of its 94 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Libya: 79 in 100 of its 89 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Liberia: 36 in 100 of its 59 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Laos: 44 in 100 of its 50 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Kuwait: 43 in 100 of its 103 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Kenya: 31 in 100 of its 308 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Jordan: 33 in 100 of its 296 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Israel: 60 in 100 of its 527 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Palestine: 76 in 100 of its 233 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Iraq: 55 in 100 of its 408 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Iran: 40 in 100 of its 1,526 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Haiti: 39 in 100 of its 347 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Greece: 57 in 100 of its 522 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)France: 38 in 100 of its 1,358 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Finland: 54 in 100 of its 106 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Ethiopia: 56 in 100 of its 108 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)El Salvador: 96 in 100 of its 101 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Egypt: 64 in 100 of its 427 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Croatia: 47 in 100 of its 106 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Colombia: 42 in 100 of its 138 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Central African Republic: 86 in 100 of its 7 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Canada: 39 in 100 of its 4,366 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Cameroon: 47 in 100 of its 32 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Cambodia: 60 in 100 of its 169 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Myanmar: 37 in 100 of its 67 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Burundi: 88 in 100 of its 137 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Burkina Faso: 94 in 100 of its 256 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Brazil: 44 in 100 of its 535 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Bolivia: 41 in 100 of its 44 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Bangladesh: 31 in 100 of its 339 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Algeria: 86 in 100 of its 71 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Afghanistan: 69 in 100 of its 355 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Palestine: 76 in 100 of its 233 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Palestine: 76 in 100 of its 233 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Palestine: 76 in 100 of its 233 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Jersey: 42 in 100 of its 89 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)Maldives: 47 in 100 of its 38 stories were about people being harmed (the world's: 24)
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 24 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

● Burkina Faso 94 in 100 of its 256 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● El Salvador 96 in 100 of its 101 stories · mostly health ● Yemen 84 in 100 of its 196 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Burundi 88 in 100 of its 137 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Syria 70 in 100 of its 771 stories · mostly conflict & violence ● Palestine 76 in 100 of its 233 stories · mostly conflict & violence

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

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice27% 9,047 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents26% 8,615 stories · much more than usual (usually 16%) Conflict & violence23% 7,694 stories · much less than usual (usually 30%) Health9% 3,095 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 1,781 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 1,432 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 969 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 837 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 killed11,016 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected4,448 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests3,902 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,388 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees984 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions460 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations287 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced194 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Saudi Arabia and Switzerland Stories reporting people falling ill98 at about the usual rate

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 about as usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little less than 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.