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57,381 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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Protests in Banjul (Gambia), the earthquake in Poland and rights and justice in Minsk drew the news. Belarus' coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Canada →
Part of lifeRights & justice 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostPoland 63 in 100 of its 732 stories, usually 22
RegionCentral Asia 22 in 100 of its stories, usually 18
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Gambia

200 of its 298 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Banjul accounted for 155 of the Gambia's 200 stories about harm, carried by 152 outlets. 136 of Banjul's 155 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (142 stories). Drought was named in 13 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with ebola. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Gambia over 30 days → its stories → Banjul stories →
Disasters & accidents

Poland

460 of its 732 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (40 stories). Earthquake was named in 346 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Poland over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Belarus

115 of its 195 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Minsk accounted for 100 of Belarus' 115 stories about harm, carried by 116 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (110 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Hungary

240 of its 428 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. 114 of Szeged's 116 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (190 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Mali

216 of its 250 stories (86%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Sikasso accounted for 187 of Mali's 216 stories about harm, carried by 158 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (157 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Angola

23 of its 62 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 6 of Pacote's 6 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Kashmir

135 of its 228 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Jammu accounted for 124 of Kashmir's 135 stories about harm, carried by 51 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (18 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Germany

730 of its 2,300 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (115 stories). Dengue was named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with polio and norovirus.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Nepal

132 of its 307 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (82 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: landslides in Haiti (84 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in United Arab Emirates (25 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); respiratory illness in Libya (17 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Costa Rica (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in Palestine (31 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 30 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 57,381 stories about harm among 283,916 counted on 30 Nov.

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Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Canada. 20 in every 100 of the day's 283,916 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Poland's news, mentions of the earthquake ran more than ten times their usual. the news turned to the Gambia for the second day running. the Gambia's news was 67% about people being harmed, against a usual 28%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Mali86 in 100 of its 250 stories · usually 51 · mostly rights & justice Syria72 in 100 of its 2,311 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence Libya70 in 100 of its 70 stories · usually 65 · mostly health Sudan70 in 100 of its 165 stories · usually 61 · mostly rights & justice Somalia68 in 100 of its 250 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US439 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1923 Aleppo Syria403 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1264 Jakarta Indonesia240 stories about protests or strikes, of its 268 New York US165 stories about protests or strikes, of its 540 Banjul Gambia136 stories about protests or strikes, of its 155

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: 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 readTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSudan: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: 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'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPeru: 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 readNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: 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: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sGaza: feelings about like the world'sWest Bank: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: feelings about like the world'sMaldives: feelings about like the world'sLiechtenstein: feelings about like the world'sWallis & 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: feelings about like the world'sGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUganda: 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 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'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSlovenia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSamoa: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRwanda: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPortugal: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPoland: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sOman: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNepal: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNamibia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sMauritius: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMali: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLesotho: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJordan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIreland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHungary: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sHonduras: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuyana: 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 one and a half times as warm as the world'sGambia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFinland: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEritrea: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCzechia: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sCyprus: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCuba: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCroatia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sCosta Rica: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCongo: coverage a little warmer than the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sChile: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurundi: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelarus: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustria: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sArmenia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArgentina: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAlbania: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBermuda: coverage a little more fearful 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

● Czechia about three times as fearful as the world's · 134 stories about harm ● Belarus about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 115 stories about harm ● Gambia about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 200 stories about harm ● Mali about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 216 stories about harm ● Hungary about twice as fearful as the world's · 240 stories about harm ● Croatia few stories about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 33 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 16,000 stories · less than usual (usually 33%) Health21% 11,789 stories · more than usual (usually 18%) Conflict & violence18% 10,402 stories · less than usual (usually 21%) Disasters & accidents18% 9,889 stories · more than usual (usually 14%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 2,933 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 2,175 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,999 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,147 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 killed17,530 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests7,061 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected7,041 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured6,209 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,088 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced1,044 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Syria and the US Stories reporting evacuations583 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions491 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people falling ill252 at about three times the usual rate · most about the US and Canada

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.

● 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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