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33,371 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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Most of the day's attention went to protests in Jakarta (Indonesia), violence in Aleppo and a disaster in Antananarivo. Syria's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostMadagascar 95 in 100 of its 61 stories, usually 22
RegionCentral Asia 29 in 100 of its stories, usually 17
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

Indonesia

490 of its 729 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Jakarta accounted for 260 of Indonesia's 490 stories about harm, carried by 316 outlets. 186 of Jakarta's 260 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (56 stories). Landslides were named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with plane crash.

Indonesia over 30 days → its stories → Jakarta stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

1,233 of its 1,519 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 75%. Aleppo accounted for 1,117 of Syria's 1,233 stories about harm, carried by 625 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (165 stories). Polio was named in 84 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Syria over 30 days → its stories → Aleppo stories →
Rights & justice

Germany

449 of its 1,137 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of refugees ran at about 6 times the usual rate (187 stories). Avalanche was named in 47 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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

South Korea

289 of its 796 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 215 of Seoul's 226 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (153 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

France

466 of its 1,422 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (29 stories). Flu was named in 21 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual, with bird flu. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Libya

100 of its 128 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 69%. Tripoli accounted for 65 of Libya's 100 stories about harm, carried by 53 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about 7 times the usual rate (20 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Azerbaijan

135 of its 257 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Baku accounted for 123 of Azerbaijan's 135 stories about harm, carried by 137 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Egypt

246 of its 427 stories (58%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. 108 of Cairo's 132 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Thailand

175 of its 394 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. 34 of Bangkok's 63 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (98 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: respiratory illness in Taiwan (186 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Saudi Arabia (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tuberculosis in Gambia (71 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in South Sudan (17 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); dust storm in Iraq (41 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

22 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 3 Dec. 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 33,371 stories about harm among 153,206 counted on 3 Dec.

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Taiwan's news mentioned respiratory illness more than ten times as often as usual. 22 in every 100 of the day's 153,206 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 20. For the second day running, the news turned to Indonesia. Indonesia stood out: 67% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 42%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Madagascar95 in 100 of its 61 stories · usually 22 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria81 in 100 of its 1,519 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence South Sudan80 in 100 of its 70 stories · usually 63 · mostly rights & justice Libya78 in 100 of its 128 stories · usually 69 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq78 in 100 of its 732 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Aleppo Syria419 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1117 Seoul South Korea215 stories about protests or strikes, of its 226 Jakarta Indonesia186 stories about protests or strikes, of its 260 Morton County US185 stories about protests or strikes, of its 188 Washington US162 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1022

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.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 readUkraine: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: 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 readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: 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'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIsrael: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: 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'sGhana: 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: 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'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: too little coverage to readEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBotswana: 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'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sGaza: feelings about like the world'sWest Bank: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sCrimea: feelings about like the world'sEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall 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: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: 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 readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: too little coverage to readWallis & Futuna: too little coverage to readSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk Island: feelings about like the world'sSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSingapore: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sQatar: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPeru: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPanama: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPakistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sOman: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJapan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJamaica: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIndia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHonduras: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuatemala: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGambia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFinland: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCuba: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurundi: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBulgaria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBrunei: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBosnia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBahamas: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about twice as warm as the world'sAustria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSt. Martin: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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

● Azerbaijan about twice as warm as the world's · 135 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 1,233 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 265 stories about harm ● Iraq about twice as angry as the world's · 568 stories about harm ● Jamaica about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 85 stories about harm ● Qatar about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 82 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 9,308 stories · less than usual (usually 33%) Conflict & violence21% 6,765 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents19% 6,078 stories · more than usual (usually 14%) Health17% 5,618 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,996 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 1,349 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,029 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 525 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 killed11,533 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting people affected4,906 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting arrests4,581 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,663 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees826 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Germany and Syria Stories reporting people displaced647 at about twice the usual rate · most about Syria and Iraq Stories reporting evacuations474 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting abductions381 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill28 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Haiti

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
● Griefa little more 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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