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31,066 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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Deaths in Imatra, protests in Andijan (Uzbekistan) and rights and justice in Antananarivo drew the news. Finland's coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was harsher than usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and the UK →
Part of lifeRights & justice 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · much less than usual Country that rose mostMadagascar 97 in 100 of its 294 stories, usually 26
RegionCentral Asia 62 in 100 of its stories, usually 18
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Conflict & violence

Finland

477 of its 693 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Imatra accounted for 339 of Finland's 477 stories about harm, carried by 295 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (468 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Finland over 30 days → its stories → Imatra stories →
Protests & strikes

Uzbekistan

201 of its 282 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Andijan accounted for 137 of Uzbekistan's 201 stories about harm, carried by 146 outlets. 137 of Andijan's 137 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 8 times the usual rate (142 stories).

Uzbekistan over 30 days → its stories → Andijan stories →
Displacement

Antarctica

121 of its 135 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Illness was named in 88 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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

Malaysia

449 of its 912 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (12 stories). Dengue was named in 15 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Indonesia

361 of its 633 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. 90 of Jakarta's 116 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories). Oil spill was named in 39 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Russia

517 of its 1,683 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (113 stories). Snowstorms were named in 58 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Syria

1,042 of its 1,256 stories (83%) were about people being harmed, usually 76%. Aleppo accounted for 878 of Syria's 1,042 stories about harm, carried by 624 outlets. Polio was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Cuba

1,286 of its 2,177 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Havana accounted for 733 of Cuba's 1,286 stories about harm, carried by 546 outlets. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Gambia

149 of its 271 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Banjul accounted for 123 of the Gambia's 149 stories about harm, carried by 110 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: gas explosion in China (172 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); plague in Brazil (29 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); heavy rain in Vietnam (24 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); hiv in Guyana (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Zimbabwe (19 of its stories, about three 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 4 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 31,066 stories about harm among 138,187 counted on 4 Dec.

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Finland's news was 69% about people being harmed, against a usual 16%. In China's news, mentions of gas explosion ran more than ten times their usual. Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and the UK. 22 in every 100 of the day's 138,187 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 21. This week the news turned most often to the Gambia, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 1 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Madagascar97 in 100 of its 294 stories · usually 26 · mostly rights & justice Antarctica90 in 100 of its 135 stories · usually 26 · mostly displacement Syria83 in 100 of its 1,256 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq74 in 100 of its 788 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Uzbekistan71 in 100 of its 282 stories · usually 29 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Bismarck US307 stories about protests or strikes, of its 308 Aleppo Syria259 stories about protests or strikes, of its 878 Washington US178 stories about protests or strikes, of its 797 Andijan Uzbekistan137 stories about protests or strikes, of its 137 Moscow Russia104 stories about protests or strikes, of its 285

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: 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'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSaudi Arabia: 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'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: 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: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: 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'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: 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'sIsrael: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: too little coverage to readGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: 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: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl 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: 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: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: 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'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: too little coverage to readBelarus: 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: too little coverage to readArgentina: 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'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sUzbekistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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 angry as the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSweden: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSpain: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSingapore: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer 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 fearful as the world'sPanama: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPakistan: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLibya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKuwait: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJordan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sItaly: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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 angry as the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFiji: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCuba: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBrazil: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBosnia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBahrain: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBahamas: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sAustria: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about 4 times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: 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

● Afghanistan about 4 times as fearful as the world's · 390 stories about harm ● Cuba about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 1,286 stories about harm ● Pakistan about three times as fearful as the world's · 508 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 1,042 stories about harm ● Singapore about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 138 stories about harm ● Vietnam about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 64 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice26% 7,918 stories · much less than usual (usually 33%) Conflict & violence24% 7,271 stories · more than usual (usually 20%) Disasters & accidents21% 6,241 stories · much more than usual (usually 15%) Health15% 4,406 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 2,045 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 1,069 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 972 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 438 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 killed11,827 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Cuba Stories reporting people affected4,462 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting arrests3,477 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,854 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Russia Stories reporting people displaced565 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the UK and Nigeria Stories reporting refugees453 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Syria and the US Stories reporting evacuations246 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting abductions236 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Uganda Stories reporting people falling ill96 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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 harsher than 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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