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56,434 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 Punta de Araya (Venezuela), volcanic eruption in Indonesia and people killed in Lithuania drew the news. Syria's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostSolomon Islands 92 in 100 of its 342 stories, usually 18
RegionSoutheast Asia 34 in 100 of its stories, usually 25
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

Venezuela

257 of its 390 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Punta de Araya accounted for 226 of Venezuela's 257 stories about harm, carried by 140 outlets. 219 of Punta de Araya's 226 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (239 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Venezuela over 30 days → its stories → Punta de Araya stories →
Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

1,267 of its 1,662 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Meureudu accounted for 734 of Indonesia's 1,267 stories about harm, carried by 506 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (223 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 374 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Indonesia over 30 days → its stories → Meureudu stories →
Health

Lithuania

29 of its 70 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Plague was named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Lithuania over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

Aleppo accounted for 1,604 of Syria's 1,882 stories about harm, carried by 989 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 10 times the usual rate (623 stories). Power cuts were named in 92 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 →
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Disasters & accidents

Solomon Islands

314 of its 342 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Honiara accounted for 150 of the Solomon Islands' 314 stories about harm, carried by 139 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (13 stories). Tsunami was named in 308 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with volcanic eruption and power cuts.

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Protests & strikes

Azerbaijan

107 of its 337 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. 11 of Baku's 21 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Cameroon

51 of its 134 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. 32 of Bamenda's 34 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (41 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Bahrain

177 of its 291 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Manama accounted for 166 of Bahrain's 177 stories about harm, carried by 220 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 7 times the usual rate (60 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Greece

409 of its 900 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Athens accounted for 321 of Greece's 409 stories about harm, carried by 203 outlets. 269 of Athens' 321 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Disasters & accidents

Pakistan

1,340 of its 2,685 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Accidents were named in 44 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: tsunami in Solomon Islands (308 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in United Arab Emirates (49 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in Philippines (237 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Vietnam (19 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); flu in France (63 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 8 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 56,434 stories about harm among 276,722 counted on 8 Dec.

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In the Solomon Islands' news, mentions of the tsunami ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 276,722 stories, as usual. Venezuela's news was 66% about people being harmed, against a usual 27%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Solomon Islands92 in 100 of its 342 stories · usually 18 · mostly disasters & accidents Yemen81 in 100 of its 124 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Syria81 in 100 of its 2,334 stories · usually 77 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq79 in 100 of its 1,067 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Indonesia76 in 100 of its 1,662 stories · usually 46 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Aleppo Syria535 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1604 Washington US411 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2082 Athens Greece269 stories about protests or strikes, of its 321 Trump Tower US223 stories about protests or strikes, of its 491 Punta de Araya Venezuela219 stories about protests or strikes, of its 226

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zimbabwe: feelings about like the world'sZambia: 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 readUkraine: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSpain: 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'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'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: 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 readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: 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: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: 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: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGermany: 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'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: 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 readDenmark: 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 readChina: feelings about like the world'sChile: 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'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sHeard & 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: feelings about like the world'sAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: 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: 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: 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: 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 readMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sVenezuela: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sUganda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTurkmenistan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sThailand: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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 a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as angry as 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 twice as warm as the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPoland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPeru: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMadagascar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLuxembourg: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLithuania: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLibya: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sJapan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGambia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEcuador: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDominican Republic: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCzechia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sCuba: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little angrier than the world'sChad: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCambodia: 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 more fearful than the world'sBosnia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBhutan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelize: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBahrain: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sAustria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAlbania: coverage a little angrier than 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 fearful 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'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJersey: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGibraltar: coverage a little angrier 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

● Singapore about twice as warm as the world's · 258 stories about harm ● Czechia about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 96 stories about harm ● Iraq about twice as angry as the world's · 839 stories about harm ● Azerbaijan about twice as fearful as the world's · 107 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 1,882 stories about harm ● Lebanon about twice as fearful as the world's · 77 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice27% 14,877 stories · less than usual (usually 32%) Health21% 11,671 stories · more than usual (usually 18%) Disasters & accidents19% 10,416 stories · more than usual (usually 15%) Conflict & violence18% 10,069 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 2,801 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 2,186 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 1,615 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,464 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 killed18,292 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected7,064 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests6,364 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,404 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations886 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Syria and India Stories reporting refugees843 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Germany Stories reporting people displaced675 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions375 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill148 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Cambodia

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

How it felt 30 days →

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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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