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52,014 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 Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso), violence in Aleppo and arrests in Vietnam drew the news. Burkina Faso's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was softer than usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Syria and France → Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostUruguay 89 in 100 of its 89 stories, usually 13
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 55 in 100 of its stories, usually 46
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Burkina Faso

217 of its 239 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Ouagadougou accounted for 183 of Burkina Faso's 217 stories about harm, carried by 185 outlets. 120 of Ouagadougou's 183 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (15 stories). Malaria was named in 20 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Burkina Faso over 30 days → its stories → Ouagadougou stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

3,758 of its 4,441 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 78%. Aleppo accounted for 3,387 of Syria's 3,758 stories about harm, carried by 1,583 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (1,179 stories). Natural hazards were named in 138 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Syria over 30 days → its stories → Aleppo stories →
Disasters & accidents

Vietnam

217 of its 574 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (91 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Vietnam over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Singapore

258 of its 1,867 stories (14%) were about people being harmed, usually 8%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Singapore over 30 days → its stories →
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Protests & strikes

Uruguay

79 of its 89 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Montevideo accounted for 74 of Uruguay's 79 stories about harm, carried by 68 outlets. 66 of Montevideo's 74 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (40 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Iran

273 of its 590 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Tehran accounted for 215 of Iran's 273 stories about harm, carried by 166 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Egypt

Cairo accounted for 239 of Egypt's 290 stories about harm, carried by 243 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories). Plane crash was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Tanzania

141 of its 295 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 21 of Dar es Salaam's 37 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (83 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Cameroon

42 of its 81 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. 19 of Bamenda's 19 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (17 stories).

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Timor-Leste

11 of its 15 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Cyclone was named in 11 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.

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Also named far more than usual: hunger in Yemen (47 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); bird flu in South Korea (73 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); accidents in Iraq (80 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); measles in Romania (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); cyclone in Timor-Leste (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 16 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 52,014 stories about harm among 252,337 counted on 16 Dec.

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Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. of the day's 252,337 news stories, 21 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Syria and France. Mentions of the hunger ran about 7 times their usual in Yemen's news. In Burkina Faso, 91% of the news was about people being harmed, where 42% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Burkina Faso91 in 100 of its 239 stories · usually 42 · mostly conflict & violence Uruguay89 in 100 of its 89 stories · usually 13 · mostly conflict & violence Syria85 in 100 of its 4,441 stories · usually 78 · mostly conflict & violence South Sudan74 in 100 of its 168 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia69 in 100 of its 109 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Aleppo Syria668 stories about protests or strikes, of its 3387 Raleigh US360 stories about protests or strikes, of its 433 Iluka Australia229 stories about protests or strikes, of its 247 Washington US189 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1648 Moscow Russia175 stories about protests or strikes, of its 514

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'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: 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: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: 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'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'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: too little coverage to readSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: 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'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: 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: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: 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'sMauritania: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: 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'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: 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'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: 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: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: 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'sCuba: 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'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: 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: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: 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'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: too little coverage to readAlbania: 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'sEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: 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: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: 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: too little coverage to readGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sVietnam: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sUruguay: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGuam: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCayman Islands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as warm 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 angry as the world'sTimor-Leste: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTaiwan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSweden: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSlovakia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRomania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMozambique: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMauritius: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalta: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMali: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHonduras: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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 fearful as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFinland: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sEgypt: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little warmer than the world'sColombia: coverage about twice as warm as the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCanada: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sBrazil: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAustria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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 about one and a half times as warm as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sVatican City: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPitcairn: coverage about one and a half times as angry as 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

● Colombia about twice as warm as the world's · 154 stories about harm ● Burkina Faso about three times as angry as the world's · 217 stories about harm ● Finland about twice as fearful as the world's · 62 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 825 stories about harm ● Singapore about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 258 stories about harm ● Yemen about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 82 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 14,601 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence19% 9,537 stories · less than usual (usually 21%) Disasters & accidents17% 8,843 stories · about as usual Health17% 8,817 stories · about as usual Displacement6% 2,931 stories · more than usual (usually 3%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 2,704 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 2,472 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,197 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 killed13,597 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests7,512 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,487 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured4,348 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations1,476 at about twice the usual rate · most about Syria and France Stories reporting refugees898 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced588 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions431 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the Philippines Stories reporting people falling ill46 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Ghana

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 softer than 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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