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55,846 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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The day's news pointed at violence in Berlin, illness in Kathmandu and protests in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia). Nepal's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran much harsher than usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Jamaica →
Part of lifeRights & justice 26 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostMexico 74 in 100 of its 3,400 stories, usually 21
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 49 in 100 of its stories, usually 27
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Germany

3,768 of its 5,643 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Berlin accounted for 3,492 of Germany's 3,768 stories about harm, carried by 1,755 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (944 stories). Tornadoes were named in 222 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Germany over 30 days → its stories → Berlin stories →
Health

Nepal

526 of its 680 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Kathmandu accounted for 467 of Nepal's 526 stories about harm, carried by 181 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (169 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Nepal over 30 days → its stories → Kathmandu stories →
Protests & strikes

Ethiopia

162 of its 290 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. 55 of Addis Ababa's 96 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (123 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Ethiopia over 30 days → its stories → Addis Ababa stories →
Disasters & accidents

Mexico

2,521 of its 3,400 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Tultepec accounted for 2,088 of Mexico's 2,521 stories about harm, carried by 1,397 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (1,828 stories).

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

DR Congo

66 of its 96 stories (69%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Kinshasa accounted for 60 of the DR Congo's 66 stories about harm, carried by 42 outlets. 50 of Kinshasa's 60 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (16 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Indonesia

709 of its 1,103 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Jakarta accounted for 533 of Indonesia's 709 stories about harm, carried by 645 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (40 stories). Its coverage was about twice 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

Syria

Aleppo accounted for 1,781 of Syria's 2,137 stories about harm, carried by 956 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (1,005 stories). Extreme cold was named in 195 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with snowstorms. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Mongolia

123 of its 223 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 10%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (119 stories). Storms were named in 60 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with snowstorms.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Bahrain

199 of its 286 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. 20 of Manama's 28 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (133 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Tunisia

214 of its 324 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (135 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: storms in Mongolia (60 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); extreme cold in Greenland (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tsunami in Timor-Leste (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Kenya (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Hong Kong (12 of its stories, about 8 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 21 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 55,846 stories about harm among 258,965 counted on 21 Dec.

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Mongolia's news mentioned storms more than ten times as often as usual. 22 in every 100 of the day's 258,965 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. People falling ill were reported at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Jamaica. the news turned to Germany for the second day running. Germany's news was 67% about people being harmed, against a usual 33%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria83 in 100 of its 2,572 stories · usually 79 · mostly conflict & violence Nepal77 in 100 of its 680 stories · usually 34 · mostly health South Sudan77 in 100 of its 88 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Mexico74 in 100 of its 3,400 stories · usually 21 · mostly disasters & accidents Bahrain70 in 100 of its 286 stories · usually 28 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Aleppo Syria829 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1781 Washington US407 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2073 Ankara Türkiye397 stories about protests or strikes, of its 828 Jerusalem Israel249 stories about protests or strikes, of its 425 Berlin Germany198 stories about protests or strikes, of its 3492

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'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: 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: feelings about like the world'sCayman 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: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: 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'sSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: 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'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: 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 readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: 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'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: 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'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: 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: 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'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: 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'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: 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: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: 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): 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: 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 readGibraltar: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: feelings about like the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sUzbekistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUruguay: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTunisia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTimor-Leste: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSolomon Islands: coverage a little more fearful 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 fearful as the world'sSão Tomé: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSt Vincent: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken 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 three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPeru: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sOman: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNiger: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNepal: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMauritania: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMali: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKazakhstan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sJordan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sItaly: coverage a little more fearful 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'sIndonesia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sIceland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuyana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuinea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGermany: coverage about twice 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 warm as the world'sFinland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEcuador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGreenland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sDenmark: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCuba: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sCroatia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sDR Congo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBrunei: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelgium: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sBelarus: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAustria: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sArgentina: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAngola: coverage a little angrier than 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 a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about twice as angry as 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

● Nepal about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 526 stories about harm ● Belgium about twice as fearful as the world's · 71 stories about harm ● Philippines about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 997 stories about harm ● Ukraine about twice as angry as the world's · 164 stories about harm ● Germany about twice as angry as the world's · 3,768 stories about harm ● Jordan about twice as angry as the world's · 194 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice26% 14,404 stories · less than usual (usually 28%) Conflict & violence24% 13,339 stories · more than usual (usually 22%) Health19% 10,359 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents13% 7,084 stories · less than usual (usually 17%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given7% 3,950 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 2,416 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 2,215 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 1,219 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 killed22,099 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Germany Stories reporting people injured9,156 at about twice the usual rate · most about Germany and Mexico Stories reporting arrests8,094 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected6,979 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees1,405 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Germany and Syria Stories reporting evacuations1,256 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Syria and the US Stories reporting abductions571 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced540 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Syria and the US Stories reporting people falling ill238 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Jamaica

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 much harsher 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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