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32,416 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 news turned to the cyclone in the Philippines, violence in Far North Region and people falling ill in the UK. Cameroon's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the Philippines and the US →
Part of lifeConflict & violence 24 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostCzechia 73 in 100 of its 182 stories, usually 17
RegionSoutheast Asia 43 in 100 of its stories, usually 28
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Disasters & accidents

Philippines

1,199 of its 1,782 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Manila accounted for 633 of the Philippines' 1,199 stories about harm, carried by 426 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (425 stories). Cyclone was named in 152 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with hurricane.

Philippines over 30 days → its stories → Manila stories →
Conflict & violence

Cameroon

62 of its 82 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Far North Region accounted for 45 of Cameroon's 62 stories about harm, carried by 20 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (43 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Cameroon over 30 days → its stories → Far North Region stories →
Health

UK

3,065 of its 8,201 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people falling ill ran at about 6 times the usual rate (11 stories). Outbreaks were named in 757 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with respiratory illness. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

UK over 30 days → its stories →
Shelter & services

Cuba

275 of its 349 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Havana accounted for 269 of Cuba's 275 stories about harm, carried by 241 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (262 stories).

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

Mexico

224 of its 464 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (89 stories). Plague was named in 44 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Syria

Aleppo accounted for 676 of Syria's 972 stories about harm, carried by 487 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (19 stories). Poisoning was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Czechia

133 of its 182 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Prague accounted for 90 of the Czechia's 133 stories about harm, carried by 102 outlets. Its coverage was about 6 times as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Chile

270 of its 366 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (12 stories). Bridge collapse was named in 25 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with landslides.

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Disasters & accidents

Mali

141 of its 165 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (105 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Thailand

299 of its 606 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. 108 of Bangkok's 147 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (32 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: extreme cold in Mongolia (28 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); respiratory illness in Austria (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); gas explosion in Ghana (28 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); road crashes in North Korea (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in South Korea (24 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 26 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 32,416 stories about harm among 148,292 counted on 26 Dec.

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Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the Philippines and the US. Stories about people being harmed made up 22 in every 100 of the day's 148,292 stories, as usual. Mentions of extreme cold ran about 5 times their usual in Mongolia's news. In the Philippines, 67% of the news was about people being harmed, where 34% is usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Congo90 in 100 of its 100 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Mali85 in 100 of its 165 stories · usually 58 · mostly disasters & accidents Tunisia83 in 100 of its 54 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Cuba79 in 100 of its 349 stories · usually 43 · mostly shelter & services Somalia76 in 100 of its 242 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

London UK195 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1998 Bangkok Thailand108 stories about protests or strikes, of its 147 Sochi Russia103 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1103 Albuquerque US89 stories about protests or strikes, of its 94 Washington US82 stories about protests or strikes, of its 563

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'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: too little coverage to readUnited 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 readTurkmenistan: 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: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth 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: too little coverage to readSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: 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'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNiger: too little coverage to readNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: too little coverage to readMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMoldova: 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'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'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'sPalestine: 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'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: 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'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: 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 readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: 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: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readN. 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'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChad: 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: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: 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: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: 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 readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sJammu & Kashmir: 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 readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sSiachen Glacier: feelings about like the world'sEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall 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 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: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage about one and a half times as warm 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'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSingapore: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPoland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMongolia: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sMexico: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sLiberia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sKuwait: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJapan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIsrael: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken 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 twice as grief-stricken as the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEcuador: coverage a little angrier than the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCzechia: coverage about 6 times as fearful as the world'sCuba: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCongo: coverage about 4 times as angry as the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChile: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCameroon: coverage about twice as grief-stricken 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 about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAustria: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAnguilla: 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

● Czechia about 6 times as fearful as the world's · 133 stories about harm ● Congo about 4 times as angry as the world's · 90 stories about harm ● UK about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 3,065 stories about harm ● Cameroon about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 62 stories about harm ● Mexico about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 224 stories about harm ● United Arab Emirates about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 84 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence24% 7,573 stories · about as usual Rights & justice21% 6,797 stories · much less than usual (usually 27%) Disasters & accidents19% 6,185 stories · more than usual (usually 16%) Health18% 5,748 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given9% 2,823 stories · more than usual (usually 6%) Shelter & services5% 1,581 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 993 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 401 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 killed13,418 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Russia Stories reporting people affected4,179 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests3,965 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,412 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people displaced896 at about twice the usual rate · most about the Philippines and the US Stories reporting evacuations814 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the Philippines and the US Stories reporting refugees628 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions242 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people falling ill58 at about the usual rate

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.

● Angera little less than 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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