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28,236 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 Manama (Bahrain), people displaced in Manus Island and violence in Bujumbura drew the news. Burundi's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Türkiye and the US →
Part of lifeConflict & violence 33 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostBrazil 59 in 100 of its 600 stories, usually 15
RegionCentral Asia 33 in 100 of its stories, usually 22
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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Protests & strikes

Bahrain

216 of its 267 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Manama accounted for 115 of Bahrain's 216 stories about harm, carried by 95 outlets. 87 of Manama's 115 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (52 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about 5 times its own usual.

Bahrain over 30 days → its stories → Manama stories →
Conflict & violence

Burundi

200 of its 280 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Bujumbura accounted for 185 of Burundi's 200 stories about harm, carried by 171 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (71 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Burundi over 30 days → its stories → Bujumbura stories →
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Protests & strikes

China

662 of its 2,502 stories (26%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. 349 of Shanghai's 360 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (366 stories). Storms were named in 336 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tornadoes.

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Conflict & violence

Türkiye

Istanbul accounted for 3,154 of Türkiye's 3,292 stories about harm, carried by 1,493 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (2,270 stories). Plague was named in 139 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with extreme cold. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Brazil

356 of its 600 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (117 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Israel

560 of its 1,233 stories (45%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (371 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Iraq

720 of its 832 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 72%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (297 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Bolivia

18 of its 42 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people affected ran at about 8 times the usual rate (17 stories). Drought was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: storms in China (336 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Venezuela (71 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in Bolivia (17 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); drought in Zimbabwe (18 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); train derailment in Belgium (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

24 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 1 Jan. 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 28,236 stories about harm among 119,091 counted on 1 Jan.

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In China's news, mentions of storms ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 24 in every 100 of the day's 119,091 stories, above the usual 22. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Türkiye and the US. In Bahrain, 81% of the news was about people being harmed, where 37% is usual. A year earlier, on 2 January 2016, 25 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 24 today. Over December, 22 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Papua New Guinea89 in 100 of its 87 stories · usually 47 · mostly displacement Iraq87 in 100 of its 832 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Indonesia84 in 100 of its 825 stories · usually 54 · mostly disasters & accidents Congo81 in 100 of its 161 stories · usually 68 · mostly rights & justice Syria81 in 100 of its 973 stories · usually 79 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Shanghai China349 stories about protests or strikes, of its 360 Seoul South Korea128 stories about protests or strikes, of its 226 Istanbul Türkiye125 stories about protests or strikes, of its 3154 Chicago US103 stories about protests or strikes, of its 291 Damascus Syria101 stories about protests or strikes, of its 344

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: too little coverage to readPuerto 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 readUnited Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUkraine: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: 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 Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: 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: too little coverage to readSlovenia: 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'sRussia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: 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 readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: 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'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMali: 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: too little coverage to readLibya: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: too little coverage to readKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: 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'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'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew Caledonia: feelings about like the world'sFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: 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'sEgypt: 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 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: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: too little coverage to readCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia 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'sBelgium: 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'sAustria: 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: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sJammu & Kashmir: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sSiachen Glacier: feelings about like the world'sCrimea: feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: feelings about like the world'sPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: too little coverage to readBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & 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: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as 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'sSingapore: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPortugal: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPoland: 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'sNorth Korea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sItaly: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as 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 a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCzechia: coverage about one and a half 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'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChile: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBurundi: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sBrazil: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBelize: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about twice as grief-stricken 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

● Burundi about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 200 stories about harm ● Italy about three times as fearful as the world's · 236 stories about harm ● Türkiye about twice as angry as the world's · 3,292 stories about harm ● Bahrain about three times as fearful as the world's · 216 stories about harm ● Israel about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 560 stories about harm ● Brazil about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 356 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence33% 9,177 stories · much more than usual (usually 23%) Rights & justice21% 5,773 stories · much less than usual (usually 26%) Disasters & accidents16% 4,401 stories · about as usual Health13% 3,563 stories · much less than usual (usually 18%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given9% 2,452 stories · more than usual (usually 6%) Shelter & services4% 1,042 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 876 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 516 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 killed12,849 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Türkiye Stories reporting people injured5,615 at about twice the usual rate · most about Türkiye and the US Stories reporting people affected3,449 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests3,076 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees724 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Germany Stories reporting people displaced333 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations298 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Singapore and the US Stories reporting abductions297 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill17 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Australia

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 one and a half times usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout one and a half times usual
● Feara little more than 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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