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52,090 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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Most of the day's attention went to the tsunami in Fiji, protests in Amazonas (Brazil) and arrests in the Philippines. Türkiye's coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostFiji 79 in 100 of its 519 stories, usually 34
RegionCentral Asia 26 in 100 of its stories, usually 20
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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Disasters & accidents

Fiji

408 of its 519 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Nadi accounted for 201 of Fiji's 408 stories about harm, carried by 239 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (66 stories). Tsunami was named in 366 of its stories about harm, about 10 times usual.

Fiji over 30 days → its stories → Nadi stories →
Protests & strikes

Brazil

364 of its 866 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 80 of Amazonas' 94 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (252 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Brazil over 30 days → its stories → Amazonas stories →
Rights & justice

Philippines

1,413 of its 2,790 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (762 stories). Power cuts were named in 40 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Philippines over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Türkiye

1,866 of its 2,871 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Istanbul accounted for 1,419 of Türkiye's 1,866 stories about harm, carried by 919 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (73 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Türkiye over 30 days → its stories → Istanbul stories →
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Protests & strikes

Iran

229 of its 616 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. 82 of Tehran's 146 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (26 stories). Hunger was named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Central African Republic

75 of its 83 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (31 stories). Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.

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Health

Czechia

127 of its 324 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Israel

1,382 of its 3,120 stories (44%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. 472 of Tel Aviv's 694 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Nepal

138 of its 279 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Kathmandu accounted for 118 of Nepal's 138 stories about harm, carried by 106 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (104 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Malaysia

344 of its 979 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (75 stories). Oil spill was named in 42 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Also named far more than usual: road crashes in Vietnam (40 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); cholera in Tanzania (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hurricane in Germany (193 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hunger in Cameroon (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); oil spill in Singapore (39 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 4 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 52,090 stories about harm among 258,573 counted on 4 Jan.

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In Fiji's news, mentions of the tsunami ran about 10 times their usual. Fiji stood out: 79% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 34%. On 5 January 2016, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 20 today. of the day's 258,573 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 22.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Central African Republic90 in 100 of its 83 stories · usually 58 · mostly conflict & violence Honduras87 in 100 of its 83 stories · usually 33 · mostly health Burundi86 in 100 of its 112 stories · usually 63 · mostly rights & justice Fiji79 in 100 of its 519 stories · usually 34 · mostly disasters & accidents Iraq77 in 100 of its 968 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US745 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2097 Tel Aviv Israel472 stories about protests or strikes, of its 694 Alabama US311 stories about protests or strikes, of its 356 Kolkata India233 stories about protests or strikes, of its 268 Istanbul Türkiye212 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1419

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: 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'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 readTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSri 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'sSlovakia: 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. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPoland: 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: 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 readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: 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'sLiberia: 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: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: 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: too little coverage to readGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sSt 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 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'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: feelings about like the world'sDenmark: 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'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChad: 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'sBulgaria: 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'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: 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'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican 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 readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readTurks & 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: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: 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 readMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sUzbekistan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sTunisia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTanzania: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSlovenia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSingapore: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSt Vincent: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sQatar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPortugal: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sOman: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMexico: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLithuania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little warmer than the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: 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 one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHonduras: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHaiti: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sGuyana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGreece: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sGambia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sGabon: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sFrance: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFinland: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDjibouti: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCzechia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCongo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sChile: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about twice as warm as the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCambodia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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 twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBolivia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBenin: 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 a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBahamas: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAustria: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: 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'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJersey: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGibraltar: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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

● Central African Republic about twice as warm as the world's · 75 stories about harm ● Tunisia few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 32 stories about harm ● Yemen about twice as angry as the world's · 83 stories about harm ● Gabon few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 22 stories about harm ● Türkiye about twice as angry as the world's · 1,866 stories about harm ● Finland about twice as fearful as the world's · 94 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice30% 15,141 stories · more than usual (usually 26%) Health20% 10,336 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence19% 9,860 stories · less than usual (usually 24%) Disasters & accidents17% 8,800 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,931 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,721 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 1,354 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 992 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 killed15,727 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests8,468 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,182 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting people injured4,457 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Türkiye Stories reporting refugees697 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Germany and the US Stories reporting people displaced497 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Iraq and the US Stories reporting evacuations380 at about half the usual rate · most about Malaysia and Türkiye Stories reporting abductions345 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Brazil and the US Stories reporting people falling ill102 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.

● 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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