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30,699 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 violence in Santiago, protests in Manaus (Brazil) and people killed in Portugal. Brazil's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was harsher than usual.

Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Israel → Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeConflict & violence 33 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostChile 85 in 100 of its 659 stories, usually 36
RegionLatin America & Caribbean 44 in 100 of its stories, usually 28
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Chile

559 of its 659 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Santiago accounted for 551 of Chile's 559 stories about harm, carried by 580 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (338 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Chile over 30 days → its stories → Santiago stories →
Protests & strikes

Brazil

179 of its 302 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. 59 of Manaus' 63 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (154 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Brazil over 30 days → its stories → Manaus stories →
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Conflict & violence

Israel

1,745 of its 2,598 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Jerusalem accounted for 1,615 of Israel's 1,745 stories about harm, carried by 1,223 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (1,317 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Iraq

943 of its 1,068 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 73%. Baghdad accounted for 724 of Iraq's 943 stories about harm, carried by 546 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (532 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Tunisia

62 of its 71 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Tunis accounted for 51 of Tunisia's 62 stories about harm, carried by 54 outlets. 50 of Tunis' 51 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Türkiye

501 of its 783 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 58%. Istanbul accounted for 378 of Türkiye's 501 stories about harm, carried by 347 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (107 stories). Storms were named in 48 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with hypothermia and power cuts.

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Protests & strikes

Syria

212 of Damascus' 350 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (306 stories). Tsunami was named in 19 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with poisoning. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Saudi Arabia

295 of its 565 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (246 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: storms in Germany (137 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); hiv in South Africa (41 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); cyclone in Philippines (63 of its stories, about three times its usual); outbreaks in Canada (54 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); cholera in Zimbabwe (12 of its stories, about three times its usual).

23 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 8 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 30,699 stories about harm among 132,446 counted on 8 Jan.

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Germany's news mentioned storms more than ten times as often as usual. 23 in every 100 of the day's 132,446 news stories were about people being harmed, above the usual 22. On the side of help, reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about the US and Israel. Chile's news was 85% about people being harmed, against a usual 36%. This week the news turned most often to Türkiye, on 5 of 7 days; help rose on 3 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Iraq88 in 100 of its 1,068 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Tunisia87 in 100 of its 71 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Chile85 in 100 of its 659 stories · usually 36 · mostly conflict & violence Syria81 in 100 of its 886 stories · usually 78 · mostly conflict & violence Papua New Guinea79 in 100 of its 52 stories · usually 54 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Seoul South Korea236 stories about protests or strikes, of its 260 Damascus Syria212 stories about protests or strikes, of its 350 Boston US150 stories about protests or strikes, of its 501 Fort Lauderdale US143 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2275 Washington US139 stories about protests or strikes, of its 547

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: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: 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: too little coverage to readCayman Islands: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUkraine: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: 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'sSouth 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: 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'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: 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: too little coverage to readPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: 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'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'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: too little coverage to readNorth 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: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: 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'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: 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: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: 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: 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: too little coverage to readEquatorial 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 readCroatia: feelings about like the world'sCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: too little coverage to readCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: 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: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: too little coverage to readBelarus: 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'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: 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'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'sCrimea: feelings about like the world'sEast Jerusalem: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBritish 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: feelings about like the world'sNauru: 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'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTunisia: coverage about 4 times as fearful as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTaiwan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSudan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSingapore: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sPortugal: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPapua New Guinea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorway: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMexico: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sIsrael: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIceland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGreece: 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 a little more fearful than the world'sCzechia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCyprus: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCuba: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChile: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChad: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sCambodia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBurundi: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBrazil: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little angrier 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

● Tunisia about 4 times as fearful as the world's · 62 stories about harm ● Saudi Arabia about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 295 stories about harm ● Israel about three times as angry as the world's · 1,745 stories about harm ● Brazil about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 179 stories about harm ● Iraq about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 943 stories about harm ● Yemen about twice as angry as the world's · 73 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence33% 10,039 stories · much more than usual (usually 24%) Rights & justice21% 6,228 stories · less than usual (usually 25%) Disasters & accidents19% 5,784 stories · more than usual (usually 16%) Health14% 4,165 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,934 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,091 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 504 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 447 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 killed13,657 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people injured6,397 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting people affected3,785 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,840 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting evacuations401 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions328 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees262 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Germany Stories reporting people displaced191 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting people falling ill74 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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 harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little more 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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