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23,925 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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A disaster in Tbilisi, violence in Cairo and protests in Islamabad (Pakistan) drew the news. Egypt's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were much harsher than usual.

Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about three times the usual rate →
Part of lifeConflict & violence 30 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostGeorgia 87 in 100 of its 236 stories, usually 18
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 61 in 100 of its stories, usually 40
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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Disasters & accidents

Georgia

205 of its 236 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Tbilisi accounted for 107 of Georgia's 205 stories about harm, carried by 94 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (31 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Georgia over 30 days → its stories → Tbilisi stories →
Conflict & violence

Egypt

2,318 of its 2,476 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Cairo accounted for 899 of Egypt's 2,318 stories about harm, carried by 665 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (1,629 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Egypt over 30 days → its stories → Cairo stories →
Protests & strikes

Pakistan

1,416 of its 1,964 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Islamabad accounted for 980 of Pakistan's 1,416 stories about harm, carried by 536 outlets. 834 of Islamabad's 980 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (659 stories).

Pakistan over 30 days → its stories → Islamabad stories →
Rights & justice

France

341 of its 889 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (260 stories). Avalanche was named in 51 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

France over 30 days → its stories →
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Protests & strikes

Peru

103 of its 165 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Alberto Fujimori accounted for 91 of Peru's 103 stories about harm, carried by 112 outlets. 91 of Alberto Fujimori's 91 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (92 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Ukraine

135 of its 257 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (77 stories). Hunger was named in 17 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

UK

1,348 of its 5,567 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (81 stories). Storms were named in 21 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with extreme cold. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Tunisia

101 of its 116 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Tunis accounted for 96 of Tunisia's 101 stories about harm, carried by 114 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Türkiye

330 of its 653 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (9 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Rights & justice

Israel

434 of its 820 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (106 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: diphtheria in Yemen (100 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); volcanic eruption in Indonesia (97 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); tsunami in Japan (126 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); outbreaks in Brazil (17 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); avalanche in Italy (17 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 25 Nov. 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 23,925 stories about harm among 100,302 counted on 25 Nov.

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Georgia stood out: 87% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 18%. Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about three times the usual rate. In Yemen's news, mentions of the diphtheria ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 24 in every 100 of the day's 100,302 stories, above the usual 21.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Egypt94 in 100 of its 2,476 stories · usually 40 · mostly conflict & violence Tunisia87 in 100 of its 116 stories · usually 42 · mostly conflict & violence Georgia87 in 100 of its 236 stories · usually 18 · mostly disasters & accidents Mali84 in 100 of its 126 stories · usually 64 · mostly conflict & violence Libya80 in 100 of its 209 stories · usually 65 · mostly disasters & accidents

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Islamabad Pakistan834 stories about protests or strikes, of its 980 Cairo Egypt200 stories about protests or strikes, of its 899 Harare Zimbabwe159 stories about protests or strikes, of its 303 Alberto Fujimori Peru91 stories about protests or strikes, of its 91 Jerusalem Israel85 stories about protests or strikes, of its 307

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'sVenezuela: 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 readGuam: 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 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 readTimor-Leste: 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'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: 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'sRussia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: 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: 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'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: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: too little coverage to readLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGambia: 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 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: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech Republic: 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: 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'sChile: 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 readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: 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'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: 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'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'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'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'sNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican 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 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: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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: 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 one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSweden: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sQatar: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPakistan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMexico: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMalta: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage about twice as warm as the world'sMadagascar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sItaly: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGermany: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGeorgia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sFrance: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sEl Salvador: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEgypt: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sCuba: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBosnia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMarshall Islands: 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

● Mali about twice as warm as the world's · 106 stories about harm ● Egypt about three times as angry as the world's · 2,318 stories about harm ● Tunisia about twice as fearful as the world's · 101 stories about harm ● Georgia about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 205 stories about harm ● Mexico about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 142 stories about harm ● Kashmir about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 113 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Conflict & violence30% 7,113 stories · much more than usual (usually 22%) Rights & justice29% 6,827 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents15% 3,531 stories · about as usual Health14% 3,189 stories · much less than usual (usually 19%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,155 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 716 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 601 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 258 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 killed8,950 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Egypt and the US Stories reporting people injured3,941 at about twice the usual rate · most about Egypt and Pakistan Stories reporting arrests3,235 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,084 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees393 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced379 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and Ukraine Stories reporting abductions348 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Zimbabwe Stories reporting evacuations231 at about twice the usual rate · most about the UK and Georgia Stories reporting people falling ill14 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and India

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 as usual
● Fearabout one and a half times 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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