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23,648 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 day's news pointed at protests in Ghouta (Syria), people injured in China and violence in Yangon. Syria's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about Indonesia and the US → Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostIndonesia 89 in 100 of its 940 stories, usually 40
RegionSoutheast Asia 44 in 100 of its stories, usually 29
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

Syria

457 of its 541 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Ghouta accounted for 356 of Syria's 457 stories about harm, carried by 302 outlets. 184 of Ghouta's 356 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (72 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Syria over 30 days → its stories → Ghouta stories →
Rights & justice

China

698 of its 1,981 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (579 stories). Gas explosion was named in 64 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

China over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Myanmar

119 of its 150 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 66%. Yangon accounted for 101 of Myanmar's 119 stories about harm, carried by 67 outlets. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (47 stories). Outbreaks were named in 46 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

Myanmar over 30 days → its stories → Yangon stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Protests & strikes

Egypt

1,154 of its 1,333 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. 259 of Cairo's 514 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (634 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Pakistan

1,133 of its 1,624 stories (70%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. Islamabad accounted for 798 of Pakistan's 1,133 stories about harm, carried by 496 outlets. 694 of Islamabad's 798 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (667 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Saudi Arabia

369 of its 651 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Riyadh accounted for 333 of Saudi Arabia's 369 stories about harm, carried by 252 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (209 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

India

1,334 of its 5,555 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (197 stories). Food poisoning was named in 10 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Norway

86 of its 145 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (79 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

Yemen

347 of its 380 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 74%. Diphtheria was named in 164 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual, with meningitis, respiratory illness and whooping cough. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: diphtheria in Yemen (164 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); respiratory illness in Poland (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Libya (25 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); hepatitis in North Korea (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in New Zealand (27 of its stories, about 10 times its usual).

23 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 21; 24 the day before
25 in 10019 in 10028 Oct4 Nov11 Nov18 Nov26 Nov28 Oct: 23 in 10029 Oct: 24 in 10030 Oct: 21 in 10031 Oct: 21 in 1001 Nov: 24 in 1002 Nov: 22 in 1003 Nov: 21 in 1004 Nov: 24 in 1005 Nov: 25 in 1006 Nov: 24 in 1007 Nov: 22 in 1008 Nov: 19 in 1009 Nov: 20 in 10010 Nov: 19 in 10011 Nov: 20 in 10012 Nov: 22 in 10013 Nov: 21 in 10014 Nov: 20 in 10015 Nov: 20 in 10016 Nov: 19 in 10017 Nov: 19 in 10018 Nov: 21 in 10019 Nov: 21 in 10020 Nov: 19 in 10021 Nov: 20 in 10022 Nov: 20 in 10023 Nov: 20 in 10024 Nov: 21 in 10025 Nov: 24 in 10026 Nov: 23 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 26 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 23,648 stories about harm among 101,057 counted on 26 Nov.

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Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about Indonesia and the US. Stories about people being harmed made up 23 in every 100 of the day's 101,057 stories, above the usual 21. Syria's news was 84% about people being harmed, against a usual 66%. This week the news turned most often to Bosnia, on 3 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 →

Yemen91 in 100 of its 380 stories · usually 74 · mostly health Indonesia89 in 100 of its 940 stories · usually 40 · mostly disasters & accidents Egypt87 in 100 of its 1,333 stories · usually 47 · mostly conflict & violence Syria84 in 100 of its 541 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Somalia83 in 100 of its 119 stories · usually 76 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Islamabad Pakistan694 stories about protests or strikes, of its 798 Cairo Egypt259 stories about protests or strikes, of its 514 Ghouta Syria184 stories about protests or strikes, of its 356 Washington US90 stories about protests or strikes, of its 728 Jerusalem Israel85 stories about protests or strikes, of its 398

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: 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: 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 readTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTrinidad & 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'sThailand: 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: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSudan: 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: 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: too little coverage to readRussia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: 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: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNiger: too little coverage to readNicaragua: too little coverage to readNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: 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: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: too little coverage to readLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: 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'sKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: 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'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'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: 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 readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readCzech Republic: 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 readHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: 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'sBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: 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: 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'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: 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: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: 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: too little coverage to readSan 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: 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 readZimbabwe: coverage a little warmer than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUganda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTanzania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSomalia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sQatar: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPeru: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPakistan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNorway: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNepal: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMalawi: coverage a little warmer than 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'sItaly: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIsrael: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIraq: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIran: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIndia: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGeorgia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFinland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEgypt: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sGreenland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCongo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBosnia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelarus: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBahamas: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sArgentina: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: 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

● Saudi Arabia about three times as fearful as the world's · 369 stories about harm ● Syria about three times as angry as the world's · 457 stories about harm ● Egypt about twice as angry as the world's · 1,154 stories about harm ● Somalia about twice as angry as the world's · 99 stories about harm ● Norway about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 86 stories about harm ● India about twice as fearful as the world's · 1,334 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 6,507 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence27% 6,320 stories · more than usual (usually 22%) Disasters & accidents15% 3,449 stories · about as usual Health14% 3,361 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given8% 1,819 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 768 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 741 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 294 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 killed9,381 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Egypt Stories reporting people injured3,910 at about twice the usual rate · most about Pakistan and Egypt Stories reporting people affected3,086 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,670 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees527 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations319 at about three times the usual rate · most about Indonesia and the US Stories reporting people displaced280 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Somalia and Israel Stories reporting abductions249 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill25 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 much harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout as 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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