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43,544 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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Volcanic eruption in Iceland, protests in Tegucigalpa (Honduras) and violence in Sanaa drew the news. Iceland's coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was softer than usual.

Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Syria → Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostBolivia 88 in 100 of its 108 stories, usually 14
RegionEvery region about as usual
Tone of the words Softer than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Disasters & accidents

Iceland

113 of its 169 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Oraefajokull accounted for 98 of Iceland's 113 stories about harm, carried by 110 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (64 stories). Volcanic eruption was named in 110 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with hunger and flooding. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Iceland over 30 days → its stories → Oraefajokull stories →
Protests & strikes

Honduras

220 of its 305 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Tegucigalpa accounted for 207 of Honduras' 220 stories about harm, carried by 160 outlets. 204 of Tegucigalpa's 207 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (194 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Honduras over 30 days → its stories → Tegucigalpa stories →
Conflict & violence

Yemen

225 of its 280 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 74%. Sanaa accounted for 161 of Yemen's 225 stories about harm, carried by 154 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Yemen over 30 days → its stories → Sanaa stories →
Displacement

Czechia

100 of its 250 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (82 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Czechia over 30 days → its stories →
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Protests & strikes

Nepal

172 of its 336 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Kathmandu accounted for 140 of Nepal's 172 stories about harm, carried by 112 outlets. 102 of Kathmandu's 140 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (64 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Argentina

238 of its 459 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Buenos Aires accounted for 209 of Argentina's 238 stories about harm, carried by 176 outlets. 147 of Buenos Aires' 209 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (107 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Cameroon

51 of its 107 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. 16 of Bamenda's 16 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (17 stories). Malaria was named in 16 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

El Salvador

42 of its 58 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (37 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Armenia

77 of its 208 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (9 stories). Natural hazards were named in 36 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Protests & strikes

Mauritania

17 of its 18 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. 6 of Nouakchott's 9 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (6 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: cholera in Saudi Arabia (57 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); natural hazards in Armenia (36 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); poisoning in Italy (52 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); diphtheria in Indonesia (32 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); malaria in Cameroon (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 7 Dec. 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 43,544 stories about harm among 225,183 counted on 7 Dec.

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Iceland stood out: 67% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 19%. 19 in every 100 of the day's 225,183 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Syria. Reports of peace efforts, a sign of help, ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Mentions of volcanic eruption ran about three times their usual in Iceland's news.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Bolivia88 in 100 of its 108 stories · usually 14 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen80 in 100 of its 280 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence El Salvador72 in 100 of its 58 stories · usually 48 · mostly conflict & violence Honduras72 in 100 of its 305 stories · usually 37 · mostly rights & justice Somalia69 in 100 of its 202 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Jerusalem Israel1580 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2213 Washington US364 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1693 Tegucigalpa Honduras204 stories about protests or strikes, of its 207 Charleston US173 stories about protests or strikes, of its 366 Buenos Aires Argentina147 stories about protests or strikes, of its 209

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'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: 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 readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: 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 readSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: 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'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra 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'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: 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'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: too little coverage to readNew 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: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: 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: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: 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 readFrance: 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 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 readEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: 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 readColombia: 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'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'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: 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 readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sJammu & Kashmir: 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'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: too little coverage to readPitcairn: too little coverage to readAnguilla: too little coverage to readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish 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: feelings about like the world'sAruba: 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: feelings about like the world'sSt. 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 readYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little angrier than the world'sThailand: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: 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 about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPeru: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sOman: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNorway: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMauritania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMalta: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMadagascar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLatvia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJapan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sJamaica: coverage a little warmer than the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIceland: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sHonduras: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuinea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGhana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sFinland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sGreenland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sDenmark: coverage about 5 times as fearful as the world'sCzechia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sCuba: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCroatia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChile: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBosnia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBolivia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelize: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAustria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sArgentina: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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

● Denmark about 5 times as fearful as the world's · 153 stories about harm ● El Salvador few stories about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 42 stories about harm ● Yemen about twice as angry as the world's · 225 stories about harm ● Uganda about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 114 stories about harm ● Somalia about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 140 stories about harm ● Türkiye about twice as fearful as the world's · 345 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 12,591 stories · about as usual Health21% 8,802 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence18% 7,901 stories · less than usual (usually 21%) Disasters & accidents17% 7,357 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 2,320 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 1,505 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 1,427 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 819 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 killed12,898 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,706 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests5,082 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,928 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting evacuations1,249 at about three times the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting refugees862 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions361 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Libya Stories reporting people displaced324 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Yemen Stories reporting people falling ill28 at about a third of the usual rate · most about the US and Canada

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

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little less 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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