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26,582 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 news turned to violence in Baghdad, protests in Jerusalem (Israel) and a disaster in Porvoo. Suriname's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were about as usual.

Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Iraq and Yemen → Help and hope: reports of peace efforts ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostFinland 54 in 100 of its 156 stories, usually 12
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 51 in 100 of its stories, usually 39
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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Conflict & violence

Iraq

833 of its 936 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Baghdad accounted for 669 of Iraq's 833 stories about harm, carried by 784 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (328 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Iraq over 30 days → its stories → Baghdad stories →
Protests & strikes

Israel

2,014 of its 4,101 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Jerusalem accounted for 1,962 of Israel's 2,014 stories about harm, carried by 883 outlets. 1,506 of Jerusalem's 1,962 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (1,130 stories).

Israel over 30 days → its stories → Jerusalem stories →
Disasters & accidents

Finland

85 of its 156 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Porvoo accounted for 73 of Finland's 85 stories about harm, carried by 90 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (74 stories).

Finland over 30 days → its stories → Porvoo stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Suriname

8 of its 9 stories (89%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Iran

Tehran accounted for 215 of Iran's 259 stories about harm, carried by 315 outlets. 128 of Tehran's 215 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (31 stories). Avalanche was named in 24 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Norway

106 of its 212 stories (50%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Cambodia

97 of its 133 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (79 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Tanzania

47 of its 85 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

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Conflict & violence

Mali

112 of its 133 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 60%. Sevare accounted for 65 of Mali's 112 stories about harm, carried by 75 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as warm as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Congo

130 of its 142 stories (92%) were about people being harmed, usually 68%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (50 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Also named far more than usual: landslides in Czechia (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in Croatia (15 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in North Korea (24 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flu in Ghana (26 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in US (1438 of its stories, about 5 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 9 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 26,582 stories about harm among 114,961 counted on 9 Dec.

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In the Czechia's news, mentions of landslides ran more than ten times their usual. Reports of peace efforts, a sign of help, ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Iraq and Yemen. of the day's 114,961 news stories, 23 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 20.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Congo92 in 100 of its 142 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq89 in 100 of its 936 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Mali84 in 100 of its 133 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen74 in 100 of its 170 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence Cambodia73 in 100 of its 133 stories · usually 46 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Jerusalem Israel1506 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1962 Washington US291 stories about protests or strikes, of its 720 Mississippi US217 stories about protests or strikes, of its 233 Tehran Iran128 stories about protests or strikes, of its 215 Bethlehem Palestine121 stories about protests or strikes, of its 125

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'sUzbekistan: 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'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: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: 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'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: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPeru: 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: too little coverage to readNicaragua: 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 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: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: 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: too little coverage to readLithuania: 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'sKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIran: feelings about like the world'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: too little coverage to readGabon: too little coverage to readSt 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'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: 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 readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readMyanmar: 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'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: 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 readWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican 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: 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 readSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook 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: feelings about like the world'sWallis & 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 readGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sVanuatu: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUganda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTanzania: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sTajikistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSweden: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSuriname: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRwanda: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sRomania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sOman: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNorway: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNiger: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage about twice as warm as the world'sMalaysia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLibya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKuwait: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKenya: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJordan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJapan: 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'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIceland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHungary: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sHonduras: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sGuatemala: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGrenada: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGhana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGermany: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage about 6 times as grief-stricken as the world'sEcuador: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGreenland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sCzechia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sCroatia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDR Congo: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sCongo: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChina: 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 a little angrier than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCambodia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBelize: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAlbania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSan Marino: 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

● Egypt about 6 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 263 stories about harm ● Mali about twice as warm as the world's · 112 stories about harm ● Congo about three times as angry as the world's · 130 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 307 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as angry as the world's · 106 stories about harm ● Yemen about twice as angry as the world's · 125 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice27% 7,139 stories · less than usual (usually 30%) Conflict & violence25% 6,446 stories · more than usual (usually 21%) Disasters & accidents21% 5,398 stories · more than usual (usually 16%) Health15% 3,807 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,311 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 1,066 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 569 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 478 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 killed8,609 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,473 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,039 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Israel and the US Stories reporting arrests2,857 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced526 at about twice the usual rate · most about Iraq and Yemen Stories reporting evacuations422 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Congo Stories reporting refugees403 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions242 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill13 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 →

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The words in the day's stories were about as usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little more than usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefabout as usual
● Feara little less 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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