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30,549 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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Protests in Tegucigalpa (Honduras), deaths in Prague and violence in Jerusalem drew the news. Honduras' coverage was about twice as angry as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were about as usual.

Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Nigeria →
Part of lifeRights & justice 34 in 100 of the stories about harm · much more than usual Country that rose mostCroatia 70 in 100 of its 106 stories, usually 11
RegionSouth Asia 34 in 100 of its stories, usually 28
Tone of the words About as usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Protests & strikes

Honduras

113 of its 144 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Tegucigalpa accounted for 98 of Honduras' 113 stories about harm, carried by 92 outlets. 98 of Tegucigalpa's 98 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (85 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Honduras over 30 days → its stories → Tegucigalpa stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Czechia

105 of its 168 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 12%. Prague accounted for 103 of the Czechia's 105 stories about harm, carried by 207 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Czechia over 30 days → its stories → Prague stories →
Conflict & violence

Israel

653 of its 1,333 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Jerusalem accounted for 540 of Israel's 653 stories about harm, carried by 106 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (298 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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

Peru

402 of its 648 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. 95 of Alberto Fujimori's 143 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (288 stories). Landslides were named in 129 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Gambia

40 of its 50 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 11 of Banjul's 22 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at more than ten times the usual rate (18 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Türkiye

405 of its 643 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (158 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Sudan

50 of its 77 stories (65%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. 19 of Khartoum's 21 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (31 stories).

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Rights & justice

Nigeria

666 of its 1,596 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of abductions ran at about 7 times the usual rate (258 stories). Ebola was named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

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Disasters & accidents

Zimbabwe

121 of its 351 stories (34%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people affected ran at about 6 times the usual rate (33 stories). Extreme cold was named in 30 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with wildfires.

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Also named far more than usual: landslides in Peru (129 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Australia (130 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); snowstorms in Lebanon (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); extreme cold in Zimbabwe (30 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); train derailment in Canada (100 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).

25 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 23; 22 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 20 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 30,549 stories about harm among 123,293 counted on 20 Jan.

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Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about the US and Nigeria. On 20 January 2017, a year earlier, the share was 20 in every 100, against 25 today. Honduras' news was 78% about people being harmed, against a usual 61%. of the day's 123,293 news stories, 25 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 23.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Guinea85 in 100 of its 142 stories · usually 54 · mostly health Gambia80 in 100 of its 50 stories · usually 23 · mostly rights & justice Honduras78 in 100 of its 144 stories · usually 61 · mostly rights & justice Syria77 in 100 of its 967 stories · usually 74 · mostly conflict & violence Croatia70 in 100 of its 106 stories · usually 11 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US1235 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2445 Jerusalem Israel244 stories about protests or strikes, of its 540 Afrin Syria196 stories about protests or strikes, of its 588 Islamabad Pakistan113 stories about protests or strikes, of its 245 Hollywood US101 stories about protests or strikes, of its 375

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: too little coverage to readPuerto 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: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUkraine: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: 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: 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'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: 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 readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: 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'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: 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'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: 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'sKenya: 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'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: 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'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: 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: too little coverage to readEritrea: 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: too little coverage to readGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: 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 readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: 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'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'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: too little coverage to readAlbania: 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): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sCrimea: feelings about like the world'sEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos 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: 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: 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 readZimbabwe: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUganda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sQatar: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPeru: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMadagascar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little warmer 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 a little angrier than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHonduras: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGambia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFrance: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sDjibouti: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCzechia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCongo: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sChile: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCambodia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBelarus: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBahamas: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: 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 grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken 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

● Venezuela about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 76 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as angry as the world's · 455 stories about harm ● Türkiye about twice as fearful as the world's · 405 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 741 stories about harm ● Congo few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 26 stories about harm ● Honduras about twice as angry as the world's · 113 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice34% 10,215 stories · much more than usual (usually 28%) Health22% 6,578 stories · more than usual (usually 18%) Conflict & violence18% 5,279 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents15% 4,389 stories · much less than usual (usually 23%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,931 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 744 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 576 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 297 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 killed10,828 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests3,668 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,251 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,906 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions854 at about three times the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people displaced416 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Syria and Iraq Stories reporting refugees369 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Bangladesh and Syria Stories reporting evacuations176 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Australia Stories reporting people falling ill27 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and France

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 about as 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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