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25,555 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 Bogota (Colombia), violence in Kabul and people killed in Sweden drew the news. Afghanistan's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was about as usual.

Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Syria and Colombia →
Part of lifeRights & justice 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostSweden 79 in 100 of its 978 stories, usually 23
RegionSouth Asia 37 in 100 of its stories, usually 29
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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Protests & strikes

Colombia

352 of its 453 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Bogota accounted for 208 of Colombia's 352 stories about harm, carried by 176 outlets. 114 of Bogota's 208 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (182 stories). Flooding was named in 34 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Colombia over 30 days → its stories → Bogota stories →
Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

1,258 of its 1,441 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 72%. Kabul accounted for 1,187 of Afghanistan's 1,258 stories about harm, carried by 904 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (269 stories). Building collapse was named in 24 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Kabul stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Sweden

770 of its 978 stories (79%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (759 stories). Warmth in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Russia

796 of its 1,749 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Moscow accounted for 690 of Russia's 796 stories about harm, carried by 623 outlets. 637 of Moscow's 690 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 10 times the usual rate (270 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Poland

235 of its 515 stories (46%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (146 stories). Hypothermia was named in 23 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Vietnam

127 of its 258 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. 90 of Saigon's 107 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at more than ten times the usual rate (85 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Netherlands

107 of its 284 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. 84 of Groningen's 84 stories were about protests or strikes. Earthquake was named in 85 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Hong Kong

61 of its 128 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. 23 of Wan Chai's 46 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (26 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Mali

69 of its 90 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (45 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: earthquake in Netherlands (85 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in France (168 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); wildfires in Iran (146 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); tsunami in Finland (28 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drought in South Africa (98 of its stories, about 4 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 28 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 25,555 stories about harm among 106,851 counted on 28 Jan.

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Mentions of the earthquake ran more than ten times their usual in the Netherlands' news. of the day's 106,851 news stories, 24 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 23. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Syria and Colombia. It was the second day running that the news turned to Colombia. In Colombia, 78% of the news was about people being harmed, where 43% is usual. This week the news turned most often to Afghanistan, on 3 of 7 days; help rose on 2 of them.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Afghanistan87 in 100 of its 1,441 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen81 in 100 of its 342 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Cambodia80 in 100 of its 229 stories · usually 35 · mostly rights & justice Sweden79 in 100 of its 978 stories · usually 23 · mostly deaths & injuries, cause not given Colombia78 in 100 of its 453 stories · usually 43 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Moscow Russia637 stories about protests or strikes, of its 690 San Francisco US155 stories about protests or strikes, of its 321 Jerusalem Israel142 stories about protests or strikes, of its 419 Washington US132 stories about protests or strikes, of its 863 Bogota Colombia114 stories about protests or strikes, of its 208

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'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 readUkraine: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: 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: feelings about like the world'sThailand: 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: too little coverage to readSudan: 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: too little coverage to readSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSaudi Arabia: 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 readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: 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 readPakistan: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: 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 readCuraçao: 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: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: 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: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: 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: too little coverage to readJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: 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'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: 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 readFinland: feelings about like the world'sFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: too little coverage to readEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sFaroe 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: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: 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: too little coverage to readBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: 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'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: 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'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAksai 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 readCrimea: 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: 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: too little coverage to readBritish 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: 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: 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 twice as angry as the world'sVietnam: 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'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSpain: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSenegal: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPoland: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNetherlands: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sMalta: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKenya: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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 about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHaiti: 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 fearful as the world'sGermany: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sEgypt: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGreenland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCzechia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little warmer than the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sCanada: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBrazil: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBolivia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAngola: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAlbania: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about three times as angry as 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'sKashmir: coverage about twice 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

● Türkiye about three times as fearful as the world's · 142 stories about harm ● Poland about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 235 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about three times as angry as the world's · 1,258 stories about harm ● Ethiopia about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 121 stories about harm ● Mali about twice as angry as the world's · 69 stories about harm ● Vietnam about twice as angry as the world's · 127 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 7,110 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence25% 6,352 stories · much more than usual (usually 17%) Health16% 3,989 stories · less than usual (usually 18%) Disasters & accidents13% 3,386 stories · much less than usual (usually 21%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given10% 2,470 stories · more than usual (usually 6%) Shelter & services3% 810 stories · about as usual Displacement3% 683 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 346 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 killed9,608 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Afghanistan Stories reporting arrests3,386 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured3,384 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Afghanistan and the US Stories reporting people affected3,200 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced585 at about twice the usual rate · most about Syria and Colombia Stories reporting refugees508 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations254 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions246 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill20 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Haiti

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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