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38,822 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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Violence in Phnom Penh, deaths in Harare and rights and justice in Budapest drew the news. Cambodia's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. In the world's news as a whole, the wording was softer than usual.

Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about Türkiye and the US → Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostCambodia 94 in 100 of its 715 stories, usually 39
RegionMiddle East & North Africa 50 in 100 of its stories, usually 42
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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Conflict & violence

Cambodia

670 of its 715 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Phnom Penh accounted for 400 of Cambodia's 670 stories about harm, carried by 482 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 5 times the usual rate (517 stories). Hunger was named in 522 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with plague. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Fear in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

Cambodia over 30 days → its stories → Phnom Penh stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Zimbabwe

461 of its 777 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Harare accounted for 318 of Zimbabwe's 461 stories about harm, carried by 353 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (246 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Zimbabwe over 30 days → its stories → Harare stories →
Health

Türkiye

796 of its 1,503 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (66 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Türkiye over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Rights & justice

North Korea

271 of its 730 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (24 stories). Malaria was named in 14 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Conflict & violence

Central African Republic

40 of its 44 stories (91%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about three times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Bangladesh

304 of its 556 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 38%. 57 of Dhaka's 86 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about three times the usual rate (188 stories).

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Protests & strikes

Libya

50 of its 67 stories (75%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. 9 of Tripoli's 16 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of refugees ran at about 5 times the usual rate (18 stories).

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Health

Congo

141 of its 157 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Reports of arrests ran at about 6 times the usual rate (37 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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Conflict & violence

Israel

1,121 of its 1,711 stories (66%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Jerusalem accounted for 672 of Israel's 1,121 stories about harm, carried by 244 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (51 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: cyclone in India (415 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); malaria in South Korea (82 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Solomon Islands (15 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); road crashes in Taiwan (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in China (93 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 20; 20 the day before
24 in 10015 in 10018 Oct25 Oct1 Nov8 Nov16 Nov18 Oct: 19 in 10019 Oct: 18 in 10020 Oct: 22 in 10021 Oct: 21 in 10022 Oct: 19 in 10023 Oct: 19 in 10024 Oct: 19 in 10025 Oct: 19 in 10026 Oct: 20 in 10027 Oct: 23 in 10028 Oct: 23 in 10029 Oct: 21 in 10030 Oct: 21 in 10031 Oct: 20 in 1001 Nov: 20 in 1002 Nov: 19 in 1003 Nov: 20 in 1004 Nov: 21 in 1005 Nov: 18 in 1006 Nov: 18 in 1007 Nov: 15 in 1008 Nov: 19 in 1009 Nov: 21 in 10010 Nov: 24 in 10011 Nov: 23 in 10012 Nov: 20 in 10013 Nov: 19 in 10014 Nov: 19 in 10015 Nov: 20 in 10016 Nov: 20 in 100 · this day

Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 16 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 38,822 stories about harm among 196,341 counted on 16 Nov.

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On the side of help, reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate. Stories about people being harmed made up 20 in every 100 of the day's 196,341 stories, as usual. Reports of people falling ill ran at about three times the usual rate, most often about Türkiye and the US. In Cambodia's news, mentions of the hunger ran more than ten times their usual. Cambodia stood out: 94% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 39%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Cambodia94 in 100 of its 715 stories · usually 39 · mostly conflict & violence Congo90 in 100 of its 157 stories · usually 71 · mostly health Iraq75 in 100 of its 332 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence Libya75 in 100 of its 67 stories · usually 49 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen71 in 100 of its 258 stories · usually 75 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US268 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1444 Jerusalem Israel197 stories about protests or strikes, of its 672 Seoul South Korea113 stories about protests or strikes, of its 263 Pyongyang North Korea87 stories about protests or strikes, of its 199 Honolulu US78 stories about protests or strikes, of its 95

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: 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: 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 readIsle 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'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSouth Africa: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSlovakia: 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: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSão 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'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNew 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: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: 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'sKuwait: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIraq: 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'sHaiti: 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'sGeorgia: 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: feelings about like the world'sNew 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'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial 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: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe 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'sComoros: too little coverage to readChile: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: 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'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall 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 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: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: feelings about like the world'sNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: too little coverage to readMaldives: too little coverage to readLiechtenstein: 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 about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sYemen: coverage about three times 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'sCayman Islands: coverage a little warmer 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'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTanzania: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTajikistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSweden: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSpain: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSolomon Islands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSenegal: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sRwanda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRomania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPoland: coverage about twice as grief-stricken 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'sPapua New Guinea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorway: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNicaragua: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMexico: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMalaysia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMalawi: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sLuxembourg: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEritrea: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEcuador: coverage a little warmer than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCongo: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChad: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCambodia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBurundi: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBrazil: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBosnia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelize: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBarbados: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBahrain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArgentina: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAngola: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAlgeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as 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 a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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 about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBermuda: 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

● Congo about three times as angry as the world's · 141 stories about harm ● Cambodia about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 670 stories about harm ● Saudi Arabia about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 491 stories about harm ● Yemen about three times as angry as the world's · 182 stories about harm ● Switzerland about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 107 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 244 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice27% 10,295 stories · about as usual Health21% 8,012 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents20% 7,503 stories · more than usual (usually 16%) Conflict & violence16% 5,951 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 2,480 stories · about as usual Shelter & services5% 1,752 stories · about as usual Displacement4% 1,565 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 680 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 killed12,709 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected5,839 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting arrests4,226 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,476 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting evacuations924 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting refugees748 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced629 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting abductions211 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people falling ill144 at about three times the usual rate · most about Türkiye and the US

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
● Griefabout as 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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