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23,149 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 landslides in Indonesia, protests in Dhaka (Bangladesh) and people killed in North Korea. Somalia's coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Indonesia and Syria → Reports of evacuations ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Afghanistan and Australia → Help and hope: reports of volunteers ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 28 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostIndonesia 90 in 100 of its 2,663 stories, usually 48
RegionSoutheast Asia 65 in 100 of its stories, usually 27
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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Disasters & accidents

Indonesia

2,386 of its 2,663 stories (90%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. the Sunda Strait accounted for 1,245 of Indonesia's 2,386 stories about harm, carried by 899 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (112 stories). Landslides were named in 1,040 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with drownings and power cuts. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Indonesia over 30 days → its stories → Sunda Strait stories →
Protests & strikes

Bangladesh

214 of its 496 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Dhaka accounted for 150 of Bangladesh's 214 stories about harm, carried by 158 outlets. 95 of Dhaka's 150 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (112 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

Bangladesh over 30 days → its stories → Dhaka stories →
Rights & justice

North Korea

137 of its 194 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (10 stories). Food poisoning was named in 39 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

North Korea over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Somalia

141 of its 150 stories (94%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Mogadishu accounted for 124 of Somalia's 141 stories about harm, carried by 126 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (76 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Yemen

60 of Masam's 63 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (62 stories). Cholera was named in 62 of its stories about harm, about 5 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Jamaica

112 of its 274 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people affected ran at more than ten times the usual rate (66 stories). Storms were named in 25 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Myanmar

57 of its 71 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 57%. Yangon accounted for 51 of Myanmar's 57 stories about harm, carried by 37 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (49 stories).

its stories →
Rights & justice

Poland

50 of its 154 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (32 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Australia

518 of its 2,121 stories (24%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (14 stories). HIV was named in 18 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Türkiye

295 of its 839 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of people falling ill ran at about 7 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: cholera in Yemen (62 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); hunger in Germany (26 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in Jamaica (25 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in Canada (55 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); road crashes in Ireland (14 of its stories, about 6 times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 24 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 23,149 stories about harm among 117,759 counted on 24 Dec.

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Help and hope: reports of volunteers ran at about twice the usual rate. of the day's 117,759 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate, most often about Indonesia and Syria. It was the second day running that the news turned to Indonesia. In Indonesia's news, mentions of landslides ran about three times their usual.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Somalia94 in 100 of its 150 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Indonesia90 in 100 of its 2,663 stories · usually 48 · mostly disasters & accidents Myanmar80 in 100 of its 71 stories · usually 57 · mostly rights & justice Costa Rica75 in 100 of its 71 stories · usually 38 · mostly disasters & accidents North Korea71 in 100 of its 194 stories · usually 22 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Kabul Afghanistan160 stories about protests or strikes, of its 413 Washington US127 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1329 Jerusalem Israel121 stories about protests or strikes, of its 250 Paris France117 stories about protests or strikes, of its 164 Memphis US110 stories about protests or strikes, of its 116

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: 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 readCayman Islands: feelings about like the world'sIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTimor-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: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: 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: 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'sRwanda: 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'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNiger: 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 readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: 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: 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'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: too little coverage to readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIran: 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'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: 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: too little coverage to readFrench 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: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEl Salvador: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: too little coverage to readDominican 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 readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sCzech 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: too little coverage to readCosta 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'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 readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurkina 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'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: too little coverage to readBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: 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): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern 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 readBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sTurks & Caicos Islands: feelings about like the world'sMontserrat: 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 readNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: feelings about like the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTogo: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSweden: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSpain: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPoland: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalau: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNicaragua: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMorocco: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sMexico: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLesotho: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKuwait: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGuatemala: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurundi: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBelgium: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sBahrain: 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 fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice 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'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAnguilla: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJersey: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGuernsey: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMacao: 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

● Somalia about 4 times as grief-stricken as the world's · 141 stories about harm ● Spain about three times as fearful as the world's · 115 stories about harm ● Yemen about twice as angry as the world's · 138 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as angry as the world's · 474 stories about harm ● Türkiye about twice as fearful as the world's · 295 stories about harm ● Sweden few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 25 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice28% 6,257 stories · less than usual (usually 30%) Disasters & accidents25% 5,645 stories · much more than usual (usually 17%) Health17% 3,799 stories · less than usual (usually 20%) Conflict & violence16% 3,636 stories · less than usual (usually 19%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,395 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 770 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 728 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 514 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 killed7,285 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected3,813 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Indonesia and the US Stories reporting arrests3,148 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured2,885 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Indonesia and the US Stories reporting people displaced425 at about twice the usual rate · most about Indonesia and Syria Stories reporting evacuations375 at about twice the usual rate · most about Afghanistan and Australia Stories reporting refugees219 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting abductions129 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people falling ill35 at about half 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 about as usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angera little less than 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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