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19,839 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 Dhaka (Bangladesh), violence in Valledupar and landslides in the Philippines drew the news. Guatemala's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Across the world, the tone of the words was much harsher than usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostMorocco 93 in 100 of its 226 stories, usually 48
RegionSub-Saharan Africa 42 in 100 of its stories, usually 28
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Bangladesh

1,135 of its 1,527 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Dhaka accounted for 835 of Bangladesh's 1,135 stories about harm, carried by 577 outlets. 613 of Dhaka's 835 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about 4 times the usual rate (1,008 stories). Landslides were named in 71 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

Bangladesh over 30 days → its stories → Dhaka stories →
Conflict & violence

Colombia

99 of its 139 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Valledupar accounted for 77 of Colombia's 99 stories about harm, carried by 95 outlets. Reports of arrests ran at about 8 times the usual rate (90 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Colombia over 30 days → its stories → Valledupar stories →
Disasters & accidents

Philippines

251 of its 497 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of evacuations ran at about 7 times the usual rate (8 stories). Landslides were named in 111 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with typhoon, cyclone and drownings. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Philippines over 30 days → its stories →
Rights & justice

Guatemala

71 of its 115 stories (62%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (65 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Guatemala over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Conflict & violence

Egypt

219 of its 342 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Giza accounted for 155 of Egypt's 219 stories about harm, carried by 167 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 4 times the usual rate (115 stories). Its coverage was about 4 times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Peru

17 of its 41 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. 9 of Lima's 13 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

China

62 of Beijing's 108 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (68 stories). HIV was named in 57 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Morocco

210 of its 226 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (197 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Dominican Republic

125 of its 162 stories (77%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Punta Cana accounted for 120 of the Dominican Republic's 125 stories about harm, carried by 125 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (121 stories).

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Conflict & violence

Niger

22 of its 22 stories (100%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: hiv in China (57 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); flu in US (1007 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); cyclone in Fiji (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); drought in Iran (19 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); extreme cold in Japan (13 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

23 in 100 stories were about harm

usually 19; 22 the day before
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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 30 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 19,839 stories about harm among 87,953 counted on 30 Dec.

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It was the highest share of stories about people being harmed since 18 November 2018. In the Philippines' news, mentions of landslides ran more than ten times their usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 23 in every 100 of the day's 87,953 stories, above the usual 19. Bangladesh's news was 74% about people being harmed, against a usual 37%. This week the news turned most often to Indonesia, on 4 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 →

Morocco93 in 100 of its 226 stories · usually 48 · mostly conflict & violence DR Congo83 in 100 of its 58 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence Dominican Republic77 in 100 of its 162 stories · usually 32 · mostly disasters & accidents Indonesia76 in 100 of its 320 stories · usually 66 · mostly disasters & accidents Congo75 in 100 of its 1,057 stories · usually 71 · mostly health

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Dhaka Bangladesh613 stories about protests or strikes, of its 835 Washington US171 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1343 Paris France147 stories about protests or strikes, of its 164 Jerusalem Israel120 stories about protests or strikes, of its 216 New York US105 stories about protests or strikes, of its 169

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: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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: too little coverage to readIsle 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 readTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSri Lanka: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: 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: 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: 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'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: too little coverage to readPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: too little coverage to readMozambique: 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 readMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: too little coverage to readMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: too little coverage to readNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: 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'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIran: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: 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'sGhana: 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: 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'sEthiopia: 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: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: 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: too little coverage to readComoros: too little coverage to readHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: too little coverage to readCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: too little coverage to readMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: too little coverage to readBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: too little coverage to readBarbados: too little coverage to readBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: feelings about like the world'sAzerbaijan: feelings about like the world'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sAustralia: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sWestern 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: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: 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: too little coverage to readAruba: 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: 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 about one and a half times as warm as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sThailand: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTanzania: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSudan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPeru: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sPanama: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sPakistan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNetherlands: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sMorocco: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sMexico: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMalta: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJordan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHonduras: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGuatemala: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFiji: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEgypt: coverage about 4 times as fearful as the world'sDominican Republic: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCosta Rica: coverage a little angrier than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCongo: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sChad: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCambodia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBotswana: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBosnia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful 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

● Egypt about 4 times as fearful as the world's · 219 stories about harm ● Morocco about three times as fearful as the world's · 210 stories about harm ● Guatemala about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 71 stories about harm ● Peru few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 17 stories about harm ● Yemen about twice as angry as the world's · 94 stories about harm ● Panama few stories about three times as fearful as the world's · 38 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 5,637 stories · about as usual Health21% 4,067 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents20% 3,828 stories · more than usual (usually 17%) Conflict & violence18% 3,568 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 965 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 613 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 556 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 333 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 killed8,246 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Bangladesh Stories reporting arrests4,482 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people affected2,033 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,664 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees273 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced222 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Indonesia and Israel Stories reporting abductions128 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations99 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the Philippines Stories reporting people falling ill22 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the UK 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 much harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as 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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