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18,889 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 day's news pointed at protests in Valletta (Malta), violence in Idlib and people injured in Tunisia. Syria's coverage was about three times as angry as the world's. Worldwide, the words used were about as usual.

Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 29 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostSamoa 92 in 100 of its 117 stories, usually 62
RegionSouth Asia 23 in 100 of its stories, usually 21
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

Malta

89 of its 174 stories (51%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Valletta accounted for 66 of Malta's 89 stories about harm, carried by 250 outlets. 56 of Valletta's 66 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Malta over 30 days → its stories → Valletta stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

128 of its 169 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 61%. Idlib accounted for 71 of Syria's 128 stories about harm, carried by 138 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about twice the usual rate (49 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

Syria over 30 days → its stories → Idlib stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Tunisia

46 of its 84 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people injured ran at about 9 times the usual rate (33 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Tunisia over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Jordan

50 of its 140 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (25 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Iraq

Baghdad accounted for 76 of Iraq's 124 stories about harm, carried by 104 outlets. 67 of Baghdad's 76 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (13 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Morocco

20 of its 42 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 19%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Mexico

205 of its 478 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (65 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Burkina Faso

62 of its 71 stories (87%) were about people being harmed, usually 72%. Hantoukoura accounted for 48 of Burkina Faso's 62 stories about harm, carried by 175 outlets. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Poland

58 of its 212 stories (27%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (34 stories). Fear in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Spain

173 of its 823 stories (21%) were about people being harmed, usually 13%. Reports of people displaced ran at more than ten times the usual rate (28 stories). Wildfires were named in 36 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with cyclone, hurricane and drought.

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Also named far more than usual: typhoon in Philippines (99 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); landslides in Sri Lanka (20 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); wildfires in Spain (36 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); helicopter crash in France (36 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); snowstorms in US (407 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

18 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 2 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 18,889 stories about harm among 106,286 counted on 2 Dec.

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On the side of help, reports of people freed or reunited ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Stories about people being harmed made up 18 in every 100 of the day's 106,286 stories, as usual. Malta's news was 51% about people being harmed, against a usual 33%. A year earlier, on 2 December 2018, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 18 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Samoa92 in 100 of its 117 stories · usually 62 · mostly health Burkina Faso87 in 100 of its 71 stories · usually 72 · mostly conflict & violence Syria76 in 100 of its 169 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Libya62 in 100 of its 63 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq59 in 100 of its 209 stories · usually 66 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Beijing China153 stories about protests or strikes, of its 226 Washington US112 stories about protests or strikes, of its 404 Hyderabad India70 stories about protests or strikes, of its 192 Baghdad Iraq67 stories about protests or strikes, of its 76 Tsim Sha Tsui Hong Kong62 stories about protests or strikes, of its 65

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'sYemen: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: too little coverage to readUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.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: feelings about like the world'sCayman Islands: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: feelings about like the world'sSlovakia: 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 readSenegal: too little coverage to readSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: 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 readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNiger: too little coverage to readNicaragua: 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: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: 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: 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'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: 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: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: feelings about like the world'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sEcuador: 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 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: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: 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'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBrazil: 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'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: 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 readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sJammu & Kashmir: 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'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sSiachen Glacier: feelings about like the world'sEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: too little coverage to readChagos Islands: too little coverage to readSt. Helena: too little coverage to readPitcairn: feelings about like the world'sAnguilla: feelings about like the world'sBermuda: feelings about like the world'sBritish 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: too little coverage to readMayotte: too little coverage to readUK: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSyria: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSamoa: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSt Vincent: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPoland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPakistan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMexico: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMalta: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMadagascar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGambia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFrance: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sFinland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little warmer than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCambodia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBelize: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBarbados: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAustria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGibraltar: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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

● Syria about three times as angry as the world's · 128 stories about harm ● Burkina Faso about twice as angry as the world's · 62 stories about harm ● UK about twice as fearful as the world's · 1,625 stories about harm ● Samoa about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 108 stories about harm ● South Korea about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 87 stories about harm ● Malta about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 89 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice29% 5,314 stories · about as usual Health23% 4,194 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents20% 3,725 stories · more than usual (usually 18%) Conflict & violence14% 2,631 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 1,089 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 765 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 433 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 403 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 killed5,232 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,063 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,893 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,485 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced189 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Syria and Spain Stories reporting refugees169 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting abductions166 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations142 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill26 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and the UK

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.

● 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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