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19,896 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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Most of the day's attention went to a disaster in Khartoum, protests in Valletta (Malta) and violence in Kabul. Sudan's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Part of lifeRights & justice 32 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostSudan 76 in 100 of its 168 stories, usually 51
RegionCentral Asia 19 in 100 of its stories, usually 15
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

Sudan

127 of its 168 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Khartoum accounted for 102 of Sudan's 127 stories about harm, carried by 92 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (74 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Iran

Tehran accounted for 91 of Iran's 165 stories about harm, carried by 198 outlets. 62 of Tehran's 91 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Venezuela

40 of its 107 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Storms were named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

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Rights & justice

Uganda

66 of its 168 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Spain

Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (15 stories). Storms were named in 23 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with heatwave and cyclone.

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Conflict & violence

Russia

Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Rights & justice

India

Reports of people displaced ran at about twice the usual rate (9 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: typhoon in Philippines (93 of its stories, about three times its usual); avalanche in Kashmir (33 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in Spain (23 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heavy rain in Sri Lanka (14 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in Venezuela (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

16 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 4 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 19,896 stories about harm among 122,546 counted on 4 Dec.

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It was the second day running that the news turned to Sudan. of the day's 122,546 news stories, 16 in every 100 were about people being harmed, below the usual 17. Sudan stood out: 76% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 51%. A year earlier, on 4 December 2018, 18 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 16 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Samoa88 in 100 of its 103 stories · usually 69 · mostly health Sudan76 in 100 of its 168 stories · usually 51 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria61 in 100 of its 176 stories · usually 61 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq55 in 100 of its 187 stories · usually 66 · mostly rights & justice Afghanistan54 in 100 of its 315 stories · usually 56 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US108 stories about protests or strikes, of its 514 Beijing China99 stories about protests or strikes, of its 180 London UK77 stories about protests or strikes, of its 421 Tehran Iran62 stories about protests or strikes, of its 91 Delhi India51 stories about protests or strikes, of its 213

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'sVenezuela: 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: too little coverage to readGuam: 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: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: 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'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'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: 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 readOman: 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 readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: 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 readMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMali: 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'sLibya: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: 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'sJordan: 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'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGhana: 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 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: feelings about like the world'sEl Salvador: 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 readCuba: 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 readChile: 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'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBrazil: 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: too little coverage to readBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: 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'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArmenia: feelings about like the world'sArgentina: 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'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'sEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: feelings about like the world'sAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos 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: feelings about like the world'sJersey: 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: too little coverage to readNauru: too little coverage to readMonaco: 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 readGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: feelings about like the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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'sTonga: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTanzania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSierra Leone: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSamoa: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSt Vincent: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sRomania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPoland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPhilippines: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNiger: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNepal: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMexico: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMauritius: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMalta: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLebanon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKenya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIreland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken 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'sHonduras: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuyana: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuinea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGermany: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGambia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sFrance: coverage a little angrier than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCyprus: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCameroon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurundi: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sBolivia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelize: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAustralia: 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 grief-stricken as the world'sChina: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times 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 twice as fearful as the world's · 179 stories about harm ● Sudan about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 127 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as angry as the world's · 165 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as angry as the world's · 170 stories about harm ● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 199 stories about harm ● South Korea about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 59 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice32% 6,196 stories · about as usual Health25% 4,886 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents17% 3,267 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence12% 2,260 stories · less than usual (usually 14%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,053 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 832 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 505 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 480 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 killed4,619 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,467 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,229 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,042 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting refugees243 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced191 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions178 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations161 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill46 at about the usual rate

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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