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What the world's news said happened to people.
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12,048 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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A disaster in Sydney, protests in Delhi (India) and violence in Tegucigalpa drew the news. India's coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were harsher than usual.

Help and hope: reports of volunteers ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 34 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostAustralia 38 in 100 of its 1,238 stories, usually 21
RegionCentral Asia 31 in 100 of its stories, usually 14
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Disasters & accidents

Australia

471 of its 1,238 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Sydney accounted for 236 of Australia's 471 stories about harm, carried by 573 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (47 stories). Road crashes were named in 39 of its stories about harm, about 8 times usual, with heatstroke.

Australia over 30 days → its stories → Sydney stories →
Protests & strikes

India

1,545 of its 4,379 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 23%. 442 of Delhi's 518 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (547 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

India over 30 days → its stories → Delhi stories →
Conflict & violence

Honduras

18 of its 25 stories (72%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Tegucigalpa accounted for 12 of Honduras' 18 stories about harm, carried by 72 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (15 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Honduras over 30 days → its stories → Tegucigalpa stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Guatemala

21 of its 26 stories (81%) were about people being harmed, usually 35%. Reports of people injured ran at about 7 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Hong Kong

40 of its 74 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Yuen Long accounted for 21 of Hong Kong's 40 stories about harm, carried by 50 outlets. 21 of Yuen Long's 21 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Mali

18 of its 22 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Portugal

14 of its 55 stories (25%) were about people being harmed, usually 9%. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Rwanda

14 of its 22 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. 4 of Mataba's 8 stories were about protests or strikes. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

Jordan

Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (13 stories). Heatstroke was named in 12 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with poisoning. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Iraq

9 of Baghdad's 10 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: heatstroke in Jordan (12 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); helicopter crash in France (25 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Spain (13 of its stories, about three times its usual); illness in Lebanon (11 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); heavy rain in UK (56 of its stories, about three times its usual).

19 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 21 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 12,048 stories about harm among 62,231 counted on 21 Dec.

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Jordan's news mentioned the heatstroke more than ten times as often as usual. Help and hope: reports of volunteers ran at about twice the usual rate. In Australia, 38% of the news was about people being harmed, where 21% is usual. Stories about people being harmed made up 19 in every 100 of the day's 62,231 stories, above the usual 18.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Syria63 in 100 of its 195 stories · usually 60 · mostly conflict & violence Hong Kong54 in 100 of its 74 stories · usually 37 · mostly rights & justice Iraq52 in 100 of its 61 stories · usually 66 · mostly rights & justice Afghanistan50 in 100 of its 135 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Ethiopia41 in 100 of its 58 stories · usually 36 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Delhi India442 stories about protests or strikes, of its 518 Lucknow India62 stories about protests or strikes, of its 75 Washington US59 stories about protests or strikes, of its 331 Sydney Australia54 stories about protests or strikes, of its 236 Mangaluru India54 stories about protests or strikes, of its 73

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

feelings in full →
Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVietnam: feelings about like the world'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readPuerto 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 readUkraine: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSri 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: 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: too little coverage to readSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: too little coverage to readSt. Lucia: too little coverage to readRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPeru: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: too little coverage to readNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: too little coverage to readMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: too little coverage to readMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: too little coverage to readLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: too little coverage to readLaos: 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 readKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHungary: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: too little coverage to readDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe 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: feelings about like the world'sCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: 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'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'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: too little coverage to readBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: feelings about like the world'sBahrain: 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'sArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: too little coverage to readAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: feelings about like the world'sAlgeria: 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 readCrimea: feelings about like the world'sEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sMarshall 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: too little coverage to readBermuda: 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: 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: 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'sZimbabwe: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGuam: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTurkmenistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sThailand: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSudan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSamoa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRussia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPortugal: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPhilippines: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPanama: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMadagascar: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLesotho: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLebanon: coverage a little warmer than the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIreland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sHonduras: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGuatemala: coverage about one and a half 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 fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChile: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurundi: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBolivia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelize: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBahamas: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAlbania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sVatican City: 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

● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 123 stories about harm ● Vatican City few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 24 stories about harm ● India about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 1,545 stories about harm ● Türkiye few stories about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 35 stories about harm ● Germany about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 69 stories about harm ● Jordan few stories about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's · 18 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice34% 4,091 stories · more than usual (usually 32%) Health21% 2,471 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents19% 2,241 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence12% 1,375 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given6% 658 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 477 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 284 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 272 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 killed3,616 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,822 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about India and the US Stories reporting people affected1,368 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured934 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions195 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and France Stories reporting refugees176 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people displaced157 at about twice the usual rate · most about the US and Syria Stories reporting evacuations97 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Malaysia Stories reporting people falling ill14 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Israel

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 harsher 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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