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What the world's news said happened to people.
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11,441 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 violence in Mogadishu, the cyclone in Fiji and protests in Baghdad (Iraq). Somalia's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were much harsher than usual.

Help and hope: reports of volunteers ran at about one and a half times the usual rate →
Part of lifeRights & justice 27 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostKazakhstan 84 in 100 of its 136 stories, usually 29
RegionCentral Asia 72 in 100 of its stories, usually 23
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

how these are picked →
Conflict & violence

Somalia

414 of its 428 stories (97%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Mogadishu accounted for 406 of Somalia's 414 stories about harm, carried by 1,083 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (318 stories). Hunger was named in 39 of its stories about harm, about three times usual. Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Somalia over 30 days → its stories → Mogadishu stories →
Disasters & accidents

Fiji

93 of its 122 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Nadi accounted for 36 of Fiji's 93 stories about harm, carried by 42 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at more than ten times the usual rate (42 stories). Cyclone was named in 77 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with heavy rain, flooding and storms.

Fiji over 30 days → its stories → Nadi stories →
Protests & strikes

Iraq

Baghdad accounted for 37 of Iraq's 104 stories about harm, carried by 81 outlets. 28 of Baghdad's 37 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

Iraq over 30 days → its stories → Baghdad stories →
Deaths & injuries, cause not given

Egypt

43 of its 104 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (23 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Egypt over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Disasters & accidents

Kazakhstan

114 of its 136 stories (84%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Almaty accounted for 109 of Kazakhstan's 114 stories about harm, carried by 342 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (74 stories).

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Health

Ecuador

14 of its 18 stories (78%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Food poisoning was named in 10 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with poisoning. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Rights & justice

Nigeria

274 of its 824 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (111 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Protests & strikes

Chile

32 of its 68 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Santiago accounted for 22 of Chile's 32 stories about harm, carried by 75 outlets. 19 of Santiago's 22 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

103 of its 169 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 54%. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Syria

Idlib accounted for 70 of Syria's 95 stories about harm, carried by 111 outlets. Flooding was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: drownings in Spain (39 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); food poisoning in Ecuador (10 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Syria (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); extreme cold in India (56 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); power cuts in Canada (13 of its stories, about 5 times its usual).

21 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 28 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 11,441 stories about harm among 53,383 counted on 28 Dec.

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It was the highest share of stories about people being harmed since 21 September 2019. On the side of help, reports of volunteers ran at about one and a half times the usual rate. Stories about people being harmed made up 21 in every 100 of the day's 53,383 stories, above the usual 18. Somalia's news was 97% about people being harmed, against a usual 54%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Somalia97 in 100 of its 428 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence Kazakhstan84 in 100 of its 136 stories · usually 29 · mostly disasters & accidents Fiji76 in 100 of its 122 stories · usually 29 · mostly disasters & accidents Syria67 in 100 of its 142 stories · usually 62 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq67 in 100 of its 156 stories · usually 64 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Delhi India117 stories about protests or strikes, of its 231 Washington US72 stories about protests or strikes, of its 265 Meerut India43 stories about protests or strikes, of its 46 Lucknow India34 stories about protests or strikes, of its 45 Baghdad Iraq28 stories about protests or strikes, of its 37

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: too little coverage to readUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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 readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUkraine: 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'sTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: too little coverage to readSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: 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 Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRussia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: 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'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 readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: feelings about like the world'sMongolia: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: 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 readNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: too little coverage to readLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: 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 readJapan: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: 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: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readSt 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'sEthiopia: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: feelings about like the world'sEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: 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: too little coverage to readDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: too little coverage to readBosnia and Herzegovina: 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'sBelarus: too little coverage to readBarbados: 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: too little coverage to readAndorra: too little coverage to readAlbania: feelings about like the world'sJammu & Kashmir: 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 readAzad Kashmir & Gilgit-Baltistan: feelings about like the world'sSiachen Glacier: feelings about like the world'sCrimea: 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: feelings about like the world'sSt. 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: feelings about like the world'sSan 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readYemen: coverage a little angrier than the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTanzania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSpain: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSamoa: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sQatar: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPeru: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNiger: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMauritius: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKenya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJordan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sItaly: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIreland: coverage a little warmer than the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIndia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHungary: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFrance: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFiji: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEcuador: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChile: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer 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 three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 414 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as angry as the world's · 103 stories about harm ● Iraq about twice as angry as the world's · 104 stories about harm ● Syria about twice as angry as the world's · 95 stories about harm ● UK about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 624 stories about harm ● Nigeria about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 274 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Rights & justice27% 3,021 stories · less than usual (usually 31%) Disasters & accidents22% 2,521 stories · more than usual (usually 19%) Health20% 2,297 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence15% 1,718 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given8% 851 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 376 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 231 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 205 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 killed4,140 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Somalia Stories reporting arrests1,391 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,383 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people injured1,159 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Somalia and the US Stories reporting people displaced155 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about Syria and the US Stories reporting refugees151 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions117 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations116 at about twice the usual rate · most about Fiji and the US Stories reporting people falling ill17 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 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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