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24,096 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 Kyiv, protests in Hanoi (Vietnam) and people injured in Mali. China's coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's. Over the whole world, the tone was about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 23 in 100 of the stories about harm · more than usual Country that rose mostUkraine 41 in 100 of its 322 stories, usually 14
RegionOceania 41 in 100 of its stories, usually 34
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

Ukraine

133 of its 322 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. Kyiv accounted for 95 of Ukraine's 133 stories about harm, carried by 243 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at about 6 times the usual rate (113 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

Ukraine over 30 days → its stories → Kyiv stories →
Protests & strikes

Vietnam

55 of its 245 stories (22%) were about people being harmed, usually 14%. 13 of Hanoi's 18 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (24 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

Vietnam over 30 days → its stories → Hanoi stories →
Conflict & violence

Mali

27 of its 42 stories (64%) were about people being harmed, usually 45%. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Mali over 30 days → its stories →
Health

China

Reports of people falling ill ran at more than ten times the usual rate (25 stories). Outbreaks were named in 159 of its stories about harm, about three times usual, with respiratory illness and covid. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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

Libya

69 of its 143 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Tripoli accounted for 50 of Libya's 69 stories about harm, carried by 57 outlets. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Iraq

Baghdad accounted for 211 of Iraq's 328 stories about harm, carried by 286 outlets. Reports of people displaced ran at about three times the usual rate (6 stories). Its coverage was about twice as angry as the world's.

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Disasters & accidents

Puerto Rico

158 of its 180 stories (88%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Zimbabwe

131 of its 304 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 25%. Reports of arrests ran at about 4 times the usual rate (41 stories).

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Rights & justice

Brazil

94 of its 286 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 16%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories).

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Disasters & accidents

Mayotte

11 of its 11 stories (100%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Earthquake was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with volcanic eruption.

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Also named far more than usual: drownings in France (52 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); earthquake in Mayotte (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); measles in Congo (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); poisoning in Germany (21 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); flooding in Israel (24 of its stories, about 7 times its usual).

20 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 9 Jan. 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 24,096 stories about harm among 119,695 counted on 9 Jan.

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Ukraine's news was 41% about people being harmed, against a usual 14%. of the day's 119,695 news stories, 20 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. the news turned to Ukraine for the second day running. Mentions of outbreaks ran about three times their usual in China's news. On 9 January 2019, a year earlier, the share was 18 in every 100, against 20 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Puerto Rico88 in 100 of its 180 stories · usually 63 · mostly disasters & accidents Somalia76 in 100 of its 62 stories · usually 73 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan64 in 100 of its 61 stories · usually 61 · mostly rights & justice Syria61 in 100 of its 109 stories · usually 63 · mostly conflict & violence Iran53 in 100 of its 4,954 stories · usually 53 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Tehran Iran188 stories about protests or strikes, of its 1676 Delhi India143 stories about protests or strikes, of its 387 Washington US118 stories about protests or strikes, of its 727 Baghdad Iraq62 stories about protests or strikes, of its 211 Paris France42 stories about protests or strikes, of its 70

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'sVenezuela: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: 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: feelings about like the world'sIsle 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 readTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: too little coverage to readThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSwitzerland: feelings about like the world'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSri 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRussia: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sParaguay: feelings about like the world'sPapua 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'sNiue: too little coverage to readCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: 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: feelings about like the world'sMalta: 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: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: 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: too little coverage to readJordan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sIsrael: feelings about like the world'sPalestine: feelings about like the world'sIreland: 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'sHaiti: feelings about like the world'sGuyana: feelings about like the world'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuatemala: 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: too little coverage to readSt 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 readFiji: feelings about like the world'sEstonia: feelings about like the world'sEritrea: too little coverage to readEquatorial Guinea: too little coverage to readEcuador: 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: 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'sComoros: too little coverage to readChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: too little coverage to readBotswana: 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: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: 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 readArgentina: 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'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 readEast Jerusalem: feelings about like the world'sVatican City: feelings about like the world'sMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern Mariana Islands: too little coverage to readAmerican Samoa: feelings about like the world'sChagos 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: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readGuernsey: feelings about like the world'sSan Marino: too little coverage to readSt Kitts & Nevis: feelings about like the world'sCook Islands: feelings about like the world'sAruba: 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: feelings about like the world'sSt. Barthélemy: too little coverage to readMacao: too little coverage to readNorfolk Island: too little coverage to readSint Maarten: too little coverage to readChristmas Island: feelings about like the world'sGibraltar: too little coverage to readMayotte: feelings about like the world'sYemen: coverage a little angrier than the world'sVietnam: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sVanuatu: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUruguay: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUK: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRwanda: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPeru: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPakistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNepal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLiberia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sLesotho: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKenya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sItaly: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIndia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGuinea: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFrance: coverage a little warmer than the world'sFinland: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEl Salvador: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sDR Congo: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sBrazil: coverage a little warmer than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sArmenia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAlbania: coverage a little warmer than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChina: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJersey: coverage a little more fearful 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

● Türkiye about twice as fearful as the world's · 79 stories about harm ● Iraq about twice as angry as the world's · 328 stories about harm ● Burkina Faso few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 14 stories about harm ● Iran about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 2,643 stories about harm ● Somalia few stories about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's · 47 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's · 85 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health23% 5,469 stories · more than usual (usually 21%) Rights & justice23% 5,441 stories · much less than usual (usually 29%) Disasters & accidents22% 5,107 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence19% 4,482 stories · more than usual (usually 16%) Deaths & injuries, cause not given5% 1,268 stories · about as usual Shelter & services4% 838 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 542 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 532 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 killed7,015 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests2,630 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected2,280 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,195 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting abductions241 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees230 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Mexico Stories reporting evacuations173 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced159 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Nigeria and the US Stories reporting people falling ill50 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about China 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 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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