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16,846 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 Quetta (Pakistan), people falling ill in India and the avalanche in Russia. Pakistan's coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were much harsher than usual.

Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate →
Part of lifeHealth 50 in 100 of the stories about harm · much less than usual Country that rose mostZimbabwe 50 in 100 of its 131 stories, usually 35
RegionSouth Asia 38 in 100 of its stories, usually 29
Tone of the words Much harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Protests & strikes

Pakistan

294 of its 616 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. 48 of Quetta's 59 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of abductions ran at about twice the usual rate (17 stories). Its coverage was about twice as fearful as the world's.

Pakistan over 30 days → its stories → Quetta stories →
Health

India

1,184 of its 3,291 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 27%. Reports of people falling ill ran at about 6 times the usual rate (5 stories). Flu was named in 129 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with bird flu and poisoning. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

India over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Russia

98 of its 266 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (52 stories). Avalanche was named in 25 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

Indonesia

247 of its 470 stories (53%) were about people being harmed, usually 46%. Jakarta accounted for 210 of Indonesia's 247 stories about harm, carried by 385 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (70 stories). Heavy rain was named in 22 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with plane crash.

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Disasters & accidents

Taiwan

37 of its 96 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (21 stories). Earthquake was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 7 times usual. Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Health

Malaysia

116 of its 297 stories (39%) were about people being harmed, usually 29%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (7 stories). Flooding was named in 32 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with tuberculosis.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Spain

95 of its 319 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (22 stories). Snowstorms were named in 23 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

its stories →
Health

Cuba

27 of its 43 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Havana accounted for 17 of Cuba's 27 stories about harm, carried by 38 outlets.

its stories →
Health

Tunisia

23 of its 28 stories (82%) were about people being harmed, usually 51%. Tunis accounted for 16 of Tunisia's 23 stories about harm, carried by 9 outlets.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: flooding in Malaysia (32 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); earthquake in Taiwan (14 of its stories, about 7 times its usual); snowstorms in Spain (23 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); illness in Iran (15 of its stories, about three times its usual); heavy rain in Indonesia (22 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

31 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 16,846 stories about harm among 54,978 counted on 9 Jan.

Read the day's briefing

Help and hope: reports of people freed or reunited ran at about twice the usual rate. of the day's 54,978 news stories, 31 in every 100 were about people being harmed, above the usual 28. On 10 January 2020, a year earlier, the share was 21 in every 100, against 31 today. Pakistan's news was 48% about people being harmed, against a usual 37%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Ethiopia70 in 100 of its 57 stories · usually 61 · mostly displacement Iraq63 in 100 of its 60 stories · usually 57 · mostly rights & justice Indonesia53 in 100 of its 470 stories · usually 46 · mostly disasters & accidents Iran52 in 100 of its 177 stories · usually 46 · mostly health Hong Kong52 in 100 of its 52 stories · usually 37 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US1474 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2021 South River US51 stories about protests or strikes, of its 107 Quetta Pakistan48 stories about protests or strikes, of its 59 Seattle US45 stories about protests or strikes, of its 67 New York US45 stories about protests or strikes, of its 152

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: 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: 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'sPuerto Rico: 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: feelings about like the world'sUkraine: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTrinidad & Tobago: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: feelings about like the world'sTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: too little coverage to readSweden: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: feelings about like the world'sSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSudan: feelings about like the world'sSpain: feelings about like the world'sSouth Korea: feelings about like the world'sSomalia: feelings about like the world'sSomaliland: too little coverage to readSolomon Islands: too little coverage to readSlovakia: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: feelings about like the world'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: too little coverage to readSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSenegal: feelings about like the world'sSaudi Arabia: 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'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPoland: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: 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'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNiger: 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: feelings about like the world'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: 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: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: too little coverage to readLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: 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'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sItaly: 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 readGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: too little coverage to readGreece: 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'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'sEgypt: 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 readCzech Republic: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: 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'sComoros: too little coverage to readColombia: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCambodia: feelings about like the world'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBosnia and Herzegovina: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: too little coverage to readBhutan: 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'sAustria: feelings about like the world'sHeard & McDonald Islands: too little coverage to readArgentina: feelings about like the world'sAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Free Zone): feelings about like the world'sCrimea: 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: 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: too little coverage to readTurks & Caicos Islands: too little coverage to readMontserrat: too little coverage to readGuernsey: 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUS: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUganda: coverage a little warmer than the world'sTürkiye: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sTunisia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sTaiwan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEswatini: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sRomania: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sNorth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMalta: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sLaos: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKenya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIndia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFrance: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCuba: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCongo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sChad: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sCanada: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCameroon: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier 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'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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

● Pakistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 294 stories about harm ● Syria few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 27 stories about harm ● Cameroon few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 12 stories about harm ● Australia about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 252 stories about harm ● Afghanistan few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 39 stories about harm ● Iraq few stories about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 38 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health50% 8,418 stories · much less than usual (usually 61%) Rights & justice22% 3,611 stories · much more than usual (usually 15%) Conflict & violence11% 1,885 stories · more than usual (usually 7%) Disasters & accidents9% 1,430 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given4% 717 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 270 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 269 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 109 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 killed5,981 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and the UK Stories reporting arrests1,477 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting people affected1,027 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured834 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions109 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees67 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Ethiopia Stories reporting people displaced60 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Ethiopia Stories reporting evacuations56 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill19 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.

● Angera little more than 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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