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26,695 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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Violence in Havana, people killed in Malawi and rights and justice in Kampala drew the news. Cuba's coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 57 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostMalawi 60 in 100 of its 55 stories, usually 30
RegionEvery region about as usual
Tone of the words Harsher than usual across the world's stories about harm

What the world's news was about today

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Conflict & violence

Cuba

72 of its 134 stories (54%) were about people being harmed, usually 39%. Havana accounted for 49 of Cuba's 72 stories about harm, carried by 125 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about 5 times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

Cuba over 30 days → its stories → Havana stories →
Health

Malawi

33 of its 55 stories (60%) were about people being harmed, usually 30%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Malawi over 30 days → its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Mongolia

32 of its 61 stories (52%) were about people being harmed, usually 33%. Earthquake was named in 17 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual, with tsunami.

Mongolia over 30 days → its stories →
6 more places the news pointed at
Health

Switzerland

90 of its 278 stories (32%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (12 stories).

its stories →
Health

Madagascar

12 of its 19 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 18%. Reports of people affected ran at about three times the usual rate (5 stories).

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Yemen

74 of its 87 stories (85%) were about people being harmed, usually 71%. Its coverage was about three times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Disasters & accidents

Puerto Rico

17 of its 27 stories (63%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (7 stories).

its stories →
Health

Israel

272 of its 564 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 40%. Jerusalem accounted for 142 of Israel's 272 stories about harm, carried by 310 outlets.

its stories →
Health

Angola

12 of its 34 stories (35%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Covid was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: covid in Angola (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); heavy rain in Indonesia (41 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); polio in Pakistan (32 of its stories, about 8 times its usual); snowstorms in Spain (14 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); drought in New Zealand (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual).

27 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 12 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 26,695 stories about harm among 98,001 counted on 12 Jan.

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Mentions of the earthquake ran more than ten times their usual in Mongolia's news. of the day's 98,001 news stories, 27 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 13 January 2020, 19 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 27 today. Cuba's news was 54% about people being harmed, against a usual 39%.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Yemen85 in 100 of its 87 stories · usually 71 · mostly conflict & violence Syria63 in 100 of its 70 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Malawi60 in 100 of its 55 stories · usually 30 · mostly health Cuba54 in 100 of its 134 stories · usually 39 · mostly conflict & violence Uganda53 in 100 of its 259 stories · usually 43 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US1748 stories about protests or strikes, of its 2561 New York US85 stories about protests or strikes, of its 326 Delhi India57 stories about protests or strikes, of its 285 Seattle US50 stories about protests or strikes, of its 89 San Francisco US48 stories about protests or strikes, of its 140

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: feelings about like the world'sUzbekistan: feelings about like the world'sUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: too little coverage to readGuam: 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'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: too little coverage to readTimor-Leste: feelings about like the world'sThailand: feelings about like the world'sTanzania: feelings about like the world'sTajikistan: feelings about like the world'sTaiwan: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: 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'sSingapore: feelings about like the world'sSierra Leone: feelings about like the world'sSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: feelings about like the world'sSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: 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: 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 readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: feelings about like the world'sMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sNorth Macedonia: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: 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 readKenya: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIsrael: feelings about like the world'sIndia: 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: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: feelings about like the world'sGambia: feelings about like the world'sGabon: too little coverage to readFrance: 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'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'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: 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'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: feelings about like the world'sChile: 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'sMyanmar: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: 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'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: feelings about like the world'sBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: 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 readAntigua & Barbuda: feelings about like the world'sAngola: feelings about like the world'sAndorra: too little coverage to readAlgeria: feelings about like the world'sAksai Chin: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican 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 readJersey: 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: feelings about like the world'sNauru: 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: feelings about like the world'sMayotte: feelings about like the world'sZimbabwe: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sYemen: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sVietnam: coverage a little warmer than the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPuerto Rico: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUS: coverage a little angrier than the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSyria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEswatini: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSlovenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSenegal: coverage a little warmer than the world'sRussia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRomania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sNigeria: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNiger: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNew Zealand: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMongolia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMexico: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMalawi: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sMadagascar: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLuxembourg: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLibya: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sLatvia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sJapan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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 about twice as fearful as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGreece: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sEthiopia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCzechia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCuba: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sColombia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sChad: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelarus: 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 about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArgentina: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sAlbania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than 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'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: 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'sKashmir: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPalestine: 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'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

● Cuba about three times as fearful as the world's · 72 stories about harm ● Yemen about three times as fearful as the world's · 74 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as angry as the world's · 68 stories about harm ● Chad few stories about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 34 stories about harm ● Malawi few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 33 stories about harm ● Zimbabwe about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 54 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health57% 14,977 stories · less than usual (usually 60%) Rights & justice19% 5,040 stories · more than usual (usually 15%) Conflict & violence10% 2,660 stories · more than usual (usually 8%) Disasters & accidents7% 1,835 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 915 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 497 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood1% 274 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 268 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 killed7,740 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,829 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,560 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,114 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Canada Stories reporting refugees123 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions115 at about half the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting people displaced96 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Nigeria Stories reporting evacuations74 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Australia Stories reporting people falling ill50 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 harsher than usual. Filled dot: today. Ring: usual.

● Angerabout as usual
● Warmthabout as usual
● Griefa little less 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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These are counts of stories, not counts of suffering. Most of what happens to people is never reported at all.