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12,174 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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Protests in Amsterdam (Netherlands), arrests in Iran and people affected in Israel drew the news. the Netherlands' coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Everywhere we counted, the words were harsher than usual.

Part of lifeHealth 51 in 100 of the stories about harm · less than usual Country that rose mostNetherlands 57 in 100 of its 216 stories, usually 21
RegionCentral Asia 40 in 100 of its stories, usually 35
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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Protests & strikes

Netherlands

123 of its 216 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Amsterdam accounted for 50 of the Netherlands' 123 stories about harm, carried by 282 outlets. 43 of Amsterdam's 50 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (88 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Netherlands over 30 days → its stories → Amsterdam stories →
Conflict & violence

Iran

73 of its 151 stories (48%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Reports of arrests ran at about three times the usual rate (21 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Iran over 30 days → its stories →
Health

Israel

84 of its 172 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 37%. Reports of people affected ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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

Sudan

37 of its 46 stories (80%) were about people being harmed, usually 63%. Khartoum accounted for 28 of Sudan's 37 stories about harm, carried by 32 outlets. 28 of Khartoum's 28 stories were about protests or strikes. Illness was named in 14 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's. Grief in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Protests & strikes

Austria

143 of its 187 stories (76%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Vienna accounted for 80 of Austria's 143 stories about harm, carried by 269 outlets. 58 of Vienna's 80 stories were about protests or strikes. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (29 stories).

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Health

Canada

468 of its 1,226 stories (38%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of evacuations ran at about three times the usual rate (23 stories). Flooding was named in 109 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual, with landslides and heavy rain.

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Conflict & violence

Afghanistan

Kabul accounted for 38 of Afghanistan's 83 stories about harm, carried by 72 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Health

Saudi Arabia

42 of its 116 stories (36%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people affected ran at about 4 times the usual rate (7 stories).

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Health

Jordan

26 of its 86 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. Reports of refugees ran at about 4 times the usual rate (5 stories).

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Also named far more than usual: flooding in Canada (109 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); illness in Sudan (14 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); drought in Somalia (10 of its stories, about 5 times its usual); outbreaks in Thailand (13 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); ebola in Zimbabwe (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual).

25 in 100 stories were about harm

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Stories about people being harmed, in every 100 stories, the 30 days to 20 Nov. 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 12,174 stories about harm among 48,335 counted on 20 Nov.

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The Netherlands' news was 57% about people being harmed, against a usual 21%. of the day's 48,335 news stories, 25 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. A year earlier, on 20 November 2020, 26 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, against 25 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Austria76 in 100 of its 187 stories · usually 42 · mostly health Kashmir60 in 100 of its 80 stories · usually 51 · mostly conflict & violence Netherlands57 in 100 of its 216 stories · usually 21 · mostly health Singapore52 in 100 of its 132 stories · usually 31 · mostly health Belarus51 in 100 of its 57 stories · usually 35 · mostly displacement

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Kenosha US315 stories about protests or strikes, of its 419 Washington US92 stories about protests or strikes, of its 467 Vienna Austria58 stories about protests or strikes, of its 80 Delhi India45 stories about protests or strikes, of its 148 Amsterdam Netherlands43 stories about protests or strikes, of its 50

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Zambia: 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: too little coverage to readMicronesia: too little coverage to readU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto 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: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTunisia: feelings about like the world'sTonga: too little coverage to readTogo: 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'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: 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: too little coverage to readSlovakia: too little coverage to readSingapore: 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'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'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPeru: 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: feelings about like the world'sOman: feelings about like the world'sNorway: feelings about like the world'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNigeria: feelings about like the world'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: 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'sMozambique: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: too little coverage to readMongolia: feelings about like the world'sMoldova: feelings about like the world'sMexico: 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'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sNorth 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: feelings about like the world'sLebanon: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: too little coverage to readKyrgyzstan: feelings about like the world'sKosovo: too little coverage to readKiribati: feelings about like the world'sKenya: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndonesia: 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'sGuinea-Bissau: too little coverage to readGuinea: too little coverage to readGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGermany: 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'sEthiopia: 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: too little coverage to readDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: too little coverage to readFaroe 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'sCroatia: too little coverage to readCôte d'Ivoire: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: too little coverage to readCongo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: too little coverage to readChina: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: too little coverage to readCanada: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurundi: feelings about like the world'sBulgaria: feelings about like the world'sBrunei: feelings about like the world'sBotswana: feelings about like the world'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: too little coverage to readBelize: feelings about like the world'sBelgium: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: 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'sVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: too little coverage to readNorthern 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: too little coverage to readTurks & 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: feelings about like the world'sCook 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: 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: too little coverage to readZimbabwe: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sYemen: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSyria: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSweden: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry 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 fearful as the world'sSlovenia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRussia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPoland: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPakistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNetherlands: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMali: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLibya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKuwait: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sJordan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIraq: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sHaiti: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGeorgia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sFiji: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCuba: coverage a little warmer than the world'sCosta Rica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sColombia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHong Kong: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCameroon: coverage a little angrier than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBosnia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBarbados: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: 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

● Kashmir few stories about twice as fearful as the world's · 48 stories about harm ● Syria few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 30 stories about harm ● Sudan few stories about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 37 stories about harm ● Bangladesh about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 59 stories about harm ● Yemen few stories about one and a half times as angry as the world's · 27 stories about harm ● Russia about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 64 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health51% 6,161 stories · less than usual (usually 55%) Rights & justice21% 2,574 stories · more than usual (usually 17%) Disasters & accidents10% 1,165 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence8% 960 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 400 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood3% 335 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 315 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 163 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 killed3,197 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and India Stories reporting arrests1,027 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected760 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured625 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions75 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees69 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations66 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced39 at about half the usual rate · most about Syria and Ethiopia

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.

● Angera little more than 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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