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22,268 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 Sofia, people injured in South Korea and people displaced in Minsk. Bulgaria's coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 54 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostBulgaria 55 in 100 of its 226 stories, usually 21
RegionNorth America 32 in 100 of its stories, usually 29
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

Bulgaria

124 of its 226 stories (55%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Sofia accounted for 96 of Bulgaria's 124 stories about harm, carried by 239 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 7 times the usual rate (18 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's. Anger in its coverage rose to about twice its own usual.

Bulgaria over 30 days → its stories → Sofia stories →
Health

South Korea

131 of its 417 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people injured ran at about 6 times the usual rate (12 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

North Macedonia

30 of its 51 stories (59%) were about people being harmed, usually 15%. Skopje accounted for 26 of North Macedonia's 30 stories about harm, carried by 25 outlets. Reports of people killed ran at more than ten times the usual rate (29 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Congo

11 of its 18 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 41%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (5 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Health

UK

Reports of abductions ran at about three times the usual rate (8 stories). Extreme cold was named in 11 of its stories about harm, about 4 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Germany

241 of its 649 stories (37%) were about people being harmed, usually 28%. Reports of arrests ran at about twice the usual rate (15 stories).

its stories →
Health

Lebanon

37 of its 79 stories (47%) were about people being harmed, usually 34%. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (10 stories).

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Austria

86 of its 151 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 47%. 20 of Vienna's 37 stories were about protests or strikes.

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Also named far more than usual: flooding in South Africa (19 of its stories, about 6 times its usual); cyclone in Australia (29 of its stories, about 10 times its usual); natural hazards in Canada (19 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); extreme cold in UK (11 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); helicopter crash in US (31 of its stories, about 9 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 23 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 22,268 stories about harm among 87,778 counted on 23 Nov.

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Bulgaria's news was 55% about people being harmed, against a usual 21%. of the day's 87,778 news stories, 25 in every 100 were about people being harmed, as usual. On 23 November 2020, a year earlier, the share was 26 in every 100, against 25 today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Sudan60 in 100 of its 87 stories · usually 64 · mostly rights & justice Yemen58 in 100 of its 52 stories · usually 68 · mostly conflict & violence Austria57 in 100 of its 151 stories · usually 47 · mostly health Bulgaria55 in 100 of its 226 stories · usually 21 · mostly disasters & accidents Afghanistan53 in 100 of its 286 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US160 stories about protests or strikes, of its 868 Kenosha US114 stories about protests or strikes, of its 153 Waukesha US100 stories about protests or strikes, of its 429 Delhi India67 stories about protests or strikes, of its 233 Lagos Nigeria51 stories about protests or strikes, of its 102

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: 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: 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: too little coverage to readUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTonga: feelings about like the world'sTogo: 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'sSweden: feelings about like the world'sEswatini: too little coverage to readSuriname: too little coverage to readSouth Sudan: feelings about like the world'sSpain: 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: feelings about like the world'sSlovenia: 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'sSamoa: too little coverage to readSt Vincent: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPhilippines: feelings about like the world'sPapua New Guinea: feelings about like the world'sPanama: feelings about like the world'sPalau: too little coverage to readNiger: 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 readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: 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'sMali: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: feelings about like the world'sMalawi: feelings about like the world'sMadagascar: feelings about like the world'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: 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: feelings about like the world'sKazakhstan: feelings about like the world'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: 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'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'sGrenada: 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 readFrance: feelings about like the world'sSt Pierre & Miquelon: too little coverage to readFrench Polynesia: feelings about like the world'sNew Caledonia: too little coverage to readFrench Southern Territories: too little coverage to readÅland Islands: too little coverage to readFinland: 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'sEgypt: feelings about like the world'sDominican Republic: feelings about like the world'sDominica: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readDenmark: feelings about like the world'sN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: too little coverage to readCosta Rica: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: feelings about like the world'sChile: feelings about like the world'sChad: 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'sBurundi: too little coverage to readBrunei: 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: too little coverage to readBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelarus: feelings about like the world'sBahamas: 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'sAlbania: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara (Moroccan-controlled): too little coverage to readWestern Sahara (Free Zone): too little coverage to readVatican City: too little coverage to readMarshall Islands: feelings about like the world'sNorthern 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sSt Kitts & Nevis: too little coverage to readCook Islands: too little coverage to readAruba: too little coverage to readNauru: feelings about like the world'sMonaco: 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: 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 readYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUK: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sUganda: coverage about one and a half times 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'sSwitzerland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage a little angrier than the world'sSão Tomé: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRwanda: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sRomania: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPortugal: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as 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'sParaguay: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sOman: coverage a little warmer than the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNorth Korea: coverage a little angrier than the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNetherlands: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNepal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMozambique: coverage a little warmer than the world'sMorocco: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sLithuania: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sLibya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLesotho: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJamaica: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sItaly: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIreland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIraq: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sHonduras: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGuatemala: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGreece: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFiji: coverage a little warmer than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sEcuador: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sGreenland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCyprus: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCongo: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sColombia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sHong Kong: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sCameroon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sMyanmar: coverage a little angrier than the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sBulgaria: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sBrazil: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sBelize: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBarbados: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBangladesh: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBahrain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAustria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAustralia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sArgentina: coverage a little angrier than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about twice as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sChina: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than 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 angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sKashmir: 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

● Bulgaria about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 124 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about twice as fearful as the world's · 152 stories about harm ● Ethiopia about twice as angry as the world's · 119 stories about harm ● Yemen few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 30 stories about harm ● South Korea about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 131 stories about harm ● Burkina Faso few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 16 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health54% 11,984 stories · about as usual Rights & justice18% 4,047 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents9% 1,995 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence8% 1,724 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 823 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 759 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 451 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 295 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 killed5,310 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,716 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,458 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,378 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Israel Stories reporting abductions144 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees143 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced128 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations82 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill25 at about one and a half times the usual rate · most about the US and Pakistan

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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