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21,665 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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A disaster in Sofia, drownings in France and people displaced in Colombia drew the news. Bulgaria's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Language across the world's news ran about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 54 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostCzechia 49 in 100 of its 63 stories, usually 26
RegionOceania 30 in 100 of its stories, usually 27
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

36 of its 90 stories (40%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Sofia accounted for 28 of Bulgaria's 36 stories about harm, carried by 44 outlets. Reports of people affected ran at about 5 times the usual rate (11 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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

France

227 of its 783 stories (29%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of arrests ran at about 5 times the usual rate (39 stories). Drownings were named in 30 of its stories about harm, more than ten times usual.

France over 30 days → its stories →
Conflict & violence

Colombia

54 of its 133 stories (41%) were about people being harmed, usually 31%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (10 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as warm as the world's.

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

North Macedonia

10 of its 18 stories (56%) were about people being harmed, usually 21%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (9 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world's.

its stories →
Health

South Korea

109 of its 366 stories (30%) were about people being harmed, usually 22%. Reports of people killed ran at about three times the usual rate (51 stories). Outbreaks were named in 20 of its stories about harm, about three times usual.

its stories →
Conflict & violence

Syria

Damascus accounted for 31 of Syria's 58 stories about harm, carried by 62 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at about three times the usual rate (32 stories). Its coverage was about three times as angry as the world's.

its stories →
Health

Czechia

31 of its 63 stories (49%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (11 stories).

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Lithuania

13 of its 30 stories (43%) were about people being harmed, usually 26%. 3 of Vilnius' 4 stories were about protests or strikes.

its stories →
Protests & strikes

Côte d’Ivoire

4 of its 6 stories (67%) were about people being harmed, usually 17%. 3 of Abidjan's 3 stories were about protests or strikes.

its stories →

Also named far more than usual: outbreaks in South Korea (20 of its stories, about three times its usual); flu in Ireland (19 of its stories, about three times its usual); flooding in South Africa (12 of its stories, about three times its usual); oil spill in Nigeria (11 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); drownings in UK (35 of its stories, about 6 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 24 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 21,665 stories about harm among 87,045 counted on 24 Nov.

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For the second day running, the news turned to Bulgaria. Stories about people being harmed made up 25 in every 100 of the day's 87,045 stories, as usual. Mentions of outbreaks ran about three times their usual in South Korea's news. In Bulgaria, 40% of the news was about people being harmed, where 24% is usual. A year earlier, on 24 November 2020, 25 in every 100 stories were about people being harmed, the same as today.

Written by code from the day's numbers.

Where harm was most of the news all →

Ethiopia64 in 100 of its 196 stories · usually 59 · mostly conflict & violence Yemen63 in 100 of its 67 stories · usually 67 · mostly conflict & violence Syria57 in 100 of its 101 stories · usually 54 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan55 in 100 of its 276 stories · usually 55 · mostly conflict & violence Sudan54 in 100 of its 72 stories · usually 64 · mostly rights & justice

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US155 stories about protests or strikes, of its 824 Waukesha US82 stories about protests or strikes, of its 272 Delhi India60 stories about protests or strikes, of its 235 Glynn County US48 stories about protests or strikes, of its 167 Charlottesville US45 stories about protests or strikes, of its 61

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: 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'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 Kingdom: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: feelings about like the world'sTurkey: feelings about like the world'sTonga: 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 readSpain: 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'sSaudi Arabia: feelings about like the world'sSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSamoa: feelings about like the world'sSt. Lucia: feelings about like the world'sRwanda: feelings about like the world'sRomania: 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'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'sNiger: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNiue: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNamibia: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: too little coverage to readMontenegro: too little coverage to readMoldova: 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'sLuxembourg: feelings about like the world'sLithuania: feelings about like the world'sLiberia: feelings about like the world'sLesotho: feelings about like the world'sLatvia: feelings about like the world'sLaos: feelings about like the world'sKuwait: 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'sJordan: feelings about like the world'sJapan: feelings about like the world'sJamaica: feelings about like the world'sItaly: feelings about like the world'sIraq: 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'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: feelings about like the world'sGreece: feelings about like the world'sGhana: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: too little coverage to readGambia: 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: feelings about like the world'sDjibouti: too little coverage to readGreenland: feelings about like the world'sFaroe Islands: too little coverage to readN. Cyprus: too little coverage to readCyprus: feelings about like the world'sCuba: feelings about like the world'sCroatia: feelings about like the world'sDR Congo: feelings about like the world'sComoros: feelings about like the world'sChina: feelings about like the world'sHong Kong: 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'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: too little coverage to readBelize: 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'sAlbania: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sMontserrat: too little coverage to readJersey: feelings about like the world'sGuernsey: too little coverage to readSan 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: feelings about like the world'sWallis & 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 a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUS: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: coverage a little warmer than the world'sUkraine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTunisia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sTrinidad & Tobago: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sSyria: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSudan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sSri Lanka: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSouth Korea: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sSomalia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSt Vincent: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sRussia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sQatar: coverage a little warmer than the world'sPortugal: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPoland: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPanama: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sNigeria: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNew Zealand: coverage about one and a half times as fearful 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 angrier than the world'sMorocco: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMongolia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sMali: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNorth Macedonia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sLibya: coverage a little angrier than the world'sLebanon: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKyrgyzstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIreland: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIran: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sGuinea: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFrance: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sEthiopia: coverage about three times as angry as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCzechia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCôte d’Ivoire: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCosta Rica: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sCongo: coverage a little angrier than the world'sColombia: coverage about one and a half times as warm as the world'sChile: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCentral African Republic: coverage a little angrier than the world'sCameroon: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurkina Faso: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBulgaria: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelarus: coverage a little angrier 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 about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAustralia: coverage about twice as fearful as 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 one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times as fearful as the world'sUkraine: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPalestine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sKashmir: coverage about three times 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 three times as fearful as the world's · 49 stories about harm ● Syria about three times as angry as the world's · 58 stories about harm ● Colombia about one and a half times as warm as the world's · 54 stories about harm ● Ethiopia about three times as angry as the world's · 125 stories about harm ● Australia about twice as fearful as the world's · 535 stories about harm ● Yemen few stories about twice as angry as the world's · 42 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health54% 11,633 stories · about as usual Rights & justice19% 4,162 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents8% 1,787 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence7% 1,552 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood4% 940 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 670 stories · about as usual Shelter & services2% 460 stories · about as usual Displacement1% 280 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 killed4,904 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,675 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,468 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,183 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees157 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced138 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions130 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations67 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about Canada and China Stories reporting people falling ill17 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 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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