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21,624 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 rights and justice in Gitega, violence in Cabo Delgado and people displaced in Kabul. Burundi's coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's. Taken together, the world's news read about as usual.

Part of lifeHealth 55 in 100 of the stories about harm · about as usual Country that rose mostIndonesia 57 in 100 of its 227 stories, usually 42
RegionCentral Asia 38 in 100 of its stories, usually 34
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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Rights & justice

Burundi

25 of its 27 stories (93%) were about people being harmed, usually 36%. Gitega accounted for 22 of Burundi's 25 stories about harm, carried by 45 outlets. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (22 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

Burundi over 30 days → its stories → Gitega stories →
Conflict & violence

Mozambique

22 of its 30 stories (73%) were about people being harmed, usually 48%. Cabo Delgado accounted for 16 of Mozambique's 22 stories about harm, carried by 15 outlets. Reports of abductions ran at more than ten times the usual rate (8 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

Mozambique over 30 days → its stories → Cabo Delgado stories →
Displacement

Afghanistan

235 of its 386 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 53%. Kabul accounted for 163 of Afghanistan's 235 stories about harm, carried by 291 outlets. Reports of evacuations ran at about 4 times the usual rate (49 stories). Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

Afghanistan over 30 days → its stories → Kabul stories →
Protests & strikes

Myanmar

67 of its 91 stories (74%) were about people being harmed, usually 65%. 12 of Aung Hlaing's 19 stories were about protests or strikes. Landslides were named in 13 of its stories about harm, about 6 times usual. Its coverage was about one and a half times as angry as the world's.

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

Indonesia

129 of its 227 stories (57%) were about people being harmed, usually 42%. Reports of people displaced ran at about 5 times the usual rate (12 stories). Anger in its coverage rose to about one and a half times its own usual.

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Health

Switzerland

73 of its 220 stories (33%) were about people being harmed, usually 20%. Reports of people injured ran at more than ten times the usual rate (7 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Conflict & violence

Iraq

72 of its 118 stories (61%) were about people being harmed, usually 49%. Reports of people killed ran at about twice the usual rate (54 stories). Its coverage was about twice as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Rights & justice

Kenya

90 of its 215 stories (42%) were about people being harmed, usually 32%. Reports of people injured ran at about 10 times the usual rate (19 stories). Its coverage was about three times as grief-stricken as the world's.

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Health

Ireland

337 of its 1,077 stories (31%) were about people being harmed, usually 24%. Flooding was named in 96 of its stories about harm, about 9 times usual, with power cuts, heavy rain and storms.

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Conflict & violence

Mali

10 of its 14 stories (71%) were about people being harmed, usually 43%. Its coverage was about one and a half times as fearful as the world's.

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Also named far more than usual: flooding in Ireland (96 of its stories, about 9 times its usual); outbreaks in Spain (10 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); hunger in Japan (16 of its stories, more than ten times its usual); storms in UK (120 of its stories, about 4 times its usual); landslides in US (65 of its stories, about 4 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 7 Dec. 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 21,624 stories about harm among 86,713 counted on 7 Dec.

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Burundi stood out: 93% of its news was about people being harmed, usually 36%. 25 in every 100 of the day's 86,713 news stories were about people being harmed, as usual. In Ireland's news, mentions of flooding ran about 9 times their usual. A year earlier, on 7 December 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 →

Myanmar74 in 100 of its 91 stories · usually 65 · mostly rights & justice Sudan69 in 100 of its 51 stories · usually 66 · mostly conflict & violence Iraq61 in 100 of its 118 stories · usually 49 · mostly conflict & violence Afghanistan61 in 100 of its 386 stories · usually 53 · mostly displacement Ethiopia57 in 100 of its 75 stories · usually 57 · mostly conflict & violence

Countries with at least 50 stories that day.

Where people protested

Washington US116 stories about protests or strikes, of its 712 Delhi India50 stories about protests or strikes, of its 200 Sydney Australia39 stories about protests or strikes, of its 140 Kabul Afghanistan38 stories about protests or strikes, of its 163 London UK27 stories about protests or strikes, of its 360

Stories, not people.

The emotional weather

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Feelings Events Harm Warmth
Vietnam: feelings about like the world'sVanuatu: too little coverage to readUruguay: too little coverage to readMicronesia: feelings about like the world'sU.S. Virgin Islands: feelings about like the world'sGuam: feelings about like the world'sPuerto Rico: too little coverage to readUnited States: feelings about like the world'sSouth Georgia & South Sandwich Islands: too little coverage to readFalkland Islands: too little coverage to readIsle of Man: feelings about like the world'sUnited Arab Emirates: feelings about like the world'sUganda: feelings about like the world'sTurkmenistan: too little coverage to readTonga: 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: feelings about like the world'sSuriname: too little coverage to readSomaliland: 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: too little coverage to readSeychelles: feelings about like the world'sSerbia: too little coverage to readSão Tomé: too little coverage to readSt 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'sQatar: feelings about like the world'sPortugal: 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'sNorth Korea: feelings about like the world'sNicaragua: feelings about like the world'sNew Zealand: feelings about like the world'sNiue: feelings about like the world'sNetherlands: feelings about like the world'sCuraçao: too little coverage to readNepal: feelings about like the world'sNamibia: feelings about like the world'sMorocco: feelings about like the world'sWestern Sahara: feelings about like the world'sMontenegro: too little coverage to readMoldova: too little coverage to readMexico: feelings about like the world'sMauritius: feelings about like the world'sMauritania: too little coverage to readMalta: feelings about like the world'sMalaysia: 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'sLibya: 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: too little coverage to readItaly: feelings about like the world'sIreland: feelings about like the world'sIndia: feelings about like the world'sIceland: feelings about like the world'sHonduras: feelings about like the world'sGuinea: feelings about like the world'sGuatemala: feelings about like the world'sGrenada: feelings about like the world'sGeorgia: feelings about like the world'sGambia: 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'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: too little coverage to readDjibouti: feelings about like the world'sGreenland: 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'sCuba: 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'sCongo: 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'sChad: feelings about like the world'sCentral African Republic: feelings about like the world'sCape Verde: feelings about like the world'sCanada: feelings about like the world'sCameroon: feelings about like the world'sCambodia: feelings about like the world'sBurkina Faso: 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'sBolivia: feelings about like the world'sBhutan: too little coverage to readBenin: feelings about like the world'sBelize: feelings about like the world'sBarbados: feelings about like the world'sBangladesh: 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: 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: 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: 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: feelings about like the world'sAruba: 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'sZambia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sYemen: coverage about twice as angry as the world'sVenezuela: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUzbekistan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sCayman Islands: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUK: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sTürkiye: 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'sSwitzerland: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSweden: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sSouth Sudan: coverage a little angrier 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'sSpain: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Korea: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSouth Africa: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sSomalia: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSenegal: coverage a little warmer than the world'sSaudi Arabia: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sSamoa: coverage a little angrier than the world'sRussia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPakistan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sNorway: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sNigeria: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sNiger: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMozambique: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sMongolia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMali: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sMalawi: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sLesotho: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKenya: coverage about three times as grief-stricken as the world'sKazakhstan: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sJordan: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sJapan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sJamaica: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sIsrael: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sIraq: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sIran: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sIndonesia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sHungary: coverage a little angrier than the world'sHaiti: coverage a little angrier than the world'sGuyana: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGuinea-Bissau: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGreece: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sGhana: coverage a little warmer than the world'sGermany: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sGabon: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sFrance: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEthiopia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sEstonia: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sEgypt: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sDenmark: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sColombia: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sMyanmar: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sBurundi: coverage about twice as grief-stricken as the world'sBosnia: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sBelgium: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sBelarus: coverage about one and a half times as grief-stricken as the world'sAzerbaijan: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAustralia: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sArmenia: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sAlgeria: coverage a little more fearful than the world'sAfghanistan: coverage about one and a half times as fearful as the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more grief-stricken than the world'sUkraine: coverage about one and a half times as angry as the world'sPalestine: coverage a little angrier than the world'sKashmir: coverage a little more grief-stricken 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

● Kenya about three times as grief-stricken as the world's · 90 stories about harm ● Syria about three times as angry as the world's · 76 stories about harm ● Afghanistan about one and a half times as fearful as the world's · 235 stories about harm ● Saudi Arabia about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 118 stories about harm ● Iraq about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 72 stories about harm ● Burundi few stories about twice as grief-stricken as the world's · 25 stories about harm

The day in three measures

Parts of life 30 days →

Health55% 11,874 stories · about as usual Rights & justice17% 3,667 stories · about as usual Disasters & accidents9% 1,964 stories · about as usual Conflict & violence8% 1,770 stories · about as usual Deaths & injuries, cause not given3% 661 stories · about as usual Shelter & services3% 569 stories · about as usual Food & livelihood2% 508 stories · about as usual Displacement2% 414 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 killed4,595 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people affected1,597 at about the usual rate Stories reporting arrests1,334 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people injured1,134 at about the usual rate Stories reporting refugees200 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people displaced126 at about the usual rate Stories reporting evacuations123 at about the usual rate Stories reporting abductions116 at about the usual rate Stories reporting people falling ill9 at about two-thirds of the usual rate · most about the US and Australia

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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